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14 Dick Hodgins (American 20th Century), Original Editorial Cartoons
Fourteen original pen and ink editorial cartoons on illustration board, dated circa 1969–1980, addressing U.S. Postal Service reform, labor strikes, pension reform, court reform, social security, union opposition, and broader political and bureaucratic themes. Titles include examples such as “Set ’Em Packing!,” “For Whom The Bell Tolls,” “Get Marcus Welby!,” “Register To Vote, Sir?,” “Down To The Wire,” “Hobbled Horse,” “The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs,” “Booting It,” and related works. Each signed “Dick Hodgins” within the image, with pencil titles, publication dates, and printer’s slug notes to the margins.
Largest sheet approximately 15″ x 20″.

Estimate: $800 - $1200

11 Dick Hodgins (American 20th Century), Original Editorial Cartoons
Eleven original pen and ink editorial cartoons on illustration board, dated circa 1968–1974, addressing Vietnam War negotiations, U.S.–China relations, SALT II and arms reduction talks, the Columbia unrest, Middle East cease-fire tensions, and Cold War diplomacy. Titles include examples such as “The Mouths That Roared,” “Cease It — In Time!,” “Shored Up,” “Elusive,” “Slippery Footing,” “A Deadly Refrain,” “Noodles Won’t And See…,” “Uncle Sucker?,” and “Big Break In The Wall.” Each signed “Dick Hodgins” within the image. Pencil titles, publication dates, and printer’s slug notes appear to margins.
Largest sheet approximately 15″ x 20″.

Estimate: $800 - $1200

9 Dick Hodgins (American 20th Century), Original Editorial Cartoons
Nine original pen and ink editorial cartoons on illustration board, dated circa 1969–1977, addressing New York City governance, transit proposals, bond issues, fiscal management, metropolitan policy, and state politics. Titles include examples such as “Make It Reality!,” “Did Someone Knock?,” “A Real Political Yo-Yo?,” “A Most Confusing Picture,” “Time To Retire,” and “Fish Story,” among others. Each signed “Dick Hodgins” within the image, with pencil titles, publication dates, and printer’s slug notes to the margins.
Largest sheet approximately 15″ x 20″.

Estimate: $500 - $1000

9 Dick Hodgins (American 20th Century), Original Editorial Cartoons
Nine original pen and ink editorial cartoons on illustration board, variously titled in pencil along the upper margins and dated between 1969 and 1977, including examples such as “time for the ultimate censor,” “up the down staircase,” “snug-a-life line,” and others addressing topics of violence, education, child abuse legislation, school lunch programs, media influence, and black market adoption. Each signed “Dick Hodgins” within the image. Editorial notations, publication dates, and layout markings in pencil to margins.
Largest sheet approximately 15″ x 20″.

Estimate: $500 - $1000

6 Dick Hodgins (American 20th Century), Original Editorial Cartoons
Six original pen and ink editorial cartoons on illustration board, variously titled and dated between 1969 and 1976, including examples addressing rising medical costs, national health care and socialized medicine, polio immunization, effective emergency action, and related public policy themes. Each signed “Dick Hodgins” within the image. Pencil titles, publication dates, and printer’s slug notes to the margins.
Largest sheet approximately 15″ x 20″.

Estimate: $500 - $1000

9 Dick Hodgins (American 20th Century), Original Editorial Cartoons
Nine original pen and ink editorial cartoons on illustration board, variously titled and dated between 1969 and 1976, addressing Cold War tensions, NATO policy, Vietnam and Laos, Cambodia, CIA controversy, internal strife, and U.S.–Soviet relations. Examples include works referencing Dr. Kissinger, NATO defenses, bombing pauses, and international diplomacy. Each signed “Dick Hodgins” within the image, with pencil titles, publication dates, and printer’s slug notes to the margins.
Largest sheet approximately 15″ x 20″.

Estimate: $500 - $1000

Group of Cartoon Strips
Assorted original comic and cartoon strip artwork, including multiple panel dailies and Sundays, various subjects and genres. Black ink on illustration board and paper, some with editorial notations, paste-ups, and publication markings. Includes examples with King Features Syndicate and other syndicate imprints.
Largest 18″ x 25″.

Estimate: $100 - $300

Four Piece Decorative Art Lot
to include a miniature watercolor painting of a gentleman, a miniature watercolor painting of a women in a pink dress, and two silhouette paintings of one woman and one child
largest 5 1/2″ x 6 1/2″, smallest 4 3/4″ x 5 3/4″

Estimate: $200 - $300

Three Cold War Political Caricature Drawings
Graphite on paper depicting satirical figures rendered in exaggerated cartoon form. One scene shows two men exchanging rats over a crate, with additional rats clutched in their arms, accompanied by humorous notes referencing the USSR and “World Exporter” The second drawing depicts one figure presenting a bouquet of flowers adorned with a necklace and star pendant to another man in a theatrical gesture
Both drawings include handwritten annotations, dated 1955, one signed “B. Borsos.”
13 1/2″ x 17 1/2” both frames
along with smaller piece also signed B.Borsos

Estimate: $150 - $300

Framed Queen Victoria (British 1819–1901) Autograph Cut Signature
display featuring ink signature on paper of Queen Victoria mounted below a portrait engraving of the monarch. Accompanied by a James Spence Authentication Letter of Authenticity identifying the signature as genuine.
Sight size of signature approximately 1″ x 5″, frame 14″ x 11”
Provenance: Accompanied by James Spence Authentication Letter of Authenticity, Certification No. XX86801.

Estimate: $100 - $300

Group of Eleven Literature and Poetry Books and Pamphlet
Including works by Robert Frost (New Hampshire, 1923; Complete Poems, 1949; Robert Frost: A Pictorial Chronicle), Eugene Field (The Clink of the Ice, 1905; A Little Book of Nonsense, 1901), Carl Sandburg (Selected Poems), Marcus Aurelius (To Himself, 1905), two volumes of The Essays of Montaigne translated by John Florio, along with additional literary and poetry titles, and a pamphlet Henry D. Thoreau, Biographical Sketch by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Houghton Mifflin & Co.
Various publishers and dates, late 19th to mid-20th century.

Estimate: $100 - $300

Group of Presidential Books
Including Theodore Roosevelt titles The Wilderness Hunter, An Autobiography, The Foes of Our Own Household, The Many-Sided Roosevelt, and related volume, together with three John F. Kennedy titles including Profiles in Courage, To Seek a Newer World, and Just Friends and Brave Enemies, along with a Collier’s Illustrated Weekly issue dated December 14, 1901 featuring Roosevelt portrait.

Estimate: $100 - $300

Two Copies of A Farewell To Arms, Ernest Hemingway (American, 1899-1961)
both first edition, published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1929, one being a first edition, first printing (with no additional printings listed on copyright page), the other an early printing of the same year with multiple reprint statements.

Estimate: $800 - $1200