The Only Honest Skin Game in Town: The Tom Christopher Collection

ARTIST          Various CURATOR      Derin Bray PAGES           68 BINDING       Softcover SIZE               8.5" x 10.75" WEIGHT         0.65 lbs CONTENT     Tattoo history, photos, and flash images In the old days, a good set of flash was a tattoo artist’s stock-in-trade — bold, fast designs tacked to shop walls and strung up in arcades and carnival booths to draw people in. Customers didn’t 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 until they had real bite. For them, flash wasn’t just a menu; it was reputation, currency in a tough trade. Bray & Co. is pleased to present The Tom Christopher Collection, an extraordinary gathering of American and English tattoo flash painted between 1890 and 1960. These rare sheets, now recognized as important works of folk ar