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trickykitty) wrote2013-07-27 10:53 am
trickykitty) wrote2013-07-27 10:53 am
Things
I received the email announcing the next upcoming estate sale from the liquidator group I like to frequent. They mentioned an antique vitrine, and as I'm not familiar with that word, I went to searching. True to form, my search turned into many tabs and links later, not all vitrine related.
1899 Cabinet-vitrine - I can't decide if I like this or not. The curves are absolutely beautiful, but it's a bit too busy for my taste in general. Maybe if it didn't have all the flourished hardware, although I admit the green accents add an interesting element to the piece.
1940's Crosley 106CP radio am/sw phonograph
Two images from the estate sale posting (which will be different images once the estate sale is over and they post new pictures):
Orig. Oil "Blue Boy" By Luigi Corbellini - Blue Boy is Creepy.
Curtis Mathis 7ft Entertainment Center (1978) - Working Original TV - all original self contained with Curtis Mathis Components
Random architectural link for the Volume B store I found that I don't actually have an interest in except to poke fun at the modern art style, which I tend to dislike greatly. It's a slideshow - hover over the picture to bring up the forward/back arrows. All that money spent on what looks to me like one gigantic cinder block.
This link is very long and written in French about the Pleyel piano making company. What gets me, though, is scrolling through it to look at all of the interesting piano styles. In case you don't feel like scrolling, here's my favorites:
1900 Paris Exposition piano - Holy Crap! Reminds me of staring at the taffy-making machines at Six Flags and the state fair.
1901 "Decorative architecture" piano - I really like that bench. I really don't like that piano.
1929 Glass(?) and metal piano - Would they have had plexiglass or clear plastic by then? I shudder at the idea that it's real glass in that thing.
1937 Paris Exposition "monopode" piano - It makes me dizzy just looking at it. Look carefully at the wood on the side and top of the piano. It looks like they rotated between two wood types. That would be really neat to see in color.
Phonographs!
and Radios! - Check out the wall coloring design in this one. Odd.
The funny thing about the radio room is that it's just like walking into the TV room at Best Buy or a Bose store. Only the technology (and wall designs) have changed.
And last, but not least:
1933 Upright piano with built-in phonograph - I'm not exactly sure from the description or image, but it may have a built-in radio as well.
1899 Cabinet-vitrine - I can't decide if I like this or not. The curves are absolutely beautiful, but it's a bit too busy for my taste in general. Maybe if it didn't have all the flourished hardware, although I admit the green accents add an interesting element to the piece.
1940's Crosley 106CP radio am/sw phonograph
Two images from the estate sale posting (which will be different images once the estate sale is over and they post new pictures):
Orig. Oil "Blue Boy" By Luigi Corbellini - Blue Boy is Creepy.
Curtis Mathis 7ft Entertainment Center (1978) - Working Original TV - all original self contained with Curtis Mathis Components
Random architectural link for the Volume B store I found that I don't actually have an interest in except to poke fun at the modern art style, which I tend to dislike greatly. It's a slideshow - hover over the picture to bring up the forward/back arrows. All that money spent on what looks to me like one gigantic cinder block.
This link is very long and written in French about the Pleyel piano making company. What gets me, though, is scrolling through it to look at all of the interesting piano styles. In case you don't feel like scrolling, here's my favorites:
1900 Paris Exposition piano - Holy Crap! Reminds me of staring at the taffy-making machines at Six Flags and the state fair.
1901 "Decorative architecture" piano - I really like that bench. I really don't like that piano.
1929 Glass(?) and metal piano - Would they have had plexiglass or clear plastic by then? I shudder at the idea that it's real glass in that thing.
1937 Paris Exposition "monopode" piano - It makes me dizzy just looking at it. Look carefully at the wood on the side and top of the piano. It looks like they rotated between two wood types. That would be really neat to see in color.
Phonographs!
and Radios! - Check out the wall coloring design in this one. Odd.
The funny thing about the radio room is that it's just like walking into the TV room at Best Buy or a Bose store. Only the technology (and wall designs) have changed.
And last, but not least:
1933 Upright piano with built-in phonograph - I'm not exactly sure from the description or image, but it may have a built-in radio as well.
