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2015-11-15T07:05:00.002-08:00

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It's a bit easier for me to post there and it got to be a little much managing both the blog as well as that page. Please make sure you go to the page and give it a "Like" so that you can stay up to date.

Thanks!

Joey.

Folk Art Carved Tobacco Jar

2015-05-08T11:01:00.000-07:00

Circa 1880's folk art tobacco jar with an American Indian carved head.

Circa 1920's Photo of Two Men with a Folk Art Stone Lion

2015-05-05T10:10:00.004-07:00

Available here.

Circa 1950's Sputnik Christmas Ornament

2015-05-05T09:57:00.001-07:00

Available here.

Circa 1910 Self Portrait for a Lover

2015-04-17T07:32:00.002-07:00

Sold for $113.49 on eBay.

19th Century Painting of a Woman in Lace

2015-04-07T09:13:00.001-07:00

An unusually luminous oil portrait of a woman in black lace.

Available at Anonymous Works.

Early Folk Art Carved Nude Woman

2015-03-22T19:49:00.003-07:00

Sold on eBay.

Country Store Counter Figure

2015-03-04T08:59:00.000-08:00

Early 20th century folk art carved figure of a man. According to oral history, this figure stood on a counter in a Pennsylvania country store where customers would shake its hands.

Available at Anonymous Works.

American Folk Art Scarecrow

2015-03-03T16:04:00.000-08:00

Circa 1930's folk art scarecrow built out of branches, fenceboards and furniture pulls. According to tradition, this is one of six of these scarecrows, four of which went to the artist's children, and two went to galleries. This is one of those two. The other is pictured in the Ricco/Maresca book, American Primitive.

Available at Anonymous Works.

Thomas Nast at Work

2015-02-13T07:27:00.001-08:00

Available here.

19th Century Folk Art Figural Pottery

2015-02-06T08:59:00.003-08:00

Sold for $321.00 on eBay.

19th Century Folk Art Cane with Nude and Bird

2015-01-09T07:58:00.001-08:00

Available at Anonymous Works.

African American Figure on an Early Crazy Quilt

2014-12-14T11:30:00.000-08:00

Available here.

Civil War Pipe from the 108th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

2014-12-08T07:04:00.000-08:00

Sold for $1,725.00 on eBay.

Venus D'Amazon

2014-12-07T08:53:00.000-08:00

Circa 1930's-1940's folk art carved figure of a nude woman.

Available at Anonymous Works.

19th Century Tattoo Trade Sign

2014-12-02T15:02:00.001-08:00

Available at Noel Barrett.

Update: Sold for $4,000.00 (w/o premium).

19th Century Whaling Logbook Stamp in the Form of a Nude Woman

2014-11-25T06:56:00.002-08:00

Sold for $443.00 at Eldred's.

19th Century Folk Art Carved Wood Doll

2014-11-25T06:48:00.000-08:00

Sold for $1,364.00 at Eldred's.

Circa 1930's Carnival Banner

2014-11-20T07:51:00.001-08:00

Available here.

Circa 1920 Folk Art Black Doll

2014-11-17T16:34:00.001-08:00

Available at Pat Hatch Country and Shaker Antiques.

Circa 1930 Folk Art Carved Whirlygig Fragment

2014-11-16T10:57:00.000-08:00

Sold for $1,920.00 at Jeffrey Evans.

"This my last you will see for now my lord is calling me June 5, 1869."

2014-11-05T14:26:00.002-08:00

Southern stoneware verse-inscribed garden tile, signed Dave Savannah River Valley or Central Georgia, dated 1869, press-molded form and triple scallop top with inverted pyramid design body, modified Albany and unglazed lower body, incised, "LM" and "Dave" with verse "This my last you will see for now my lord is calling me June 5, 1869."
H8 1/8" W8 1/2" D1 1/4"

Provenance: Private collection.
Sold for $8,000.00 at Charlton Hall, September 11, 2011.

Auction house description:
Other Notes: DAVE: SLAVE TO FREE MAN
In the years following the Civil War's end and the freeing of African slaves around the South it is unclear what became of the Edgefield potter we know as Dave. His work in Edgefield, South Carolina stoneware productions from Pottersville to Stoney Bluff is clearly identified through his signature and verses appearing between the dates of 1829 to 1864, with a strong devotion to Lewis Miles. Periods of unsigned vessels have occurred for up to five years and can possibly be explained by change of ownership or change in location. The exact origin of Southern slave-made garden tiles has never truly been identified. The tiles are found in many locations near and around the Savannah River both in Georgia and South Carolina, lining the walkways in gardens and surrounding Southern grave sites. The productions of these tiles would have clearly been within Dave's grasp as a free man in a changing world and industry in the American South. The Dave signature and LM occurring on this piece are a clear match to the vessels he produced in earlier years. The handwriting in the verse which reads, "This my last you will see for now my lord is calling me" could be a late example of his style of handwriting or possibly the hand of an assistant or apprentice inscribing his words as instructed. It is widely believed that Dave died sometime around 1870, and this tile would indicate that he felt that his time was soon to come. Currently, this is the last known signed and dated example of stoneware created by the potter known as Dave.

Secret Code on the World's Oldest Wooden Sculpture

2014-10-29T13:29:00.002-07:00

An interesting article on a the world's oldest wooden sculpture: http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/features/is-this-the-worlds-oldest-secret-code/

Thanks to Robert Reeves for the article link!

Rag Doll

2014-10-27T11:01:00.001-07:00

Early 20th century folk art rag doll.

Available at Anonymous Works.

Bucket Head

2014-10-27T10:56:00.001-07:00

Circa 1970's fantastical figural ice bucket.

Available at Anonymous Works.