Vaughan Alden Bass, Louis F. Dow Co., 1954 Technically this is a Gil Elvgren pin-up that has likely been “overpainted” by Vaughan Bass, something he was hired to do by the Louis F. Dow Co. when Elvgren left to work for competitor Brown & Bigelow. The original Elvgren pin-up was titled No Stares.
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Check and Double Check
Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, c. 1950, #30532
Blotto! 2025 Update
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”
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
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