Art & Paintings
Original 1968 watercolor and ink illustration titled 'Mistress of the Young Saplings', signed by artist (possibly Wolin)
All sales / NH / Portsmouth
Estate sale in Portsmouth, NH: Nov 15
Photos: Bray & Co Auctions via EstateSales.NET · 50 photos in the full listing
| When | Sun, Nov 15 · 10:00 AM–11:59 PM |
| Where | Portsmouth, NH 03801 (exact address not listed yet) |
| Run by | Bray & Co Auctions |
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- Original 1968 watercolor and ink illustration titled 'Mistress of the Young Saplings', signed by artist (possibly Wolin)
- Vintage 'Sailor Gene' Soyer tattoo artist business card, Los Angeles, mid-century
- Vintage R. Shirkey 'Electric Tattooing in Colors' business card, mid-century
- Vintage 'Artistic Tattooing' eagle and banner advertising card, Jefferson St.
- Bert Grimm Studio vintage tattoo flash sheet, St. Louis, with USN eagle, nurse head, and US Army Air Corps designs
- Boker straight razor black handle with logo, vintage
- Vintage tattoo photo of Sandy Dillon, handwritten 'Sailor Charlie Barr' caption
- H. Boker & Co. Unrivaled straight razor in leather case, with provenance letter
- Doc Forbes Artistic Tatooer sideshow business card, Cedar Point Park handwritten, vintage carnival tattoo ephemera
- Don Nolan original hand-painted tattoo flash, '5-B Back Design', pin-up with green dragon, signed
- Don Nolan original hand-painted vintage tattoo flash sheet, mid-20th century, with pin-up, 'Rose of Hotel St.', 'Sea Wolf', and 'Drink Milk' designs
- H. W. Rebec "The Art of Tattooing" vintage tattoo instruction booklet, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, early 20th century, 25 cents cover price
- Hand-painted Japanese-style tattoo flash design on tissue paper, Tengu (mountain goblin) with bo staff and cherry blossoms, signed Makoto 85, labeled #5 Tengu Starboard Body Piece Ft. Lauderdale
- Hand-painted tattoo flash art of Gandalf the wizard, signed Louis Nolan 1977, made for Dave Yurkew of Minnesota
- Hand-painted vintage tattoo flash sheet, dated June 1945, signed 'Faulk. 10', with Semper Fidelis eagle-globe-anchor, USA eagle and shield, pin-up heads, snake, and Popeye-style sailor designs
- Lot of 2 vintage hand-painted American traditional tattoo flash sheets, framed, with skulls, devils, reapers, and snakes
- Lot of 2 vintage tattooed sideshow performer photographs, mounted on cardboard, circa 1920s-1930s
- Lot of 3 vintage Japanese tattoo flash sheets, traditional irezumi designs with snake, hannya masks, foo dogs, and dragons
- Lot of 3 vintage tattoo flash sheets, 'Images of the Orient' with Japanese-style designs (koi, phoenix, tiger, crane, oni) and butterfly and sun sheets, mounted on black board
- Lot of about 12 vintage Sailor Jerry tattoo photographs, Dermographic Arts promotional prints with embossed 'Mark of Distinction' text, some Technicolor-marked
- Original 1969 hand-colored tattoo flash drawing 'Storm Clouds Elbow' dragon design, signed Nolan, made for Ed Talbot (Ed Hardy)
- Original 1987 hand-painted tattoo advertising art, 'Tattooing by Nolan', signed Nolan
- Original color rough artwork for Garbage Pail Kids #80 'Tattoo Lou' (Series 2, 1985), Topps production art
- Original hand-drawn 'Greetings from Florida' novelty postcard-style art, pig in hammock with sunglasses, signed and dated '86' (colored pencil on paper)
- Original hand-drawn tattoo flash art 'Death Doesn't Give Credit' by Louis Adams, colored pencil and graphite on paper, 2022, inscribed for Doc's
- Original hand-painted Japanese irezumi tattoo design on paper, full body front and back view, signed and dated '81' with red artist seal
- Original hand-painted Japanese irezumi-style tattoo design on paper, warrior with koi, cherry blossoms, and oni figure, signed and dated '96', partially colored
- Original hand-painted Japanese-style tattoo flash, green yokai woman with snake, yin-yang drum and flames, signed D. Louis Mohan 1973
- Original hand-painted tattoo flash, 'Chest Design' 5C, signed by Don Nolan
- Percy Waters Detroit vintage tattoo flash sheet, blue paper with white line drawings, signed 'Designed by Percy Waters Detroit', hand-lettered 'HH' initials, circa 1930s-1950s
- Set of three vintage tattoo flash sheets on cardboard, including Good Luck clover, pin-up sailor girl with pistol, sailing ships, and eagle designs, mid-20th century American traditional tattoo flash
- Spaulding & Rogers Tattoo Supplies catalog by Don Nolan, vintage tattoo flash/supply book with koi and dragon artwork
- Spaulding & Rogers tattoo flash artwork sheets, hand-drawn koi fish and dragon designs on tracing/overlay paper with handwritten notes
- Vintage American traditional tattoo flash painting, tiger and dragon over clouds, signed and dated c. 1965
- Vintage American traditional tattoo flash sheet #31, hand-painted, framed (eagle, parrot, dagger 'Death Before Dishonor', shark, bat, three wise monkeys)
- Vintage American traditional tattoo flash sheets on blue background, Old Glory, eagle, mermaid designs (Dutch flash, circa 1940s-1960s)
- Vintage hand-painted American traditional tattoo flash sheet, framed, with pin-up, panther, skull, and heart designs (c. 1930s-1950s style)
- Vintage hand-painted tattoo flash board on red panel, 8 designs including pin-ups, eagle, tiger, snake and dagger lady, labeled ETHEL and RUSTY
- Vintage hand-painted tattoo flash board with dagger, pin-up, and Native American chief designs
- Vintage hand-painted tattoo flash sheet signed 'Faulk 4' (traditional American style, mid-20th century)
- Vintage hand-painted work shirt, Seattle Tattoo Emporium, 1303 First Ave, skull and snake tattoo flash design
- Vintage sideshow tattooed lady photograph, 'Mrs Ben Corday' pencil caption, circa 1900s-1910s, printed studio portrait with 'CORDAY' imprint
- Vintage Tatt's and Ralph tattoo shop business card, Hollywood Arcade, 430 South State Street (front and back)
- Vintage tattoo advertising card, Joe and Mabel Darpel tattoo experts, Midway Shooting Gallery, Fort Worth Texas, c. 1930s-1940s carnival/sideshow ephemera
- Vintage tattoo artist's doctor-style Gladstone bag with 'WHILE U WAIT' and 'TATTOO' hand-painted lettering, black pebbled leather, early-to-mid 20th century
- Don Nolan 'Neptune Rex' hand-painted tattoo flash art, 1968, Neptune with trident and dragon-tail sea serpent, ship
- Hand-engraved chrome tattoo machine, 'DAVE + DANNY' custom coil tattoo gun with rhinestone accents and red/white/blue wrapped coil
- Hand-painted traditional American tattoo flash art sheet depicting a pirate with dagger and skull hat and a pin-up style woman in floral shawl
- Lot of ~10 early 1900s tattoo photo postcards and ephemera, incl. Prof. Percy Waters Detroit tattoo card and Geo. F. Criswell Marion Indiana tattoo artist envelope
- Sadie Brown Tattoo Artists Supplies paper packet and advertising card, Detroit Michigan, 1843 Michigan Ave, early 20th century
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