Lot 71273 · 2025 November 4 Illustration Art Signature® Auction
Apparently Every Christmas, Playboy cartoon
Gahan Wilson · Mixed media on paper
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- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Heritage Auctions — 2025 November 4 Illustration Art Signature® Auction · 4 November 2025
- Dimensions
- 10-1/2 x 8 inches (26.7 x 20.3 cm) (image)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13457132
- Record
- first seen 6 Aug 2026 · updated 7 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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Gahan Wilson, Apparently Every Christmas, Playboy cartoon. Heritage Auctions, 4 Nov 2025, lot 71273. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13457132.
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Gahan Wilson, Apparently Every Christmas, Playboy cartoon. Heritage Auctions, 4 Nov 2025, lot 71273. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13457132.
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From the same sale 2025 November 4 Illustration Art Signature® Auction · Nov 2025
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