The Only Honest Skin Game in Town: The Tom Christopher Collection*Ships Oct. 22 In the old days, a good set of flash was a tattoo artists stock in trade bold, fast designs tacked to shop walls and strung up in arcades and carnival booths to draw people in. Customers didnt need a plan; they just pointed at what they liked and took a seat. But those images carried weight love, loss, who you were and they kept the cash moving. The greats Brooklyn Joe, Harry Lawson, Sailor Jerry reworked and sharpened their designs

It is a companion to an auction held by Bray & Co

this volume brings to light significant new material relating to Ralph Johnstone

was at the height of his powers when

is pleased to present the second installment of The Tattoo Catalogue

when Massachusetts banned tattooing statewide

Accompanied by a lush catalogue of historic tattoo flash art

and Edward "Dad" Liberty

and scraps of repurposed paper

Tex Rowe and many others

richly illustrated family biography of pioneering Boston tattoo artists Edward "Dad" Liberty and his sons Frank

who you were — and they kept the cash moving

a historically significant scrapbook assembled by Paul Rogers containing items dating from the 1910s through the 1960s