This Week's Auction Highlights 12.31.18

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.

21 Collections: Library Foundation of Los Angeles
Oct 07, 2018
Written by barry harrison

21 Collections: Library Foundation of Los Angeles

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.

Men In Rows: What You Won't See at the Library
Sep 23, 2018
Written by barry harrison

Men In Rows: What You Won't See at the Library

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.

The Secret Life of Ted F. Revealed After 50 Years
Jun 14, 2018
Written by barry harrison

The Secret Life of Ted F. Revealed After 50 Years

A collection of books, magazines, clippings, drawings and physique photos, hidden for over 50 years, was discovered in the basement of a home in a small midwestern town.

Much of the material dates back to the 1950s, a time when possession of this stuff could land a guy in big trouble with the law-- not to mention his wife.

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