Pictured at the links below are the first two pieces that will be auctioned on Oct. 22 to benefit World Expo Chicago 2017: John Rosengrant's "Marines, Mud and Misery" and Dog Cohen's Capone-era hit man Big Jim Colosimo. In the weeks to come, we'll also be posting photos of the contributions from David Zabrocki, Greg DiFranco,Dennis Levy/Anders Heintzz, Kostas Kariotellis, Julio Cabos, Maurizio Bruno/Danilo Cartacci, Pietro Balloni/Mariano Numitone,Diego Ruina, Bill Horan, Mike Blank, Philippe Gengembre and Stephen Mallia, so stay tuned!

Meanwhile, room nights at the Downtown Hilton continue to fill up at an extraordinary pace, which means the special Expo room rate won't be available much longer. SO BOOK NOW AT https://aws.passkey.com/event/15712397/owner/2874/home

VENDORS: Inquiries about space at the show? Contact our vendor chairman John Jefferies directly at birchtreejohn@aol.com. He will happily give you all the information you need!

The links didn't come through above, so here they are now:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154282537490605&set=pcb.536756836534574&type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154282537730605&set=pcb.536756836534574&type=3&theater