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Rube Goldberg - Comic Strip Original Art dated 3-30-29 (McNaught Syndicate, 1929)
Auction: 09/12/2025 - 9/14/2025
Lot: 94079
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Rube Lucius Goldberg AUCTION RECORDS
1883 San Francisco, California - 1970 New York City. Known for: Device themed cartoons, genre, sculpture.
This famous cartoonist, Rube Goldberg, was born in San Francisco, California in 1883. He became a Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist, sculptor, and author. His drawings of absurdly-connected machines... Read full biography
This famous cartoonist, Rube Goldberg, was born in San Francisco, California in 1883. He became a Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist, sculptor, and author. His drawings of absurdly-connected machines accomplishing by extremely complex, roundabout means what seemingly could be done simply has meant... Read full biography
This famous cartoonist, Rube Goldberg, was born in San Francisco, California in 1883. He became a Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist, sculptor, and author. His drawings of absurdly-connected machines accomplishing by extremely complex, roundabout means what seemingly could be done simply has meant that his name RUBE GOLDBERG has become associated with any convoluted solution to perform a simple task. His father, a practical man, insisted he go to college to become an engineer. After graduating... Read full biography
This famous cartoonist, Rube Goldberg, was born in San Francisco, California in 1883. He became a Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist, sculptor, and author. His drawings of absurdly-connected machines accomplishing by extremely complex, roundabout means what seemingly could be done simply has meant that his name RUBE GOLDBERG has become associated with any convoluted solution to perform a simple task. His father, a practical man, insisted he go to college to become an engineer. After graduating from the University of California, Rube went to work as an engineer with the City of San Francisco Water and Sewers Department. He soon got a job as an office boy in the sports department of a San Francisco newspaper. He kept submitting drawings and... Read full biography
This famous cartoonist, Rube Goldberg, was born in San Francisco, California in 1883. He became a Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist, sculptor, and author. His drawings of absurdly-connected machines accomplishing by extremely complex, roundabout means what seemingly could be done simply has meant that his name RUBE GOLDBERG has become associated with any convoluted solution to perform a simple task. His father, a practical man, insisted he go to college to become an engineer. After graduating from the University of California, Rube went to work as an engineer with the City of San Francisco Water and Sewers Department. He soon got a job as an office boy in the sports department of a San Francisco newspaper. He kept submitting drawings and cartoons to his editor, and finally was published. An outstanding success, he soon moved from San Francisco to New York drawing dail... Read full biography
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Rube Lucius Goldberg 
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeRube Goldberg - Daily Comic Strip Original Art (McNaught Syndicate, undated)
Rube Lucius Goldberg Auction: 04/04/2024 - 4/7/2024Lot: 92100Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeDaily Comic Strip Original Art (undated)
Rube Lucius Goldberg Auction: 01/11/2024 - 1/14/2024Lot: 93032Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeRube Goldberg Collier's Weekly The Inventions of Professor Lucifer G. Butts, A.K. Comic Strip Original Art dated 8-8-31 (McNaught Syndicate, c. 1931)
Rube Lucius Goldberg Auction: 11/15/2018 - 11/17/2018Lot: 93099Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeWhen Baby Cries... Comic Strip Original Art (McNaught Syndicate, c. 1920s)
Rube Lucius Goldberg Auction: 11/19/2020 - 11/21/2020Lot: 94055Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeThe Professor's Brain Tosses Off His Latest Anti-Floor Walk-ing Paraphernalia
Rube Lucius Goldberg Auction: 10/09/2024Lot: 93Subscribe or get free alerts
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