SOLD 1970 Packard, from J.T. Garvin's "Wildfire" Portfolio, 1969-70 to han g and I think New England

and I think New England or New York state based on a few other Shaker brushes I have researched

This vintage hand-carved wood totem letter opener by master Northwest Coast carver Ray Williams (1933-88) would make a great gift

but I loved it so much there was no way I was not going to rescue it

as the lid sits at just the slightest bit off square (maybe 1-2 degrees)

mostly against the brown on the right side--and which I feel really fall away once hung on the wall

SOLD 1970 Packard, from J.T. Garvin's "Wildfire" Portfolio, 1969-70 to han g and I think New EnglandThis drawing came from a larger portfolio of some 50 drawings, all of cars, most initialed and dated 1969 or 70 on reverse, which with some piecing together I've figured out were done by a Jerry Thayer Garvin of Nottingham, NH all as the imagined holdings of a fictional "Wildfire Corporation" founded in 1898. Found in the portfolio was an elaborate set of notes detailing the makers and models of the cars held in this fictional Wildfire Collection,