The Last Thing That You Acquired #48  

Found this little Noguchi Akari lamp at a thrift shop a few days ago, $2.99 in perfect condition.
Reminded me of the forum and thought I'd stop in....glad I could help Amazake

A mint condition Kai Kristiansen bar in rosewood! I love that it got hydraulics!

Acquired a few stray Dansk items being auctioned off as recent "reissues" for the initial and only bid of $5 bucks... the seller was correct at describing them as mint and unused.

minimoma, nice score on the "reissues." I have been looking for that carving knife and fork for a while, to match the rest of my Fjord set, but it has always been priced far higher than I am willing to pay. All of those are in ridiculously good condition! Was there just one flamestone plate, or a set?

the weirdest things wash up every once in a while
A Keal Brown and Saltman coffee table with a lift top in blonde Mahogany. Nicely labeled. Can't find a comp.
Pretty beat but will be a fun project. Anyone tried refinishing blonde mahogany? I think I tried once but had REALLY bad results (uneven acceptance of finish as I remember).

Thanks Zephyr, that is actually a large Flamestone serving platter. There were offered for sale a recent reissue Flamestone dinnerware and Fjord flatware set from Thailand or something in the mix...but I just have no interest in those items.
Nice table find waffle. If you refinish blonde mahogany, it should look almost white/whitewashed without a honey aged color. If you want to maintain the aged color, try just lightly sanding the clear coat and refinish/recoat just that part, but without seeing your table in person, it is hard to assess the condition of the finish just by looking at the image you posted. Good Luck.

The Brown Saltman "blonde mahogany" finish is done with a two part sodium hydroxide (lye) then hydrogen peroxide (30% concentrated) bleach is it not? So the whole thing could be re-bleached... maybe....

Thank you both. You can't see from the pics but it has approx. 100 water rings. No matter what I am going to have to remove the existing finish on top. I will do a test with a couple of different finishes just to see if I can get away with a simple strip/finish effort. It's pretty dinged up but a really neat piece.

A vintage Kay Bojesen flag bearer in excellent condition. The seller told me she got it about 20/25 years ago so I guess it is a Rosenthal production. Paid 5€ for it.
A bunch of Mobilia issues from 1965 - 1966 (paid 10€ a piece) with a nice background.
They come from the personnal library of a french designer / architect that was active in the 60s. The guy died a few years and his widow was starting to empty the basement. Their flat was full of interresting items (a set of ant chairs, a few eames chairs, a Fabricius for Kill Int. living room set, lots of vintage italian designs, etc.) and creations of her late husband (including a scale model of a car design he offered to Peugeot in the 1960s).
I had a fantastic time there, met a wonderful lady and... will have the priority when she will decide to sell her furniture 😉

The Carlotta de Bevilacqua and Paola di Arianello Empatia 260 table lamp by Artemide was a birthday gift from the manufacturer.

Tertiary retail provided what I believe to be a pillar candle holder by Gunnar Cyrén for Dansk Designs Sweden. The product trade name is unknown to me.

Tertiary retail yields Jens Quistgaard's Kobenstyle enamel on steel 2 quart casserole with cover for Dansk Designs France IHQ 712 and a teakwood cheese board & knife for Dansk International Designs Ltd Thailand IHQ.

Wow! This is good.

Primary retail yields the Charles Eames Eames® House Bird for Vitra and tertiary retail provided the Richard Sapper 9091 tea kettle for Alessi and Kevin Kelly's Asia Grace for Taschen.

Ernest Ting-Poohsay,
What did you do with Mr Nice Guy? This used to be his bread and butter post, now you are co-opting all the bragging, and doing so in a voice oh so close to his.....