Antique American Folk Art Sculpture Mickey Mouse Whirligig circa 1928 collection Jim Linderman

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A fantastic “abstracted” Mickey Mouse whirligig from the Steamboat Willie days! I don’t have to worry about Disney’s battery of litigious l...

Ionel Talpazan UFO Alien drawing c. 1990 Art Brut

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An early Ionel Talpazan work circa 1990. I met the artist on the street and have many pleasant memories and stories…but mostly he just wore...

The Rolling Trade Sign ! Goodyear giant Airwheel Tire on Tour in the 1930s.

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A rare original snapshot of the Goodyear Airwheel, the first low pressure aviation tire. To celebrate the invention, this rolling “trade si...

Dance Till You Drop ! Vintage Dance Contest Couple Real Photo Postcard c. 1935 Collection Jim Linderman

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Dance Till You Drop ! Vintage Dance Contest Couple Real Photo Postcard c. 1935 Collection Jim Linderman

Head with Negative Space. Bronze Industrial Head Thing

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Brass industrial head thing. 15" tall. Circa 1960. I have absolutely no idea what it is. Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb / Jim Lind...

Cayuga County Folk Art Sculpture on a Tree New York Carved Tree by Civil War soldier

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Former Civil War soldier George E. Carr carved this high-rent neighborhood for birds in 1911, it was situated at Barber's Corner, a mil...

Large Strange Group of Hand Decorated Vintage Pinup Clippings

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Among my strangest finds…a large group of scissor cut pinups from the 1940s to 1960s, each bizarrely decorated with red dots. Even I find t...

Carver's Traveling Museum : Weapons and a Horned Chicken on Display

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Carver’s Traveling Museum. On the reverse “Money received from the sale of this post card, thru this exhibit. Will help a disabled Veteran”...

Folk Artist Willie Massey of Kentucky Master of African-American Iconography

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I’ll call Kentucky artist Willie Massey (1906 - 1990)an under-appreciated and under-recognized folk artist. A textbook example of African-A...

Gus Pufahl The World's Greatest Whittler of Monoma Iowa

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Gus Pufahl 1858 - 1949. “World’s Greatest Whittler” of Monoma, Iowa. Pair of Real Photo Postcards circa 1930. Collection Jim Linderman...

True Crime Dull Tool Dim Bulb. The Great Iuka Illinois Bank Robbery of 1921 Original Drawing

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A rare first person account of a 1921 bank robbery in Iuka, Illinois. Obviously a notorious day for the residents…but there isn’t enough p...

The invention of Graffiti art 19th century stereoview photograph collection Jim Linderman

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The invention of graffiti (or at least among the first instances of it being photographed) Imagine how difficult it was for urchins to tag...

Plywood Caveman ? Vintage real photo postcard of the Ozark Bluff Dwellers

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Plywood Caveman Cutout! Real Photo Postcard directing tourists to the Bluff Dwellers Cave in the Ozarks. The cave was discovered in 1925 a...

R. Winter Folk Art Environment Real Photo Postcard collection Jim Linderman

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Richard Winter was another visionary builder who sold real photo postcards of his creation. Among the KEEP OUT signs there is one reading “...

Vibrant Group of Crayon Exercises Anonymous antique School Child Art c. 1910 Collection Jim Linderman

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Group of early crayon exercises c. 1910 Anonymous schoolchild art. Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb #juvenilleart.

When Dreams Come True Folk Art Wood Construction by Loring A. Wood

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One of the lesser known wonders of the world was Loring A. Wood’s giant log construction “When Dreams Come True” A VERY big project with ve...

Angels Folk Art Watercolor painting "Christ the Lord is Risen" Handpainted postcard dated 1914

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Hand Painted Folk Art Postcard by Maud Hubler 1914 Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Wooden Lumberjack at the Snohomish, Washington Grange State Fair 1936 Folk Art Sculpture Real Photo Postcard

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Wooden Lumberjack at the Snohomish, Washington Grange State Fair 1936. The fair continues to this day. Real Photo Postcard collection Jim...

African-American Yard Show Folk Art in the Black Eden Idlewild, Michigan Black History 1915 RPPC Collection Jim Linderman

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Dated 1915 (which makes it likely one of the earliest photos of an African-American Yard Show) this scarce RPPC comes from Idlewild, Michig...

Antique Folk Art Carved Articulated Figure Original Paint

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Folk Art Carved articulated figure with original paint. Early 20th century. Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb #antiquefolkart...