And thank God we can still see some of them. I read somewhere that during the late 50's or early 60's Irving Claw had to destroy most of his work fearing arrest for pornography. Those that remain are usually from ones he had already sold to private citizens and the like!
That is correct. Irving Klaw and his sister destroyed a wealth of material. I believe this was during the time of McCarthyism if I'm not mistaken. Many times they would produce individual sets for loyal customers, and it is these sets that are still out there that might be undiscovered.
Of course, many of his sets follow a familiar theme, so it is likely even the undiscovered sets would probably look like most of the rest, lol, but you never know, perhaps he mailed raunchier sets that have not been found yet.
And thank God we can still see some of them. I read somewhere that during the late 50's or early 60's Irving Claw had to destroy most of his work fearing arrest for pornography. Those that remain are usually from ones he had already sold to private citizens and the like!
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Jim
Jim,
DeleteThat is correct. Irving Klaw and his sister destroyed a wealth of material. I believe this was during the time of McCarthyism if I'm not mistaken. Many times they would produce individual sets for loyal customers, and it is these sets that are still out there that might be undiscovered.
Of course, many of his sets follow a familiar theme, so it is likely even the undiscovered sets would probably look like most of the rest, lol, but you never know, perhaps he mailed raunchier sets that have not been found yet.
Rich