Tag: Mid 1950s

Spider-Man’s Debut Comic Sells for $1.1 Million

By: Matt Moore, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP)- A comic collector has been caught in Spider-Man’s web, paying $1.1 million for a near-mint copy of “Amazing Fantasy” No. 15 that features the wall-crawler’s debut. The issue, first published in 1962,…

Kent-Born Harold Chapman Photographs of Paris and the Beat Hotel to Sell at Bonhams

LONDON.- An extensive archive of images by the British photographer, Harold Chapman, the single largest collection of Chapman material in private hands, is to be offered for sale at Bonhams by private treaty. The collection, a selection of which is on …

Kent-Born Harold Chapman Photographs of Paris and the Beat Hotel to Sell at Bonhams

LONDON.- An extensive archive of images by the British photographer, Harold Chapman, the single largest collection of Chapman material in private hands, is to be offered for sale at Bonhams by private treaty. The collection, a selection of which is on …

The Etchings of Etcher John Taylor Arms on View at the Chrysler Museum of Art

NORFOLK, VA.- The etcher John Taylor Arms (1887–1953) is ranked among the most renowned printmakers in early 20th-century America. The Chrysler Museum of Art presents his work in a free exhibition, An Eye for Architecture: The Etchings of John Ta…

Cocteau and Picasso Prints and Ceramics Make over £500,000 at Bonhams

LONDON.- A collection of drawings, pastels and ceramics by the French poet, filmmaker, playwright and novelist, Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), brought together by the late business tycoon and founder of Gucci timepieces, Severin Wunderman (1939-2008), made …

Jean Cocteau and Picasso Print and Ceramic Sales Make over £500,000 at Bonhams

LONDON.- A collection of drawings, pastels and ceramics by the French poet, filmmaker, playwright and novelist, Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), brought together by the late business tycoon and founder of Gucci timepieces, Severin Wunderman (1939-2008), made …

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