Esoteric Survey

  WEBSITE UPDATE New items have been added to the shop . Sorry I skipped a month. Pacific Iron Products At just 26 years old, Stanford L. Optner made a move that would place him at the center of postwar California design. Optner combined his technical training with entrepreneurial vision when he acquired and transformed a small South Pasadena firm into Pacific Iron Products. Read more on the website. MARKETS The Good Flea June 27-28, 2026 The return of the Vintage Market at Heath Ceramics in San Francisco. Details forthcoming.

  I finally found the Tibor book in a hardcover. I'm always happy to get another Bolt A Best tray. This pattern is by Abel Sorensen. I'm also always happy to get another Nelson Bubble.  Do It Yourself Modern

  I had a bird thing going on at the Rose Bowl this weekend. This is my second Melvin Best ceramic bird and the wood one is Hagenauer for Wiener Werkstätte Kenji Fujita and metal things Toobs by Penny and Jim Hull of H.U.D.D.L.E.

Jerry Johnson for Landes storage unit, Designed for Moderns table, and John Keal for Pacific Iron Shelf  Smalls One of the best David Stewart pieces, I think.  Dansk and Po-Mo Poul Kjærholm PK 71 set and Milo Baughman for Murray desk Japanese There's always room for pie. This is heading to my favorite pie shop, Fat & Flour.