Hi everyone. We decided to put up our usual weekly thrifting post a bit early, since we’ve got a full weekend ahead of non-shop related things to work on (taxes being the number one thing).
Thursday is usually not a day we venture out to the thrifts, but I decided to change it up and came away with a few goodies for my trouble. One of the coolest finds was the interesting midcentury style wood and ceramic lamp. So far, have not been able to identify it – there aren’t any markings we can see.
The shade that came with it was obviously added later, so we didn’t even want it in the picture. We don’t think it’s any famous designer, and it probably isn’t the nicest workmanship. But we rarely see lamps like these at affordable prices around here. Anyone have ideas who might have produced it?
The three orange plastic egg cups in the front are made by Rosti in Denmark. Rosti’s hard plastic mepal items are a fun pick-up at thrifts, and they’re actually extremely affordable if you want to try and make a set.
The album cover in the back is designed by Sam Suliman. He did a lot of older LP covers and books. We still aren’t sure whether or not we’re going to start selling LPs on the site. We come across interesting modern record covers fairly frequently – but we’re just not sure if we want to get into that game. For now, we’ll pick them up if they’re reasonable. It’s also fun to look for, because most of the “serious” record pickers don’t focus as much on illustration.
Lastly, my heart leapt when I spotted this metal enamel flower sculpture sitting on the shelf. Curtis Jere, right? Nope, not in this case. It’s actually signed with a different name, Ken Rains, and is probably a more recent production. I wasn’t able to find out too much information about Rains, other than the fact that he did produce metal items similar to C Jere. Actually, the quality is quite nice. We’ll probably put it up in the shop next week or so.
OK, hope you enjoyed this thrift roundup. We may not get another one for awhile, since we’re going to try and concentrate more on listing items in the main shop and Etsy outlet, as opposed to acquiring more inventory.
Have a good weekend!
This post is linked up to ATG’s Thrift Share Monday and HLA’s Flea Market Finds.
Did you find something cool at a thrift or flea market lately?
Please leave a comment here if so…
February 18th, 2011 at 6:35 am
It’s interesting to see the Rosti. I have finally found a very little bit of decent plastic. I really feel that for me, it is not really worth my time and energy to to much more effort into looking. There just doesn’t seem to be be much around here. I now have a Dansk ladle – designed by Gunnar Cryen; a Rosti serving fork; another identical fork, but marked “Hutzler”; and a serving spoon and spatula marked “Made in Denmark for Rosti by Hutzler” I wasn’t familiar with Hutzler until now – and still don’t really know musch about them. The pieces made by them appear to be new(ish) and are of excellent quality. The Dansk piece is much older, I think. I’ll take some pictures.
The lamp is fabulous.
February 18th, 2011 at 9:36 am
I really like the flower sculpture and yes, was thinking Jere. Nice to see that there’s another similar artist out there though!
Your note about album covers is interesting, too. Admittedly at the moment we’re just buying LPs for ourselves. My daughter recently found a record/tape/8 track player at a tag sale. No we can even pick up any 8 tracks we like the look of.
February 20th, 2011 at 6:44 pm
Very interesting finds. When I thrift I generally just pick up things I like the look (or feel) of. Since blogging I am becoming more aware of names and brands and the values attached.
February 20th, 2011 at 9:22 pm
i do like the style you’re picking up. i discover i’m not fussed with names, but i guess if you sell on, it delivers an added touch. the ceramic and wood lamp would not part from me, i can tell you!
February 21st, 2011 at 5:13 am
I love everything. Especially the flower sculpture and that beautiful lamp!