A CARPETBAG OF CURIOSITIES IS AN ILLUSTRATED COLLECTION OF FANTASY AND WHIMSICAL OBJECTS THAT MIGHT LIVE IN THE DEPTHS OF AN OLD CARPETBAG. THIS PORTFOLIO BOOK IS BASED UPON AN ACTUAL CARPETBAG THAT WAS FOUND IN ANTIQUE SHOP ON SUNSET BOULEVARD IN HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, CIRCA 1971. SHORT HAIKU POEMS ACCOMPANY EACH ILLUSTRATION ALLUDING TO THE MYSTERIES OF EACH OBJECT IN THE COLLECTION.