FROM NOW TILL DECEMBER 31, 2008 PRICE RE-DUCTION FOR A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS PRSENT FOR THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE WHO LOVE'S, ADMIRES AND CAN APPRECIATE FINE ART.  ON SALE FOR $7,300.00, dropped from $8,200.00 - this is a steal a this price!!!! THIS OIL HAS BEEN VALUED AT OVER $14,000.00 ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING STARTED BY GIL ELVGREN AND FINISHED BY ONE OF HIS PROTAGE'S AND SIGNED ON THE BOTTOM, ON THE ENVELOPE WHERE GIL ELVGREN WOULD SIGNED HIS NAME, IS CARLYLE. IT IS KNOWN THAT BROWN & BIGELOW WOULD EMPLOY OTHER ARTISTS TO ASSIST WITH THE LIKES OF ELVGREN TO HELP COMPLETE TIGHT SCHEDULES FOR CALANDAR AND ADVERTISEMENT WORK THAT HAD SHORT TIME LINES. PIECES LIKE THIS HAVE SOLD FOR AT MUCH HIGHER PRICES. BELOW IS INFORMATION THAT WAS SENT TO ME BY ONE OF THE FOREMOST EXPERTS ON GIL ELVGREN AND WAS THE ONLY CURRENT DAY ARTIST TO RECEIVE PERMISSION FROM THE ELVGREN FAMILY TO DUPLICATE SOME OF ELVGREN,S WORKS. DEAR GREG, HERE ARE THE TWO CARLYLE PAINTINGS, THAT COMPLETED WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO OF EACH OTHER. THE GREEN ONE WAS SOLD BY B&B(Brown & Bigelow) TO MY CLIENT'S FAMILY YEARS AGO IN THE EARLY 1950'S. IT IS INTRESTING TO NOTE THAT THIS "GREEN PHONE GIRL" BY CARLYLE, (SEE BELOW)       SEE THE "FAN MAIL" PAINTING BELOW WAS SOLD AS A GROUP WITH A COLLECTION OF SIMILAR DATED ELVGREN PIECES. ONE OF WHICH WAS THE VERY ORIGINAL ELVGREN PIECE, CALLED "FAN MAIL" AND PERFECTION...ETC... ALL PAINTED FROM CIRCA 1947 TO 5O. THIS CARLYLE, FAN MAIL WITH THE REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENTS TO CARLYLE'S WORK, IS TO BE THE WORK AND HAND OF ELVGREN HIMSELF. ELVGREN BEING SO BUSY AND HAVING SO MANY PROJECTS GOING AT ONE TIME HAD OTHER ARTISTS THAT HE PERSONNALY TAUGHT & INSTRUCTED TO HELP HIM COMPELTE HIS WORK ON A TIMLEY BASIS FOR ESQUIRE MAGAZINE & BROWN & BIGELOW. ELVGREN WOULD START THE PAINTING AND HIS UNDERSTUDIES WOULD FINISH THEM, ALONG WITH THE WATCHFULL EYE OF ELVGREN. I WAS TOLD BY  THE FAMILY THAT HE INSTRUCTED CARLYLE. THE FACE, HAIR, BLOUSE AND CHEST ALL ARE IN THE STYLE, WITH BRUSH AND COLOR MIXES SO CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL ELVGREN "FAN MAIL", THAT I ONCE BOUGHT AND SOLD ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. THE AGE OF THE CANVAS, STRETCHER, THE PAINT CONDITION AND NAILED CANVAS ARE TYPICAL OF ALL THE PAINTINGS OF 1940'S AND EARLY 50'S VINTAGE WHEATHER BY ELVGREN, CARLYLE, WITHERS OR METCALF THAT I HAVE BOUGHT AND SOLD FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS. (see pix of frame and stretcher below) THIS PAINTING IS SO CLOSE A COPY AS TO DETAILS ON THE SUBJECT,  COMPOSITION AND LAYOUT AS WELL AS LESSER DETAILS AS THE MAIL BOX, FENCE, AND LETTERS... JUST TO BE DISMISSED AS A REMARKABLE REPLICA BY AN UNKNOWN ARTIST. THIS PAINTING WAS THEN SIGNED BY CARLYLE "WITH APOLOGIES TO ELVGREN" WERE THE ELVGREN SIGNATURE APPEARED ON THE ORIGINAL. "FAN MAIL" BY ELVGREN/CARLYLE

BEAUTIFULLY FRAMED IN ART DECO STYLE FRAME A LIMITED EDITION # 2941/4000, BY THE ARTIST OLIVIA.  ART TITLED "STRUDEL" $450.00 SOLD ALBERTO VARGAS,  THE ESQUIRE YEARS VOL I&11 VIGNETTES, BY MICHAEL GOLDBERG. BOTH 1ST ED's 1997. BOTH COPIES ARE SIGNED IN BOOK BY REID STEWART AUSTIN, INDACATING HE WAS THE ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR FOR PLAYBOY MAGIZINE. ALSO INCLUDED IS A 1948 VARGA DESKTOP CALENDAR IN MINT CONDITION WITH ALL 12 MONTHS OF VARGA GIRLS. $110.00 SOLD GLAMOUR 22 INTERNATIONAL 1996 WRAPPERS. A ARTICLE INSIDE IS ABOUT THE PIN-UP ART OF EARL MacPHERSON, WHICH INCLUDED WITH THIS ISSUE IS A COMPLETE 12 MONTH CALENDAR BY MacPHERSON WITH THE COVER TITLED "THE MacPHERSON SKETCH BOOK FOR 1949" WHICH THE MAGAZINE HAS PIX OF. THERE IS ALSO AN ARTICLE AND PIX OF BETTY PAGE. $125.00 GLAMOUR 23 INTERNATIONAL, OCT. 1996 WRAPPERS. THERE IS AN ARTICLE INSIDE ABOUT PIN-UP ARTISTS, WHICH INCLUDES AL MOORE. THIS BOOK INCLUDES A 1949 12 MONTH ESQUIRE DESKTOP CALENDAR IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. IT HAS 3 OF AL MOORES' PIX, PLUS PIN-UPS FROM FRITZ WILLIS, BEN HUR BOZ & JOE DeMERS. THIS ESQUIRE CALENDAR ALSO HAS THE ESQUIRE ENVELOPE THAT IS POSTMARKED 12-16-48 THAT WAS SOMEONE'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT. $110.00 SWIMSUIT SWEETIES,  ARTIST ARCHIVES, BY COLLECTORS PRESS. 1ST ED. 1999 WRAPPERS. THERE ARE 2 ARTIST FEATURED IN THIS BOOK, JULES ERBIT & BILLY DeVORSS. LAID IN BOOK ARE 2 CALENDAR TOPS, ONE BY ERBIT, A NICE RAISED PRINT TITLED "BROWN EYES". THE SECOND CALENDAR TOP BY DeVORSS IS SHOWN IN THE BOOK FROM A 1946 CALENDAR. $50.00 MEMOIRS OF EARL MacPHERSON, THE KING OF PIN-UP ART, BY EARL MacPHERSON & MERYLENE SCHNEIDER. 1ST ED. 1991 WRAPPERS. THE BOOK INCLUDES A 1942 12 MONTH CALENDAR TITLED ARTIST'S SKETCH PAD AND INCLUDES A B&W SLIDE THAT WAS USED FOR THE FRONT COVER OF THE CALENDAR, AS SEEN IN THE BOOK. $125.00 EARL MacPHERSON,  THE SKETCHBOOK PIN-UPS, VIGNETTES, BY MAX ALLAN COLLINS. 1ST ED. 1997. INCLUDED IS A 1952 12 MONTH CALENDAR TITLED "STUDIO SECRETS REVEALED FOR YOU...." WITH SOME OF THE CALENDAR PICTURES SHOWING UP IN THE BOOK. $100.00 VARGA GIRL COLLECTIBLE NECKWEAR. THESE BEAUTIFUL NECKTIES ARE ALL SOLD OUT IN THE RETAIL SPECIALITY STORES. THEY WERE PRODUCED IN NOVEMBER 1996 IN A LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 60 EACH WORLDWIDE. EACH TIE IS HAND-MADE IN ITALY BY MASTER CRAFTS PEOPLE WHO TAKE GREAT CARE IN THE EXACT REPRODUCTION OF EACH VARGA GIRL. ALL TIES ARE NUMBERED AND WERE ONLY PRODUCED ONCE IN EACH BACKGROUND COLOR. EACH TIE COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY. $150.00 EACH. SOLDDecember 1944 #2-color #4. Limited Ed. #25/60 SOLDFebruary 1943-color #2. Limited Ed. #36/60 SOLDOctober 1942- color #4. Limited Ed. 22/60 SOLDHat 1942- color #3. Limited Ed. #15/60