Heritage Auction Galleries (HA.com) - The Estate of Charles Martignette

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The single greatest Illustration Art collection ever offered-4300 pieces valued at $20 million — to be included in a series of Heritage auctions starting in summer 2009. When maverick collector Charles Martignette passed away in February 2008, his... more

The single greatest Illustration Art collection ever offered-4300 pieces valued at $20 million — to be included in a series of Heritage auctions starting in summer 2009. When maverick collector Charles Martignette passed away in February 2008, his collection was already the stuff of legend, containing multiple canvasses by every major name in American illustration art from the last century. This artwork represent the best of the best by the greatest names in Illustration history-masters from the Golden Age of magazine and book illustration, paperback and pulp covers, and pin-up, such as Alberto Vargas, Gil Elvgren, J.C. Leyendecker, Norman Rockwell, Rolf Armstrong, Earl Moran, among many others. The Estate of Charles Martignette will be featured in our July 15, 2009 Illustration Art Auction, July 16, 2009 Art of the American West Auction, September 17, 2009 Glamour and Pop Art Auction, December 9, 2009 Illustration Art Auction and 2010/2011, Quarterly Illustration Art Auctions. less

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