The Last Thing That You Acquired #49  

Dear Ernest,
The truth shall set you free. jesgord's inquiry requires little thought. This is good. Show some respect. Resond.
Regards,
Aunt Mark

When I saw the signed copy of Snooki Polizzi A Shore Thing for Gallery Books the seller said she had a balcony fit for Shakespeare. I enjoy architectural books.

I blame Ray.

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It turns out Snooki has nothing to do with architecture. I am sure this Abby Moor, Frank Lloyd Wright At a Glance Californian Textile Block will make interesting reading.

Too funny spanky!
Quite tough for me this time to blame Ray. Sometimes parents aren't socially and parentally the best role models...perhaps and probably that's the case here. Could also be a Narcissistic Compulsive Behavior Disorder combined with re-occurring non-friendly hemorrhoids. I'll pass. Yes. Too many issues. Why bother.
Next,
Aunt Mark

Aunt Mark, you're so right, as usual!
Meanwhile, this teak troll from Sweden is one of my recent acquisitions. It's 12" tall if you count the height added by the luxurious mane of Icelandic sheep wool (which was gray with decades of dust when I got it but a round of lather-rinse-repeat took care of that nicely ). The pencil is for scale since I didn't have a lamb chop handy. The goofy teeth are what sucked me in.

Today it is the Joel Meyerowitz Cape Light for Museum of Fine Arts Boston by New York Graphic Society.
I appreciate the three trolls.

Another pair of abstract expressionist table lamp bases by Laurel Lamp NJ now being attributed to Harry Balmer, a welder and sculptor...it's hard to say no to 50% of cheap.

1st edition RH 302 by Robert Haussmann
The preowner bought it in 1956

This Jens Quistgard crystal candle holder for Dansk International Designs Ltd IHQ Japan is now mine.

I rescued (or stole?) several Scandanavian clear glass vases from the recycling container mixed in a box full of florist vases. I immediately replace them with more recyclable junk mail, styrofoam and plastic grocery bags.

Assouline, Phaidon and Taschen are favorite publishers and now the David Rockwell Spectacle for Phaidon Press is mine.

Steuben is a small part of my crystal collection and now I have the Arthur Houghton Jr Five Masterworks editon of 7000 by Village Craftsmen for Steuben Glass 1972 in addition to other Steuben reference books already in my possession..

I saw this Jens Quistgaard staved teak serving tray for Dansk Denmark IHQ twice and could not locate the makers mark. I purchased it because I liked the material and design.. After an internet search for a similar piece I located the exact piece and their photos showed the location of the Dansk mark. I examined my piece at that area and low and behold there was the Dansk Denmark signature.