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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| Never thought I'd | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| Never thought I'd have my own personal archive... SDR you're right about Antiques Roadshow and the badgering they unleash on the unsuspecting soul that has scrubbed the patina and $6K off the value of their Tiffany lamp... I try to keep things in their natural state where appropriate... Have 4 very unique Gideon Cramer Ion chair prototypes that I paid $35 a piece for when I worked for the company in the early 70's... They are now worth thousands and are in good "Antiques Roadshow condition"... I have been a good steward in keeping them from harm... I have no problem though in encrusting via glue gun a "vintage" princess phone with seashells into a vile piece of kitch... Whatever strikes my mood at the moment as the upright or abjectively silly thing to do... Saving things for posterity is important but I also think of the Ant Farm that procured Cadillacs for the Cadillac Ranch sculpture on I-40 just outside of Amarillo TX... Some of the cars were vintage and intact owned by caring people (good stewards out to make a buck)... The cars were bought, headlights (eyes) removed and buried nose down at the same angle as the Great Pyramids... Turning collectables-ibles into art... Snap back... The right answer for Kolecho was (and I agree with all) option numero tres... | |||||
| ho-hum | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | superdeluxe20 | General discussion | |
| ho-hum Ive been collecting vintage/mcm/modern or whatever you want to call it for over 25 years (yeah i know - yawn, yawn - who hasn't?). if id followed your 10 important hints for room design i wouldnt get out of bed in the morning for fear of getting it wrong. why is everything to do with design and mcm becoming so prescriptive to the point that people are being dictated to as to how and what to buy rather than just going out and chasing/buying the things they love - whether that be great pieces of so called junk, or high end pieces? judging by the sometimes derogatory comments posted recently in relation to the pics of the adidas-tee-wearing guys lounge room id be afraid to invite some of you da-ers into my house for a beer or cuppa for fear of the nasty post analysis you might make of my choice of furniture and bits and pieces. the best compliment i can hope to receive is that my home and furnishings are comfortable and functional - not everybody has to love my pieces but they do have to feel the same level of comfort in my home that i do, and enjoy visiting. i have pieces from very kitsch to high end that i first and foremost love. if others admire them great but the last thing i want my home to look like is a 'how'to'MCM your home in ten (or more) easy steps or some boring show room ad lifted from a mcm ad. just my opinion of course but it works for me - buy what you love and you will always make it work in your space...somehow | |||||
| Kababy.... | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | onegroovydude | General discussion | |
| Kababy.... 7. "Probably not that different than the people already here. Whatever." That's a stereotype that you can't even prove, so why say it. You obviously are very green, and don't know anything, but think you know everything. You came here for advice, and tried leaving giving it to us. People like you can't learn, because your skull is thicker than a cave wall. 8. "Some of us actually work for a living, and don't see it prudent to piss $3500 on something b/c it looks "neato". Your not pissing money away. Your investing it. You piss money away when you purchase something that has no monetary resale value. While ours continues to go up in value, yours go down. In the end, we're left with an item worth what we paid or more, and you're left with disposable shit. You seeing it here? You compare style to Jersey Shore. I don't know why I'm even trying from this point on. 9. "A repro can be made for $1000 with the exact same. HM is making money off some dead guy. They are just as much repros as repros!" A repro is made for $100. You pay $1,000. Is every new ford created a repro since Henry is dead? If you look at Herman Miller as just some dead guy, then you shouldn't even be allowed to sit in one of his chairs, not alone own one. You're the kind of guy that would leave it like John's barn find. It's probably a good thing you don't get it. I would feel sorry for the chair. 10. "If you loved the DESIGN so much, you'd be happy with a repro. It's the same design. The reason you're not tells everything about why you actually own one." We own one cuz we're smart, and you're not. That's why our chair will be worth $10,000 in 20 years, and yours worth $2. Turn off the Jersey Shore, and turn on some PBS. Use your brain for learning. What it was intended for. | |||||
| I doubt very much that it's a | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | Spanky | Repair | |
| I doubt very much that it's a knockoff. The Plycraft Eames lounge chair wannabe was also made with slight variations in arms and dimensions by other companies but I'm not aware of a Mister knockoff from that era. If you want an even finish on the wood, you should remove all the original finish first. Some of these were varnished, in which case you need to use a chemical stripper. I think I've seen them lacquered, and then you can use acetone. You could also sand off the old finish but then you run the risk of sanding through the veneer---plus you lose the color that the walnut has taken on with age. I have gotten rid of some pretty bad water spotting and fading just with teak oil and #0000 steel wool. You can always sand after trying that. I'm not sure what "rejuvenation oil" is--Watco Rejuvenating Oil, maybe? I've never used that stuff but I'm sure others here are familiar with it. These chairs did not have upholstered backs. I found one example here but the photo of whatever is going on with that seam in back isn't terribly clear. Maybe the blogger who posted it originally can help you (the name is stamped in the corner). The tilt mechanisms on old plycraft lounge chairs are more often broken than intact! I reupholstered a few of the Eames wannabes but never replaced a tilt thing, though some needed it. If you google "plycraft swivel replacement parts" you'll find a place that sells something that supposedly works. I have no personal experience with it, though. | |||||
| Fair enough. Now I'm | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| Fair enough. Now I'm wondering why the two truss-head bolts which attach the back mounts to the spine aren't present in this early drawing . . . which makes it appear that the shockmount is glued to both surfaces. Perhaps they hadn't made that decision yet . . . ? I was sitting on a theater-type chair in the jury pool room of a local courthouse the other day. The seats were separated by a black-finished oak armrest, quite broad and tapered in shape. The wood was clearly oak, though the only thing that showed was the ragged shapes of the open grain under a thick coat of black. I was reminded that everything affects grain appearance; in this case it was the open grain which showed under the finish which told the tale of how thick the finish was. The contours of the edges of the depressions were softly rounded, which seemed to support the impression of a thick coat of finish rather than a partially-filled open grain and a thinner finish -- which might also have revealed some texture to the flat surfaces between the deep grain. | |||||
| identification of floor lamp... please. | 1 Relevance | 8 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| I recently acquired this floor lamp, and I'm hoping someone can help me identify it. I have tried, but have only come across a couple matching images all from the same source. That source referenced Joe Columbo, and while I see some similarities, I just don't think that is who designed this lamp. There are no marks, The socket and switch appear to be made in the USA and I am located in the Midwest. One thing to note is that my lamp, and the one in the picture, are identical, and it appears both had the plugs changed for a rather industrial looking plug. The plug certainly appears to have been added later. My thought is both lamps had a euro plug, and someone in the states modified them. The cord is rather large in diameter accommodating that style of plug. Any help you can provide is appreciated, Thank you. | |||||
| Baseball uniforms seem kind... | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| Baseball uniforms seem kind... Baseball uniforms seem kind of an aesthetic mess to me right now, neither effectively breaking new ground, nor effectively achieving a retro look. The two best baseball uniforms remains old NY Yankee uniforms and old Brooklyn Dodger uniforms and maybe old Detroit Tiger uniforms. Progress in baseball uniforms' appearances peaked in the 1950s. Synthetics have made them cooler, but never better looking. Football, especially NFL football, uniforms are, except for the most traditional, are just plain hideous. And it is not that I love the old and don't want progress. I yearn for new uniform designs that are not vapid. Men's racing swim suits have really improved by getting away from the Speedo cock band aids that were worn for so long. Think Michael Phelps recently. They cut down water resistance and look fabulous, at once retro and the same time futuristic. Women's running suits in the sprints are awesomely sleek and good looking and have been for a couple decades now (since FloJo anyway). Women's tennis suits have fallen into a grotesque awkwardness. Here the Williams sisters are these fantastic, almost unprecedented physical specimens and it is as if the designers can't figure out any thing elegantly fitting to put them in; this is a design crime. Rugby uniforms are frozen in time. | |||||
| the_beloved | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| the_beloved wow you and i are agreeing on every thing today. i am even agreeing with Lucifersum... That was the chair that got me hooked and I started buying a crazy amount on ebay . When i found out no one could recover themafter looking for a year. i suddenly found a guy who could .. and that is how i started one of the many business that i own. ( My Retro Redo is by far one of my most favorite business but far far far from my most profitable. (sad but true ) Thank goodness for my Family business or i would not be able to have so much fun with what i love to do. I think Lucifer is right the Asians did try to corner the market and now there are so many good looking ones out there . but of all the calls that come this way h they all want the original ones.. cause most people want 1 or 2 accent chairs with some kind of cool Girard designs on it, (makes them feel they are a a member of the team). and as i tell them , they to will get addicted !!!! . so watch out. It is just starting and a $300 shell chair is a mild fix as The big stuff is a coming ( all of us design addicts know that to be a true statement. I also try to offer the Modernica fiberglass shells for large contracts Like Architects offices and law firms cause it it hard to get 10 or 12 with the same color base. No problem recovering them it is just so hard to find multiples of any color. So next time you see a poor old tired worn out Arm shell in a dumpster or on the curb . Pick it up take it home and give it some Love cause that is the one that more than likely started it all for us design addicts. | |||||
| Yes, ofcourse leif; You see | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | Doclounge | Identification | |
| Yes, ofcourse leif; You see in a perfect market supply and demand set the prices of a good/commodity/object. Prices are stabilized. This is well known economic theory. However such stable prices are only seen in a market where all participants/bidders acting in the market have the same information, and where there are no cartels or monopoly. The auction market, and furniture market, sure do not fulfill these requirement. Participants in the furniture market do not have the same information when it comes to where to find an object. A chieftain on ebay or a real estate sale, lets say in Anchorage, do not cost as much as if it is sold on Artcurial/Piasa. This is because these auction houses have certain clients, clients that are not well informed that the same object could be found at smaller, less well known auctions/market places. Same thing with 1stdibs, where prices on Scandinavian pieces are ridiculous sometimes. 1stdibs dealers in Scandinavia, where I reside, buy their goods on bruun rasmussen or lauritz, take photos of the object and then sell them for six to seven times the price. If it was a perfect market such differences in prices would not exist. Hence, some auction houses are overpriced. I am surprised that you, with your experience and activity in this forum, did not know of this, that many dealers literally live of the fact that prices are different depending on where something is sold? | |||||
| Beg to Differ | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| Beg to Differ Eames office conducted research to how best put together a chair. That may be true for this Piece but .. Back in the day technology was not the way it use to be.The reason why Herman Miller would have the Rights to the licence could be just because they were the highest bidder to the contract or the designer decided to go with their production line. JUST BECAUSE Companies Like KNOLL,HM,IKEA or Who ever the hell have the License and Specs according to Designer Does not Own the rights to the Best Reproduced furniture. IE I highly doubt that chrome is an advantage to a #304 mirror finish stainless steel (yet visibly they offer the same properties). yet the wassily chair was made in chrome frame(original was nickel) because that is what the architect,designer,ect. had to work with or that is what he decided to work with...Yet it is NOT NECESSARY THE BEST WAY TO HAVE IT DESIGNED. In addition Most people will say that(or any legitimate carpenter) will say plywood is not superior to solid wood. that. Most designers back then designed there furniture to be cheap and affordable (not knowing that their famed name attached to it would jump the price). Advice Go with the look you want, the best materials possible to the best price possible. (there is no such thing as Original piece of furniture these day unless you purchased it from the designer's prototype or had something custom built. Knoll,HM and who ever with bucks and a famous name are also REPRODUCTIONs or knockoffs of the Originals. Think about it | |||||
| Eames padded shells with stange embossed logo...help! | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | Mrdujour | Identification | |
| Hi all, I'm having some trouble identifying this embossed logo on 2 padded shells I picked up a while back. Nobody mentions it in any of the research I've done so far, so I'm hoping somebody here will have some info! Another thing about these shells that seems to differ from the norm, is that the injection holes are located toward the back, and line up across the seat, as opposed to lining up down the middle where the base attaches. I don't know if the following info would help or not, but throwing it in anyway: the material on these is either a dark orange, or faded red hopsack, and I think the shell color is Greige with the j-channel (I think that's what it's called), or trim, being the same color of the shell. Thanks! | |||||
| wow! | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| wow! That is yet another variation of the knockoffs! I think I've seen that big headrest before but I don't remember seeing those half-welted armrests ever. I did mine that way but with curved pieces to eliminate the bunching, and then I also stapled welt around the bottom edge and glued cut pieces on the bottom right up to the welt. I have done lots and lots of upholstering and this was still very tricky to do, so I think you are smart to farm out this job. The rest should be very easy. I had to go check my photo archive to compare headrests. Then I had to make a JPG with yours and a Plycraft and an Eames just for ease of comparison (link below). My Plycraft chair has a slightly shorter headrest that is also wider at the top than at the bottom, which makes it look less clunky. The back is taller, too. You can see that these proportions are really different from the Eames chair! And your chair has another variation---the headrest looks about the same size and shape as the Eames chair but the back is taller. I think the Plycraft chair has OK proportions even though they're not like the Eames chair. Yours kinda bugs me though, and I can see why it bugs you. I would cut it down if it won't mess up the back connectors and if you can make a perfect cut. That's not the kind of thing I would attempt but then my expertise is much more in the textiles department. My saw work is rather crude. I would cut the back down and not the headrest. I have not seen any cast aluminum bases ever! | |||||
| I would also advise just | 1 Relevance | 8 years ago | Spanky | Repair | |
| I would also advise just oiling first, then decide whether it needs sanding. I recently worked on a couple of teak chairs that I was sure would need sanding but all it too was one oiling. Both had what looked like severely bleach areas but whatever the problem was, it was not very deep. One of them felt like it had slightly raised grain but it turned out to be just dry with some kind of dusty grit settled into the wood, which gave it a rough feel. Teak darkens a bit with age and when you sand, you remove this thin top layer to expose brighter, lighter wood underneath. Sometimes the difference is still noticeable after oiling, so if sanding is the only thing that will do the job be sure to feather it out well. Regarding whether or not there's a finish on there other than oil: most Danish teak is just oiled. I've seen some pieces that were lacquered but not a lot. Usually with lacquer you can find an area where it's chipping or at least crazed---usually where the piece gets bumped, like on a corner. Lacquer is a hard finish and won't flex with the wood when the wood is compressed a bit. It also chips or flakes off as opposed to wearing evenly the way varnish does. Oil with added varnish usually has a higher sheen than just oil, but it will break down when you re-oil with steel wool. Oil finishes can also darken with age and obscure the grain a bit--kind of dulling it. I've oiled many pieces that didn't look all that bad but after oiling the grain had way more depth and life. It's always fun to see the transformation. | |||||
| I used to use sketchup a... | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | HPau | General discussion | |
| I used to use sketchup a... I used to use sketchup a lot, its easy and accurate and I wish the more serious cad programs would adopt some of its features. But You'll never get a good render with sketchup, it will allways look cartoony. If you can persist with 3ds max you'll be amazed, Autocad is good but is much more dry and better for cnc cutting and advanced engineering, 3ds max gives virtually photorealistic renders (I might put some of mine up) but there is a steep learning curve! But the best part is you can buy 3d models ( google turbosquid) and download them from many furniture manufacturers (eg. fritz hansen) and insert them into your scene, change the proportions and the materials...its endless. The absolute best thing you can do with it is simulate the movement of the sun throughout the day over a building or group of buildings and do a shadow study for a particular time of year and place and climatic conditions, great for passive solar design. And you can insert models into a photographic background and get them to cast realistic shadows on the walls and floors. I got to grips with it by scouring the internet for free good quality models to download that gave nice renders, then when I opened them up I did 'print screens' of all the render setting dialogues and just played with the models and tools, back engineering I suppose. But real life marquettes are much more tangible this is not mine... | |||||
| I have three sofas, of which... | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | Mark | General discussion | |
| I have three sofas, of which... I have three sofas, of which two are on your list. A b&b Italia "sity" three piece sectional. It is very comfortable for snoozing. The seat cushions are foam, and in great shape for 12 years old. The back cushions are very heavy down, and require constant fluffing to maintain their shape, but the cushions stay-put real well. The little leather tube arms are as solid as new. I was tempted to pass on the piece because I wasn't sure that the cool leather arms would hold up well, plus it was way expensive for me then.I like the way the three pieces connect together by adding extra peg legs to the underside. I also have a Roche Bobois sofa in a caramel pebble leather. It is a simple 2 cushion down filled low arm,etc. The leather is better looking after 5 years than when new. I can't explain..call it patina. It is the most comfortable sofa I own. And lastly I have an Eames softpad three seat sofa in sable (brown) leather. This sofa has such a beautiful wood back, that it has to be floated in the middle of the room to enjoy it. It is also very comfy. One thing that I like about quality sofas are their backsides. My b&b would look much better floated in a large space, instead of up against the wall like is. I need more space. I will post a picture of these battleships as soon as I can figure out how to reduce down the size using adobe. | |||||
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