I have what I believe are 31, I guess you’d call them mock-ups of the cover art for Child Life Magazine from the 1920’s and 30’s. They are by Hazel Frazee and I have supporting documentation for them. They are in good condition and some have editor’s notes. Very nice and colorful.
Does anyone know the morket for something like these. We aren’t looking for retail, but are hoping a reseller out there may be interested and just give us a fair price for them.
Thanks in advance.
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bonzbuyer_uoqfb Reputation: 10 |
List under books [URL removed] Magazine Back Issues
$12.50 offers lowest acceptable offer which can possibly sell @ $24 if/with any additional extras.
Good Luck!
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MONTROSE Reputation: 8354 See MONTROSE's booth |
You need to clarify if the items are original art which might increase the value, or printed production art.
In [URL removed] Artists produce preliminaries (original art), then the final art. Anywhere along the line a copy might be produced with editorial markings for corrections or the print room, but rarely does the final art have markings in the art.
In modern collecting parlance ‘production art’ generally refers to something printed, with possible hand-written editorial or printing comments (or even a hand colored color guide).
If you can match an original art preliminary with the published cover you’ve got a nice item.
If these are unused preliminaries they’re not as desired unless greatly unique.
Production art value might be $5 to $50 each. As a lot a reseller might pay $1-$10 each.
But with anything other than original art 1) prelims and 2) final art, the value is what the seller will take. I’ve seem production art (the printed items) offered for over $500 on some items.
Generally sites like these do not have a category for original illustration/commercial art. It’s a crossover area of buying. People interested in the magazines may have no interest in the originals. People who buy the original art do not necessarily have a collection of the magazines. So you have to be careful where you advertise them. With a name brand artist and title I’d more likely post in the art section for anything better than production art.
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