DING & DENT - The Tattoo Catalogue: 2026 - Tattoo, Circus, Sideshow, and Curiosities
WHAT'S WRONG? - Bent corner. Images not compromised. ARTISTVarious CURATORDerin Bray PAGES118 BINDINGSoftcover SIZE8.5" x 10.75" WEIGHT1.5 lbs CONTENTTattoo history, photos, and flash images Bray & Co. is pleased to present the fourth installment of The Tattoo Catalogue. This limited-edition volume features hundreds of rare and important objects, including newly discovered tattoo flash, vintage photographs, shop signs, tattoo machines, business cards, and other ephemera from some of the most iconic figures in the rich and colorful history of tattooing. Richly illustrated and accompanied by scholarly essays and previously unpublished images, this volume brings to light significant new material relating to Ralph Johnstone, Percy Waters, Amund Dietzel, George Burchett, Lew Alberts, Paul Rogers, and many others. Also featured are several remarkable private collections, including an extraordinary group of original flash art and related material from Fred Marquand, long hidden from public view; a historically significant scrapbook assembled by Paul Rogers containing items dating from the 1910s through the 1960s; and the largest group of original works by Bert Grimm ever offered at public auction; and highlights from the Collection of Frank Carter. Representing the largest and finest assemblage of tattoo masterworks and related artifacts ever brought to market, The Tattoo Catalogue serves as the companion volume to an auction presented by Bray & Co. on July 26, 2026.