The Greatest Thing I've Ever Purchased

The man was running the tiniest of garage sales in the Marina -- a table, a chest, a couple knick-knacks. But also this.

He said he bought this beaut off Frank Chu, the legend himself, in a bar a couple years ago. Is it real? I've looked at hundreds of examples on Flickr, and I'm pretty sure this work is authentic. It even still has the tape remnants from where Frank hung his back-of-the-placard ad.

Seven bucks for this lesser-known masterpiece. I will frame it. I will treasure it. Always.

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For non-locals, read about Frank Chu on Wikipedia.

Comments

[jfruh]

Ha! I walked by this guy by the Montgomery BART station every day when I worked in SF, back in the late '90s/early '00s -- I think he still did the hand-written sign then.

I'm glad I read the Wikipedia article. The fact that Chu gets free meals and baseball tickets, a la Emperor Norton, gives me some seriously warm and fuzzy nostalgia for the Bay Area.

[ginevra]

WIN!

[TreeHead]

Hey! Where's my photo credit you sun-glassed nearly identifiable Chu-maniac? Are the 12 galaxies and George W. Bush controlling your mind or is the KGB just another Hollywood imposter making secret movies of you?

[catherine]

I am turning green with envy! Perhaps, I should overcome my phobia of fake people and go to the Marina more often.