Esoteric Survey

Candelabrum by Bruce Hill for Peter Pepper Products More here and here.
As seen in California Designed (1955) with Malcolm Leland
Prescolite lighter
Big Soleri bell
Ken Starbird
Braun Domino lighter set by Dieter Rams and clam shell ashtray by Alan Fletcher. The 15 year ago me would have been very excited about this plastic stuff.

The picking was tough on the home turf.

Heath Creative Studio
R.M. Schindler Lovell Beach House
R.M. Schindler Bubeshko Apartments
Craftsman Soleri
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Bubeshko Apartments by R.M. Schindler (1939) This was part of a tour conducted by the MAK Center

Photo: Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute

1945 Photo: Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute
I think that Ib Kofod-Larsen sofa back there is pretty desirable (If you're into that sort of thing).
1945 Photo: Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute

Stairwell underneath the shelf above - so good
Classic Schindler drawers 
Toys
Big boy toys / Nice JBLs
OK, now I'm just getting nosy, but it looks like whoever lives in this unit knows where to shop: Book/Shop. It's a great little spot in Oakland.

Arcology: The City in the Image of Man by Paolo Soleri and Riki Watanabe: Innovating in Modern Living. 
The giant book is about miniaturization.
Oh, that Soleri
Iron

Really high Coronet highball glass.
I'm normally not a barware guy, but I am into Paul Rand. I have no idea what I'm going to do with this. 
David Cressey lamp
Soleri bell and a helmet.  
Contrary to what you hear on the news, the holidays are not a good time for shopping--at least for anything worth buying.

Arizona Biltmore The hotel was designed by Albert Chase McArthur,who studied under Frank Lloyd Wright.
Back in the day Source: Arizona Biltmore
The lobby, from above
There's not too much (if any) original furniture left in the hotel. 
A massive amount of Warren McArthur once filled this art deco wonderland. Source: Arizona Biltmore
Source: Arizona Biltmore
This original pair of planters from the Biltmore, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and Warren McArthur, sold at Wright in 2012 for $27,500 One of these can be seen in the photo above, on the left.  Source: Wright
An original table from the Biltmore, by Frank Lloyd Wright and Warren McArthur, sold at Wright in 2012 for $7,500 Source: Wright
The cottages on the resort grounds are pretty great


The garden wing The pre-cast concrete"Biltmore Blocks" used to construct the resort were designed by Albert Chase McArthur and  sculpted by Emry Kopta, a well-known sculptor. 



"Safeguard Forms and Cactus Flowers," designed by Frank Lloyd