The Tattoo Catalogue: 2023Sold Out! Bray & Co. is pleased to present a limited edition auction catalogue packed with more than 200 rare items, including 70+ sheets of newly discovered tattoo flash art, vintage photographs, pitch books, shop signs, machines, business cards and more from iconic figures in the long, colorful history of tattooing. Richly illustrated with essays and previously unpublished images, it brings to light new material from Percy Waters, Bert Grimm,

catalogs machines

Brooklyn Blackie

full-scale reproduction of a rare

and others

fast designs tacked to shop walls and strung up in arcades and carnival booths to draw people in

meticulously observed cranes on the wing

business cards

and Frank Harrington

continues to thrill and inspire collectors and artists alike

Accompanied by a lush catalogue of historic tattoo flash art

80 newly-discovered designs painted by a yet-identified Japanese tattoo artist

were never meant to outlast the careers they served