{"id":3954,"date":"2016-04-11T07:07:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T07:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/?p=3954"},"modified":"2016-04-11T07:07:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T07:07:47","slug":"colin-larkin-and-his-pan-book-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2016\/04\/11\/colin-larkin-and-his-pan-book-covers\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin Larkin and his PAN Book Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Colin.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3955\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Colin-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Colin\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Colin-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Colin.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>A \u00a0few weeks back it was my pleasure to visit Colin and his partner Jenny and to see for myself his fabulous collection of original artworks used for PAN covers. There are over 550 pieces and I was so mesmerised that after several hours I&#8217;d still\u00a0only managed to look at a quarter of them. Another visit is required soon as Colin is hoping to sell the collection to someone in The States as they were always\u00a0intended to be his pension pot. I was offered them but unfortunately their price is a little too high even if I was to half it when I&#8217;m telling my wife!\u00a0Jackie came with me on this visit but found the pleasures of wandering around the local village more\u00a0interesting than covers &#8211; can you believe that!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3954 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2016\/04\/11\/colin-larkin-and-his-pan-book-covers\/book1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/book1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2016\/04\/11\/colin-larkin-and-his-pan-book-covers\/book2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/book2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2016\/04\/11\/colin-larkin-and-his-pan-book-covers\/book3-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/book3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I&#8217;m sure Colin\u00a0 won&#8217;t mind me saying he is probably best\u00a0known for all the music related books he has written over the years which total nearly 60 titles including works for &#8216;Guinness&#8217; and &#8216;Virgin&#8217; He is the brother of David Larkin who was Art Director at PAN in the 70&#8217;s and 80&#8217;s and so when PAN were having a clear out, having failed to reunite a lot of the works with their artists, he was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. When Ken Hatherley\u00a0thought PAN could\u00a0sell them to raise money for charity rather than put then in a skip Colin offered a sum of money which was accepted and given to\u00a0the Great Ormond Street Children&#8217;s Hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It was in 1991 that Colin found he had\u00a0a serious family problem and would need to sell the artworks to raise money. As was widely reported at the time the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tikit.net\/PAN%20Record\/Bonhams\/Default.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bonham&#8217;s<\/span><\/a> auction was boycotted by disgruntled artists and so not as many works were sold as was anticipated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I have a personal interest in the collection in that in 2004 fifty six works went missing and Colin asked me to keep a look out for them coming up for sale. I was able to tell him I had already been approach and had, not knowing they were stolen, expressed an interest in purchasing them if the price was right. After numerous emails the transaction just went dead at the sellers end so I was not left with the dilemma of whether or not I kept stolen goods! With my information Colin was able to identify the thief and a prosecution was due to\u00a0take place\u00a0in court. I had been interviewed by the police and was on standby to be a witness but it never got that far. Here are some more details still available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/england\/suffolk\/6911926.stm\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">BBC News<\/span> <\/a>website, I was\u00a0apparently\u00a0the &#8216;art dealer&#8217; as mentioned in the penultimate paragraph. It never\u00a0got as\u00a0far\u00a0as court\u00a0as most of the works were recovered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I was so overwhelmed by the collection I failed to take as many photos as I intended but\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tikit.net\/Later%20Scanned%20Images\/Colin.htm\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HERE<\/span><\/a> is a page with a selection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are still one or two &#8216;unknowns&#8217; in the collection, not only for artist but also book title, so I&#8217;ll\u00a0include one a week for the next few week.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/500-Ratoutou-_.JPG0A9A.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3974\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3974\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/500-Ratoutou-_.JPG0A9A-300x288.jpg\" alt=\"500-Ratoutou-_.JPG#0A9A\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/500-Ratoutou-_.JPG0A9A-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/500-Ratoutou-_.JPG0A9A-768x739.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/500-Ratoutou-_.JPG0A9A-1024x985.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/500-Ratoutou-_.JPG0A9A.jpg 1252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u00a0few weeks back it was my pleasure to visit Colin and his partner Jenny and to see for myself his fabulous collection of original artworks used for PAN covers. There are over 550 pieces and I was so mesmerised that after several hours I&#8217;d still\u00a0only managed to look at a quarter of them. 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