Cobalt Blue Sign From the Dawn of Global Banking
I bought this sign at the Alameda antiques market after noticing it a few months in a row. I’m into
Category: Vintage
Berkeley Protest Posters, 1968 to ’73
The late 1960s and early ’70s were a period of intense innovation in poster design, from psychedelic music posters to
Early Boston Telephone Book
Among all the random stuff I’ve collected over the years, this 1881 Boston phone book is one of the standouts.
1950’s Workbench Stool
Bought this badass stool today… I’m assuming it’s Korean War era, since it’s marked “Selective Service System,” and looks to
Love Poster Auction
Saw these Love posters by Yves St. Laurent up for auction in a gallery in Hudson, NY, and thought they
My Brief Glimpse at (Maybe) the Last Big Private Wood Type Collection
In December 2011 I got an email that a designer here in SF was selling a large wood type collection,
Bank of Really Old Post Office Boxes
I bought this complete bank of fifty one 1880s nickel-plated post office lockboxes in the Sierras from a woman who’d owned
