Scab Vendor: Rare Tattoo Flash and Underground Art from the Collection of Jonathan Shaw
Thu, Apr 9, 2026 11:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 118
"Homeward Bound" and Other Tattoo Lou Flash Designs, ca. 1940s
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800
Unsold
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Louis DeGennaro (1910-1968), aka Tattoo Lou (attributed). "Homeward Bound" and Other Tattoo Lou Flash Designs. Long Beach Pike: Bert Grimm Tattoo Studio, ca. 1940s. Unsigned. Hand-drawn and colored flash sheet with 10 designs featuring sailor-centric motifs, memoriam tattoos, and pinups. 15 x 20".
Toning across the sheet with darkening to price stickers; edgewear with pin holes, and losses to wrapped borders.
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The Jonathan Shaw Collection
