Edward Fielding sold a 16″ x 24″ print of Abacus to a buyer from Mansfield, TX.
I’ve inherited a number of objects over the years. Usually handed down in the family. Old objects made of wood, metal or glass.
Items from past generations that no longer have room for display or attic space as people age and downsize.
This aged, vintage objects with worn patinas of wear and use often find their way in front of my camera.
Most recently sold was a photograph of a wooden abacus my father brought back from Southeast Asia from his army days in Thailand in the early beginnings of the Vietnam War, before the country even knew that quagmire was starting.
At home the country had been recovering from the whipped up frenzy of the Red Scare tactics of Joseph McCarthy’s fear campaign. Our leaders were focused on preventing the spread of communism around the globe with a military trained to fight in a European landscape.
Part of why my Dad was in Thailand was to learn about fighting in the jungle. Jungle Warefare was a new challenge to the army, dealing with the heat, vegetation and wetness with equipment and gear designed for World War II.
The side benefit for the soldiers was spending some of their earnings shopping for exotic trinkets to send home.