MINT & ORIGINAL! SEE/READ ALL & PROVENANCE TV GUIDE COVER ART BUNKER/MAUDE/MTM!

Description: MINT/ORIGINAL TV GUIDE COVER ART Archie Bunker/Maude/Bob Newhart/Mary T. Moore/Rhoda THIS TRIFECTA OF THE BEST OF 1970’S TV GUIDE COVER PORTRAITS- came from the Mind-blowing Estate of Mr. Jim Mackey. Mr. Mackey was the Creative Director/Chief photographer of CBS Affiliate WJBK Detroit’s Channel 2 (Since 1994 FOX 2 Detroit). One of CBS’s largest USA Markets and Affiliate Broadcasters. Additionally, Mr. Mackey served as The Detroit Red Wings Staff Photographer through the 1962-2002. Mr. Mackey served as CBS Detroit’s, Creative-Artist Director for Decades FROM 1960 TO 2002. IN HIS PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY - he received SOME of these rare TV GUIDE COVER PORTRAITS and kept These Three: ALL are of Smithsonian Museum Worthy & Quality. In 1994, Detroit’s CBS Affiliate Channel 2, was purchased by FOX and became part of the FOX Network. ITEM HISTORY AND DATA: SELLER PURCHASED FROM/AT ESTATE OF- James A. Mackey. From The: James A. Mackey Estate Collection. James was a prolific behind the scenes historian of all things Detroit. James began his career at the age of 21 as a graphic designer with Jam Handy, after graduating from Wayne State University with a BA at 20 years of age. He soon found himself at CBS Channel 2 News in Detroit in 1960, where his career spanned a tumultuous 42+ years, ending in 2002 with him retiring as Graphic Manager. >>>Throughout that wonderfully rich career with CBS Detroit affiliate Channel 2, he was fortunate enough to have won 4 Emmy Awards for set design. <<< Jim as he became known or even more referred to as "Mackey" began to photograph for the Detroit Tigers & Lions as a correspondent for CBS Channel 2 News around 1960. He was hired as a freelance photographer by Olympia Entertainment in 1962, where he would spend the next 34 years procuring some of the greatest hockey moments to have been caught on film in Detroit Red Wings history. ADDITIONALLY: OLYMPIA STADIUM: Was the host stadium/venue for the likes of Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin- etc. In the mid-1960s he became the graphic artist & cartoonist for the Detroit Red Wings Magazine with multiple sections in each program. "In The Click Of It", "Red Wing Magazine" and "Sticks and Yuks by Mackey". GOOGLE SEARCH: JAMES A. MACKEY FOR YOUR OWN VERIFICATION AND ADDED PROVENANCE. THESE ARE EXTREMELY RARE- MINT CONDITION- DATE MATCHING TO ORIGINAL T.V. GUIDE PRODUCTION WITH STRAIGHT LINE PROVENANCE FROM TV GUIDE- TO CBS T.V. DETROIT CREATIVE DIRECTOR IN THE 1970’S! These are Original ONE OWNER FROM TIME OF CREATION/ISSUE- UNTIL PURCHASED BY SELLER IN SEPTEMBER 2024. These are still in one of the ORIGINAL TV GUIDE SPECIAL DELIVERY SHIPPING SLEEVES (!)- THEY ARE MINT- AS NEW. Mr. Mackey specifically kept these THREE Original TV GUIDE Eastman Dye Transfers ALL are stamped and dated on the reverse: “EASTMAN DYE TRANSFER PRINT BY CHAS. P. MILLS & SON PHOTOGRAPHY INC. 7th & RANSTEAD STS. PHILA. PA. 19104” A history/data of this process, numbers known issued/sent will be found below, as you continue to read. All Three are mounted in their original matts, as sent to Television Studios & Premier Affiliate Stations- AND - in many cases TV Guide sent to the Actors/Production Companies of these shows. The titles would be added later- They are dated- signed and STUNNING. Ready for individual or group framing- The Very Best of 1970’s CBS Television (and 1970’s finest commercial artists/portraitists). Listed by Month & Year Made Below: 1. February 8th, 1975: COVER: “Rhoda” (Valerie Harper), “The Bob Newhart Show” (Bob Newhart) & “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (Mary Tyler Moore): TITLE: "Greasing the Wheels of the MTM Comedy Machine”. VERY RARE AND SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTER: $695.00 Artist: Bob Peak- Robert M. Peak (May 30, 1927 – August 1, 1992) was an American commercial illustrator. He is best known for his developments in the design of the modern film posters- over 40 of the some of the most famous movies ever made between 1958 and 1979. His artwork has been on the cover of Time magazine, TV Guide, and Sports Illustrated. He also illustrated advertisements and U.S. postage stamps 2. August 30th, 1975: COVER: “Archie Bunker” of “All in the Family”- (Carrol O’Conner) TITLE: “Carrol O’Conner of All in the Family” VERY RARE AND SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTER: $825.00 Artist: Charles Santore, - Charles Joseph Santore (March 16, 1935 – August 11, 2019) was a Noted American illustrator & Portraitist: his works can be found in the Smithsonian- (THE ORIGINAL WORK IS HANGING IN THE WOODMERE ART MUSEUM, PHILADELPHIA, PA.) 3. April 24th, 1976: COVER: “Maude” (Bea Arthur) TITLE: “Beatrice Arthur of Maude” VERY RARE: $495.00 Artist: R. Heindel - Robert Heindel (October 1, 1938 – July 3, 2005) was an American painter, illustrator, and stage designer best known for his paintings of dance and performing arts. Heindel created over 1300 paintings and drawings of dance and performing arts during a twenty-five-year period in the late twentieth century. He was described as the best painter of dance of his time. Well-known patrons of dance and the performing arts collected Heindel's works and sponsored his exhibitions, including Princess Diana, Princess Margaret, Princess Caroline, Prince and Princess Takamado, and Andrew Lloyd Webber. His works are found in the permanent collections of museums including the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, London,the Norman Rockwell Museum, and the Glasgow Museums. IN THIS CONDITION- WITH THIS PROVENANCE- THESE THREE ORIGINAL TV GUIDE COVER ART ARE PRICED BELOW FAIR MARKET VALUE. DIRECT DATA AND PUBLISHED RESEARCH BELOW: Note: ART COLLECTORS & DEALERS- YOU CAN ALSO VERIFY THESE ORIGINAL TV GUIDE ART COVERS BY VISITING WIKIPEDIA AND SEARCH: “TV GUIDE COVER ART- TITLES AND DATES”- YOU WILL FIND THAT EACH ONE OF THESE MATCH THE ORIGINAL DATE STAMPS FOR ISSUE TIME ON THE REVERSE OF THESE WORKS. The following are original TV GUIDE COVER PORTRAITS. Large, full color "Eastman Dye Transfer" Print. Every week TV GUIDE would do a new issue with a NEW cover. They would prepare these covers in advance, and do these large color EASTMAN DYE TRANSFERS and ship them out to their Regional Offices to hang on the wall. There were LESS than 20 regional offices. They would also give the local affiliate stations a copy, if the cover promoted one of their shows. (POSSIBLY another 20 were issued for them). Sometimes, the execs would give out a promo copy, sometimes the star and production big wigs of the show would get a copy (so maybe another 20 were handed out). The point: - These are very LIMITED production, and limited release. NOT available to the general public. RARELY seen on the market, if ever. All official estimates, is that these early ones were produced in quantities of LESS than 100 each- AND many of these were discarded after viewing by the Net Work Executives and Art Directors. Color dye transfers are very high quality, true to life, bright, brilliant colors. An expensive process. These are QUITE large. Overall, matted dimensions are approx. 16" by 20". The actual picture itself is a bit bigger than the 11" by 13" that displays. More information from someone who manufactured these FROM AN EMPLOYEE: "From 1978 till 1986 I worked at Professional Color Processing Labs at 7th and Ranstead Sts. in Philadelphia as the main Dye Transfer matrix film maker. So I know all about the history of these TV Guide prints, costs and how they were made. Back in the day it would take about 3-4 days to make a final Dye Transfer print with painstaking color corrections and registration issues to get them perfect. For those who do not know a Dye Transfer print is the highest form of color printing and the only photographic prints accepted for museum display back in the day. They never fade and are of archival quality. Only big companies like Tyco, Campbell’s Soup, and big ad agencies would buy these for use. It would cost you approximately $150.00 just to order any 11x14 Dye Transfer print to be made. We would make color separations from original artworks or transparencies; expose them on to Matrix films that I would create for the final prints. A back and forth process of color corrections would ensue until the perfect colors were made. Professional Color or better known in the beginning Chas P. Mills & Sons had a contract with TV Guide going back to the 50’s. For the record most weeks we would make between 90-115 prints mounted and matted them and put our stamp on the back. Earlier issues and special issues had less than 90 made. Some we would only make 5-8 prints. We would ship them out to the TV stations and executives each week. Some weeks TV Guide would cancel an issue that we already had made and a secondary printed issue would come out and ours would be different from the actual cover. Some TV Guide prints we made were actually from images inside the magazine for special editions for Ronald Regan and The final episode of M*A*S*H. And there were some special editions where we would only make 4 or 5 prints and never do a quantity for the TV stations like the final tri-fold cover for the final episode of M*A*S*H (Feb. 12th 1983) special size 14.5” x 18.5” and WKRP in Cincinnati (Oct. 20th 1979) special size 13”x19”. These prints were never sold to the general public and are super rare." SHIPPING INFORMATION & DATA: ALL THREE WILL BE IN THE ORIGINAL TV GUIDE SPECIAL DELIVERY ART SLEEVE SEEN (THEY EACH WOULD HAVE HAD THEIR OWN SLEEVE- MR. MACKEY KEPT ALL THREE IN THIS SLEEVE)- AS SHIPPED TO CBS AFFILIATE IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. THE SLEEVE WILL BE SEALED IN PLASTIC- THEN BUBBLE WRAPPED AND PLACED IN AN OVERSIZE BOX FOR ADDED PROTECTION. Overall, matted dimensions are approx. 16" by 20". The actual picture itself is a bit bigger than the 11" by 13" that displays IN MATTING. IN THE TV GUIDE PRODUCTION ART SLEEVE THESE WEIGH: 2 POUNDS 4-OUNCES. MEASURE:20X17X.5 INCHES SHIPPING BOX EST. 24X20X4 INCHES- WEIGHT ESTIMATE FULLY PACKED: 4.5 POUNDS (OR A BIT LESS).

Price: 995 USD

Location: Grosse Pointe, Michigan

End Time: 2024-11-14T17:29:27.000Z

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