Hey Calvin and Hobbes fans, got some extra cash to spend?

[progressoid]

This original art is up for auction.

Current bid is $37,500. It's expected to go for well over $50,000.

Bidding Ends: Feb 22, 2012 at 10:00 PM CT



Bill Watterson Calvin and Hobbes 1989-90 Calendar Cover Watercolor Illustration Original Art (c. 1988). Calvin and Hobbes fans, feast your eyes on this --it's the real deal! As all comic art fans know, few pieces of original art are as scarce and sought after as a Calvin and Hobbes original by the characters' creator Bill Watterson. Since Watterson is one of the few cartoonists to shun the merchandising bonanza of a popular character and is a very private person, his artwork is in incredibly high-demand. Only a very small handful of originals have ever come onto the market, so don't miss out on your chance to win this gem, only the second such piece we've offered -- an incredible, published beauty featuring the two main characters from the most popular and fondly remembered newspaper strip since Peanuts. The image area of this ink and watercolor masterwork is 13" x 10", and the art is in Excellent condition. This piece has a special provenance as it was in the collection of one of the American comic strips' most important historians and feature writers, Rick Marschall. Inscribed and signed at the lower right, "For Rick Marschall, 'komic konnoisseur' Bill Watterson."

http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7054&lotIdNo=69001

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. covet.

want.

yes.

me.

mine.

want.

[OriginalGeek]

2. I can't say I'd NEVER sell

but things would have to be awfully fuggin bad for me to let go of a Bill Watterson painting that was addresses specifically to me.


I am not judging Mr. Marschall by the way. It doesn't even matter what his situation is - it's his picture to do with as he will. Just saying for me selling it would be a last resort.

[progressoid]

3. Yeah,

Unless I was court ordered to, I think I would hang on to that if I could.

[MattBaggins]

4. How much can I get for both my kidneys?

[Moondog]

5. Hmmm. A couple of weeks to go

and with buyer's premium included it is currently at $44,812.50. I'd love to have it, but that is just a bit more than I'd care to go.

[Ikonoklast]

6. Wow. You jerks need to lend me some money.

C'mon, dig deep, cough up, lay out some coin, but send me the dough, pronto.

[pokerfan]

7. If I could have my choice of artwork

I would probably go with something from the Spaceman Spiff series...



Hard to believe the strip's been gone for 16 years. I wonder what they're up to these days...

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(Calvin and Hobbes 2010)[/center]

[nolabear]

8. Whoa. If Calvin looked like that, Hobbes would be a Cougar!

[sakabatou]

10. Or this

[pokerfan]

11. Good one

I also found this:

[sakabatou]

12. Cute

[sakabatou]

9. This would be my fave