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ALBERT T. REID.
Group of 9 post-World War I era cartoons. Pen and ink on paper. Average size 482x381
mm; 19x15 inches. All signed in ink, lower margins. Most captioned in pencil, lower
margins, a few dated in pencil. 1920s.A cashed bank check by Reid accompanies the lot.
[700/1,000]
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WILLARD MULLIN.
“Bouncing Boys / The Derby” Charcoal,
pen and ink. 578x362 mm; 22
3
/
4
x14
1
/
2
inches. Cartoon about the Kentucky Derby
showing 10 jockeys being bucked off the
back of “The Derby” horse, printed in the
World Telegram. Signed in ink, as part of
the grass beneath the horse. Few printing
indications in recto margins, verso contains
a rough, partial sketch of a man’s face and
instructions to “please rush” the piece via
Western Union telegraph messenger to
Sports Editor Sal Gerage. 1965.
[250/350]
Willy Shoemaker, jockey #8 in the cartoon,
took the 1965 Kentucky Derby on Lucky
Debonair. Salvatore Gerage, noted New York
Sports Editor of The Post, was working for the
World Telegram in 1965.
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