Esoteric Survey

It doesn't get much more important than this, an Eames / Saarinen chair from  the 1940 MoMA Organic Design in Home Furnishings competition, 1940. Image: Wright
Detail Image: Wright
Remember this one?
Isamu Noguchi IN-22 "rudder" dining set for Herman Miller Image: Wright
Stools Image: Wright
Really, the first time ever?  What about this? I guess technically that set was in separate lots,  but come on, it's the same exact set.
Image: Wright
One of many great Natzlers in the sale. Image: Wright
Here's another. This is a pretty unusual form and glaze for a Natzler. Image: Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright lamp Image: Wright
Marcel Breuer tapestry, for the haus Image: Wright

LAMA preview for the May 18th Auction
Ken Price
Ed Ruscha
Claire Falkenstein
Claire Falkenstein
Harry Bertoia
George Nelson

Isamu Noguchi Radio Nurse
Did you know that the Noguchi Radio Nurse had something to do with Charles Lindbergh’s son being kidnapped? It's true. Here's the story. Source: ArtInfo
J.R. Davidosn table for his Kingsley Jr. House Read LAMA Director of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design, Dan Tolson's post on this table here. He even get's a shout out from LACMA Curator Wendy Kaplan in the comments section. 
No food or drinks on the Nakashima!
Marcel Breuer Long Chair
Roy McMakin
Wright/ Knoll / Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright / Petroglyph logo
The big money painting is behind the desk...

Bonhams in Los Angeles had a couple of good sales earlier this week.
This Ruth Asawa sculpture from 1957 sold for $80,000.   Asawa sculptures are some of the coolest things out there.
Soap Box Racer, 1975 by Michael Cooper  This is sick and it was in California Design 76. It sold for $25,000
This Doug Ayers sculpture from 1976 sold for $3,750 That guy was good. 
This Sam Maloof Rocker went for $47,000.  Is that a record for a Maloof rocker?
This  Claire Falkenstein sculpture sold for $8,125. Someone got a good deal.

Isamu Noguchi IN-22 "rudder" stool for Herman Miller
Dang
Replaced boot glide

At $100k for four stools and $10k for the table, these ones certainly didn't sneak by.  I hope the same person bought the whole set.

The preview for the LAMAOctober 7th auction is now open.
Here are some of the Eames lots.
The DCW and child's stool belonged to Eames office employee Harry Soderblom. He worked with the Eames from 1943 to 1951.
Lot 300 also includes Harry's sample leg splint, two photographs purported to have taken by Charles Eames, and the letter below.
Letter from Charles Eames to Harry Soderblom.  The opening referenced in the letter was for the Eames Office-designed Herman Miller Furniture Company  showroom at 8806 Beverly Boulevard. 
It looks like Harry lived in Atwater Village. That's a cool little neighborhood. Grain is a great design shop in Atwater and  right across the street is Proof Bakery. I highly recommend getting there as close to noon as possible.  That's when the  Proof sandwiches come out and they are seriously great. They make some great coffee as well. 
Harry Soderblom is at the top right with his wife Bernice (sitting on the Hans Coray chair).   Ray Eames is standing in fron…

The preview for the LAMAOctober 7th auction is now open. Here are some of the design lots.
The Frenchies
Nakashima. How good is the coffee table on the left?
A couple of rare Grossman lamps. The cone / cobra one should go for a bunch.
Controlight by Mitchel Bobrick
George Nelson desk and speaker cabinet. There are quite a few good Nelson pieces in the sale.
The LAMA restroom.  Ok, not really. The Eames lots are next...