Opfer, Richard
A Collection of Antique & American Folk Art Canes
Timonium, Maryland, Richard Opfer Auctioneering, Inc, 1995. Softcover. Stapled wraps with color illustrated cover. Unnumbered pages, features b+w images of canes. This fine collection of approximately 400 canes, staffs, and swagger sticks of American and European origin represents the individuality and variety of this subject. A partial list of categories includes: folk art, maritime, weapons, gadgets, civil war, fraternal organizations, politics, baseball, black americana, and the animal world. Subjects include: children, comic and realistic heads and faces, legs and boots, nudes and erotica, game animals and fish, snakes, crocodiles, birds, farm animals, insects, flower and plant forms, whimsies, geometric patterns, patriotic and fraternal symbolism, ships, buildings, automobiles and other technological innovation, politicians, heroes, characters, and a whole aray of personal symbolism. VG .

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USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 | £UK 33.25 | JP¥ 6523]
Keywords: Arts and Crafts ; Canes ; ;