LOT #18146 |
Current Bid: $70
Michael Whelan (American, b. 1950). The Year's Best Horror Stories Series VI paperback cover preliminary...
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Description
Michael Whelan (American, b. 1950)The Year's Best Horror Stories Series VI paperback cover preliminary, 1978
Acrylic on board
8-3/4 x 5-3/4 inches (22.2 x 14.6 cm)
Initialed and dated lower right: © 1978 MW
The Barry Lamka Collection
The final version of the present work is published as the cover of The Year's Best Horror Stories Series VI edited by Gerald W. Page (DAW, 1979) with visible differences in the completion of the figure's apparel, hands, and knife as well as the wood grain of the door.
Estimate: $700 - up.
Condition Report*:
Wear and markings to margins of board in keeping with illustration and publishing process. Framed under glass.
Framed Dimensions 15.5 X 12.5 Inches
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Auction Info
2026 January 15 Pulp, Paperback Sci-Fi & Fantasy Showcase Auction #15262 (go to Auction Home page)
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