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6" x 7" A small house-shaped wall piece built from a weathered, whitewashed wood block topped by a triangular roof made from a bent, gilded metal bracket. Mounted to the face are a white ceramic doorknob, a round black-and-white enamel plaque reading "88," concentric carved ring details, and a key fixed near the base.

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6.5" x 8.5" An abstract composition in blue, orange, gold, and green painted and layered over a page of vintage book text, the paper edges left deliberately torn and glossy-coated. The work floats inside an ornate open brass frame with a decorative ring finial at the top for hanging.

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7" x 9.5" A deep violet, heavily textured painted panel surrounds a central crackle-finished mount holding a small sepia photograph of two well-dressed men with hats and canes, standing outdoors. Two ornamental brass ring pulls with ram's-head motifs are fixed to the upper and lower corners.

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5" x 3" x 8.5" A freestanding totem-like figure with a rough, plaster-white and violet textured surface. A ceramic flower medallion and a cluster of small vintage buttons and glass beads sit at the chest. The lower portion is encrusted with a dense mosaic of old coins, set on a carved, engraved wooden base.

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4" x 6" x 12" A tall standing sculpture crowned with looping strands of hand-formed clay beads in warm mauve, tan, and brown tones, nestled among a cluster of shells and a smooth stone. The cylindrical wooden body below is banded with mosaic tile fragments, small gears, and a ring of pebbles at its footed base.


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4" x 8" x 9" An ornate carved and gilded crown-shaped finial sits atop a compact assemblage of rusted metal fins, exposed gears, and vintage mechanical hardware. A round red glass reflector reads like a single glowing eye near the base, alongside a pair of light-colored socket-like forms suggesting a face.

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A whitewashed, textured standing figure with outstretched wings, its surface stamped with circular medallion patterns and faint lettering. Strips of curled antique paper — including printed sheet music and book text — hang like a fringed skirt from the lower body, which rests on two carved, blade-like legs.

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12" x 18.5" A large wall-mounted cabinet with a chartreuse-washed wood grid of 24 compartments, each holding a different vintage photograph, portrait, or small object — including a die, a snail shell, a wooden dog figurine, a zodiac illustration, and a small clay heart. The overall effect is a curated, cabinet-of-curiosities style collection of found imagery.

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12" x 18.5" A grid cabinet in whitewashed wood, its surface covered in faint handwritten and stamped text, holding 24 compartments filled with vintage family snapshots, a small ceramic teapot, fabric ribbons, a red felt numeral "2" patch, rusted wire mesh, and other period ephemera.

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5" x 3" A small three-compartment wall box in a distressed rose-and-cream finish. The left niche holds a woven wire bird's nest cradling three blue eggs; the center holds a vintage school portrait of a young woman under a protective coating; the right holds a twisted, textured clay or rope-like knotted form.

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5.5" x 10" An olive-green painted board holds a small tin box frame wrapped in wire, containing a black-and-white photograph of two young girls standing outside a doorway. Above, a perforated metal scoop and dark button form a face-like finial; below, a filigree metal pendant with dangling chain fringe hangs like a small chandelier, flanked by wooden dowels and French-text paper fragments.

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9" x 12" A muted blue-gray collaged ground supports a cutout sepia photograph of a seated woman in a pearl necklace, wearing a tiny gold crown and paper butterfly wings. Above her arcs a black embroidered and beaded textile trim (in a floral, medal-like pattern) with a printed banner reading "There's no excuse not to dream."

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6" x 18" A tall, narrow vertical piece topped by a small abstract painted panel (a dark looping form on tan ground) tagged "356." Below, a metal-edged louvered frame is densely packed with dozens of folded and rolled strips of antique book and ledger pages, creating a striped, textural body.

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3" x 6" A small gilded, spire-topped architectural fragment frames a cutout photograph of a young man, a tiny black heart charm at his chest. Below him is a round pink and silver-toned medallion set with a blue cabochon stone, the whole piece finished in warm copper and gold tones.

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9" x 13" A recessed box frame set into a rust and sienna-toned collaged board holds a cutout sepia photograph of a woman seated with her arm resting on a carved element. Rusted decorative die-cut trim, a green leaf charm, dangling painted clay beads on wire, and an ornate filigree drop hang around the central image, with ledger-paper text visible in the background.

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7" x 9" A cream and taupe painted board holds a black-and-cream Art Deco-style bakelite diamond pendant at top and a round rusted metal disc at center, over which is layered a small tagged vintage photograph inscribed "Debbie Carter." A cream fabric panel densely embroidered with metallic floral beadwork curves beneath, with a perforated rusted metal cone hanging below.

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11" x 9" A grid of twenty small square collages, each pairing a vintage or painterly portrait with a fragment of cut paper text (phrases such as "old cloth, soap, sweat, and fur," "growing more powerful," and "the edge of the darkness"), mounted on a silvery, textured board — reading almost like a visual poem assembled from many faces and voices.

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9" x 12" Twenty-four small vintage photograph fragments — mostly individual and group portraits of children and adults — are mounted on a deep red board, each labeled with a first name in handwriting or typed tape (Hugh, Jack, Vivian, Marilyn, William, and others), several finished with metal grommet accents.

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9.5" x 16" A weathered, painted board is topped with a woven mosaic of narrow strips cut from antique concert programs and ledger paper. Below, a rusted and dented tin fragment frames a black-and-white photograph of a seated figure, with a long beaded chain draped alongside and a small engraved plate at the bottom reading "Evelyn Stevens.”

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11" x 16" A deep shadow-box frame with a carved wood edge decorated in a burned diamond-and-dot pattern holds a dense collage: a torn sepia photograph of two women in hats posed before a boardwalk building labeled "...Beach," layered over an embossed studio card reading "Isabel Sykes, Photographer, Chicago." Surrounding elements include a spiral shell-form medallion, a large red die-cut disc with punched holes, a cardboard "replace after wiring" fuse tag, woven copper-toned fiber fringe, and scraps of vintage newsprint referencing Degas and ballet.
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