Rake House, Portsmouth, NH (2025)

After years of collecting, researching, and writing about tattoo history and other topics off the beaten path, we're turning our labor of love into beautiful books, expertly crafted inside and out.

07/25/2024

A selection of Huck Spaulding’s jewelry collection featured in the latest print catalog. The man had good taste!

07/22/2024

Wearable history! This belt buckle was custom made for pioneering tattoo artist and supplier Huck Spaulding (1928-2013), ca. 1975. It is one of many items from his personal collection included in our latest print catalog. Order your copy today!

07/18/2024

“Bend it right. Speed comes later!” – Ralph Jefferson

Only 232 copies left! The new catalog is beyond packed with some of the coolest tattoo artifacts you’ve ever seen, including the original neon sign from “Tattoo Charlie” Geizer’s (1905-1980) famed shop above the Midway Bar in Baltimore, ca. 1940-1960. It had been in storage for nearly 50 years, so we took it to our friends at , who fitted it with a fresh transformer. It lights like a champ!

Incidentally, the day this sign came into their shop, a retired glass bender from Baltimore had stopped in. He learned the craft from Ralph Jefferson (1921-1993), who had the only neon shop on “The Block” for many years and was quite likely the person who made Charlie’s sign. Ralph’s glasswork advice was “bend it right - speed comes later.”

07/17/2024

Our second installment of The Tattoo History Catalogue is finally available! There are 100 more items this year, including the collections of several pioneering tattoo artists. We printed a small run of these, so grab it while you can. www.rakehouse.com

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