2/19/21

Found in The Wild

Last week I scored this stunning Empoli glass table lamp. Mass manufactured in the 50s to 60s and imported from Italy.
This baby is getting a new/old parchment shade next week. There's a seller on Etsy making 50s shades and they are killer.
Found near a 60s Silver ombre Queen's Lusterware barware set in unsued condition. Chrome caddy.

2/18/21

Guinea Hens in The Big Freeze of Feb 2021

From a friend in St Joe MO.
I keep telling her they look pissed and that she should let them inside but NO! This is stalking via the window sill. Mega Stick Eye!
Not my photo.

The Orry-Kelly Necktie

I pulled this out of my necktie stash one day and fainted dead away after seeing Orry-Kelly on its back. WHere did I find it? I don't recall. But I can guarantee this is the only Orry-Kelly that was left in the world. he had won three Academy Awards for Best Costume Design and was an early lover of Gary Grant.
I way underpriced this necktie at $300 so someone deserving could buy it.
It went to a man who is on one of the Boards of the Heasrt Mansion.
The things that I find and am able to hold before passing them along.
Over 100 years old, this necktie was made in New York.

In The Wild

A gorgeous Venetian/Murano lampwork bead necklace found for 2.99
An Edwardian platinum pink glass necklace for 1.99. It has mine cut diamonds and real seed pearls.
And, thousands of vintage neckties that have all made their way through my hands and onto the movie industry.
A red Prystal Bakelite bangle that I found for .89.
The 40s ties are grand but it's the Post Modern Memphis Group design ties that slay me!

Bando St Louis Industry

50s anodized aluminum trim!
From the days when we had Industry.

Brick Road in East St Louis

A wide, smooth as glass, brick boulvard in East STL. Guess why it's never been paved?