Gay Philosopher - Bad Officials

The Gay Philosopher Sez...

Bad Officials are elected by good citizens - Who fail to vote.

Gay Philosopher - Lamp

GAY PHiLOSOPHER - Notebooks

Thanks, Lyle!

Gay Philosopher Holiday Greeting Card

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image courtesy of our pal Lyle! Thanks!

Our GP collecting pal Lyle tells me this Gay Philospher New Years

Greeting card unfolds from 6" X 7 1/2" to 7 1/2" X 12" to 12" X 15".
Thx Lyle!

Gay Philosopher is much older than we thought ;o)

The Turk’s Head Inn, Eton, 1845, by Edmund Bristow

HENRY MAJOR - Portrait Painting

Our new GP pal Patrick sent me this note and wondered if perhaps this could be a self-portrait of Henry Major:

Hey Rick,

(This painting is) in an antique mall in Kansas City. The asking price is $600, which was more than I was willing to lay out without some serious thought and research. The price tag on the painting only lists "Painting by Major, A Man." Seeing as anyone could gather that from a ten second glance at the painting, I'm assuming the vendor has little idea what he or she actually has. $600 is a pretty high asking price without, though, so maybe they do. Who knows!

If you know anyone who would appreciate the painting, feel free to send them my way. If I don't end up buying it, I'd like to help get it to someone who would enjoy it.

Best,

Patrick

I asked our artist friend and semi-expert on Henry Major, Zach Trenholm about the possibility of this being a self-portrait. Zach's response:

To be honest though not completely sure it's a self-portrait. This looks like someone that could be older than Henry lived to be, which was 58 or 59....

As you know he did a great deal of this---using himself as a facial foundation of sorts but then deviating to depict various fictionalized folks of both genders & ages. The G.P.'s are of course an excellent example of this. He also did this with regards to his less commercial endeavors, i.e., his fine art portraits based on types rather than real people....

BUT I could very well be wrong (heck i wasn't around then :-) ) If it is a real self- portrait then it it was done VERY close to the end of his life, perhaps while he was sick. I have newspaper promo stuff (you have now as well) from around the last year of his life & his hair is not only neatly trimmed as usual, it's also still quite dark.....

Still---a real portrait painting by him. Definitely a find & at $600, not too expensive. Don't see many paintings by him other than the seascapes & such that he also did.

If you have a serious interest in this painting let me know and i'll hook you up with Patrick. 

Gay Philosopher - Ink Blotters

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A tip o' The GP's hat to our pal Lyle for his generosity in sharing these blotters!

 "A Speech Is Like A Wheel, The Longer The Spoke The Greater The Tire"

"Many A Live Wire Would Be Dead If It Weren't For His Connections"

"People Who Say They Sleep Like A Baby Usually Haven't Got One"

"The Time To Make Friends Is Before You Need Them"

"Today Is The Tomorrow You Worried About Yesterday"

"America Was In Better Condition When There Were More Whittlers And Fewer Chiselers"

 

"Few People Can Stand Prosperity, But Then Most of Us Don't Have To"

"The Bigger The Summer, The Harder The Fall"

"Success Is Making Hay With The Grass That Grows Under The Other Fellow's Feet"

"Most People Learn Traffic Rules By accident"

 "Every Day The World Turns Over On Someone Who Has Just Been Sitting On Top Of It"

 "There's Nothing Wrong With The Younger Generation That The Older One Didn't Outgrow"

 "You Can Always Start A Fire With A Chip On The Shoulder"

 "Some People Think They Are Worth A Lot Of Money Just Because They Have It"

 "A Circus Makes You Wonder What You Did With Your Youth"

 "It Takes A Heap Of Endurance To Make Up For Bad Judgment"

 "Taxes Not Only Run Into Money - They Can Run You Into Trouble"

"Part Of Education Is Learning What Ain't In Books"

"A politician Is Busiest When He Don't Have Nothin' To Do"

"Nobody Ever Repossessed A Pair Of Beat Up Shoes"

"Being Rich Is When You Can Buy Anything You Don't Need"

"Thrift Is A Wonderful Virtue, Especially In An Ancestor"

"Pretending To Be Rich Keeps Some People Poor"

"It Ain't What You Hear That Counts - Only What You Believe"

"The High Cost Of Living Doesn't Lesson It's Popularity"

 "Big Industry Is Only The Village Blacksmith In Long Pants"

 "If You'd Rather Be Doing Something Else - - It's Work"

"Work Sure Looks Like Fun When The Other Fellow's Doin' It"

"Fancy Form Don't Help Much When You're Adding Up The Score"

"Folks That Go To Church Ain't Usually The Ones That Need It Most"

"A Politician Is Busiest When He Don't Have Nothin' To Do"

Thanks to Ebay Seller Ruben for this blotter!

"It Isn't The Whistle That Pulls The Train"

"It takes a heap of endurance to make up for bad judgement."

"A big city is a lot of small towns sewed together with pipe and utility wire."

"The ladder to success often passes too many windows."

"Pretending to be rich keeps some people poor."

"A chip on the shoulder indicates wood higher up."

"People who look back to much are soon headed that way."

"There's nothing like travel to prove there's no place like home."

"You can always start a fire with a chip on the shoulder."

"The best way to multiply happiness is to divide it."

"Boys will be boys and so will a lot of middle-aged men."

"By the time there is money to burn the fire has gone out."

"Experience is a good teacher but it charges plenty."

"If you want to make an easy job hard- just keep putting it off."

"This is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday."

"It ain't what you hear that counts- only what you believe."

"Nobody ever repossessed a pair of beat-up shoes."

Thanks to Pam Blackburn and to Wil Weaver for sharing these images of their ink blotters!

"Being rich is when you can buy anything you don't need."