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Robert Crumb - Original Illustration, "The Road

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Robert Crumb - Original Illustration,  The Road
Robert Crumb - Original Illustration, "The Road to Success" (undated). Vintage Crumb commercial art; we see two Topps Chewing Gum salesmen talking to each other, with one looking as if he came from the Broadway production of "The Music Man." Always the perfectionist, it took Crumb a while to finish this, one of his first paying jobs. He cut it apart and redid much of the lettering, to get it just right. There is tape at the top and the bottom edge of this piece and its overall size is 8" x 13". This was done as part of a sales brochure, and has been reprinted several times, most notably in the The Complete Crumb Comics series by Fantagraphics. 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.