BATMAN BOB KANE MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL ARTWORK SIGNED

A VERY LONG TIME AGO IN SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS ALONG MAIN STREET THERE WAS A SMALL ANTIQUE STORE CALLED THE REBEL PEDDLER. THE OWNER OF THE STORE WAS A WONDERFUL MAN NAMED DICK SIKES. HE WAS A VERY TALL MUCH OLDER MAN WHO HAD BEEN IN THE ANTIQUES BUSINESS ALL OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS MARRIED TO A WONDERFUL WOMAN NAMED CATHY AND THEY HAD A SON MARK. I AM ORIGINALLY FROM LONGMEADOW MASSACHUSETTS AND WHILE IN THE TOWN OF SPRINGFIELD I WENT INTO THE REBEL PEDDLER. I WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD AND THE FIRST THING THAT I SAW IN HIS DISPLAY CASE WAS FANTASTIC FOUR NUMBER 1. IT WAS $72.00 AND I HAD TO HAVE IT. MY MOTHER TOLD ME NO AND I SO CARRIED ON THAT THE NEXT DAY SHE GAVE IN. WHEN WE GOT TO THE STORE IT WAS CLOSED. I THREW A TANTRUM. IT GOT SO BAD THAT MY MOTHER CALLED THE PHONE NUMBER ON THE FRONT DOOR AND MR. SIKES CAME AND OPENED THE STORE AND THE BOOK WAS MINE. I AM LOOKING AT THE BOOK RIGHT NOW. FROM THEN ON DICK SIKES AND I WERE BEST FRIENDS AND WHEN HE MOVED HIS STORE TO THE BAY STATE WEST MALL; A HUGE NEW BUILDING IN THE 1980’S WHICH CHANGED THE SPRINGFIELD SKYLINE THE STORE WOULD CHANGE NAMES TO TREASURE ISLAND. I BECAME THE LUCKY OWNER OVER TIME OF ALL OF DICK SIKES TREASURES, BOTH DISPLAYED AND HIDDEN. TONIGHT YOU WILL SEE THE BEST OF THE BEST FROM THE FAMOUS REBEL PEDDLER. IT TURNS OUT THAT DICK HAD MET DOZENS OF TIMES AND CAME TO BE FRIENDS WITH BOB KANE. HERE ARE FOUR ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART FROM BOB KANE. THEY ARE ALL SIGNED. THEY ARE ALL PERSONALIZED AS WELL TO DICK, CATHY AND MARK. BOB KANE SIGNED THE PENGUIN ORIGINAL ART TO MARK. HE SIGNED THE LARGE BATMAN AND ROBIN FACES TO CATHY. HE SIGNED THE JOKER AND THE BATMAN WITH THE CAPE AND COWL WITH A SMALL ROBIN TO DICK SIKES. THESE ARE SOME OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF BOB KANE BATMAN ARTWORK IN THE WORLD. ALL ORIGINAL 14” X 11” INK ON BOARD. THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE. ONE THING! THERE IS A GLUE RESIDUE FROM A STRIP OF TAPE ON THE JOKER PIECE. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT IT CAN BE REMOVED AND CLEANED. I AM GOING TO LET THE NEXT OWNER TAKE CARE OF THAT. I CANNOT TAKE PAYPAL ON THESE WORKS OF ART. YOU WILL NOT FIND A BETTER COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL BATMAN, ROBIN, JOKER OR PENGUIN ART ANYWHERE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR LOOKING. TAKE CARE, GARY.