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Vintage Tattoos: The Book of Old-School Skin Art

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This is a great book. It's that simple. If you're at all interested in classic or vintage tattoos then let this be your first book on the subject, or if you have other tattoo topic books, then you need to add this to that collection.

I was interested in a book on old school or vintage tattoos. My main purpose was to learn a little bit more about Sailor Jerry Collins and his influences. I thought maybe there would be some other interesting tidbits of information on the history of what we now consider "vintage tattoos" and maybe some cool pictures - what I got was an amazing surprise.

There is so much fantastic and detailed information - none of it boring. The book takes you on an incredible journey through time, style, artists and even equipment.

Even if you don't know how to read, the pictures and old flash of these vintage tattoos are worth the price of admission ... ok, the price of the book, but you get the point.

Whether you're looking for tattoo ideas, a tattoo history lesson or want to have a unique perspective on vintage tattoos - this is a must add to your bookshelf.

Vintage Tattoos is an impressive compilation of true Americana. Exploring ink life from the carnival to the navy and throughout a century of beauty, icons, and curiosity, Carol Clerk brings an unbiased voyage of truly personal art and obsession.

There is no shortage of tattoo books coming out these days.I liked this one because it dealt with old school flash which is my preference.A lot of interesting information and well illustrated.Quite a bit on George Burchett and his work which I found especially good.

Pretty classy looking book. Nice history of tattooing and the pictures are a great collection for anyone into the classic/historical tattoo narrative.

This book is awesome...plenty of "olde tyme" tattoo flash for reference. People talk about "old school" all the time and don't really know what they're talking about...this book is entirely compiled of the original old school style flash and not awkward modern reinterpretations of it.

The drawings contained in this book were created by self-taught untrained artists who only had a limited range of subject matter to emulate and execute. Many of the drawings may seem a bit rough and primitive but remember the art of tattoo has only recently been adopted by the fine arts community and this book represents the traditional artwork of tattooists in the early part of the twentieth century...in it's completely unadulterated form without the self consciousness of modern art. This book is a must for the serious collector or general enthusiast of classical European/American tattoo traditions.

I bought this book after getting my first tattoo, while looking through it I relized how beautiful the old school designs are. Before Kat Von D you had the masters like sailor Jerry Collins, Jack Dracula, and Bert Grimm. If you want a look at what tattoo art should look like i suggest buying this book

the cover looks awesome, but this book is full of crude doodlings. i thought it would have lots of old school flash- and it does have some but most is scary looking. some of the text is semi-interesting, but you don't buy this kind of book for the text. you buy this kind of book for the art work and flash- which is really bad IMO. 85% of the flash is crude, bland, boring, poorly drawn, or just in bad taste. to top it off, many of the pics are blurry. it's like they didn't even try to hide that they just did a google search for "old school tats" and pasted it in a book. i feel ripped off, what a waste of money.

I thought it would be more flash. Still interesting book. Good buy if you enjoy Traditional tattoos

Nice collection of vintage tattoo images & flash, but like many other "tattoo history" books, light on the facts. More repeats of the same old fictions about tattoo artists that have been repeated everywhere. Enjoy for the nice collection of images of vintage/classic flash, but look elsewhere for actual history.

Spectacular book covering true Americana, complete with hundreds of tattoo ideas, as well as high quality flash. Covers a great deal of history concerning the tattoos, as well as some of the most popular artists.

This is a truly fascinating book, and will keep you entertained for hours.