An early Christmas present from Santa Craigslist:
Large teak coffee table by Ib Kofod Larsen for Christensen & Larsen. Designed for the 1954 Cabinetmakers Guild Exhibition.
https://aleph-01.kb.dk/F/CLMSAEEH85V6IKFK6AB1MH6S9VNFV8UDR1ER28M3JIU6CBU...
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Thanks to designaddict's recent blog on Carl Arne Breger, while goodwill hunting, I spotted these 2 plastic pitcher and juicer by Gustavsberg Sweden (1959 or early 1960s?) and included in the Museum of Modern Art permanent design collection.
I never imagined that I will find these examples here in the USA.
That coffee table just gets better and better looking every time I see it. Not everyday we see a cabinetmaker grade piece even from the collective purchases of the contributors of this forum. In fact it is quite rare even here. Best piece we are going to see in this whole thread.... Too bad it just started.
Scooped this handsome pair recently, Edvard Kindt Larsen for France and Daverkosen. Imported by John Stuart. Sorry for the poor pictures.
Missing one of the John Stuart badges, so if anyone has an extra laying around, I would be interested in taking it off your hands.
Tables looked really rough on first inspection, but the price was right, and the challenge too tempting to turn down. There was a lot of water staining, the usual dark stains, and some seriously dried out teak. But, a couple Oxalic Acid treatments and some sanding took care of that. One of the nice, and somewhat rare, features of these tables, is the solid teak tops. After their 6th oil treatment, they are really coming around. Of course, in typical form, I was so excited to get to work on these, that I forgot the before pictures.
Edit: One of the strange things about these tables, is the difference in teak color and grain between the two. Original owner said they were purchased togehter in the late 50's. Also, on one table the JOhn Stuart tage is next to the F&D, and on the other table, they are on opposite ends. One would think that they had a process for marking these that they always followed.
Also picked up this really cool 1972 München Olympische poster, created by Victor Vasarely. He created a number of the original posters for this Olympics, and thankfully provides some beautiful humanity, in an otherwise ugly display of human capabilities.
Not the original work, but one of the more limited-run, plate signed prints, still in really great condition.
Nice Vasarely Zephyr. I was not sure when I first got mine from the early1990s if the signature is real or printed. At first I thought lithographs, but when I took them out of the frames, they were silkscreen prints. Saint Vincent de Paul in Los Angeles left them outside with a 'free' sign with a bunch of other 'unsellable art'. Good to know that it was for the Munich Olympics of 1972.
Minimoma, I definitely like your collection of Vasarely. I think yours might be the much more rare, signed prints of the originals, so good old SVdP came through with another poor valuation. Although, in our location, it seems that the person pricing, has somehow discovered the internet, so these gems are getting harder and harder to find. Saw a Danish Komfort brand side chair at SVdP the other day, with a price tag of $550.00 on it. I just laughed out loud, and walked away. It was not even in good shape. Used to be you pick something like that up for 10 bucks, but I will not go off on a rant about SVdP pricing inconsistencies..... thanks for sharing your gems!
William Claxton's Laugh for William Morrow and Company is an excellent companion to Steve McQueen, Jazz and all the other books by this photographer.
I could not resist the signed copy of Jack Nicklaus My Story for Simon & Schuster. I am not a golf fan, but I enjoy reading autobiographies by true sports legends.
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