Von Dutch
May 18th, 2006I’m not sure if the Von Dutch trucker hats are still considered trendy, but somebody certainly still thinks Von Dutch is pretty cool. Recently on Ebay, Von Dutch’s personal paint and pin striping box sold for $270,000.00!
From the description on Ebay:
Von Dutch - The Personal Paint and Pin Striping Box
Without question, the all original Paint Box we have the pleasure of offering here is one of the most important personal pieces of Von Dutch memorabilia ever offered for sale to date. This is the actual paint box carried by both Von Dutch and most impressively, his father throughout both their legendary careers. The story begins in the 1930s with Walker Howard, father of Kenneth Howard aka Von Dutch, who was one of the most respected sign painters in all of Los Angeles. The young Kenneth Howard was said to accompany his father on many of his jobs, and legend now relates that Howard could paint and letter at a professional level at the age of 10. Though the paint box first belonged to Wally Howard, it was passed on to his son, Kenneth Howard now known as Von Dutch, who continued to use and treasure his paint box and family heirloom for the rest of his painting career and life.
This got me thinking, I should develop a “Milner” font-face and paint into onto a box like this. Who knows, if I become famous then maybe one day my descendants can sell their valuable family heirlooms for oodles of cash too.
Future descendants you have my permission to sell any personal artwork you inherit from me if you can get at least $270,000.00 for it (adjusted for inflation of course).
(via Hypnotik Eye)
May 18th, 2006 at 2:30 pm
I guess I should have kept those Red shoes I had for grade 7 b-ball.
May 18th, 2006 at 2:32 pm
Dude! You got rid of those? They were awesome.
June 1st, 2006 at 1:35 pm
Was more curious about Von Dutch’s paintings………..cause when I was a girl we moved into a house that he previously live in there was some very avonguard artwork left there in the garage
January 12th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Patrica,did you take any pictures of the paintings of Von Dutch,s paintings on the walls and how did you know that it was him that painted them,did he sign them? If he didn’t sign them then it might have not been his paintigs and whotold you they were his?,if they were his it would have been done in the fiftiesnwas the place in Van Nuys? and big mural or was it in the Redondo Beach ,ca area?Let me know,Virginia
February 11th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Hi, I lived next to Von Dutch as a young boy and teen in Santa Paula. My brother and I were always hangin out with him ,because of him we learned to ride a unicycle and still have the one he biult for us. We also have his spray gun he gave to my brother and ingraved my brothers name on and the flying eyeball. We have many great memories and stories about him. We have passed on the unicycle too my nephew and now he can ride. I also have an old photo of him that he gave us with his signature as boys we did not realize that he was famous or going to be as boys we loved hangin out with him he was very grumpy at times but that’s how we knew him. One time he made us a pelit gun and converted it to a little machine gun and let us shoot it he got a kick out our reactions. We thought he was so cool. Jerry
September 16th, 2007 at 8:16 am
We are naming our next kid Von Dutch Hutch.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
who had that much money? i don’t. do you? kind of makes ya wonder.