Here’s something very unexpected coming up for auction at Heritage Auctions next month – a classic piece of vintage Ron Turner book cover art from the 1950s.
Needless to say, original book cover art by “The Daleks” and “Space Ace” artist Ron doesn’t come to market very often. This cover for The Extra Man by Charles Grey (the pseudonym of E.C. Tubb), published by Milestone Books in 1954, is pretty stunning.
Acrylic on board, this unsigned work measures 17.25 x 12.75 inches and is from just one item from The Glynn and Suzanne Crain Collection Auction 13th – 14th August 2019.
Other items in the auction include work by James Allen, John Conrad Berkey, Virgil Finlay, Kelly Freas, Mark Schultz, Kris Vallejo, Wally Wood, Bernie Wrightson and many other amazing artists.
• Check out this Ron Turner item here on the Heritage Auctions web site | Full auction here
With thanks to David Roach
The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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