The Good Flea / Good Times

 Heath Ceramic's Good Flea was a lot of fun. This was the first vintage market they hosted and what a great group of vendors it was. Heath Clay Studio Director Tung Chiang selected 15 dealers from around the world to participate. It was held in their tile factory in San Francisco. As you can see here, the shoppers showed up for it.

Heath was not only an exceptional host but they also participated as a vendor with a great selection of vintage Heath. It's part of their Pass the Plate initiative.

Tung had a space too.

He was selling some of his treasures from Finland.

Takahiro Goko / Swimsuit Department from Japan!

 

In addition to folk craft, he had a Sori Yanagi can opener.

Shinichiro Nakahara also had some incredible pieces from Japan.

Shin also had this Paul Rand catalog and spoon by David Tisdale.

 Cordoba Gallery from Mexico City

Cordoba had a great collection of items including Nakashima and pieces from Mexico.

I've been a longtime fan of Oak Street Vintage. Their shop is located in Eugene, Oregon. In addition to a lot of great dog content, the photos they post of the shop always has me wanting to drop everything and head up to Eugene.

Such a great eye with so many special pieces. Carl is also incredibly nice.

The legendary Saved by Maz. The King of Chemex! This was my first time selling in the Bay Area, so to be able to set up and hang out with friends like Maz was a real treat.

Also, I don't know if Maz knew that I knew, but he was channeling Chemex inventor Peter Schlumbohm when he posed for that photo. 

Joe Meade is always schooling me on Northern California ceramics. He was showing some great pots, including a collection by Sandra Johnstone. 

Justin Hoffman was set up with pieces he acquired on his trips to Japan. 

Things went fast but I was lucky enough to pick up a couple pieces.

 Juan Modern and Objects and Luis Modern Cactus brought a little bit of everything and it was all good!

Mark Edelsberg / Future Forms has an incredible inventory of space-age electronics and industrial design. 

Lisa Cliff was there too. She always has the best but she wouldn't let me post a picture of her.

Renee Zellweger with Eva Zeisel dinnerware, ceramics, Italian lighting and Roy McMakin! Her display was so simple and lovely.  

Cathy Bailey, co-owner of Heath Ceramics, also had a space! Before she owned Heath, she also collected Zeisel. In fact, Renee was her collecting buddy.

I brought some things too. I thought the Luther Conover table and Edith Heath tile mural were a nice fit since they were business neighbors in Sausalito. I didn't get a good photo on the smalls table.

It was such a fun (and successful) weekend. The Heath team was incredibly supportive, as were their customers!  It sounds like they will be making this an annual event.