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DESCRIPTION OF ITEM -  AN ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED LITHOGRAPHIC COVER (cover only) OR ARTWORK FROM A VINTAGE FORTUNE PERIODICAL...  BEING SOLD AS IS WITH ALL FAULTS AS SEEN IN PHOTO(S).

Joaquin Alberto Vargas y Chávez (9 February 1896 – 30 December 1982) was a noted Peruvian painter of pin-up girls. He is often considered one of the most famous of the pin-up artists. Numerous Vargas paintings have sold and continue to sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars.  Born in Arequipa, Peru, he was the son of noted Peruvian photographer Max T. Vargas.^[1] Alberto Vargas moved to the United States in 1916 after studying art in Europe, Zurich, and Geneva prior to World War I. While he was in Europe he came upon the French magazine La Vie Parisienne, with a cover by Raphael Kirchner, which he said was a great influence on his work.^[2]

IMAGE SIZE -  PLEASE SEE THE PHOTO AND USE MEASUREMENTS ON EDGES.

DATE OF ORIGINAL COVER - SEE TITLE

THE COLLECTING OF MAGAZINE COVER ART IS  INTRIGUING IN THE SENSE OF "THE FIND" AND ALSO "THE BRAG"...  BEING IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD - EPHEMERAL, MOST MAGAZINES WERE NOT INTENDED FOR LONG TERM SURVIVAL.  STARTING WITH THE FIRST MAG (ie: The Gentleman's Magazine, first published in 1731, in London, considered to have been the first general-interest magazine) MOST WERE READ and REREAD AS THEY WERE PASSED ALONG BUT EVENTUALLY MOST WOULD END UP IN THE  TRASH OR THE SCRAP PAPER BUYERS CART...  AND SO THE ENJOYMENT OF COLLECTION MAGAZINES AND THEIR SUPERLATIVE COVER ART BEGAN.

WARS, HATE MONGERS, BOOK BINDERS, SCRAP DRIVES, RODENTS, MOLD AND FIRE HAVE TAKEN THEIR TOLL UPON SURVIVAL... ALONG WITH  FLOODS, TORNADOES AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS WHICH CONTINUALLY REDUCE THE AVAILABLE NUMBER OF COLLECTIBLE COVERS TO ENJOY, PURCHASE AND SHOW OFF..

AS WITH ALL EPHEMERA - CONDITION SCARCITY, CONDITION, DESIRABILITY, CONDITION, AND.... DID I MENTION ... CONDITION... ARE THE PRIME FACTORS INVOLVED IN PRICE.. 

PERFECT COVERS ARE IS RARE --- AND PRICED ACCORDINGLY !

MOST COVERS PRIOR TO 1880 WERE PRINTED ON ACID FREE PAPER... AFTER THAT PAPER QUALITY CONTINUES TO DECLINE..

IT IS ALWAYS BEST TO USED ACID-FREE STORAGE + MOUNTING PRACTICES IN COLLECTING MAG COVERS..

Cover art it is either an artwork as illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product such as a book (often on a dust jacket), magazine, comic book, .........). The art has a primarily commercial function, i.e. to promote the product it is displayed on, but can also have an aesthetic function, and may be artistically connected to the product, such as with art by the creator of the product.

MOST COVER ART COLLECTORS PURCHASE WITH THE VIEW OF COLLECTING PER PERIODICAL NAME, ARTIST, STYLE, SUBJECT MATTER, OR DATE...  OUR LISTINGS THUS STRIVE TO USE IN THE TITLE THESE SEARCHABLE PARAMETERS  


As decorative art these COVERS give you - the buyer - an opportunity to purchase and enjoy fine graphics

As graphic collectors ourselves, we take great pride in doing the best job we can to preserve and extend the wonderful historic graphics of the past.

Should you have any questions please feel free to email us and we will do our best to clarify.

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