How to Sell Your Original Charles Addams Art
To auction, sell or consign your original Charles Addams art, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (NateDSanders.com).
Who Was Charles Addams?
Charles Addams is perhaps best known for creating The Addams Family, which first appeared as cartoons in the New Yorker and later was adapted into a TV series and several films. Addams’s art style is distinctly gothic and dark, but rather than being scary comes across as whimsical and features cheerful characters. He contributed to The New Yorker for over 50 years, and released several cartoon collections of his work.
Here’s Some Original Charles Addams Art We’ve Sold:
Original Painting & Cover of Bradbury’s From the Dust Returned — Sold for $25,000
We sold an original Charles Addams painting from 1946 for $25,000. Painting embodies Addams’ signature whimsical and macabre fashion and depicts a Gothic mansion overlooking a short surrounded by spirits making their way towards the house. Painting was owned by Ray Bradbury and was used as the cover of his 2001 book “From the Dust Returned”. Accompanied with COA from the Ray Bradbury estate.
Art Published in “The New Yorker” — Sold for $24,361
We realized $24,361 for an original Charles Addams illustration depicting a Boy Scout tying a hangman’s noose during a rope typing lesson with several Boy Scouts. Ink and grisaille artwork measures 15.125 x 11.125 inches and was published in The New Yorker.
Original “New Yorker” Cartoon Illustration Art — Sold for $4,000
Charles Addams was a regular contributor to The New Yorker from 1932 onward. We sold an original illustration published in the August 1952 issue for $4,000. Artwork features a golfer leaving a fortune teller’s house and being told, “You’re going to shoot 127” as she prophesies with her crystal ball. Ink and watercolor illustration is signed by Addams in the lower right and measures 13.5 x 13.5 inches.
Wednesday Addams Drawing in Homebodies Book
Homebodies is Charles Addams’s book of dark and gothic illustrations first released in 1954. Some of the featured illustrations later gave rise to his iconic book The Addams Family. We sold a first printing of Homebodies with a Charles Adams autograph and hand drawing of Wednesday Addams on the front free endpaper.
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FAQs
How do I consign or sell my original Charles Addams art?
It’s never been easier to sell your Charles Addams book at Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Email a description and photos of your item to [email protected] and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible with a free appraisal.
This sounds great and I’d like to move forward. What’s the consignment process like at Nate D. Sanders Auctions?
We’ll send you more information about our auction house along with an agreement to review. Your item will appear in our next auction. Unlike many auction houses, we hold monthly auctions and pay you within an industry-leading 45 days following the auction.
What factors determine the value of Charles Addams art?
The value of your artwork can vary based on condition, subject matter and medium used.