amass-ing a phone

My friend JP Williams

of amassblog

gave me this incredible "Bauhaus"

phone for me to sell for him

2 years ago.

(It's been 2 years?!?!)

Anyway, I think it's the coolest thing since

bottled beer and so does JP,

but no one else seemed to give a shit.

Maybe it's the price?

It's not cheap, 

but well within the range they have sold for.

So it was funny to me when I guy came in today 

and took it out on approval,

and then shortly thereafter

JP walked in after not having seen him

in about a year.

Funny how that works...kismet....

Anyway, let's hope it sticks,

and for those of you 

who haven't seen this phone before,

enjoy....

Make sure to check out

amass,

amazing.....

raggedy olde hobo mystery chair

 Sorry for no posts in 

3 days!

I'm pretty sure that is a record....

I've just been slammed with work

and after-work activities

lately.

(Plus the earthquake,

that really took me out of the loop 

for about 29 seconds....)

One of my biggest challenges has been trying to

wrestle control of my storage!

What a disaster, 

but I have been 

running across some gems....

I'm not sure if this qualifies as a gem,

maybe a diamond in the rough,

or maybe just a pile of oily rags....

The question is,

what is this dang deal?

I've never seen this chair before,

and if it is one of my books,

I never noticed it,

but I think I would have because it is so cool.

I have no clue where I found it,

no memory at all, which is weird for me....

This is what I think I know about it:

1. It is American, although it could be Canadian.

2. It's from the late 1940s, early 1950s.

3. It has a limited production feel to it.

Maybe not a prototype feel,

but I'm guessing they didn't make too 

many of these.

The back is some sort of composite material,

not plastic, 

but like a flexible Masonite maybe?

The fabric is shot and filthy,

but it was in an earlier life

a very nice wool.

This shot makes me think of a 

Donald Knorr chair.... 

Even the leg construction is similar...

kinda....

It's just a raggedy olde hobo chair

languishing

 in a crazy expensive storage space in Tribeca...

UNLESS!

You know what it is....