The Brunson Family Collection

Updated October 26, 2026

What's in this auction

52 lots, mostly fine art & prints (3), firearms & militaria (3), sports & trading cards (1), comics & books (1). 52 lots have photos. Pre-sale estimates $100–$6,000 across 52 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog, closing November 15, 2026.

Highest-estimated lots

• "Customers Carry my Art Everywhere" Tattoo Sign by Earl Brown [Flash - Folk Art - trade sign - Advertising - WWII] (Amer — est. $4,000–$6,000
• Original Artwork for Garbage Pail Kids Tattoo Lou / Art Gallery by John Pound [Flash Art - Outsider - Topps] (1985) Pain — est. $3,000–$5,000
• Original Artwork for Ed Hardy's Arm Tattoo by Don Nolan and Hong Kong Tom [Flash - Bert Grimm - Sailor Jerry] (Long Beac — est. $2,500–$4,500
• "Man Killer" Python Sideshow Banner by Fred Johnson [Freak - Snake - Circus] (Chicago, ca. 1941) 138 x 96 in. (350.5 x 2 — est. $2,500–$3,500
• Patriotic American Tattoo Designs by Bert Grimm [Flash - Folk Art - Outsider] (St. Louis, ca. 1940) 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x — est. $2,000–$3,000

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In this auction (52 lots)

Categories: Fine Art & Prints (3) · Firearms & Militaria (3) · Sports & Trading Cards (1) · Comics & Books (1) · Jewelry & Watches (1)

• Lot 1 — Original Artwork for Garbage Pail Kids Tattoo Lou / Art Gallery by John Pound [Flash Art - Outsider - Topps] (1985) Painting: 7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm.), Paper
• Lot 2 — Rare Seattle Tattoo Emporium Hand-Painted Shirt by Danny Danzl [Flash - Folk Art - Vintage Fashion] (Seattle, 1981)
• Lot 3 — Historic 1976 Tattoo Convention Presentation Machine Made by Danny Danzl for Dave Yurkew [Houston - Flash Art - Technology] (Seattle, 1976) 4 x 3 1/2 in. (10.2
• Lot 4 — “Electric Tattoo” Leather Doctor’s Travel Bag Painted by Dana Brunson [Flash - Folk Art] 11 x 20 in. (27.9 x 50.8 cm.)
• Lot 5 — Football Monkey and Other Tattoo Designs by Trader Bob Cleveland [Flash - Folk Art - Outsider] (St. Louis, ca. 1955) 12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm.)
• Lot 6 — "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" and Other Tattoo Designs by Trader Bob Cleveland [Flash - Folk Art - Outsider] (St. Louis, ca. 1955) 12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm.)
• Lot 7 — Two Sheets of Tattoo Designs by Cliff Raven from Sunset Strip Tattoo [Flash - Folk Art - LGBTQ] (Hollywood, ca. 1975) 15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm.)
• Lot 8 — Two Sheets of Tattoo Designs by Cliff Raven from Sunset Strip Tattoo [Flash - Folk Art - LGBTQ] (Hollywood, ca. 1975) 15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm.)
• Lot 9 — Two Sheets of Japanese Tattoo Designs by Cliff Raven, Sunset Strip Tattoo [Flash - Folk Art - LGBTQ] (Hollywood, ca. 1975) 15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm.)
• Lot 10 — Blueprint Tattoo Designs by Percy Waters, Labeled [Folk Art] (Detroit, ca. 1922) 17 1/2 x 24 in. (44.5 x 61 cm.)
• Lot 11 — Two Sheets of Tattoo Flash Used by Dutch Van Dee [Folk Art - Carnival] (Texas, ca. 1935) Each: 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm.)
• Lot 12 — Three Sheets of Tattoo Flash Used by Dutch Van Dee [Folk Art - Carnival] (Texas, ca. 1935) 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm.)
• Lot 13 — Patriotic American Tattoo Designs by Bert Grimm [Flash - Folk Art - Outsider] (St. Louis, ca. 1940) 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm.)
• Lot 14 — Wild-Eyed Pirate and Flapper Girl Tattoo Designs by Bert Grimm [Flash Art - Outsider] (St. Louis, ca. 1940) 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm.)
• Lot 15 — Nude Pin-Up Tattoo Designs by Bert Grimm with Original Photograph [Flash Art - Outsider] (St. Louis, ca. 1940) 15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm.)
• Lot 16 — Daggers, Pin-Ups, and Indian Head Tattoo Designs by Bert Grimm [Flash Art - Folk - Outsider] (St. Louis, ca. 1940) 15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm.)
• Lot 17 — "Over The Hump" and Other Tattoo Designs by Firpo Faulk [WWII Flash - Popeye - Semper Fidelis] (Fort Wayne, Indiana, ca. 1945) 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm.)
• Lot 18 — Screaming Dragon and Other Tattoo Designs by Firpo Faulk [WWII Flash - Peacock - Sword Fish] (Fort Wayne, Indiana, ca. 1945) 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm.)
• Lot 19 — Crawling Panther and Sacred Bleeding Heart Painting by Thom deVita [Tattoo - Lower East Side - Bowery] (New York, 2002) 18 x 12 in. (45.7 x 30.5 cm.)
• Lot 20 — Self-Portrait Painting and Stencil Composition by Thom deVita [Tattoo - Lower East Side - Bowery], (New York, ca. 2000) Each: 16 x 11 in. (40.6 x 27.9 cm.)
• Lot 21 — Postcard and Razor from Sandy Dillon, Tattooed by Owen Jensen and Bert Grimm [Tattoo Flash - Photograph - RPPC] (Los Ángeles, ca. 1920) 5 x 3 1/2 in. (12.7 x 8.
• Lot 22 — Bulldog With Spiked Collar Tattoo Design by Brooklyn Joe Lieber [Flash - Folk Art - Charlie Barrs] (Oakland, ca. 1940) 4 x 3 1/4 in. (10.2 x 8.3 cm.)
• Lot 23 — Tahiti Felix Tattoo Business Card [Ephemera - Trade Card] (San Diego, ca. 1950) 2 x 3 3/4 in. (5.1 x 9.5 cm.)
• Lot 24 — Three Rare Early Tattoo Artist Business Cards [Los Angeles - Trade Card - Ephemera] (American, ca. 1930) Largest: 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (5.7 x 8.9 cm.)
• Lot 25 — Rare Doc Forbes Tattoo Business Card, J.G. Russell Inscription [Trade Card - Side Show - Carnival - Vancouver] (Ca. 1935) 2 x 3 1/2 in. (5.1 x 8.9 cm.)
• Lot 26 — Joe and Mabel Darpel Tattoo Artist Oversize Business Card [Texas - Ephemera - Shooting Gallery] (Fort Worth, ca. 1950) 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (6.4 x 10.8 cm.)
• Lot 27 — Tatts Thomas and Ralph Johnstone Tattoo Business Card [Flash - Trade Card] (Chicago, ca. 1955) 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (7 x 9.5 cm.)
• Lot 28 — Sadie Brown, First Woman Tattoo Supplier Catalog and Card [Flash - Women's History] (Detroit, ca. 1930) Catalog: 5 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (14 x 7 cm.)
• Lot 29 — Rare H. W. Rebec Tattoo Machine and Supplies Promotional Pamphlet [Flash - Technology] (Cedar Rapids, Iowa, ca. 1910) 6 x 3 3/4 in. (15.2 x 9.5 cm.)
• Lot 30 — Fifty Postcards of Tattooed People, George F. Criswell [Flash - RPPC - Percy Waters] (Marion, Indiana, ca. 1925)
• Lot 31 — Photograph of Emily Corday, Tattooed by Ben Corday [Tattoo - Flash] (American, ca. 1925) 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (13.3 x 8.9 cm.)
• Lot 32 — Fourteen "Dermographic Arts" Tattoo Snapshots by "Sailor Jerry" Collins [Nude - Photograph - Vietnam War] (Honolulu, ca. 1970) Largest: 5 x 4 1/4 in. (12.7 x 10
• Lot 33 — Two Photo Postcards of Jay Lester, Tattooed by "Sailor" George Fosdick [Photograph - RPPC] (Portland, Oregon, ca. 1925) 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (14 x 8.9 cm.)
• Lot 34 — Original Artwork for Ed Hardy's Arm Tattoo by Don Nolan and Hong Kong Tom [Flash - Bert Grimm - Sailor Jerry] (Long Beach, California, 1969) Flash: 19 x 13 in.
• Lot 35 — "Rose of Hotel Street" and Pin-Up Tattoo Designs by Don Nolan [Folk Art - Outsider - Flash - US Navy] (Honolulu, ca. 1964) 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm.)
• Lot 36 — Monumental Jesus Christ Tattoo Design by Don Nolan [Flash - Bert Grimm - Sailor Jerry] (Honolulu or Long Beach, ca. 1965) 18 3/4 x 15 in. (47.6 x 38.1 cm.)
• Lot 37 — Monumental Dragon and Pin-Up Tattoo Design by Don Nolan [Flash - Bert Grimm - Sailor Jerry] (Honolulu or Long Beach, ca. 1965) 18 3/4 x 15 in. (47.6 x 38.1 cm.)
• Lot 38 — Monumental King Neptune Tattoo Design by Don Nolan [Flash - Bert Grimm - Sailor Jerry] (Long Beach, California, 1968) 22 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. (57.8 x 47 cm.)
• Lot 39 — Monumental Japanese Warrior Tattoo Design by Don Nolan [Flash - Japanese] (Seattle, 1976) 24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.)
• Lot 40 — Original Cover Artwork for the 1979 Spaulding & Rogers Catalog, by Don Nolan [Tattoo Flash] (Seattle, 1979) Artwork: 17 x 14 in. (43.2 x 35.6 cm.), Catalog: 11
• Lot 41 — Monumental Japanese Demon Tattoo Design by Don Nolan [Flash - Japanese] (Pacific Northwest, 1973) 20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm.)
• Lot 42 — "Greetings from Florida" Pig Painting by Don Nolan [Tattoo Flash - Folk Art - Post Card - Outsider] (1986) 9 x 12 in. (22.9 x 30.5 cm.)
• Lot 43 — Tengu Japanese Warrior Tattoo Design by Don Nolan [Flash - Folk Art] (Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1985) 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm.)
• Lot 44 — Original Artwork for Dave Yurkew's "Gandalf" Tattoo Back Piece by Don Nolan [Flash - Folk Art - Lord of the Rings - Tolkien - Wizard] (Seattle, 1977) 22 x 18 in
• Lot 45 — Large "Death Doesn't Give Credit" Tattoo Design by Don Nolan [Flash - Folk Art] (Seattle, 1977) 22 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7 cm.)
• Lot 46 — Original Artwork for the Seattle Tattoo Emporium Sign, by Don Nolan [Flash - Folk Art - Trade Sign] (Seattle, 1976) 11 1/2 x 24 in. (29.2 x 61 cm.)
• Lot 47 — Japanese Body Suit Tattoo Design by Don Nolan [Flash - Bert Grimm - Sailor Jerry] (Pacific Northwest, 1981) Artwork: 18 x 12 in. (45.7 x 30.5 cm.), Mount: 19 x
• Lot 48 — Monumental Tiger & Snake Tattoo Design by "Hong Kong" Tom Yeomans [Bert Grimm - Sailor Jerry - Flash] (Long Beach, California, 1965) 26 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (67.3 x
• Lot 51 — "Customers Carry my Art Everywhere" Tattoo Sign by Earl Brown [Flash - Folk Art - trade sign - Advertising - WWII] (American, ca. 1945) 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6
• Lot 57 — Photo Postcards of John Walker, Tattooed by Harry Lawson [RPPC - Tattoo - Photograph - Sideshow] (Chicago or Detroit, ca. 1920) 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (14 x 8.9 cm.)
• Lot 137 — J. Wellington Wimpy Comic Carnival Ball Toss Game [Folk Art - Target - Popeye - Hamburger] (American, ca. 1935) 33 1/2 x 24 x 4 in. (85.1 x 61 x 10.2 cm.)
• Lot 140 — "Man Killer" Python Sideshow Banner by Fred Johnson [Freak - Snake - Circus] (Chicago, ca. 1941) 138 x 96 in. (350.5 x 243.8 cm.)

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