This transgressive, gender-bending sepia photo shows a handsome young guy wearing what I’ve come to think of as a hairkini. It’s topped with a pleated bonnet which looks like a flattened lampshade. The pencil moustache is decidedly debonair and recalls Errol Flynn c. 1940.

Two stunning photographs of Charles "Tex" Smutney and Charles "Buddy" Stanley by George Platt Lynes (American, 1907-1955) sold at Skinner.

A record-setting price for our eBay auction of this Jean Ferrero photo of Mr. Universe 1964, Rick Wayne flexing bicep: $665.00.  

In typical eBay fashion, after the auction ended and the photo was paid for and shipped, they cancelled the listing because their penis patrol was protecting innocent children from seeing a male body. One of the many reasons we prefer to sell on the Shopify platform (where, incidentally, other photos from this series are selling for $145).

In addition to the items displayed here on Homobilia, we also run weekly auctions on eBay. 

This week, a rare Colt Studio photo of George O'Mara sold for over $200. 

Keen to stoke the theme of homoeroticism, Morrissey chose this buttock-baring photo for Hand In Glove, The Smiths' first release.   Andy Rourke's Dad wasn't pleased. The bassist said: "He said to me, 'That's a bloke's bum' and I said, 'yeah' but when he asked me why I just didn't have an answer for him."

The 5" x 7” original vintage photo, has a gloss finish and dates to the mid-1970s. 

The sale price: $204.50. See more photos by Jim French, Colt Studios.

His most important works were his nude photographs of men. Yet during George Platt Lynes’ life, few even knew of their existence.

In addition to the items displayed here on Homobilia, we also run weekly auctions on eBay. 

This week, another stunning photo of handsome bodybuilder Rick Wayne sold for over $200. 

Rick "Mr. Universe" Wayne was a favorite model of French physique photographer Jean Ferrero, who created Studio Ferrero in Nice in 1954. 

The 3 1/2" x 5” original vintage photo, has a gloss finish with a studio stamp on the verso. It likely dates to the mid-1960s. 

The sale price: $213.00. See more photos by Ferrero.

See some of our Men in Rows at the Los Angeles Public Library's new exhibition: 21 Collections. In the Getty Gallery through January 27, 2019.

It's great to have our Men in Rows included in the Los Angeles Library's exhibition, "21 Collections," at the Getty Gallery. While they were able to fit twenty photos in the show, there are many others that didn't make the cut. Here are some favorites.