The shirt off of Sparky’s back?
June 5th, 2009
An original Charles Schulz drawing on a sweatshirt for $9500? At first glance the drawing appears to be genuine.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/clt/1205071554.html
This a rather unique piece of artwork. It was created by Charles Schulz at a private Beethoven birthday party held in the late 60s at his Coffey [sic] Lane residence in Sebastopol, Ca.
Pictures of Beethoven and Schroder [sic] were drawn on two white sweatshirts.
Currently, one of the sweatshirts is owned by the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa, California. The other, in excellent condition and signed by Charles Schulz, is being offered for purchase. Serious buyers only, please.
I wonder why this is being offered on Craigslist, rather than eBay?
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8 Comments Add your own
1. Monte | June 5th, 2009 at 4:09 am
Who was it drawn for and where did it come from? I’d like to see the signature. Apparently Stan Lee has a sort of arts and crafts doghouse he paid some money for that he claims Dad made years ago, with velvet and wood, etc. Not likely!
2. DOuG pRATt | June 5th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Monte — That’s bizarre for Stan Lee to get suckered like that. Maybe you could tell him the Snoopy doghouse was something you made in woodshop at school.
All I know about the sweatshirt is what’s in that ad. What’s interesting is the seller claims there’s a second shirt and it’s at the museum. If so, is it on display there?
When I first got on Ebay, ten years ago already, before your father passed away, I spotted some obviously fake “Peanuts” sketches and I wrote to the seller questioning — not accusing — their authenticity. He replied in an outraged tone, with “who the hell are you,” and “what do you know?”, etc., From that I learned there’s no point in arguing with crooks.
3. Monte | June 5th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Even funnier is the story about a bartender in Maine, say, December 1999 or January 2000, who said he noticed some guy at one of the tables making little sketches on napkins as he drank and talked with friends. Once he’d gone, the bartender asked who that was doing all the drawings. Another guy said, “You don’t know? That was Charles Schulz, creator of Peanuts.” So the bartender grabbed a few of the scribbled-on napkins, and offered them for sale after Dad died. I was told this story to see what I knew about it, regarding the value of the drawings. I said, “Well. two things: One, I don’t recall Dad ever being in Maine, and two, he sure as hell was NOT in Maine after he was diagnosed with colon cancer. In fact, he never went anywhere, after all. So, sorry, both the story and the drawings are phony.”
4. DOuG pRATt | June 5th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
That’s hilarious! Come to think of it, when was your father ever drinking in a bar?
5. jeaniebeanie | June 6th, 2009 at 8:02 am
Hysterical, Monte! Come to think of it, when was drinking ever depicted in “Peanuts,” aside from Snoopy as the Ace Pilot in France quaffing root beers?
6. Monte | June 7th, 2009 at 1:22 am
I can’t see drinking in a bar, because he didn’t drink! So that whole story was absurd. Funny, but absurd! So, no, I don’t think there was drinking in the strip, either, because Dad didn’t drink, but he thought it was funny to have Snoopy quaffing root beer. I also think he liked using the word, “quaffed.”
7. ben gustin | July 29th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
hello i recently purchased a signed copy of “Snoopy: and it was a dark and stormy night” and was curious if you could authenticate the signature. i am professional book collector/seller and i looked at about 100 signatures that were “guaranteed” authentic but who knows? not me that’s for sure. could i send you a high def picture? i would really appreciate your opinion, thanks.
sincerely benjamin gustin
8. DOuG pRATt | July 29th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Ben — I wouldn’t impose upon Monte to authenticate his father’s signature, but if you send me a scan I could take a look at it with a friend of mine. Can’t make any promises, however. You can use the address on my “Contact” page.
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