OT.......estate sale find
 

I went to a estate sale today because it looked to be pretty good from some of the pics i saw online. Sometimes i find old ball cards or baseball related items if it looks like alot of paper at the sale.

I was going through some of the books in boxes and noticed this cool book called The Buffalo Are Running and i thought to myself damn whoever the illustrator is they are very talented as i flipped through the book, it kinda reminded of Charles Russell in a way. I put the book back in the box and kept searching.

On one of the tables inside i found a box filled with folders and all kinds of documents and typical letters that have no value and then towards the bottom was a drawing and i thought man this looks familiar and it hit me, the drawing was actually the front cover of the book, behind the drawing was a yellow envelope that had all the illustrations to the book. I sealed the envelope and put everything back and hoped no one would find it.

Well bidding started and i got the book for 1 dollar. When the box got put up with the drawing and illustrations i won it for 20 bucks. The illustartor is E.F. Miller and i think it could be Frank Miller who later went on to be a famous illustrator for Marvel Comics, his wife Edna Miller wrote many books in regards to Mouskin and is also a great artist in her own right.

There were a few 33 Goudeys in the sale and i won them for a little of nothing so all in all it was a fun day. Here are some pics of the book and illustrations, i think baseball cards and indian memorabilia go hand in hand so maybe some of you indian fans will enjoy looking at this.

That's a nice find. As a book and art collector, for me it's very cool to find the original illustrations for a book.

My favorite part of my collection is the art work from The Speed Boy, a 1938 novel about deadball baseball

Here's a cover of the book, together with five of the illustrations from the book

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Nice......
 

Very Nice Max. What a cool name for a book. There was a total of 15 illustrations for the book i found and i particular dig the ones with the eagles. Also in the sale i bought a box containing artwork from Edna Miller and there are some great pieces that were in the box.

Very cool !!

It would be pretty awesome if that were Frank Miller. Unfortunately he was 3 years old when that book was published.

One of my favorite graphic artists by the way.

Hmmmm.....
 

Well there are several Frank Miller's but the website with completed sales of his states he was born in 1898 but i guess that is a typo. Thanks for the help and one of the hardest things to do dometimes is to identify artists.

I was referring to the Frank Miller who did "Sin City", "300" and "The Dark Knight" graphic novels.

There may very well be another one I'm not aware of. I thought that's who you were referencing.

Very cool pickup! For the price you can't go wrong.