1970 Monte Carlo | A Lifelong Friend
Every so often I come across a beautiful piece of automobile perfection that literally stops me in my tracks. This 1970 Monte Carlo is an example of one of those perfect pieces.
Lynchburg Antique Mall
When you come across a shop like the Lynchburg Antique Mall, you really owe yourself a little peek inside. You just never know what treasure could be waiting to be found.
HUDSONS | A Find For Finds
During my most recent visit to the Mass MOCA location of Hudsons, I was more drawn to the artistry of the mundane, but the wonderful pair of Hudsons shops in Williamstown and North Adams, Massachusetts are anything but mundane. The shops/galleries cater to a wide variety of collector, offering well edited finds from fine art [...]
Wish List | 1976 BMW 2002
The winter weather in the Northeast is murder on cars. Between the snow & ice and the tons of road salt thrown on the streets to combat it, it’s a miracle that any car older than 20 years remains on the road today. The lucky owner of this 1976 BMW 2002 clearly has another ride [...]
Vintage American Industry | Textiles and Shoes
I completely lucked out this past weekend finding an antiques dealer who specializes in vintage textile industry artifacts. Being a sweater guy myself, I couldn’t help being drawn to the beautiful colors and yarns. With the American textile industry long declined and currently the most minimal level, these industry artifacts are all that is left [...]
Vintage Radios | 1950′s Palm Springs
The 1950′s brought post-war color and style to the American home in many forms. The radio, as a central piece of entertainment equipment at the time (even more so than the television), stood to receive a lot of aesthetic attention. The functional elements of the radios were quite similar from model to model, but the [...]
Pocket Watches | The Details
Rodania 17 Jewel Pocket Watch c. 1950′s I personally love the current wave of menswear. Real honest to goodness manly stuff- the clothes and all the extras that go along with being a guy. Tweeds and non-Satin Ties, Worn-in Boots and Belts, Bags and Hats (with brims), Waistcoats and Waxed Canvas Jackets, Beers and Bourbon [...]
Mesrine | Killer Style
Vincent Cassel as Mesrine and Cécile De France as Jeanne Schneider Okay, here is my prediction of the obvious… The visual impact of the Mesrine films (Mesrine, Killer Instinct & Public Enemy #1) will be on the tips of the tongues of the fashionistas in the very near future. The fashion “industry” is in a [...]
Vintage Levi’s Labels
A very small collection of some vintage labels I photographed while out at the Levi Strauss archives in San Francisco. Please accept my apologies for the quality of some of the photos- the security guard was getting suspicious (actually, just my shoddy photography work).
Antique Folding Ruler Design | Upson Nut Co. and Lufkin
No.68 UPSON NUT CO. 24 inch folding ruler Before the invention of the ubiquitous modern retractable tape measure, tradesmen nonetheless needed to make accurate measurements in the field with a convenient and portable measuring device. The above folding ruler has been in use by one person or another for the past hundred plus years. I [...]
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