Esoteric Survey

JF Chen Collection at Christie's Joel was born in Shanghai, grew up in colonial Hong Kong, went to school in Great Britain and then moved to Los Angeles for college. It was in Los Angeles where he stumbled into the antique business. Here we are 40 years later and he is at the top of the trade. He currently has three galleries filled to the gills will the best design around. He's actually a really nice guy too. Joel has a lot of chairs. I was at his shop after Christie's left with their 300 lots. They didn't even make a dent! Dan Johnson This is a very uncommon version of the cobra lamp by Greta Grossman. It was produced by Middletown Manufacturing Co. in New York, versus the usual west coast Ralph O. Smith. The brushed brass might be something they could only handle in the blingy east coast. Lester Geis T-5-G Table Lamp for Heifetz Joel has nice stuff at home too, like his second Geis lamp. The online sale is February 7-14 and th...

Tanya Aguiniga fiber sculpture at  JF Chen More Tanya The Clair Graham room I really wanted to take this Lester Geis Heietz lamp This Mitchell Bobrick Controlight too

Wright has a great collection of 1951 MoMA Lamp Competition winners at their December 15th Auction. Heifetz produced 10 of the 15 winners and Wright has  seven of them at the sale- not bad. This is the Joseph Burnett reflector lamp.  It won first prize. Photo: Wright Robert Gage T-6-G model, honorable mention. They have three of these for sale.  Photo: Wright I want that tag! Photo: Wright A.W. and Marion Geller, honorable mention Photo: Wright Zahara Schatz, mention Photo: Wright James Harvey Crate T-C-3, third prize Photo: Wright Gilbert A. Watrous, special prize Photo: Wright John van Zwienen T-7-V, mention Photo: Wright One of the ones not at Wright Anthony Ingolia, second prize Photo: Interiors Another missing model Lester Geis, honorable mention Photo: Interiors The third missing model Alexey Brodovitch, honorable mention Photo: Interiors