Garth Williams original art scans

The illustrations by Garth Williams for the children's classic, CHARLOTTE'S WEB, were auctioned off by Heritage Auctions. I love these illustrations; which are nostalgic to me. Seeing scans of the original art is inspiring to artists and illustrators, as well as fans of children's book art.

I have included the amounts listed as winning bids by Heritage.

CHARLOTTE'S WEB art copyright © 2011 by the respective copyright holders.

Scans of Garth Williams' original art copyright © 2011 Heritage Auctions

$155,350 (Price included dust jacket, two watercolor roughs and web design endpapers)

$4,929.38

$19,120

$6,500

$20,315

$5,000

$10,755

$11,950

$13,145

$33,460

$6871.25

$11,352.50

$13,145

$17,327

$33,460

$6,572.50

$3,346

$23,900

$3,883.75

$38,837.50

$10,456.25

$11,500

$95,600

$41,825.00

Up the river with Alley Oop

V. T. Hamlin's Alley Oop goes back to the South before the Civil War, meets and runs afoul of gambler Texas Jack East, wins a riverboat and loses it in this time travel sequence from 1957. As I've mentioned before, Alley Oop is one of my favorite comic strips. Strips shown are from February 13, 1957 to May 2, 1957.

Alley Oop Copyright © 1957 NEA Service, Inc.

The JFK Comic Book

Sid Jacobson, who was the editor of Harvey Comics, has written several books since Harvey quit publishing. The 9/11 Report with artist Ernie Colon (Richie Rich) is one. In 1963 he and artist Howie Post (Hot Stuff, Spooky) collaborated on this satire of the Kennedy administration, published just months before the assassination.

I'd like to thank David Miller for sharing yet another incredible piece of comics/graphics history with the scans he provided.

There's more information on Sid Jacobson here. Howard Post died in 2010 at age 83.

Copyright © 1963 Sid Jacobson and Howard Post