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The Good Flea 2026 / Heath Ceramics

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The second Heath Ceramics Good Flea  was so much fun. Once again, Heath Clay Studio Director Tung Chiang selected about 15 dealers from around the world to participate. Last year was incredible and this year was even better. The Heath team, fellow vendors and customers were all such a pleasure to work with.  The Heath Pass the Plate booth had a line out of the building for most of the market.  Shin, Naohiro, and Masaki came from Japan to sell. Shin's table He also had an Eames film. Gallery Stoop / Naohiro with Noguchi and early Yanagi cups. Now Official / Masaki brought Mingei ceramics. Tung was swarmed by his fans. He had a beautiful display of Finnish pieces and flatware. Speaking of flatware...   Dung , the flatware king of New York, and globetrotter was set up with souvenirs he picked up on his travels. Dung was really working his California visit. He merchandised with citrus and even had the sun working for him. Everyone ate it up.  Carl/ O...
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Weekend / Stuff

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  Ilmari Tapiovaara at my favorite vista point on the 5. These are the things I bought when I was in the Bay Area for The Good Flea. Japanese iron Melvin Best, Heath, Irving Harper, Finland and Quistgaard Minis
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Weekend / Stuff

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It was a wild weekend.  Let's just say that I didn't go out looking for a 9 foot knife. The usual fare.  That Soleri bell is a good one. The log holder is by Alfred Staples, a Canadian designer. I've had a couple of them over the years and just found that out recently. Max Filkenstein and Ed Thompson.  Also, Aalto with a nice patina.
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The Good Flea / Heath Ceramics

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  The nice people at Heath Ceramics are hosting The Good Flea again, June 27-28. There will be dealers from Tokyo, Mexico City, New York, Eugene, Palm Springs and they're even letting a guy from San Diego set up.  More details below and  here . Check out last year, here . Meet the Collectors Heath Ceramics Pass the Plate Tung Chiang The Long Game (Catherine Bailey) Books of Interest Dung Ngo Farnsworth Modern Galeria Cordoba Lauren Frost Vintage Lisa Cliff modernand objects Modern Problem + Joe Meade Objects NOW Oak Street Vintage Offshore Sounds Renee Zellweger Shinichiro Nakahara Esoteric Survey stoop Gallery
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