Man with Absurd Mustache, Gem Tintype in Original Potter's Patent 1865 Sleeve antique design object and it feels right that

and it feels right that it be dinged up a bit

and I might guess made to function as a doorstop ( indeed he's taken some dings) but maybe just to sit on a counter and intimidate

is that Rabin did not begin painting until he was 70 (with paints left over from a paint by numbers kit)

allowing for all sorts of sculptural tabletop configurations

a fortune telling valentine of sorts

Man with Absurd Mustache, Gem Tintype in Original Potter's Patent 1865 Sleeve antique design object and it feels right thatI keep thinking maybe this is not as wild as I think but then I look at it again and this mustache is truly insane. Especially on the face of this quite young man. Maybe a fake mustache, I don't know, I think it is excellent whatever the case. Potter's Patent March 7, 1865 embossed on the sleeve, which refers to the die cut paper frame, patented by Ray W. Potter of New York. As mounted: 3 3 4" x 2 5 16". Tintype 1 1 4" x 3 4". Excellent condition.