ebay art

I’ve recently become a little obsessed with buying original art and photo ephemera on ebay.  Here are some of the items I’ve scored in the last couple months:

This daguerreotype is sure to be the first of many I buy— I’m fascinated by the poses and expressions of daguerreotype and tintype portraits.

I also have a bit of a fascination with displays of male affection in vernacular photography.  After I finish what I’m currently reading I have a book on the subject I’m excited to dive into.  I love this picture for its negative space and the way they are posed.

Since spending time scanning my grandparents’ slides, I’ve become taken with family slides from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. This is one of 7 slides from someone’s prom I bought— I plan to fix it up and make a print. This room and this couple are just so perfect in a way I can’t manage to describe.

I’ve also made a point to look into acquiring more original art for our apartment so that we’re not only hanging photography on our walls.  I bought these drawings from this really cool guy who works in an automotive factory and likes to draw— I love them so much; it’s ridiculous.

And then I found this drawing by a 5-year-old Thai boy who loves drawing ships.  This kid is amazing, and I would assume it is a hoax (this 5-year-old is attempting perspective and depth!) if it weren’t for the fact that the parents paid more in shipping than I paid for the picture and I’m not sure what they’d gain from the whole exchange.  Read the auction info below… looking at this picture makes me happy.

Well, the picture says it all. Let me highlight a points: Our 5 years old son (Yaqin) is enthusiastic about drawing and colouring since childhood; The story of Titanic (from movie and from us) attracted him; He kept dwawing bigger and bigger Titanics everyday that can carry tens of thousands of people on board. If you examine carefully you will see that Yaqin (the artist) and his mother is on board and Daddy (me) is in the sea.

Now that he knows about computer, Internet and Auction/eBay, he wants to sell his FIRST picture here. If you win the bid, we (the parents) will send you the original picture after nicely framing it. We’ll also happily bear the shipping cost (worldwide standard shipping). (original work is on a A4 size Paper).

Even if you do not bid/win this items, please accept our heartfelt thanks for the time you take to see our son’s art work. Please pray for his dreams come true.

You have a wonderful day – everyday.

I’m fascinated by his obsession with the Titanic and his choice to put his father in the ocean, and though I don’t believe in prayer, I do hope his dreams come true and he keeps drawing.  This is what he wrote on the back: