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Incredibly Rare Calvin and Hobbes Original Artwork



Who wouldn't want to own this? An incredibly rare piece of original, published Calvin and Hobbes artwork is going up for auction at Heritage Comics on February 23, 2012. Expected to bring in $50,000+, 1989-90 Calendar Cover Watercolor Illustration Original Art (c. 1988) is a 13" x 10" piece by artist Bill Watterson. Only a very small handful of Calvin and Hobbes originals have ever come onto the market and none of them has ever been published.

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Added by alice on February 1, 2012 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Rare Early Marilyn Monroe Photos



If you'd like to remember Marilyn Monroe not as the bodacious bombshell but as the innocent girl-next-door, then you'll appreciate these rare photos taken by Richard C. Miller. Seven images of a young Marilyn, then known as Norma Jeane, are going up for auction.



In March and April 1946, Miller photographed Norma Jeane in various locations, capturing the all-American girl on the… Continue

Added by alice on July 22, 2011 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

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