Gallery Comments by Peter Huestis

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"Judge Rummy" (192?) by Tad
Owner: Brian Coppola

Comment posted on 5/11/2014

Peter Huestis said:
Classic Judge Rummy, but I've gotta say: no way this is 1911. I'd say it's a good ten years later than that. The "11" in the corner probably refers to either November or the 11th of the month. Tad's numerical notations are often baffling.

Another really common thing with Tad originals is that the dates get scratched out and rewritten A LOT. Many of my Tad drawings have scratched out dates. They really are baffling. Early collectors also had a nasty habit of tearing off the engraving orders from the versos. Very frustrating!

"Judge Rummy" (192?) by Tad
Owner: Brian Coppola

Comment posted on 5/11/2014
Classic Judge Rummy, but I've gotta say: no way this is 1911. I'd say it's a good ten years later than that. The "11" in the corner probably refers to either November or the 11th of the month. Tad's numerical notations are often baffling.

"Tad" Dorgan: Judge Rummy's Court, Circa 1919
Owner: Peter Huestis

Comment posted on 12/15/2013

Dave H said:
This is great. When I went to a Con and saw these in person, they really stood out for their simplicity and clarity. I notice that he signs many of them TAD and then "27" beneath. Since this one isn't from 1927, do you know why it's signed thus?

The problem of the inscrutable numbers on TAD's drawings as they survived is that many of them were re-used and reprinted at various times. When this happened, the original dates (which were month/day dates, never with years) were usually scraped out and rewritten in a later hand. So these numbers are unreliable for dating, and that's why they're so confusing. The only real standard for dating these is to find their original publication date in the NY Journal. Almost all of the Indoor Sports and Judge Rummy drawings in my collection have scraped out and renumbered dates.

Bushmiller: Nancy's Determined Vandalism, 1949
Owner: Peter Huestis

Comment posted on 6/15/2012

frank x townsondecker said:
Very nice!!!

Thanks! I agree. Even by the high standards I hold Bushmiller, this is a killer strip.

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	Peter Huestis
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