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Gaar Williams "Our Secret Ambition" daily

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Title:	Gaar Williams "Our Secret Ambition" daily
Artist:	Gaar Williams (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Comic Strip
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	275
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	4/16/2020
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Per stamps on the back, this 1932 strip went back to the engraving dept at the Chicago Tribune in 1942 and again in 1946. Other Williams dailies have similar stamps, so I take it the Trib kept all the art, and at some point sold it off in bulk to someone. Now a big stack has found its way to Heritage, which dribbles them out every week. I've got a couple other Williams pieces, but when a group of four came up for auction that included this exquisite example, I had no choice but to triple my holdings. If OA valuation was purely based on drawing skill, Gaar Williams would be way out of my reach!

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	Aaron N. ( 6 ) Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	November 2009
Last Login:	September 2025
Country:	UNITED STATES
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DC's Showcase
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 4/17/2020

So, she is in quarantine? (kidding, hard not to read through that prism). Really gorgeous, congrats!

Mark Howland
Member Since 2004

Posted on 4/17/2020

God, such a great attitude! Love the discarded books and the chosen mag. Perfect wistfulness.

Rob Stolzer
Member Since 2004

Posted on 4/17/2020

Welcome to the Gaar Williams Club, Aaron. I have a sweet stack of his panels myself. It is amazing think that he was so popular that the Trib continued to reprint his material long after his untimely death. Williams remains one of the great pen man in comic strip history. This is a particularly fine example. Congrats.

Duke Fuller
Member Since 2008

Posted on 9/17/2020

Great illustration and story. I too, just picked up a set of four from Heritage and have posted here.

Cheers!!

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