Kopeefun Magic Transfer paper used to copy Cheesecake Images from Comic Books (Gasp!)

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For better or worse this is an art blog. I include in that technological advances in the transfer of art like silly putty (press it on the...

Raymond "Bud" Overholzer's phantasmic 20th century rustic furniture in Michigan. The Shrine of the Pines

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Raymond “Bud” Overholzer created the Shrine of the Pines near Baldwin. A phantasmic furniture collection of pine! Bud was intrigued by mi...

The only Art Car that matters.

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Semi-annual of the only “art car” that matters. On reverse “1952 Pontiac custom. Features hand -painted seat covers, lots of chrome, years...

The invention of the Pop Up Ad ?

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The invention of the Pop-UP ad. Seriously…how annoying for patrons. I’ve noticed both drudge and google news have both started to make one ...

Articulated Folk Art Toys in an original vintage photograph snapshot Limberjacks and other moving handmade Figures

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Snapshot of handmade articulated folk art toys, Location appears to be the maker’s living room. No date either. I am going to guess around...

Dull Tool Dim Bulb Living Room 2026

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That side of the room. Dull Tool Dim Bulb the Blog

Comic Artist Jefferson Machamer Shows How to Draw

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How to Draw Girls Jefferson Machamer : A funny and talented man, Jefferson Machamer was that rare comic artist who was not only a fine draf...

Happy Halloween from Dull Tool Dim Bulb Homemade and handmade Pumpkin Heads for yard decoration.

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No store bought decorations for Dull Tool Dim Bulb. Our Halloween decorations are vintage Homemade and handmade pumpkn monsters, Hollow an...

Miniature Antique American Folk Art Painting anonymous

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An exuberant tiny folk art painting. Note tiny young woman lower left. As this is only 3.5 x 5.5 inches it certainly qualifies as a miniat...

Strange "Game Board" design on a floor covering from the 1930s

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Here is curious fiber / linoleum game board of sorts produced in the 1930s by the Armstrong Cork Company in Pennsylvania. For some reason...

Daredevil Plummets to the ground Real Photo Postcard c. 1930 Collection Jim Linderman

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Real Photo Postcard of a daredevil plummeting to the ground. I imagine not seen is the water landing spot. RPPC of a daredevil c. 1930 Coll...

the Museum of the Corn Cob (!) real photo postcard circa 1910 Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

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Here’s another harvest related RPPC for fall…on the reverse is written “agricultural corn cob display c. 1910” I see the corn cobs lined u...

The couple who discovered Justin McCarthy Self-Taught Artist

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/> /> The story of how artists Dorothy and Sterling Strauser came upon Justin McCarthy’s naive art strewn on the lawn at an outdoor m...

Folk Art Carving of pinup model Bettie Page c. 1955 - 1960

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Folk Art Carving of pinup model Bettie Page c. 1955 - 1960 the most famous fetish and pinup model of the 20th century, but this is the only...

Art Deco Tool Chest (!). Handmade cubby with original paint early 20th century

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Art Deco Tool Chest. Highly original compact tool chest with shaped drawer fronts, handmade pulls, original first coat deep green paint. 18...

Odd " Perpetual Motion" Machine? Wires, Spinner and Electric Contacts. Boy Scout Project Homemade

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Some kind of Weird experimental wire device constructd with a spinning objects suspended in the moddle with a large construction nail balan...

Japanese sketch book 1949 of Exceptional Quallty

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I hate to damage this mint sketchbook by scanning, so i was careful. A 1946 inscription is from Lieutenant Fulton in memory of Gladys 1946...
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Halloween Cooking with Spirits

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America goes crazy for Halloween, a day almost as commercial as Christmas. There are clever yard decorations (those homemade) and more horr...

An amazing Miniature Folk Art Environment in the backyard (!) Courtesy Natalie Curley Photography Dealer and writer.

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My friend Natalie Curley (who has a nice new book out, more later) found me this amazing backyard miniature circus! 8 x 10 glossy with a “...

Folk Art Snapshot photograph of carved birds on a homemade spinning whirligig and a bizarre handnade birdhouse

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Carved Birds mounted on a whirligig “thing” and a bizarre handmade birdhouse Folk Art snapshot early 20th century collection Jim Linderman...