Striking form, likely made by a farrier give or take 1900. Found in Ohio. Pair by design (reminiscent of a pie safe tin) with varying size. 4 x 4.5”, the other 4.5 x 6” with an...
Expertly dipped in striking palette of yellow, black, orange and charcoal.
Paint 95% intact, most noticeable wear on the handle and lip. Found in Pennsylvania.
Stands 7” including cork, 3.5” W at base.
Rare insight. Portrait of a clerk or warden and signed Yours Truly Clifford C. Mitchell, unclear if that is the photographer’s signature or the professionals. Faint mimeograph on reverse reads This photo made by an...
Topless Dancer (4.75”) screaming blue and killer form. Theatrical Egyptian style dress. Chip to head dress / hair. Found in a Mortician’s estate, Butler County PA.
Remarkable find. Pittsburgh centric paintings (Oakland Pieta & Panther Hollow) printing plate likely from Skyhooks, the metal itself from a company (BESCO) that was dissolved by 1930. Measures 8.5 x 13" with significant scratches.
In January of 1932 Father James Renshaw Cox, a Roman Catholic priest with humble Pittsburgh beginnings, led a march of 250,000 unemployed Pennsylvanians to Washington DC. When President Hoover launched an investigation into exactly how...
Striking image for its bold simplicity as well as the Victorian finery worn by a newly freed class of Americans. The early photo technique is called a solar enlargement or crayon photo for the hand...
Unusual in its form and endearing in its details, a scarce figural sand paper pastel. Measures 11 x 12” with edge wear, tears stabilized with rice paper, water staining and nick to pup’s head. Bold,...
Endearing and scarce. Measures 4.25 x 6.5”, signed Corry PA and dated April 9, 1887. Nice condition with nothing more than a few specks to background, flecks at mount edges and noninvasive stub top left...