Charlie Brown original Peanuts artwork sells for $288,000
Peanuts Early Character Illustrations by Charles Schulz (1953/1954).
DALLAS, TX
.- In 1953 Charles Schulz drew portraits of Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, Schroeder, Patty, Violet, Shermy and Good Ol Charlie Brown for a promotional giveaway. On Friday these early iterations of the classic characters set a world record for the highest price paid at auction for original Peanuts artwork.
The drawings Schultz made for The Peanuts Album sold for $288,000 during the first session of Heritage Auctions Dec. 11-13 Animation Art event. That bests a previous high-water mark set only last month, when a Nov. 17, 1950, Peanuts daily strip realized $192,000 during our Comics & Comic Art event.
Jean Schulz responds to the controversy over Franklin s role in A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Ethan Alter
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A Charlie Brown Christmas has been a seasonal pop culture gift for 55 years and counting, it’s hard to imagine a Thanksgiving weekend without at least one helping of
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. In recent years, though, the 1973 animated special written by
Peanuts creator, Charles Schulz has been accompanied by a side of controversy. At issue is a sequence from the half-hour cartoon where Charlie Brown and his friends sit down for their version of Thanksgiving dinner, featuring toast, popcorn and jelly beans in place of turkey, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce.