I-40 Antique Mall is on the classy side of the great classy/campy antiquing divide. Yesterday practically everything was on sale, including Jim Rule's Antiques and Fine Books stall where I found this
This is a curiosity. Ossian was supposed to be an ancient Gaelic bard. His epic poems were an 18th century publishing hit. Thomas Jefferson himself was a fan and is rumored to have built Monticello inspired in part by Ossian's romantic fantasies. Sadly, none of it was true. James MacPherson the "translator" was the author instead.
Crystal Hills Antique Mall is the campy yin to the I-40 yang. There is one booth with a great collection of prints, especially historic Arkansas prints from Harpers or Frank Leslie's Illustrated Magazine. Otherwise it is the great American garage sale. The ladies behind the registrar were all in red, white, and blue, plus flag pins. We missed the hot dogs but there were cookies and lemonade in the porcelains section.
Like a refugee from Toy Story
Aforementioned prints, unframed
Creepy Abraham Lincoln
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