One of the decisions I had to make when creating the Harvey Mercheum website was whether to exhibit original art. It was tempting, but I knew that original art collectors tend to be very secretive about what they own. I also assumed that for every comic produced, there was a piece of original art, whether it still existed or not. This meant that resources such as the Overstreet Price Guide could be used as a checklist for what original art should exist, and could therefore be collected.
This being said, I recently came across the Comic Art Fans Collector Galleries & Marketplace website. This is a great resource for original comic book art. The easiest way I have discovered to utilize this resource is to place our favorite Harvey Comics character names into the "search the site" box on the right side of the menu bar. For example, right now "Richie Rich" returns 100 results, "Little Dot" returns 29 and "Little Lotta" returns 18. Check it out!
About Jonathan Sternfeld
Jonathan has been collecting Harvey's Richie Rich since the summer of 1978. While he mostly focused on the comic books, he later discovered the wealth of merchandise that was also available. The lack of any sort of "checklist" as to what was made is what inspired him to create this website. He hopes fellow collectors find it entertaining and useful!
