Charles G. Martignette was an art collector and investor from Hallandale,Florida.  He collected everything from pin-ups to fine prints and vintage lithographs and his collection included items from such premier artists as J.C. Leyendecker, Norman Rockwell and W. Herbert Dutton.  He amassed such a huge collection of magazine and book illustrations that it reportedly took three large trucks to carry it all to auction after his death.

On July 15, 2009, some 311 works from Mr. Martignette’s estate sold at Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas, Texas for more than $3.1 million, which was a drop in the bucket considering that his estate has more than 4300 pieces of art.  The auction which took more than seven hours to complete because of all the interest, is the first of several planned by the auction house to liquidate the estate.