Van Everens Visiting Cards, Grand Central Hotel, c. 1880s Business Card with Anamorphic Text folk art wooden rabbit This one's in pretty good

This one's in pretty good shape compared to most I've seen (the fact that these are usually quite battered speaks for itself

I think his drawings were so good

Lobster: 2 1/2" across x 1/4" tall (standing on 3 sweet little legs)

Typed label on reverse identifies it as the Universal Portland Cement Co

And there are beans or something inside that make it rattle

Van Everens Visiting Cards, Grand Central Hotel, c. 1880s Business Card with Anamorphic Text folk art wooden rabbit This one's in pretty goodThis is the first example of anamorphic text I've had, though I will definitely be on the hunt for others. By viewing the text from an angle (holding it almost flat on its side), all those abstract lines form words. Here, it reads "Van Everens Visiting Cards" from one direction, and then "Central" from the short side, and then "Grand" and "Hotel" from the corner angles. (I did my best to photograph, but it's a bit easier in hand.) Analog magic, pretty