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
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as 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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