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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| Closer to EAST St. Louis. | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | fastfwd | General discussion | |
| Closer to EAST St. Louis. Not the same thing at all. Here's a cheaply built modernist tract home -- one of about 11,000 built by Joseph Eichler. It's a little smaller than that Belleville house, on a lot that's only slightly larger, with the same number of beds/baths, and it was built at around the same time... But it's in a different location. Compare and contrast: http://www.californiamoves.com/Property/PropertyDetails.aspx?PropertyID=... | |||||
| I wish people would not... | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | WaywardVintage | General discussion | |
| I wish people would not... I wish people would not peddle their wears on the forum its annoying trying trying to sift out the crap. I read the whole thing and then kick my self for wasting my time....none of us want to spend 5 grand when we could go out and find our own gems...the people on here are the knowledgeable people who find the stuff. NOTTTT the rich people who pay list price for it. | |||||
| pt. 2 | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | glassartist | General discussion | |
| pt. 2 So if we run with these ideas as they pertain to your work, It actually makes things relatively simple for you. What do you have to say? Once you are clear on that (that is the hardest part), it is a matter of design to get to that speech. So looking at your work the first thing I see is function across the board. It is quite possible to have a functional object also function as an art work, but to me we are so familiar with functional objects that making an art work that comes from functional roots makes one work extra hard to not let formal considerations override what else you may be trying to say. I see your tables this way. They have many good qualities as design objects, but the fact that I can set a lamp or my coffee on them comes across as the single strongest thing. They are tables first, as opposed to something else you want to say that uses a table as its form language. A clearer way out is seen in Peter Voulkos' slashed vessels. The functionality of a vessel is destroyed, but not the form. This starts a dialogue that an intact vessel or table would be hard pressed to muster. An art work that doesn't destroy its function is Gary Knox Bennett's Nail Cabinet. Here the function is not compromised, but the bent nail driven into the exquisite form of this cabinet completely overwhelms It's functionality as a focal point, and in so doing a different set of ideas are expressed. To sum up, I see design objects here for the most part. If art is your intent, you either need to downplay the functional, or ramp up the rest of what you want to say. And don't misunderstand me, I do not place art over design or craft. Apples and oranges. So if you want to position your self as a designer and craftsman, you are well on your way. If you want to be an artist, I have found that you will spend your whole life clarifying and strengthening what you are trying to say. | |||||
| Art Deco, then MCM, now Beaux Arts Revival? | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| Art Deco, then MCM, now Beaux Arts Revival? In SoCal, the MCM trend seems to have been prefaced by interest in architectural preservation of certain modernist architecture in SoCal. I believe some of this started in the late 80s or early 90s. I remember a lot of talk about not letting the Shindler and Neutra buildings in LA be wiped out after some were. But that was mostly talk. Serious preservation attemps probably did not get underway in SoCal until the mid or late 90s though I was out of region for awhile during those years and so may not be the most reliable of recollectors. Regardless, there's nothing like a little boomlet of preservation interest in architecture, to trigger the need for decor to fit it. And LA is a great place to promote such boomlets, because there is always a bit of architecture of one era or another that has fallen into disrepair and can be rehabbed profitably if it can just be rethought of as historically significant and potentially stylish. In turn, Hollywood movies are always looking for the next new thing to give their movies a new, now and nutty look. And it is never long after a rehab revival occurs in LA that some film comes along and uses the rehabbed buildings for sets for some kind of film that spreads "the look" like spore around the country and around the world. Often times the spore infects no one. But sometimes the spore spreads, as it did with art deco, and suddenly what a few collectors and a few architectural buffs thought ought to be presevered, suddenly gets caught up in a ground swell of interest. And the early collectors and architectural buffs feel so vindicated...until the next rehab driven revival starts. The other vector of interest seems to have originated among collectors, as I have already alluded. The interest in MCM among collectors was a natural progression from a preceding spike in interest in all things art deco in the 80s. Collectors seem to have moved onto the next big thing after art deco, when the easy pickings of collecting art deco, and the films tapped the nostalgia in people, and the advertising agencies had fully exploited that feeling and it then receded. MCM revival came essentially on the heels of art deco revival if memory serves me correctly. The interesting thing now is that there seems to be the first inklings of a Beaux Arts revival underway, which means to me that the collector population cohort is not quite yet of the age to want to collect its own post modernist nostalgia for the past yet, which, chronologically speaking, would be the next logical revival after the current MCM revival plays out; that post modern revival should come sometime in the next 10-15 years, though, likely after this Beaux Arts boomlet. | |||||
| thayer coggins sofa | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | kevmann | General discussion | |
| I have a vintage Thayer Coggins sofa that I have had for many years. I love it but the thing is it needs to be completely redone. New foam and new upholstery all the way. I have no idea how much this would cost, but was wondering if it would be worth the cost. I am not sure of the model, but the sofa is long, almost 10 feet. If their is anyone that can help identify the model or the value. I will take some pics and post them. Also if anyone is interested in buying as is let me know. Any help will be much appreciated. Thank You | |||||
| It caught fire | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Eameshead | General discussion | |
| It caught fire I have to check in more often. And milk crates, well SDR said that! Good idea though. Im old I guess. Besides I think we should celebrate pinterest moms. EMBRACE THE PINTEREST MOM! You can't find a good base by avoiding every thing in the world. Or can you? What about a pair of similar sized large cow pelvis bones for the ET base? Does that date me? | |||||
| thanks. i gave this another... | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| thanks. i gave this another... thanks. i gave this another go. it appeared that the screw was hitting the underside of the seat and that was why it was loose. i just tightened the nut underneath. other thing i noticed was that all 4 legs don't touch the surface. the right front leg appears to be slightly shorter. is this typical? for a thousand dollar chair, i expect all legs to touch the floor. | |||||
| it depends | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | _ | General discussion | |
| it depends i have seen this piece sold at a major auction house of modern furniture here in the u.s.a. for around $350.00, but that does not determine value. it just so happen that there were four crazy people wanting the same exact thing at the same time. stick to what you can afford or willing to spend on and let the crazy people overpay. it is a very useful piece. mine came from the salvation army for $1. no one knew what it was. | |||||
| None of the photos are of... | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | jw468 | General discussion | |
| None of the photos are of... None of the photos are of the actual example the purchaser would receive. Considering the listed price, surely the seller could have been bothered to photograph the thing. It's possible to see that all of the images used in the listing are from elsewhere after doing a Google image search. That, combined with the experience (or lack thereof) of the seller, plus the very generic description would make me inclined to believe that something is off about this listing. | |||||
| Thankyou I will keep... | 1 Relevance | 14 years ago | ali wood | General discussion | |
| Thankyou I will keep... Thankyou I will keep watching ebay but it was ebay that one went fior $3500 and live auctioneer that another went for the same money !! It's .so disheartening !!!! Any other US auction sites you might be able to recommend ?? You lucky lucky thing having a pair in bronze !!! Wow that really is my dream , but in the nickel and ottoman , I hope one day !, just tricky as I think they're all in the US and I'm on the other side of the world , but I won't give up !!!!!!! Thanks again | |||||
| foxxxy | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| foxxxy I think most of the regulars here will be happy to explain any running jokes. I think this kind of thing is what makes a hangout fun for the regulars and most of us do not do it for the purpose of excluding new folks. (That said, I've been here a long time and I don't get every single running joke going.) Also, there are one or two people who have a habit of being rude and condescending to even other old-timers, so please don't feel as if new people are their only target! | |||||
| Found replacements | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | Connie | General discussion | |
| Found replacements I found them on www.replacements.com/webquote/FRGPAN.htm They're quite expensive, but they had the real thing...the hanging flatware made by Frigast. I have a set I bought in 1975 in Denmark while living on a sailboat. I still have the teak box for hanging them in. I'm missing a couple of teaspoons but they don't have any of those...just forks and knives. Best of luck with your search. | |||||
| this is the most ridiculous... | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| this is the most ridiculous... this is the most ridiculous thing i have ever seen The owner making up a price of $29,000 with out any documentation or paper work. He must of told his buddies that he is gonna kill a fat hog on this one. anyone and everyone who ever buys any original pieces has a pretty good idea the history behind it. If it is a prototype, even more documentation is required. as he is saying i am sure " good luck suckers,no returns." | |||||
| Thanks folks | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| Thanks folks ... I shall indeed try with a few light experiments on the underside and work up to the big stuff. I forgot to mention - Job No. 1 is getting a big blob of 10 year old chewing gum off the underside of the seat! What was the previous owner thinking? I got the thing for 99p off ebay - it felt like rescuing a puppy from an abusive owner. Thanks again. I'll post a before and after link when I've done the requisite work. | |||||
| Matte black | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | Dr_Pepper105 | General discussion | |
| Matte black Matte black was my first choice. These will be inside chairs, so I don't need to worry about them aging outside. Right now the bertoia chairs are covered in slight surface rust. The funny thing is that I'm somewhat drawn to that look. I was even comtemplating some way to keep them looking like that, but I've got a favor coming in the way of sand blasting and powder coating, so now is the time to do it! Thanks for all the input! | |||||
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