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Jim Linderman blog about surface, wear, form and authenticity in self-taught art, outsider art, antique american folk art, antiques and photography.

Antique 19th Century Whirligig Figure Folk Art

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Antique 19th Century Whirligig Figure.  16 inches tall, 23 inches with good paddle upright.  Original paint.  Collection Jim Linderman

Optimist Fireworks Hand Painted Sign

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Optimist Fireworks Hand Painted Sign collection Jim Linderman

Uncle Sam Child's Stencil Drawing circa 1946

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Uncle Sam Child's Stencil Drawing circa 1946 Collection Jim Linderman

In Your FACE Graham Nash (A Tribute)

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  With the imminent release of the CSNY 1974 box set so carefully assembled by Graham Nash, it is time to acknowledge a Brit w...

Lost Art of the Hand Painted Trade Sign Antique Photograph

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Lost Art of the Hand Painted Trade Sign Antique Photograph A nice occupational photograph (it looks like a Real Photo Post Card but is...

Antique Man in a Coffin Erotic Folk Art Carved Novelty Handmade Sculpture with Penis and Moving Tongue

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Antique Man in a Coffin Erotic Folk Art Carved Novelty Handmade Sculpture with Penis and Moving Tongue. Well, the title sa...

Hand Painted Antique Glass Reflector End of the Road Sign

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A grumpy man at the end of the street has embellished his "Go either way, but Go" glass reflector road sign with personalized i...

The Contents of a Ladies Dressing Case circa 1870 Drawn by Hand Paper Lesson Reminder Novelty Collection Jim Linderman

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A lovely little trick calligraphic game for the ladies.  Each titled object in a women's purse lifts up to reveal a sentiment, a thou...
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Tintype Studio with Twig Chair and Posing Clamp

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Tintype Studio with Twig Chair and Posing Clamp.  Circa 1860 or so, a folk art twig chair for posing, a painted backdrop and a nice clamp...

Shy Vintage Folk Art Carving Nude Woman

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Shy   Vintage Folk Art Carving Nude Woman Collection Jim Linderman

Li'l Elvis vernacular photograph collection Jim Linderman

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L'il Elvis is in the building.  Vernacular photograph 1/19/67 collection Jim Linderman
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In the Doghouse (Misanthropic Misogyny Version) Early 20th Century Sexism and the Idiom Vernacular Photograph

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In the Doghouse (Misanthropic Version)  Early 20th Century Sexism and the Idiom Vernacular Photograph In the Doghouse is an idiom.  In th...

GOOD DOGS Three Tintype Photographs of Man's and Woman's and Dog's Best Friends collection Jim Linderman

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Good Dogs.  Tintype Photographs of Man's and Woman's and Dog's Best Friends The author's book THE PAINTED BACKDROP: BEHI...
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Guest Post by Natalie M. Curley Antique Dealer

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Natalie Curley is one of the rare breed doing the heavy lifting for collectors.   All these objects have to come from somewhere, and ...

Cracker Jacks, Chicago, Marx, Frito-Lay and Junk Food. A Century of PROGRESS ????

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When I was a child and received a BOOK inside my Cracker Jacks box, it was a disappointment.  You can't blame the company for...

Antique Full-size Folk Art Telephone Toy Collection Jim Linderman

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Among the first telephones were the wall-mounted units with a "face" as a bonus.  This full-size handmade toy has a bell mec...

Primitive Vintage Ventriloquist Folk Art Figure Collection Jim Linderman

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P rimitive Vintage Ventriloquist Folk Art Figure Collection Jim Linderman

Honky Tonk Vintage Folk Art Sculpture and the Perils of Packing Collection Jim Linderman

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Honky Tonk Vintage Folk Art Sculpture and the Perils of Packing A piano player pounds the keys…and the carving is in pristine ...
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Found Photographs of Buckaroos and Buckarettes An Interview with Tattered and Lost

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We'll do everyone a favor and share the incredible vernacular "found" photographs of Tattered and Lost, a kindred soul w...
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