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$3 Thrift Store Score
18" x 24" signed "Marcie 1966"

another day - another acquisition
After a dull yesterday of getting three Richard Hutten Dombo cups, today FedEx brought the Marco Zanini piece for Superego. This is a great way to start the day.
Now it is time to look for more. Let the buying never end (listening to the O"Jays - The Love of Money as I type).

I bought the orange one but I added the other photo to show it from a better angle.

Hey
Neat!

Friday's thrift store finds...
Friday's thrift store finds -- Rosenthal-Netter vase, Osiris art nouveau pewter liquor decanter, and a Norwegian tall pewter pitcher. All for under $20.

St Moritz Ski Gouache
nike, there is a vintage ski poster auction at christie's south kensington (London) every year (all the images are on their website). This year's sale is on 26th January. Send an email to the department for a free estimate/id. Rare ones can go for a lot (£20.000, etc) and St Moritz is a popular theme. Regards
http://www.christies.com

Sasha dolls
I recently bought these Sasha dolls which were designed by a Swiss woman, Sasha Morgenthaler, in the mid 1960s. They were produced first in Germany, then in England, then later in Germany again. I think of them as the Danish Modern of dolls. Her intent was to make a doll that was simple and kind of neutral expression-wise so that kids could imbue the doll with whatever emotions they wanted. Same with the coloring....though obviously the black doll is pretty black.
I remember when these came out way back when. My mom thought they were beautiful and she wanted to get me one, but at $14 they were a little steep. If she only knew...

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Of course the black doll is black, it represents.
White is an ethnicity as is straight a sexuality, just because its common doesn't mean its the standard.

Hans Hartl Marble and Maple sideboard
weighs a tonne and very high quality...

Seven Rats
My "Seven Rats" lamp from Ingo Maurer, 2007

Heath
The tannish-colored Sasha dolls do a pretty good job of covering a lot of ethnic types. The blond hair makes them look caucasian and the dark hair makes them look Indian, Asian--whatever. A Filipina friend of mine wasn't familiar with them and was delighted to see dolls with her skin color. Here they don't look that unusual but next to a standard issue vinyl doll, the difference is striking.
What I meant about the black doll is that for whatever reasons, the tan dolls were deemed not dark enough to represent all the races. The really interesting thing is that the distributor for the dolls in the US told the manufacturer that this black doll was too dark for the US market, so they came out with a color that was a little lighter and warmer.
Totally agree with you on the sexuality thing.

Ingo Maurer rules!
erzsek,
Your Ingo Maurer lamp is "bad to the bone". The Seven Rats lamp is on my list, but the Delirium Yum lamp is on the "short list". For once someone with my design vision. Congratulations on your new and wonderful piece.

Your Design Vision?
One might argue that title belongs to the designer...

Spanky, well I suppose its p...
Spanky, well I suppose its potentially a difficult thing, I googled a bit about it and these right wing groups go crazy about it.
I don't know if pigment is added to the plastic granules prior to molding but if it is I can't see why a whole range of skin tones couldn't be produced by altering and mixing the amounts, then just let the kids or parents decide, after a while the packers in the factory would get an idea of what the right mix is for each retailer they send too.
PS I'm thinking about contemporary dolls of course, not the ones you posted.

Erik Hoglund lantern for Boda
Erik Hoglund lantern for Boda