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Frank Frazetta’s 1966 masterpiece Tomorrow Midnight headlines sale at Heritage Auctions

BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Frank Frazetta’s masterpiece of science fiction art, Tomorrow Midnight, 1966 – famously featured on the front of Ballantine’s 1966 book collection of EC’s evocative and important adaptations of Ray Bradbury’s classic short stories – is the centerpiece of The Jerry Weist Collection of Science Fiction & Fantasy Art and Books, presented Monday, Sept. 12 at Heritage Auctions Beverly Hills. It is estimated at $40,000+. “This superb cover scene not only perfectly captures the haunting poetry of Bradbury’s vision,” said Todd Hignite, Consignment Director for Illustration and Comic Art at Heritage, “it’s easily one of the finest Frazetta masterpieces we’ve ever offered – a stunning peak period painting by the greatest fantasy artist of all time.” Jerry Weist, who passed away on Jan. 7 of this year, was a pioneering collector, publisher