Today I Went to the Eye Doctor

for the first time in 24 years! And my eyes are perfect. Yay. Except part of me would like glasses. I do need sunglasses, so I had some fun looking through the pairs on 1st Dibs.

I think the aviators are great, and I love all the vintage Puccis. They're all sold, but give me ideas. I don't think I could wear the Chanels, but I still wanted to put them here. I saw the last pair at a Leslie Hindmann auction not long ago. Love them too. Happy Tuesday!
Top five pairs, 1st Dibs. Last pair Leslie Hindmann.

Beautiful Weekend

I hope it's a happy weekend for you! Today I'm enjoying these Inuit artworks. I hope you do too...

at auction next week at Waddington's in Toronto.
Bird Dream Forewarning Blizzard by Tudlik;
Owl With Three Birds by Lucy Qinnuayuak;
Four Fishermen by Luke Anguhadluq;
Orange Killer Whale weaving by Malaya Akulukjuk;
Owl by Osuitok Ipeelee;
Hunter in Kayak;
Hunter With Knife;
Hunter.

Hemingway and all

Hi. Well, that was an awful weekend. Sickness, irritability, bad weather... oooof. OK, done with the rant. I hope yours was much better! I did read two wonderful (though disturbing and morbid) Hemingway stories. I'd have read more, but these needed to sink in a bit. He tells a great story. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber meant a whole lot more this time around (read it 20+ years ago??). I also finished the The Capital of the World. Marvelous but very sad. I highly recommend a Hemingway fix every once in a while. I'll be with him for a while, with forty seven more stories to read in the volume we had hanging around.
Since Hemingway's on my mind and he loved the bull fights, I smiled when I saw this sweet little painting by William Posey Silva... Reminds me of Hemingway. To be auctioned tomorrow at John Moran.
Bull Fight - Madrid by William Posey Silva.

Cowan's "American Indian Art"

Happy Thursday. We've been busy and my boy is under the weather, so not much blogging! I did browse a bit yesterday, and saw these Native American pieces to be auctioned today at Cowan's. The beadwork, weaving, sewing and carving are wonderful. But while gazing at these pieces is exciting, I do not like seeing these at auction. The loss they represent is too depressing and discouraging to get into here; suffice it to say I wish they could go back to their people.
A Northern Plains beaded and quilled token pouch, a pair of Cree beaded high-top moccasins, three Paiute beaded baskets, an Eskimo carved wooden seal rattle, an Attu Eskimo lidded basket, and a pair of Sioux beaded hide moccasins.

Wright Modern Design

Friday! And March is two-thirds done. How did this happen?! It even feels like spring here, which usually does not happen until June. Seriously.
In one week, Wright holds its Modern Design Auction and there are so many great pieces. I could have put fifty of them here, but you can go look yourself. Today, these are my faves... Have a great day and weekend if I don't get back here. Thank you so much for visiting me this week!
Goodies: 1. a Pedro Friedeberg hands and feet table; 2. a pair of Angelo Lelli table lamps; 3. a pair of Franco Albini Tre Pezzi lounge chairs; 4. and 5. two collections of trays by Guido Gambone; 6. a Virginia Hamill teaset; 7. a Marianne Brandt Touch table lamp; 8. a set of eight Norman Cherner chairs (I think I'll always love a Cherner); 9. a Lurelle Guild coffee set; 10. a Moroccan carpet; 11. a pair of Walter Lamb Sleigh chairs; and 12. a Bruce Goff door from the Bavinger House.

Sotheby's 20th Century Design

It's a beautiful Tuesday here! How about where you are? Tomorrow in New York, Sotheby's will hold a 20th Century Design auction. There are many iconic pieces, but I just chose a few as my favorites. I absolutely love these claret jugs... this little lamp...and this early sofa by Edward Wormley... The claret jugs, of sterling silver, glass and ebony, were created in 1893 by Christopher Dresser. The lamp is by Olga Lee circa 1952 and the Wormley by Dunbar sofa is circa 1948. See more beauties at Sotheby's, and have a great day!

A Few Pieces

at auction at Leslie Hindman today. I love the amber color of this snuff bottle...These metal-inlaid crane candle sticks are five feet tall...This Chinese carved bowl is silver-lined...Pretty silver boxes...and a fun painting by Craig Rabadoux, Walking Drummer, Study, 1956... See more at Leslie Hindman. Happy Thursday!

Beautiful Friday

It's Friday! That was pretty fast. Honestly, where'd it go??
I had lots of fun browsing this week. I want to share a few I liked, such beautiful images and pretty things from my searches... I hope your weekend is so happy. Thanks very much for visiting me here this first week of the new year!
Photos: 1 from åpent hus, 2 (my favorite) from the very fun and lovely Punkin's Patch, 3 and 4 from Leslie Hindman (4 is a relief print with chine colle by Donald Baechler), 5 from Gramercy., and 6 via Pinterest from K.I.D Collective.

Auction Beauty

This is a huge auction week for good 20th century design. Besides Phillips de Pury, which was Monday's post, I browsed the catalogs for Sotheby's, Christie's and Wright, and for Christie's Tiffany auction. The Elizabeth Taylor auctions are also this week, and her fine jewelry collection blew the doors off any previous private collection auction. I love the pieces below from Wright...these from Sotheby's...these from Christie's...these Tiffany Studios Favrile glass chain mail panels ca. 1910 from Christie's Tiffany...And one more from Christie's Liz Taylor...
Wright 1,2,3,4,5. Sotheby's 1,2,3,4. Christie's 1,2,3,4.