Amazing Old Scratch Built Wooden Folk Art House Bank with Checkerboard Roof, Opening Door and Intensively Carved Details coal train and what are they selling

and what are they selling

with paddle in one hand and what I take for a spear in the other

and as I'm finding examples like this harder and harder to come by and more and more pricey when I do

Brown paper folder holding his handwritten reports and renderings (a selection but not all documented) measures  11 3/4" x 9"

I think they're quite fabulous things

Amazing Old Scratch Built Wooden Folk Art House Bank with Checkerboard Roof, Opening Door and Intensively Carved Details coal train and what are they sellingCollector dealer Pat Hatch, well known for her extraordinary black doll collection, has been selling some small things at an antiques shop I heavily frequent in Maine; I scooped up several pieces from her this week, including this little carved cottage in polychrome and a second tin house too. I just couldn't resist this feels about as akin to a gingerbread house as a carved folk art house bank could, and the love and attention to detail invested in