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Carl Barks - Uncle Scrooge "A Twenty-four Karat Ladder" Colored Original Art (1987).

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Carl Barks - Uncle Scrooge  A Twenty-four Karat Ladder  Colored Original Art (1987).
<B>Carl Barks - Uncle Scrooge "A Twenty-four Karat Ladder" Colored Original Art (1987).</B></I> This specialty piece of Uncle Scrooge is unpublished. It features Scrooge McDuck on a solid gold brick ladder painting a house. Created as a surprise to a new house owner, who had broken his wrist falling off a ladder, this gag shows Barks' best-known creation explaining a "simple way" not to have a ladder collapse underneath you -- all you need are hundreds of 24-karat solid gold bricks! The parrot in the drawing represents the owner's pet, Kerby. Kerby is still thinking about gold bricks; he just turned 24 years old this year! This page is reminiscent of the great Barks comic book gags, and was created in ink with the use of colored pencils. Carl Barks writes in his own hand "Get well soon", and personally signed it "Carl and Gare." It measures 10.5" x 8" on paper, and is in Excellent condition. <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 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.