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Rube Goldberg - Original Art for Editorial Cart

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Rube Goldberg - Original Art for Editorial Cart
Rube Goldberg - Original Art for Editorial Cartoon dated 6-21-48. (1948). In "The Big Show," overlapping fragments of the United States' names spell out "Democracy." A clever example of editorial cartooning by the modern master of the form, Rube Goldberg, who was such a force in newspaper cartooning that the National Cartoonist Society has named their annual award for excellence "The Ruben" in recognition of his importance to the art form. This drawing is executed in ink and crayon on coquille board, the traditional media of the editorial cartoonist. The idea is instantly grasped visually, and the piece includes a caption copy in the upper left corner in the border of the piece to be used to augment the visuals. This piece is in splendid condition with small areas of white paint touch-ups. The art paper is 14.5" x 20" with an image area of 13" x 15.5". Signed "Rube Goldberg" in the lower left corner. 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.