Welcome! Our sight has been in circulation for over ten-years. To our knowledge, there are no other web sites with as much eclectic information and links about  Alaskana and related collecting. Please feel free to browse the sight and check back: We add to this site often. Chief Joseph with a Pendleton blanket worn over his shoulders. "All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it". Native American Blankets By Pendleton The 2008 collection is coming! There are many BEAUTIFUL new designs including a FANTASTIC Navajo inspired design : Eye Dazzler. Pendleton wool blankets made their introduction to Alaska during the gold rush of 1898. We proudly feature  Alaska's largest selection of Pendleton blankets including patterns such as Raven, Tlingit,  Shawnee Ribbon, White Raven's Moonlit Flight and Geronimo. We carry over sixty different blanket designs with most being displayed throughout the store. We can also special order any size or style request you desire. We also offer special quantity pricing for potlatch gifts or other traditional based needs. Please call or stop in anytime for friendly assistance.        Raven by Pendleton

We take trade ins!
It takes two to Tango! And that is what trading is all about! If we have an item on display that you want but don't want to fork out the DO-RE-ME, then maybe you would like to trade. We will entertain all trades, trade-ins, and lay-a-ways. So come check out some rare Juneau, Douglas and vicinity photos, paper and mining artifacts. From Nome to the Klondike, we have it!

Totem Poles of Alaska and Indian Mythology by Lloyd W. Mcdowell was published in 1906 by The Alaska Steamship Company in Seattle.

It contains a mix of color and black and white illustrations. One of a small series issued by ASS Co. and also one of the most colorful.

Norman Edson photographs are being actively sought by my friend Bill Taylor. Edson lived from 1876 to 1968 and spent time both in the U.S. and Canada. If you have any Edson items that you're looking to sell, trade or inquiry about, you can click on Bill's WANTED card and it will direct an e-mail straight to him.

The U.S.S. Hornet is tied up in Alameda, California at what was the Naval Air Station Alameda. It's designated a National Historic Landmark and rightfully so: She earned 9 battle stars for service during World War II. She was also the recovery vessel for Apollo 11 and 12: The first men on the moon in 1969. World War II played a pivotal role in the building of Alaska. The Urban Eskimo has always had a soft spot for learning about Pacific Ocean Battles and the occupation of the Aleutian Islands. Visit the U.S.S. Hornet Museum's web site and help support this incredible vessel.

TEL is the acronym for Total Estate Liquidations, an estate liquidation sales company owned and ran by Kathy Pimpan, my Niece. She mostly does sales in the San Francisco Bay area, but I am sure if it were intriguing enough, she might make an exception and venture out further. She' very motivated and comes highly recommended. You can visit her web site for contact information. Just click on the box below.    

The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis is one of the most significant and controversial representations of traditional American Indian culture ever produced. Issued in a limited edition from 1907-1930, the publication continues to exert a major influence on the image of Indians in popular culture. Curtis said he wanted to document "the old time Indian, his dress, his ceremonies, his life and manners." In over 2000 photogravure plates and narrative, Curtis portrayed the traditional customs and life-ways of eighty Indian tribes. The twenty volumes, each with an accompanying portfolio, are organized by tribes and culture areas encompassing the Great Plains, Great Basin, Plateau Region, Southwest, California, Pacific Northwest, and Alaska. Featured here are all of the published photogravure images including over 1500 illustrations bound in the text volumes, along with over 700 portfolio plates. The digitization and presentation of these materials by the Northwestern University Library was supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition.

Welcome!
We are glad you stopped in.
You have found the web site for Juneau's only combined art and antique gallery: The Urban Eskimo. We are located on historic Seward Street, in downtown Juneau. Our summer hours for are from 9:00am to 6:00pm, every day and our winter hours are a bit sporadic: We suggest you call ahead.  We look forward to your visit and we are sure that you will find that we have one of the nicest, most eclectic shops you'll ever visit!  We have a large selection of small antiques with an occasional choice large piece thrown in. Our art focus will be mostly Alaskan influenced with an occasional stand-out item from other "lower 48" artists. Photographs and photogravures focus on Alaska and Washington and feature great photographers such as Edward Curtis. Even rare coins, books and philatelic treasures can be found here! Our Pendleton blanket selection is unequaled in Alaska with the state's largest selection: Please see more information below and in the right side-bar for details.  In addition, we will also offer custom framing without the custom price: Let us provide you with a quote. The pictures below are a few examples of the many limited edition prints that are available. We will also take consignment items, broker the sales of select items and can also assist or perform estate sales.

Directions to our Humble Abode.
North to the Future
We are located at 217 Seward Street, named after William H. Seward, who negotiated the acquisition of Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 or about two cents an acre! Once you're in downtown Juneau, just head up! There are only three streets up: North Franklin, Seward and Main. The downtown McDonalds' is a good land-mark. Use your nose. We are 1 and ½ blocks up Seward on the other side of the street. If you see the Subway restaurant, you're on the right track. Just 4 doors more and you can't miss us. If you look up Seward Street from McDonald's, you'll see our signs. Oh, and while you're working your way up to us, the Friends of the Alaska State Museum (124 Seward) has a great shop you wont want to miss! See you soon!  

Pendleton Blankets
'tis always the season
If you have never owned a Pendleton Native American Blanket, there has never been a better time. We feature Alaska's largest selection and we are always happy to show and share our knowledge of these fantastic products. Ask to see the wonderful, traditional whip-stiched-edge blanket Tlingit: One of our favorites! We also have a GREAT selection of accessories and home products. Look for our large blue and yellow Pendleton sign. We also have many discontinued and hard to get blankets. Call us toll free at 866.996.3626 and we'll take it from there! 

Looking to Sell?
Buy, Sell, Trade and Consign
You can hardly miss our eagerness to BUY, SELL and TRADE items, but there is another venue you might not know about: CONSIGN. Simply, you bring us an item (or we will come to you), we decide if it fits into our eclectic mix and then we agree upon terms and how much to ask for the item. Then, when it sells, we receive our consignment fees (commission) and you get CASH! We can even try to sell it for you online. And if it is something really special, we could feature it at trade shows or sell it through our network of specialized collectors and dealers. So what are you waiting for? Show us you treasures!  And please see us first for a fair, reasonable offer.     

Got some neat stuff! We are interested!
Tell us about your treasures!
I collect and actively pursue Alaska, Klondike and Gold Rush related ephemera, paper, photographs, artifacts, china, books and nearly anything else related to the Great North. I am also interested in other high quality antiques of all descriptions but concentrate on advertising, the wild west, ephemera, black Americana, paper and especially items from Juneau, Douglas and Washington Territory (like Seattle and Tacoma). We know buyers and sellers worldwide who are just as active in their pursuits. If you would like to sell, trade or just chat about your treasures, please contact us via email or call us toll free at 866.996.3626. We can also help you identify and value anything Alaska, Klondike or Yukon.  

If you see it and you like it you better buy it!
Words to Live By
I regularly inform people if they see something in a antique shop that they really want, they better buy it or else risk it being gone, perhaps forever. This is not just a sales pitch, IT'S A FACT! Just recently, a young gentleman, who earlier had been looking at a very nice hand tinted Trevor Davis photo, returned ready to buy. The only problem: It was gone; it sold earlier the same day. At antique shows, this is common and it is not unusual to have four or five people return later the same day or the next day looking for something they passed on but was now gone! I feel their pain but at the same token: You need to establish how bad you want something. If the item I am offering is relatively common and you are just shopping price; more power to you. But if it's RARE and you want or need it for your collection, you better grab it! Believe me, I have learned from the school of hard knocks and I've left more than one show with a sick feeling because I was too late returning!

New Stuff!
Recent acquisitions for sale
NEW! August 13, 2007 EXTRA! Fresh from an Anchorage estate, a wonderful Sidney Laurence 20 x 30 original just re-framed in a 22k Thanhardt Burger frame. Selling for appraisal. Just SOLD

We just acquired another beautiful investment quality Rie Muñoz original water color. This is an outstanding piece and likely the most significant early Rie Muñoz original available in years. Call or email for specifics. One of two original Rie's available.

Our hunting and gathering has been especially fruitful lately and we have just added some GREAT stuff! But you know what? Our sales have been brisk as well and GOOD STUFF gets gobbled up FAST! So that means: WE ARE LOOKING FOR GOOD STUFF! Buying or consigning; just come see us. NEW! We have a great new selection of Tlingit, Yupik and Athabascan baskets. We currently have the largest selection of Skip Wallen's stone lithographs available in Juneau for many, many years: Gang of Four SOLD, Amur Tiger, Song of the Oogruk SOLD, Peacedancer, Sixteen Tons SOLD, Naa Klaa, Raven Child SOLD, Black Bear Study, Arrival of the Seabirds SOLD and others. Also currently available are a Dale DeArmond wood cuts from the Non-Dalton series.SOLD Incredible four color wood prints! March 1, 2008. Another Wallen Sixteen Tons is NOW AVAILABLE. 
After purchasing an entire estate of Nina & Josephine Crumrine's pastels and oil paintings, we NOW only have one Nina pastel. We saved the best for last and it's incredible! We have two TREMENDOUS Harvey Goodale oils as well as a pair of early 1960's original oils in Thanhardt Burger hand carved frames! SOLD! We have several Robert Mayokok original pen drawings. SOLD!  We also have an AWESOME Rie Muñoz original that is now priced $1,500 dollars UNDER appraisal. SOLD! We just recently added a Dutch hand colored engraving from the early 1700's of a beached sperm whale: Nearly 300 years old! SOLD Also available is a great 1920's gold tone of an Alaskan sled dog in its original pie crust frame.SOLD I also just returned with the nicest condition Skookum dolls I have ever owned! SOLD There also several nice new baskets in stock including an early Tlingit Spruce Root basket with Whirlwind designs! Exceptional! If you would like to know more about these or our other treasures, please contact us or call us toll free at 866.996.3626.

Art for Sale
A home without art is like a library without books
There is no better way to pamper yourself, your friends and your family than to give the gift of art. We continually search and have professional relationships with several large art sellers and wholesalers. This combined with our ability to frame our own art allows us to offer ready to hang pieces at great prices. All of our artwork is investment quality and should be considered an investment as much as a purchase. We have hundreds of framed and unframed limited edition prints and original art from prominent artists such as Fred Machetanz,  Ernest Robertson, George Rodriguez, Rie Muñoz and Skip Wallen..
    

Fred Machetanz
The Tender Arctic
Our Price $3,750 Framed!  Last ONE available!
Layaway gladly accepted!

Fred Machetanz
Mighty Hunter
Our Price $1,695  FRAMED!

Current 2008 Show & Shopping Schedule
Like the Antique's Roadshow, only better!
Currently, our schedule is as follows: I just returned from the  ARIPEX show in Phoenix on the 22nd and 23rd of February. It was VERY SUCCESSFUL!
I then turned around and went to Portland Expo on March 1st and found MANY great additions to our shop! Come check it out. Then in April, I'll be at the Alameda Point Antiques and Collectibles Faire on the 6th.
Something to note: I recently attended a GREAT auction and brought home some great country store style items. Last years schedules included Portland Exp. on March 2, 3 and 4th, shopping the January 13th and 14th show at the Clark County Washington Fairgrounds Exhibition Hall as well as the February 3rd and 4th show at the Puyallup Showplex Building. We also went shopping at the Alameda Point Antiques and Collectibles Faire (Alameda, California) and returned with some GREAT stuff! Stop in and see!  All the mentioned Washington and Oregon venues are part of the Palmer Wire's Antique & Collectibles Events.

Email Problems
Endless Spam Attacks
I've had several reports of emails that people have sent to me but they have gotten no response. If I get the email, I will respond. However, I get HUNDREDS of unsolicited junk and Spam emails a day. So when I am deleting the copious offers I receive daily for Mortgages, Viagra, faux Rolex Watches, Teen Girls, Vicodin etc., I may have inadvertently deleted yours as well. BUT, I have just added to all my email links an automatic subject line which will insert into the subject header "Alaska Order" when you email me. That should help eliminate accidental deletion of your emails.So go ahead, send me an email. But better yet: Why not make sure you reach us and just call. Sales or selling inquiries can use our toll free number: 866.996.3626

Skip Wallen
Elusive Information
Since we opened our doors, we have featured many of Skip Wallen's stone lithographs. In the process of doing this, we have gleaned lots of information on the artist as well as current prices. Information and prices on this incredible artist is not available anywhere on the web until now! This link will allow us to share that information with you. You're welcome!
  

Fred Machetanz
Glory of the Trail
Our Price $645 FRAMED! SOLD OUT

O.D. Goetz Eskimo & Alaska Photographer
Eskimos and their Igloo

Although not really an Alaskan photo, it's still a fantastic turn of the century image taken by Otto Daniel Goetz of  Eskimos and their Igloo in Koliutschit Siberia.
Winter and Pond
Lights 'O the Alaska Juneau

One of our favorite shots by Winter and Pond; Lights 'O the Alaska Juneau. The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. operated from 1893 to 1944. The AJ was able to extract a lifetime production of 90 million tons. The gold from this ore was worth some $80,000,000. With the shortage of man power brought about by World War II, and gold's value fixed at $35 an ounce, the AJ was not able to profitably continue operations and closed on April 9, 1944. We have numerous Winter and Pond photographs including hand tinted and many in the original pie crust frames available at our store. We are also ALWAYS interested in purchasing Winter and Pond photographs, framed or unframed. PLEASE NOTE: We have the most beautiful Juneau & Douglas framed panorama pictures ever available. These are 60" in length and must be seen to be appreciated! 

Imbedded Links
Habla Computer
You may have notice scattered throughput this website, blue underlined words like this that are usually focused on a key word like Portland or Tacoma Dome. What do these do? If you click on these, I have included links to direct you to a website that has to do with the mentioned subject. So for instance, if I have the word Alaska, underlined and blue and you click on this word, you will be magically transported to the State of Alaska's web site. Sometimes the links are informative and sometimes just fun. Give them a try!    

Researching Alaska or the Klondike?
A few helpful hints
The link below, Alaska's Gold Lode is a virtual archives/library consisting of documents and materials associated with the Klondike and Alaska gold rushes selected from the Alaska State Library's Alaska Historical Collections, the Alaska State Archives, and the Alaska State Museum. Alaska's Gold Lode provides more than 3500 documents relating to the themes explored in the teacher and student study sections of Alaska's Gold Themes. It's worth a visit.

Online Selling: The Junque
Check out our online auctions!
I try to save the best for the store and for shows but I do occasionally have some good stuff listed on eBay. There is usually a fairly eclectic mixture of ephemera, real photo postcards and other treasures! If we have anything listed, this LINK will be active. If not; the link will still be active but will direct you to.....you'll just have to try it! And remember: Bid a bunch and bid often!