TOM OF FINLAND KAKE 7 COMIC DRAG QUEEN GERRI COLLINS ESTATE WEST HOLLYWOOD GAY ART

SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF LGBTQ+ HISTORY: AN ORIGINAL VINTAGE 1970s / 1980s GAY EROTIC ART COMIC BOOKLET BY THE LEGENDARY TOUKO LAAKSONEN, BETTER KNOWN GLOBALLY AS TOM OF FINLAND.

THIS IS KAKE NO. 7: "TEA ROOM ODYSSEY," FEATURING TOM'S ICONIC, HYPER-MASCULINE SIGNATURE LEATHERMAN CHARACTER, KAKE.

ELITE PROVENANCE — FROM THE PERSONAL ESTATE OF DRAG ICON GERRI COLLINS: THIS SPECIFIC BOOKLET HOLDS EXTRAORDINARY HISTORICAL PROVENANCE. IT WAS SENT DIRECTLY TO AND OWNED BY THE FAMOUS 1960s AND 1970s HOLLYWOOD DRAG QUEEN, PERFORMER, AND CELEBRATED NIGHTLIFE ICON, GERRI COLLINS (MR. GERRI). THE BACK COVER FEATURES HER DIRECT DISTRIBUTION AND ADVERTISING STAMP FROM HER FAMOUS RESIDENCE: "GERRI, NO. SIX, 860 HILLDALE AVENUE, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90069." THIS IMMEDIATE CONNECTION TO A LANDMARK FIGURE OF EARLY LOS ANGELES QUEER AND DRAG HISTORY ELEVATES THIS PIECE TO A MUSEUM-QUALITY ARCHIVAL COLLECTIBLE.

SPECIFICATIONS:

CONDITION NOTE: GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION. THE COVERS AND INTERNAL PAGES ARE COMPLETELY INTACT WITH CRISP, BOLD LINE WORK. THERE IS LIGHT, AGE-APPROPRIATE CORNER WEAR, MINOR HANDLING AGING, AND A SMALL AREA OF SURFACE PAPER LIFT/LOSS ON THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF THE ORANGE BACK COVER (PLEASE REVIEW CLOSE-UP PHOTOS). A TRULY REMARKABLE SURVIVING EXAMPLE WITH IMPECCABLE WEST HOLLYWOOD PROVENANCE.

THIS COMPACT ZINE WILL BE DISCRETELY AND SECURELY PACKAGED WITH EXTRA RIGID PROTECTION TO PRESERVE ITS INCREDIBLE HISTORICAL VALUE. A CROWN JEWEL FOR COLLECTORS OF VINTAGE GAY INTEREST ART, DRAG HERITAGE, AND UNDERGROUND QUEER EPHEMERA!


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