The Phosphene Catalogue
The Phosphene Catalogue

The Phosphene Catalogue

Tris Oaten

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An urban fantasy podcast of tape recordings by the curator of a secretive London-based art auction house.The Phosphene Catalogue is a 1970s mail-order catalogue, specialising in those items that cannot be sold at other auction houses: Paintings of lost origin, statues that are too grotesque for public display, and books better left unread...Episodes fortnightly.

Recent Episodes

3.5 - The Knight's Tour & Royalty Free
JAN 9, 2026
3.5 - The Knight's Tour & Royalty Free
Featured in this fortnight's issue of the Catalogue: "The Knight's Tour", Geneviève Ricard, 1791. Oil on Board, 24in X 18in, Pine Frame. and "Royalty Free", Cornelis Kepler, 1961. Wood Engraving, 13in X 10in, Interlocking Impossible Shapes....
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24 MIN
Update: Holiday '25 Schedule
DEC 22, 2025
Update: Holiday '25 Schedule
Hi folks, Tris here, writer and producer of TPC, with an update on the holiday schedule. Due to a combination of seasonal flu and family commitments in December, we must skip this week's episode's slot. Our fortnightly schedule will pick up again in...
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3.4 - Steering The Craft & Gytrash
DEC 12, 2025
3.4 - Steering The Craft & Gytrash
Featured in this fortnight's issue of the Catalogue:  "Steering The Craft", Goody Shipton, Late 1960s. A Perfumed Watercolour on Cardboard, 10in X 8in and "Gytrash", Mark Norman, 1925, Rogue Taxidermy of an Unknown Animal Subscriber to our Patreon...
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20 MIN
3.3 - Drawings of Disaggregation & Dreams of the Red House
NOV 27, 2025
3.3 - Drawings of Disaggregation & Dreams of the Red House
Featured in this fortnight's issue of the Catalogue: "Drawings Of Disaggregation", Peter Tidd 1959. A Hierarchical Set of Pencil Drawings and "Dreams Of the Red House", Phillip Web, painted between 1860 and 1915. A Red House Surrounded by Mist. Oil...
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22 MIN
3.2 - Erinnerungen & Civil Twilight
NOV 20, 2025
3.2 - Erinnerungen & Civil Twilight
Featured in this fortnight's issue of the Catalogue: "Erinnerungen", Unknown Artist, Early 1941. A Single-sided Gramophone Recording of a Solo Violin "Civil Twilight", Elbwin Reydan, 1972, Oil on Canvas, Agarwood Frame Subscriber to our patreon for...
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19 MIN