For the Vintage Sleuth!

Established in the early 1900's, detective magazines, were some of the most widely read American magazines of the time.  
The 1930s, was the so-called Golden Age of the detective magazine when the major crimes figures of the Depression, like Bonnie and Clyde and the Barker gang roamed the Midwest. Supposedly, these bandits were themselves avid readers of the genre. As television grew into our main source of crime news, detective magazines went into decline and today are virtually extinct. Here's just a few from our store.  

Inside Detective 1958

Startling Detective 1943

Inside Detective 1958

Vintage, retro, campy...what's not to like?

Happy Earth Day!

Take some salvaged canvases. These were gessoed back to white, then stained with paint.

 Choose some vintage frames.

Add a few pages of antique sheet music from the 1870's, varnished onto the canvas.

A little bit of paint.

A bit of artistry added next.

And voila! Our "Song Birds" triptych,  created by Dina Petruzzi, using repurposed items.

Citrus Crate Art. More Than Just a Pretty Picture!

This was cutting edge advertising in its time. The Los Angeles Times just recently ran a very interesting article about this testament to a bygone era.

Here are a few originals available for purchase from our very own collection of fruit crate labels.

Redlands Dahlia Sunkist | 1940's | re.collection art store

La Patera (The Pond) Lemons | 1930's | re.collection art store

Victoria Brand March Seedless Grapefruit | 1930's | re.collection art store

Check out our Etsy store, too!

A little bit of romance?

We've been wanting to share this. And with Valentine's Day almost here,
it's the perfect moment.

Found in our archive of high school and college yearbooks dating from the 30's
through the 50's, this letter and newspaper clipping caught our eye, our imaginations... and our hearts! It seems this young woman, a Norma Fink, had quite the admirer.

You gotta' love his devilish candor. He was smitten!

And he sent this poem along, too. 

Well, in spite of that poem, she appears to have been quite accomplished in her field of law. She became the first female prosecutor in Texas. Later she became an entertainment attorney in Los Angeles. Among her clients were Sam Peckinpah, Christopher Lee and Slim Pickens, to name few. 

And no, she never did marry the man who wrote her the letter. 

You think it was the poem?

Vintage Embroided Patches

Check out these newest finds from our Attic!

Come on in!

'High Voltage' metal signage.
To purchase visit www.recollectionart.com
$68.00 | 20" x 14"

Back in the day...

Vintage Kodak film canisters.
To purchase visit www.recollectionart.com attic
$18 set of 2 | Each canister measures 2" h x 1.25" w