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RESTORATION- Circa 1900 England Gibson Girl and her dogs

This photo came to me with a number of issues I needed to address, such as permanent fingerprints on the right side of the photo and bad fading in the same area. A crop to focus in on the subject matter helped a ton but hundreds of minute scratches needed to be healed out of […]

1920-1940 Reverse Intaglio crystal Chow bracelet and ring in private collection

ABOVE PHOTO COURTESY THE HAMSHERE GALLERY It is always so exciting when someone contacts me who owns a piece of Chow art history, but when it can be traced back in time , it makes the “find” all the sweeter.   The person who is the current owner of this reverse intaglio crystal bracelet and ring […]

Circa 1938 Pilot and Chow in airplane

This will always be a favorite photo in my private collection.  I have had it on the front page of ChowTales since its inception but neglected to post about it on my blog so here it is!  On the back of this original 8×10 press photo it says  “Jeff Warren, Los Angeles, transport pilot and […]

1920’s rare image by photographer H.R. Cremer of woman and her chow

I recently purchased this incredible 8″ x 10″ original photograph (the sepia inset) which was taken by the famous American photographer H.R. Cremer.  (see more below).  This stunning woman with her chow by her side is sitting on one of two travel trunks, covered in stickers showing ports of call.   hotels and other destination identifications, […]

1920 Benched Dog Show snapshot-RARE – 3 chows-possibly Mrs Waller of Sum Chows

CIRCA 1920’s – This incredible original rare photo came from a home snapshot that I purchased many years ago. It will always remain among my favorite chow images from this era.  After studying images of this woman for a long time, I am fairly convinced this is Mrs Virginia Waller of Sum Chows sitting with […]

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