Heritage Auctions, which showcases illustration more often than the high society auction houses, has an illustration auction in New York this weekend, October 13-14, 2012, that features some superb examples of Golden Age illustration.

Here is the link for the online catalog, and the list of featured images (I’m not sure how long these links will remain active after the auction).

If you sign up for a free account on their site, you can view high resolution images of the works. [Addendum: I’m told you may no longer need to register for an account in order to see the high resolution images on the Heritage Auctions site. Try it and if it doesn’t give you access, you can always register.]

You can also search the Heritage site for artists by name, and choose the “Sold Items” tab to see past results. Their auctions include American and European art (basically a step below the society auction houses, but that can be good for particular artists), and even comics art, though they seem to have a hard time distinguishing between original comics art and comic books as collectables.

(Images above: Dean Cornwell, N.C. Wyeth, Norman Rockwell, Howard Pyle, J.C. Leyendecker, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Frank Schoonover, Edmund Dulac)

A collection of J.C. Leyendecker goodies on Tumblr.

Contains a couple of non-Leyendecker items, but as of this writing, basically 9 pages of Golden Age of Illustration Eye Candy and counting.

See my last post on J.C. Leyendecker for links to even more posts and lots of image resources.

Is there such a thing as too much J.C. Leyendecker?

I don’t think so.