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2000? Illusions, ACEO Nude Drawing Mirror Art Card print. © Nicole B. Fekaris. 2½" x 3½". Signed "Nicci." $.99 from Nicole Fekaris through eBay, June, '10.

The backwards writing says "Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the…

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1975? Hand-painted colored picture of WL. About 4" x 7". €28 from Daniel et Lilli, Marché Dauphine, Saint-Ouen, France, June, '19.

Here was one of two surprises in a blisteringly hot weekend foray to the Marché aux Puces! "Daniel et Lilli" is…

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1975? Hand-painted colored picture of TH. About 3½" x 7⅛". €30 from Daniel et Lilli, Marché Dauphine, Saint-Ouen, France, June, '19.

Here was one of two surprises in a blisteringly hot weekend foray to the Marché aux Puces! "Daniel et Lilli" is…

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1970 "The Belling of the Cat." Water-color and ink panel by Lisa Haderlie. 4" x 7½" on paper set inside oval matting and framed in glass. $25 from William Hayes at the Alameda flea market, Jan., '02.

This is a typical instance of my collecting…

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Eduard Prüssen, FC, woodcut. 7" x 10¼". Beilage zu Illustration 63, Heft 3. 1980

A beautiful ink drawing on fine paper featuring the fox and the crow, who are the main characters of Jean de la Fontaine’s fable, Le Renard et le Corbeau. The…

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1960? Four original pen-and-ink drawings of Aesop's fables, about 4" x 2½'. FS, FC, TH, and WL. €60 at Daniel & Lilli, Saint-Ouen Flea Market, June, '19.

How surprising to find four original "India ink" drawings in a shop specializing in buttons…

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1950? Original hand-painted card, 5½" x 3½", presenting CW. Nantes: Madame Yvonne. €10 at Recto-Verso, Strasbourg, July, '19.

There is a story somewhere behind this handmade card! This cat-woman has seized the mouse. The room shows evidence of…

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1921 "The Fable of Alf and Pete." K.D. Vanity Fair, September, 1921. 8.5" x 11".

An original fable in the magazine “Vanity Fair”. The author's initials are K.D. The title states “The Fable of Alph and Pete; Showing That There Is Frequently…

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2010? "The Oak and The Reeds" inspired by the Aesop's Fable: reimagined Circus Themed Zine. Two-part paper construction by Jessie Wyrick. 3" x 4⅜". $10 from FleshBabies on Etsy, April, '23

Now this is something unusual. There is first a…

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2015? Metal engraving of LM on cherry wood signed by Russell Hoover. Registered engraving No. 0223. 9" x 6¾". Unknown source and date of acquisition.

This lion seems the perfect image of patience. The many cords of the net structure the scene…
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