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Bud Counihan - Original Comic Strip Art for Bet

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Comics Start Price:1.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
Bud Counihan - Original Comic Strip Art for Bet
Bud Counihan - Original Comic Strip Art for Betty Boop Daily dated 11-2-34 (King Features Syndicate, 1934). Betty just seems to finds fans wherever she goes! Out West to make a new picture, the "Boop-oop-a-doop" girl is crowned Princess by an admiring tribe of Native Americans. Betty, originally designed and developed by the legendary "Grim" Natwick, got her start in Max Fleischer's animated cartoons, and soon moved onto the comics page for a brief four year run. Deemed too sexy by America's moral watchdogs, the Hayes Administration, Betty made her last comic strip appearance in 1938, and her last Fleischer cartoon in 1939. That didn't stop her from becoming an American icon however, and today her image can be seen on everything imaginable. Betty seems to be as popular with today's crowd as she was with the Depression era generation, a staggering achievement when one considers the paucity of her output. Original Betty Boop strips are exceptionally rare. Jerry Weist in his Comic Art Price Guide, Second Edition estimates that only ten to exist today. Several are being offered in this sale, which may represent your only opportunity to acquire one of these rare gems. This example has an image area of approximately 19.75" x 4.75", and is in excellent condition. Important notice: 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 policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.