News — Collectibles

The world of American folk art is truly vast, but even in such a wide and deep category of collectible, one would likely recognize the presence and popularity of tramp art. Tramp art is a type of wood carving that likely began in the 1850s and continues even today. Renowned scholar and collector Clifford Wallach describes it best: “small pieces of wood, primarily from discard[ed] cigar boxes and shipping crates, are whittled into layers of geometric patterns having the outside edges of each layer notch carved.” Unlike many other art categories, tramp art is delineated not by its artists, date...