Trailer Trad Time Travel: Hurley Oyster Packers, Urbanna Virginia
This painting came about when I found an old billhead for an oyster packing facility. I love the one hundred year old advertisement's detailed depiction of waterfront activity on The Eastern Shore of Virginia.
I appreciate your interest but I drive a hard bargain. I guess an ill-gotten Faberge Egg would be a little steep, huh? How about a half-used bottle of Brute by Faberge?
How about a slightly used (aka soiled) pair of Gloria Vanderbilt ladies' jeans from the mid-1980s? If you don't take them, I can easily trade them to a Brooklyn hipster for 50ml of organic, small batch, house-cured, bourbon ham ketchup.
I too have been watching a lot of Mike and Frank and know how to negotiate Mr. Trad! 12 Cadbury eggs and one Brut by Faberge deodorant, but that is final offer.
To faceless anonymous poster who calls me a "philistine" and "Bolshevik," obviously you do not know Russian Trader who is capitalist entrepreneur who voted against Obama. Also have excellent taste. Anonymous poster cannot even put comment in right place!
I must decline because I already like Speed Stick 'Irish Spring' and, though it smells a little those things that you put in urinals, it'industrial strength keeps me smelling fresh.
Mssrs. Hipster and Red Hook Microbrew,
Grizzly Bear and Krystal Kastal are fine but I INSIST on cassette tape.
TH III,
It's funny that the word skipjack brings back fond Baltimore memories. -And don't you dare land a hand on Mary Ann...
Russian Trader,
For those who know you...therein lies the humor.
Grizzly Bear Road Crew Manager,
You should be road crew manager for these bands -http://www.mergerecords.com/
So, um, I'm not getting the ketchup? I walked all the way to Prospect Heights (can you believe it, yuppie stroller-land) for some artisinal mayonnaise and now I'm gonna be one condiment short for my ultimate Reuben sandwich - made on organic whole grain rye bread that I scored at Bierkraft and the Vacherin Mont D'or from Blue Apron. Damn. I don't even think Russian Trader is real. Damn.
Russian Trader is real. I have dined with him at a Pho shop on Pell Street, played craps with him at the Trump Marina in Atlantic City, and once carried his steamer trunk aboard the Staten Island Ferry. He's a bit odd, but he is very real.
How much for original Trailer Trad painting?
ReplyDeleteRussian Trader,
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your interest but I drive a hard bargain. I guess an ill-gotten Faberge Egg would be a little steep, huh? How about a half-used bottle of Brute by Faberge?
How about a slightly used (aka soiled) pair of Gloria Vanderbilt ladies' jeans from the mid-1980s? If you don't take them, I can easily trade them to a Brooklyn hipster for 50ml of organic, small batch, house-cured, bourbon ham ketchup.
ReplyDeleteI too have been watching a lot of Mike and Frank and know how to negotiate Mr. Trad! 12 Cadbury eggs and one Brut by Faberge deodorant, but that is final offer.
ReplyDeleteI'll trade you two Grizzly Bear vinyl EPs and some retro fixie handlebars for the painting and the vintage jeans.
ReplyDeleteDont take that trade! Grizzly Bear is so 2012! Accept nothing less than some Crystal Castles records and a vintage Mr. Bubble T-shirt!
ReplyDeleteNice rendition of the skipjacks in the background.
ReplyDeleteTo faceless anonymous poster who calls me a "philistine" and "Bolshevik," obviously you do not know Russian Trader who is capitalist entrepreneur who voted against Obama. Also have excellent taste. Anonymous poster cannot even put comment in right place!
ReplyDeleteI will let you spend one night with the real Gloria Vanderbilt (she's my aunt) in exchange for the ketchup. I will throw in a signed CD.
ReplyDeleteGhost of Bobby Short,
ReplyDeletePlease continue to haunt The Carlyle forever!
Russian Trader,
I must decline because I already like Speed Stick 'Irish Spring' and, though it smells a little those things that you put in urinals, it'industrial strength keeps me smelling fresh.
Mssrs. Hipster and Red Hook Microbrew,
Grizzly Bear and Krystal Kastal are fine but I INSIST on cassette tape.
TH III,
It's funny that the word skipjack brings back fond Baltimore memories. -And don't you dare land a hand on Mary Ann...
Russian Trader,
For those who know you...therein lies the humor.
Grizzly Bear Road Crew Manager,
You should be road crew manager for these bands -http://www.mergerecords.com/
So, um, I'm not getting the ketchup? I walked all the way to Prospect Heights (can you believe it, yuppie stroller-land) for some artisinal mayonnaise and now I'm gonna be one condiment short for my ultimate Reuben sandwich - made on organic whole grain rye bread that I scored at Bierkraft and the Vacherin Mont D'or from Blue Apron. Damn. I don't even think Russian Trader is real. Damn.
ReplyDeleteMary Ann was MUCH hotter than Ginger. I'm just saying.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you know about music anyway? Yeah, you...
ReplyDeleteRussian Trader is real. I have dined with him at a Pho shop on Pell Street, played craps with him at the Trump Marina in Atlantic City, and once carried his steamer trunk aboard the Staten Island Ferry. He's a bit odd, but he is very real.
ReplyDeleteNeutral Milk Hotel,
ReplyDelete'Holland 1945' is an all-time favorite of mine. So that would make me a man of fine taste and refinement, wouldn't you agree?
Ghost,
Whose Louis Vuitton trunk is heavier and more laden with finery, Russian Trader's or Jim Dandy's?
Russian Trader is very real! Be sure and look for eBay business soon! Also retail store in Brighton Beach.
ReplyDeleteYes, but Ginger did have a certain je ne sais quoi.
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