SPIDER-MAN MARVEL SILVER AGE ORIGINAL ART BY DITKO - ICONIC WEBSHOOTERS

Prime investment-grade grail piece from Marvel's Silver Age - original art by the legendary Steve Ditko.

This is the ONLY classic Marvel Silver Age page from the original SPIDER-MAN run with Spidey demonstrating his iconic Webshooters.

As Stan Lee would say, " 'Nuff said!"

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Young Lust #1 Original Comix Cover Art

Young Lust #1 (1970). Original cover art by Bill Griffith of ZAP Comix

This is the original cover art to one of the most INFAMOUS underground comix ever printed.

Comparative pieces have auctioned for over $100K.

At the time this was created, Bill Griffith -- also creator of Zippy The Pinhead -- was living in San Francisco, enjoying the Haight Ashbury lifestyle and working with Robert Crumb on ZAP Comix.

Young Lust was a sex-filled X-rated parody, making fun of 1969's "Summer of Love" and the earlier romance comics created by artists Jack Kirby, Al Feldstein and Wally Wood. Similarly, Roy Lichtenstein parodied the same material in his Pop Art paintings -- now worth millions of dollars.

Ink, pencil and Zipatone on heavy paper - 16 x 12 inches

FOR SALE. Time payments available and credit cards accepted. Email Lee at californiacoll at gmail.com and call 650-464-7222 PST

2001: A Space Odyssey -- Kirby Marvel Art -- Kubrick Masterpiece

2001: A Space Odyssey (Marvel Comics, 1976) Pencils by Jack Kirby. Inks by Frank Giacoia.

This gorgeous original art splash page is the key page from the largest, longest comic book (tabloid size, 80 pages) ever drawn by the #1 artist in comic book history, Jack "King" Kirby.

The classic 1968 movie starring the HAL 9000 supercomputer was the most highly acclaimed every made by Stanley Kubrick, from a novel by Arthur C. Clarke developed concurrently with the movie.

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Silver Surfer #1 Original Color Guide Art

Silver Surfer #1 (Marvel Comics, 1968) - Hand-colored page 1 splash art by Bill Everett

What you're looking at here is absolutely AMAZING.

This is from Silver Surfer #1, one of the dozen most famous issues in the history of Marvel Comics.

It is the hand-colored art guide to the page 1 splash, featuring the origin of the Silver Surfer. Created for the 1968 publication of Silver Surfer #1, it was hand-colored by Marvel Comics' legendary artist Bill Everett at the direction of the Marvel's famous editor Stan Lee.

Here's some background, in the form of a timeline:

1939 - Marvel Comics #1 is published, featuring the first appearance and origin of the Sub-Mariner, created and drawn by Bill Everett

1966 - The Silver Surfer first appears in Fantastic Four #48, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

1968 - Stan Lee decides to publish the Silver Surfer as a separate comic book title and chooses John Buscema to draw the character. For the blockbuster square-bound issue of Silver Surfer #1, Lee chooses legendary artist Bill Everett to hand-color the cover and all 38 pages of the Surfer's origin story -- to ensure that the first issue will look perfect.

So what you are looking at here is the actual page #1 of the 38 pages hand-colored by Bill Everett!

The inks are as fresh and bright as the day Everett used them.

All 38 pages are part of the California Collection and a selection of them, including this key page #1 splash, are available for sale.

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Lava Leapers - Sci Fi Cover Art

Lava Leapers - 1940s/1950s Science Fiction Original Painting Cover Art From The Legendary Hollywood, California Collection Of Forry Ackerman

There are several VERY impressive things about this piece of original art:

1. It's CLASSIC science fiction, from the 1940s/1950s -- a peak period for sci-fi fandom.

2. It's from the LEGENDARY collection of Forrest "Forry" Ackerman and his famous Ackermansion, THE man who coined the term "Sci Fi" and published the magazine "Famous Monsters of Filmland."

Eventually this piece of art was sold through Sotheby's and ended up here in the California Collection.

3. It's in BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL condition, professionally conserved and varnished by the finest museum conservator in California, a gentleman who has spent decades preserving art by the world's finest painters from Rembrandt to El Greco to Monet and many more.

20" x 14" in oil and gouache

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The Bride of Frankenstein

The Bride of Frankenstein (Universal, 1935). Pressbook. From what is considered by many to be the greatest horror film ever made, this item is one of the holy grails of Universal horror. Hyper-rare with maybe a dozen still in existence, this is the ORIGINAL 1935 pressbook sent to the major movie theaters for PR. The front cover features one of THE greatest images ever made of Karloff as the Frankenstein monster -- a better image, in fact, than any of the posters! And the back cover is AMAZING because it shows images of ALL of the posters available for sale in 1935, including the poster that sold for $334,600. This pressbook is a MUST-HAVE for anyone who loves and collects original vintage items from the golden age of Universal horror films.

This item is composed of linen-infused paper and has been professionally conserved by the finest paper conservation laboratory in California.

The pressbook has been in the California Collection since the summer of 1974, purchased at the Americana Nostalgia Convention in Dallas, Texas.

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One Hundred and One Dalmations

One Hundred and One Dalmations (Disney, 1961) From the classic Disney film -- the last feature that Walt himself worked on directly -- here are two ORIGINAL cels in MINT condition.

Story-wise, Perdita is the gal dog and Pongo is the guy dog and Cruella de Vil is, well, quite cruella. And quite popular, too, because "One Hundred and One Dalmations" became THE top grossing film across America in 1961.

The cels feature a KEY scene: the one where Perdita and Pongo first meet, in the park. It's super-cute because she's playing hard to get, of course!

So circa 1961-1962, these original cels used in the production of the film were sold at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, where both Fantasyland and Tomorrowland had "Art of Animation" stores.

(The classic Mainstreet USA photo shown here is from the captivating website davelandweb.com -- absolutely worth a visit. Thanks, Dave!)

Condition-wise, the cels themselves are bright and mint, with beautifully intact paint on clear acetate. And the original paper mats are fully intact and handsomely toned. And an added bonus: on the back each cel includes the original vintage Disneyland sticker of authenticity!

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