#1 Summer of Love Bad Romance
Artist: Katie Brightside
Starting Bid: $200
Dimensions: 18h x 36w
Katie Brightside is an international illustrator, fine artist, and designer whose multidisciplinary work bridges storytelling, fashion, and large-scale installation. As the founder and creative director of Welcome to the Brightside, she leads a practice spanning illustration, murals, wallpaper, art installation, curation, fashion design, publishing, interiors, and event production—each guided by her instinct for translating emotion into cohesive, multidimensional experiences that resonate across audiences.
#2 Sunset
Artist: Ryan K. Henisey
Starting Bid: SOLD
Dimensions: 24h x 24w
Ryan K. Henisey is an award-winning California artist and educator. His fine art paintings and intricate paper collages are a vibrant part of Los Angeles’ dynamic contemporary art scene. In 2024, Henisey appeared as the keynote speaker for the Santa Clarita Business of Art Conference. His work has been recognized with numerous honors, including the California State Fair Award, the West Hollywood Artist Grant, and the West Hollywood Chase Award for Art and Design
#3 Angel
Artist: Ryan K. Henisey
Starting Bid: $200
Dimensions: 24h x 24w
Ryan K. Henisey is an award-winning California artist and educator. His fine art paintings and intricate paper collages are a vibrant part of Los Angeles’ dynamic contemporary art scene. In 2024, Henisey appeared as the keynote speaker for the Santa Clarita Business of Art Conference. His work has been recognized with numerous honors, including the California State Fair Award, the West Hollywood Artist Grant, and the West Hollywood Chase Award for Art and Design
#4 Rainbow
Artist: Ryan K. Henisey
Starting Bid: $200
Dimensions: 24h x 24w
Ryan K. Henisey is an award-winning California artist and educator. His fine art paintings and intricate paper collages are a vibrant part of Los Angeles’ dynamic contemporary art scene. In 2024, Henisey appeared as the keynote speaker for the Santa Clarita Business of Art Conference. His work has been recognized with numerous honors, including the California State Fair Award, the West Hollywood Artist Grant, and the West Hollywood Chase Award for Art and Design
#5 We Stand on the Shoulders of Those Who Were Lost
Artist: Studio One Forever
Starting Bid: $250
Dimensions: 36h x 48w
This photograph, featured in the documentary Studio One Forever, captures the staff of the legendary West Hollywood nightclub Studio One around 1980–81—a moment of joy, chosen family, and nightlife history preserved in a single frame. When curator Katie Brightside first saw the image in the film, she paused on it, struck by former bartender Michael Koth’s reflection that only two people pictured are still alive today.
What might first appear as a simple staff photo becomes something far deeper: a witness to a community forever changed by HIV/AIDS, and a tribute to the people whose lives, work, love, and resilience helped shape the world we live in now. As producer Gary Steinberg says in the film, “we are standing on the shoulders of those who were lost,” and this photograph holds that truth with quiet power.
Presented here not as something morbid, but as an act of remembrance and reverence, this piece asks us to pause, look closely, and honor those who came before us. It is a photograph of a nightclub staff, yes—but also of a generation, a legacy, and the beautiful, complicated history that made the present possible.
#6 Club Flamingo
Artist: Club Flamingo
Starting Bid: SOLD
Dimensions: 24h x 18w
Thank you to historian Jon Ponder and J. D. Doyles
Unframed
Signed Pink Crystal 7-Inch Record
Artist: Disco Daddy
Starting Bid: $300
Dimensions: 7 x 7
This signed piece by Disco Daddy transforms a 7-inch record into a dazzling, one-of-a-kind artwork covered in Swarovski crystals. Known for his glamorous, high-energy aesthetic, Disco Daddy has gained national attention and has been featured in Vogue magazine for his dazzling crystal outfits, worn by numerous A-list performing artists. Playful, iconic, and unapologetically sparkly, this piece brings together music, nightlife, and queer celebration in true Disco Daddy style.
#7 Light Me Up, Darling
Artist: Light Me Up, Darling
Starting Bid: SOLD
Dimensions: 24h x 18w
This vintage matchbook collection was created for The Artist Tree’s 2026 Pride exhibition, drawing from the visual language of Los Angeles nightlife and queer history.
Vintage queer matchbooks are now highly sought-after pieces of ephemera from the mid-to-late 20th century. Originally used as promotional items, they have become important archives of queer life, documenting underground safe spaces that have largely disappeared. Many LGBTQ+ venues operated under the threat of raids, discrimination, or closure, making these surviving objects evidence of communities that existed despite erasure.
The project references historic Los Angeles venues, including Eagles LA, Gold Coast, Goliath’s, Griff’s, Janes Jones Little Club, The Longhorns, The Lodge, Mother Lode, Oil Can Harry’s, One Way, Palm, Roosterfish, Silver Saddle Spa/Saloon, Spike, and Studio One, which shaped the cultural landscape of queer Los Angeles across generations.
With thanks to ONE Archives at the USC Libraries for their archival support and historical preservation. West Hollywood Historian Jon Ponder and QueerMaps.
#8 Gay Pride 87
Artist: Gay Pride 87
Starting Bid: SOLD
Dimensions: 40h x 30w
This 1987 Gay Pride poster from West Hollywood captures a turning point in queer political and cultural history. Created only three years after West Hollywood incorporated as a city in 1984, the image reflects how the new municipality quickly became a center of openly gay civic power and LGBTQ activism. The city’s incorporation itself was strongly supported by gay residents, renters, and activists seeking local political control and anti-discrimination protections.
Artistically, the poster combines classical masculinity with liberation symbolism. The idealized male figure resembles a Greek statue, presenting gay identity as heroic, beautiful, and permanent rather than hidden or marginalized. The lambda symbol in the corner references the gay liberation movement of the 1970s, while the pink triangle evokes the Nazi persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust and its later reclamation as a symbol of resistance.
The timing is especially significant because 1987 was also the height of the AIDS crisis. In that context, the healthy, monumental body becomes an act of defiance and survival. The poster transforms Pride from a parade advertisement into a public declaration of visibility, resilience, and queer self-determination.
With thanks to ONE Archives at the USC Libraries for their archival support and historical preservation, and West Hollywood Historian Jon Ponder.
#9 Custom Skateboard
Artist: Uncle Arnie’s
Starting Bid: SOLD
Dimensions: 32h x 9w
Sometimes people ask “Who is Uncle Arnie?” Uncle Arnie’s all of us, none of us… it’s an idea, see, about being free to tune in to the frequency of your own station and stay there awhile. No commercial interruptions!
Here’s the secret: Uncle’s Arnie’s tastes terrific, feels fantastic, and costs about as much as a medium soft drink at the megaplex. But unlike a soft drink, it’s fizz-free. And unlike the megaplex, you can talk during this movie!
#10 81 Bob Damron’s Address Book
Artist: 81 Bob Damron’s Address Book
Starting Bid: SOLD
Dimensions: 40h x 30w
Born in Los Angeles, Bob Damron (1928-1989) later moved to San Francisco, where he became a successful businessman and influential figure within the Castro community. At just 22 years old, he purchased his first bar and worked to transform it — along with several others — into welcoming spaces for gay patrons at a time when openly queer venues were rare and often targeted.
In 1964, Damron compiled his personal knowledge of gay-friendly bars, lounges, hotels, bathhouses, and cruising areas into a 3.5-inch by 5.5-inch directory listing 785 locations across North America. He printed 3,000 copies of the first Bob Damron’s Address Book, creating one of the earliest travel guides explicitly intended for homosexual men.
Often compared to The Green Book, a historic travel guide that helped African American travelers safely navigate segregation-era America, the Damron Guide served a similar purpose within queer communities. It provided critical information on LGBTQ+ friendly spaces at a time when visibility and safety were far from guaranteed, helping people move through unfamiliar places with greater confidence and connection.
With thanks to ONE Archives at the USC Libraries for their archival support and historical preservation.
#11 Goodie Bag Bundle
Artist: Jetty
Starting Bid: SOLD
Dimensions: n/a
Thank you to Jetty
Goodie Bag Bundle with exclusive merch; hat, cup and ashtray.
#12 Out (signed)
Artist: Brian Sonja Wallace
Starting Bid: $100
Dimensions: 24h x 18w
Brian Sonia-Wallace was born in St. Louis and raised in Culver City, California, and Santiago, Chile. He holds an MA in sustainable development from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.
The author of the memoir The Poetry of Strangers (Harper Collins, 2020), Sonia-Wallace’s other publications include the chapbook, I sold these poems, now I want them back (Yak Press, 2016), a chapter on poetry-as-placemaking for Art & The City (Routledge, 2018), and writing in the Guardian, LitHub, and Rolling Stone.
Sonia-Wallace curates an LGBTQ+ poetry column for The Pride LA and teaches creative writing through UCLA Writers’ Extension and Get Lit—Words Ignite. He has held residences from Amtrak, Dollar Shave Club, and the Mall of America, and runs the custom poetry business RENT Poet. Sonia-Wallace is the fourth poet laureate of the city of West Hollywood. In 2021, he received an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship. In April 2026 Sonia-Wallace was appointed as LA’s new Poet Laureate.
#13 Once Upon a Cocktail
Artist: Katie Brightside
Starting Bid: SOLD
Dimensions: n/a
This auction item includes signed copies of two books from Katie Brightside’s Once Upon a Cocktail series, along with a Barfly cocktail shaker set and the original artwork featured in the book. It brings together the full creative process behind the series: the writing, the cocktail craft, and the artwork that helped shape the final piece. A thoughtful addition for collectors, cocktail enthusiasts, or fans of Katie Brightside’s work.
#14 No Shit
Artist: Cassidy Barnes
Starting Bid: $200
Dimensions: 6h x 6w
Cassidy Barnes is a mixed-media pop artist and actor who turns the everyday into the extraordinary. He transforms found objects and modern detritus into vibrant, humorous creations that fuse glam, pop, grunge, and a wink of sardonic wit. His studio—a controlled chaos of materials and half-finished pieces—reflects a process driven by instinct, daydreams, and playful discovery.
#15 All The Bitter Non-Alcoholic Variety Pack (1 fl oz)
Artist: All The Bitter
Starting Bid: SOLD
Dimensions: n/a
Today, All The Bitter is used in top bars and restaurants, as well as in homes around the world. Whether you’re drinking alcohol, cutting back, or skipping it altogether, our goal is the same: to help you make better-tasting drinks, without compromise.
With that foundation in place, we’ve now expanded to include a carefully curated selection of non-alcoholic spirits, mixers, and recipes—plus cocktail kits that almost make things too easy—everything you need to make great drinks at home, your way.
#16 Henry’s Original Farm Box
Artist: Henry’s Original
Starting Bid: SOLD
Dimensions: n/a
Mendocino County is a very special place that we have been lucky enough to call our home for over 20 years. Here we not only cultivate cannabis, but raise sheep, chickens, olives, vines, & our children alongside a variety of fruits, herbs, flowers, & vegetables. Each farm item included in this box was grown by us. Our hope is that you are able to experience the wonder of our farms through these offerings.
