Recently I obtained my long anticipated, first edition mint condition copy of Dog’Gerel. A wonderful book of dog breeds written by Esther Kimball Hartshorne, and illustrated by the famous illustrator and chowist, Cleanthe Carr who started her career as a teenager. The book features one of her chow illustrations on the cover as well as […]
Circa 1940 Postcard from France by Germaine Bouret
Circa 1940 Postcard from France by Germaine Bouret This absolutely charming postcard was sent to me in a message by a ChowTales follower Filippo Gianola who also adds the following information below. Thank you so very much Filippo for sharing this rare beauty with us!! “It is interesting to watch the work of this designer […]
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 […]
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