A Group of Six 1950's Era New Yorker Artist Illustrations
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $400 - $600
Estimate$400 – $600
Status
Closed
A Group of Six 1950's Era New Yorker Artist Illustrations
From a collection of over 130 watercolor illustrations. Identified artists include Playboy and New Yorker artist Peter Arno (American, 1904-1968). All have been stored flat in Mylar sleeves.
Sam Cowan is the Associate Vice President, Head of Sale, Interiors Interiors by Freeman's.
Sam has spent his life in the auction industry, accompanying his father, Wes Cowan to auctions, trade shows and eventually to his own eponymous auction house, in the mid-1990s. He joined his father’s auction house, Cowan’s, full-time in 2012 in the Arms and Armor department and as a fine and decorative arts specialist, a department where he would ultimately become director. Sam has an interest in 20th century design, pottery, early advertising, historic Americana and antique firearms. He is a licensed auctioneer in three states and is a featured appraiser on The Antiques Roadshow.
