FORGERY UPDATE
Well, for those who read several posts ago (12-4-09) about the possible fake sold at Heritage Auctions, here's what's happened so far. The person whose site I originally had noticed the image of the possible fake decided to post my suspicions to a site which he believed Heritage frequented. Sure enough, they took notice of the buzz and responded with the following:


"We appreciate this being brought to our attention (thanks to the fellow who called us as well [that would be me] ). As I think/hope everybody already knows, we guarantee the authorship as stated in our cataloging on any painting unconditionally. We feel that the painting in question is indeed the painting used to produce the final pulp cover. There are a number of possible reasons for the visible changes between the painting we sold and the printed version: all kinds of alterations were often made in the production process, and there may well have been restoration at some point to the painting. Anyway, we\'re contacting the buyer and offering to inspect the painting first-hand, and will offer to refund the purchase price if our opinion should change about the veracity of the painting. -Barry Sandoval" (Insert mine)


Well, I don't buy that the "production process" accounts for the discrepancies. It is possible, however, that the painting was damaged with age and was poorly restored, but that remains to be seen.