My Blotter Art Collection-Now w/Captions Added!

Ok, just to be clear. 

A) I took all these photos myself. 

B) Most of the vast, vast majority are not as good, edited, quality, clear, and/or beuatiful as I'd like to to be.  

C) Most of this collection was taken in a police raid that was ill-advised and devised on the delusional ramblings of a now-convicted murderer, whom I have never ever met, not even once, and who was nevertheless used as a confidential informant who blamed me as somebody responsible for a crime which I did not commit, because he had apparently been made aware of my blotter art collection by a mutual acquaintance, and I was a convenient scapegoat. Until they raided me and discovered that I collected art, and that none of my art had drugs on it, as they were told by the convicted murderer. And so now, I am attempting to get my collection back. As such, I need to catalog the entire collection for return in order to request what I have had taken be given back to me. 
ITS FOR THIS REASON THAT THERE ARE NUMBERS BELOW MANY OF THE PICTURES, BEFORE ANY CAPTION THAT MIGHT BE WRITTEN. THESE NUMBERS INDICATE MY BEST GUESS AS TO HOW MANY  OF THIS SPECIFIC PIECE I HAD WHEN THEY CAME IN AND TOOK IT ALL AWAY FROM ME. THIS DID NOT COMPRISE MY COMPLETE COLLECTION, BUT DID COMPRISE A GOOD PORTION OF IT, AND SO I AM USING THIS PAGE AS A REFERENCE FOR MY FORMAL REQUEST TO HAVE MY ART COLLECTION RETURNED.

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 2 AND 6

 

Strange unperforated page.

QTY TAKEN: 1 Signed, Between 10 and 70 Unsigned. Tim Leary signed Geisha Girl.

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 20 AND 60 Signed Between 10 and 50 Unsigned 
Artists' Proof copy of Opium Den signed by Robert Anton Wilson.

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 2 AND 5 Signed:
 Really awesome blotter art by and signed by Robert Marx.

QTY TAKEN: See Above A few more R.A.W. signed blotters.

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 3 and 8 Signed:
An absolutely lovely Vanity Piece created by a personal acquaintance, Mr. Gwyllym Llwydd

QTY TAKEN: 1 Signed
Fractal Sun, Signed by the jester himself, Mr. Ken Kesey.

Clockwise from top left: Jolly Roger, Dancing Bears, Skully, Mad Hatter, Alfred E. Pluribus Unum, and Condors.

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 3 AND 5:
 Jolly Roger

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 5 AND 10 Purple
QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 5 AND 10 Yellow
Grateful Dancing Bears

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 5 AND 15
Green Skulls

Alfred E Pluribus Unum

 QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 5 AND 15 
Alfred E. Pluribus Unum

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 2 AND 4
 Mad Hatter

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 10 AND 20
California Condors

QTY TAKEN: 1 SIGNED BY HR GIGER 
QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 5 AND 10 UNSIGNED 
Prints of Illuminatus I, by H.R. Giger.

Showcase of two lovely prints by G. Llywydd

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 2 AND 5 Signed
Praying Mantis by G. Llywydd

Unperfed Furry Freak Brothers

                                                        QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 5 AND 15 UNSIGNED

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 3 AND 6 All Signed By Peter Fonda
Easy Rider Blotters, signed by Peter Fonda himself!! ;)

Each of these iconic pieces, the dancing condoms, and the pink elephants were in fact two sided.... With the reverse to each being shown directly above/below the piece on either side.

                                                             QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 5 AND 10

                                                              QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 15 AND 25

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 3 AND 5 All Signed
 James Clements signed pieces: These are among the better quality and older Vanity Blotter pieces that exist.

James Clements signed piece seen "upside down".

QTY TAKEN: 1 Signed, Howard Marks
Signed by Howard Marks.

QTY TAKEN: ONE (1)

This is literally a piece of the oldest known existing blotter art still intact. I believe this to have been a piece from Mark McCloud's collection, which was at one point actually laid out, and then destroyed and or neutralized at a later time with UV lights to make it collectable. This is the Eye of Horus, and it is from some time in the early 70s I believe.It came from a limited edition collectable known as the Bust Book, and was published by one of my dearest friends. He ultiumately gave me his own personal copy of the Bust Book, signed by him and McCloud, and it came with this. There were 500 copies of the Bust Book made, but only 10 were the limited editions which contained a sample chunk of the Eye of Horus. Just having this piece included in those 10 editions added $500 to the initial price of the book.

                                                                              QTY TAKEN: 1 Unsigned

QTY TAKEN: 1 Signed
QTY TAKEN: Between 1 and 3 Unsigned 
Alice in Wonderland Signed by the Merry Pranksters minus Ken Kesey.....

FLY IN THE OINTMENT 
 This is the piece that started it all off for me. I spent 7 years trying to find a copy of this before I finally did. Its the stuff that I attribute my first cosmic "Peek Behind the Curtain" too. Its also the stuff my wife and were on the day we fell in love and committed our lives to one another. If it weren't for this particular stuff, my life would be entirely different, and certainly not for the better.

  FLY IN THE OINTMENT  (REVERSE) This was also known far and wide as Hearts & Ankhs, Hearts and Crosses, Exotic Egg, Cosmic Yoke & Cosmic Egg

Vanity Piece signed by Mark McCloud. Actual art is by William Rafferty, and is a tribute to Sasha Shulgin. Its the periodic table in brilliant colors as seen through the lens of a 3-NEck round bottom chemistry flask!

Piece signed by Sasha Shulgin. I had several of these but two friends wound up with copies as gifts.

Alex Grey Signed and Numbered Carbon Jesus. #418/500. When this was actually dosed back in the day, it was SUPERB. Not quite as good as the Fly in the Ointment, but it was still very good.

Another Timothy Leary signed print. This is the sister print to Fly in the Ointment. Its the first Leary I ever owned. Its called South Africa, by name, and was also known as Hearts & Ankhs, as you can see below...

South Africa - Reverse

South Africa/Fly in the Ointment Reverse Closeup

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 3 AND 6
Another lovely Vanity piece by Robert Marx.

QTY TAKEN: 1 Unsigned
Rick Sinnett - Mandlebrot set.

QTY TAKEN: 1 Blue 
QTY TAKEN: 1 Red
 Blue and Red Lightning Bolts.

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 2 and 5
This one, for some reason, is called Leary Puddle. Its a well known Mark McCloud design.

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 2 and 5
Leary Profile (I think I misnamed the musical note/skull Leary print with the black background seen further above this, as Leary Profile. I, in fact, do not remember the name to that one.

QTY TAKEN: 1
Another Rick Sinnett

QTY TAKEN: 1
The only Mark McCloud designed piece that qualifies as purely Vanity Blotter. Its called New Shoes. Viewed up close, its actually a little disturbing.

QTY TAKEN: 1 Signed
This is one of my very favorite pieces of Vanity Blotter. It is called Little Strange Dots. Or, if you're in a hurry, just L.S.D. will do.

Closeup of L.S.D. (Signed by Artist, Trevor Brown)

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 3 and 5
Awesome portrait of Hofmann by R. Marx.

QTY TAKEN: 1
Another Sinnett

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 2 and 5 Unsigned
Above and Below (Closeup) -- Iconic, and vintage Angels and Cherubs....

Out of place closeup of the Leary portrait by G. L

Angels and Cherubs Closeup

QTY TAKEN: SEE WAY ABOVE
Praying Mantis by G. Llywydd

QTY TAKEN: Either 1 or 2 
Leary Tribute

Closeup of Leary Tribute

QTY TAKEN: 1 Signed
Zane Kesey's portrait of his Father, Ken Kesey.

QTY TAKEN: 1 or 2
 Another Zane Kesey design.

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 2 and 5 of Each Color
Purple, Yellow, and Pink Unicorns.

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 2 and 5 Unsigned 
Alice in Wonderland (Obverse)

Alice in Wonderland (Reverse)

QTY TAKEN: 1 Unsigned
King Tut

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 2 and 4 Signed
Vanity blotter, but I like this one anyway.

QTY TAKEN: 1 Unsigned
Alex Grey art. I do not know if this was intiailly created with, or without his permission, but I have now seen a few signed by him, so he must have come around if it initially did not meet his approval....

QTY TAKEN: 1 Signed 
QTY TAKEN: Between 3 and 10 Unsigned
 SIGNED By The Lord of Darkness himself, HR Giger.

Closeup Detail of Illuminatus

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 4 and 7 Signed by John Lilly
QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 15 and 25 Unsigned
 Fractal Coast - UnSigned.

QTY TAKEN: See above
Fractal Coasts signed by John Lilly

QTY TAKEN: BETWEEN 50 and 100
Kaleidoscope. The very first vanity blotter art ever created. Credited to the late, great, Mr. Tom Lytle.

Poster from 1994 Advertising a showcase of blotter artwork, hosted by Mr Timothy Leary. Who is that that signed this? Ahhh indeed. That would be Mr. Leary himself. ;)

Poster From 1993, for a celebration advertising the 50th anniversary of the discovert of LSD, by Albert Hofmann. Who is that it is signed by? Why, none other then  Albert Hofmann.

 

R Crumb, Vintage and Very Much not a copy, but the Real Deal

Everybody Remembers the Yellow Felix

The Nonych Jesus Christ , which is what actually went around when these were run. I remember actually having a page of them. They were Superb!!

 

Signed by the one and only Dr. David Nichols