Gil Elvgren for Brown & Bigelow, August 1958, #38-304-8
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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
Understanding Print Codes
Print codes can often help identify the age of a vintage ink blotter. Most publishers of blotters had print codes with the exception of Shaw-Barton. The code can be found at the base of the ink blotter. In the case of Brown & Bigelow blotters (the most prolific publisher) the codes indicate the year andContinue reading “Understanding Print Codes”
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!”
