Gil Elvgren began his career with the Louis F. Dow Company in the 1930s but left for Brown & Bigelow over a contract dispute. Because Elvgren produced many popular pin-up paintings for Louis F. Dow Co., the company continued to use his works by having them overpainted and retitled by Vaughan Alden Bass to avoidContinue reading “Vaughan Alden Bass vs Gil Elvgren”
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Bare Essentials
Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, August 1958, #38-304-8
Doctor, are all those fellows internes?
Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, August 1946, #36828
Playful Mood
Art by Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, January 1962, #31-305-1
Jeepers, peepers
Art by Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, April 1950, #39524
Sheer Comfort
Art by Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow in 1960, 30-304-10
Splendid View
Art by Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow in 1962
What a Deal
Art by Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow and issued in 1952
What’s sarong with this?
Art by Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow in 1946
Misguided Collectors’ Guide!
We have published an 80-page pin-up advertising ink blotter collectors guide, albeit an incomplete one, with more than 1,500 pin-up advertising blotters catalogued. The guide features 100 full-color pictures of pin-up advertising blotters from our personal collections as well as a checklist and useful tips on grading, collecting and determining the age of a blotter.Continue reading “Misguided Collectors’ Guide!”
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