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Alex Schomburg - Gunman Airbrushed Illustration Origina

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Alex Schomburg - Gunman Airbrushed Illustration Origina
<B>Alex Schomburg - Gunman Airbrushed Illustration Original Art (circa 1940s).</B></I> Before he launched his legendary career in comics, Alex Schomburg worked as a commercial artist for National Screen Service. In the monograph " "<B>Chroma: The Art of Alex Schomburg</B></I>, the talented artist recalled his days there, ""National is where I learned most of my craft. We did a lot of art of all different kinds. Most of the illustrations were done in black and white and with the aid of an airbrush. This gave me a chance to really learn to operate an airbrush; I became pretty good at it."" That's an understatement! The main figure in this scene, with his snap brim hat, overcoat, and Thompson machine gun bears more than a passing resemblance to the legendary crime stopper, Dick Tracy -- is this fellow a gangster or a G-Man? The overall size of the illustration measures 20"" x 15"" and aside from some light edge wear, the art is in Excellent condition. This is a superb piece! <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a p