Feels like ages since we visited a Sunday car boot sale, but today we braved the Autumn cold and headed to Wetherby, where stalls of goodies and a small fry-up awaited.
The breakfast café fry-up was frugal but tasty - me and the Missus are on a diet called 'intermittent fasting' - no food now till this evening!
The stalls were interesting too.
What do you think of my meagre catch readers including some freebies?
LtoR; British Rail book [free], Action Man Jeep £1, BR Diesels book [free], Sculptor photo [free], Photography Year Book 1963 [free]. Torchy The Battery Boy Book £1, brass scope and other optical ring £2
the free photograph, from a huge pile of free prints, is unusual. It shows a sculptor showing his work to someone, whilst the sitter who is being sculpted sits.
The sculptor has a distinctive 'artists' beatnik-style tash and beard.
The bust appears to be nearly finished.
On the back of the print is this Glasgow address for the photographer, John McLean.
Does it follow that the sculptor was in Glasgow too, maybe in the 1950's or 60's?
Anyone recognise anything in this picture?
Cool stash! I would have snapped up the Torchy The Battery Boy book in a second! Long live Roberta Leigh! SFZ
ReplyDeleteYes, it caught my eye and went in the bag SF! Some damage to the spine but otherwise looks good!
DeleteThere are a number of references to an artist called John MClean, born of Scottish parents, but he seems to be an extreme abstract artist, rather than a classical sculptor. Bill
ReplyDeleteDo you not think that John McLean is the photographer Bill rather than the sculptor?
DeleteThe back of the photograph says John McLean Photographer, so that seems to settle the name of the gentleman who took the picture, leaving us with the artist to identify.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I agree Paul, John McLean is the photographer.
DeleteAn Action Man Jeep for a Quid? SCORE!!!
ReplyDeletemissing a few bits Looey but not bad. i think its Sunny Smile, not Cherilea.
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