Still as misguided as ever! An update to the original Blotto! issued in 2021 but with a substantially more comprehensive list of pin-up ink blotters with updated prices as well as featuring 30 new blotter pictures. NEW! 2025 Update edition: A 40-page update with 30 full color pictures and 2,500+ blotter checklist with recent valuesContinue reading “Blotto! 2025 Update”
Tag Archives: Gil Elvgren
Up A Tree
Gil Elvgren, Brown & Bigelow, November 1966, 235-305-11
Inside Story
Pin-up by Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, February 1961, #30-304-2
Dream Girl
By Gil Elvgren, published c. 1943 This ink blotter is untitled but the pinup picture is Gil Elvgren’s painting titled “Dream Girl.”
Picture Pretty
Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, December 1971, #230-304-12 This may have been one of the last pin-up ink blotters printed as I have not seen any from 1972 or later. Ball point pens were so prevalent by then that the need for ink blotters, other than when using fountain pens as an art formContinue reading “Picture Pretty”
I hope the boys don’t draw straws tonight
Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, September 1947, #36523
All Smiles
Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, October 1963, #233-305-10
Fall Change-over
Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, September 1953, #33829
Aiming High
Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, September 1961, #30-305-9
Is this the right angle, professor?
Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, September 1948, #38529
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