Esoteric Survey

Before Greta Grossman was California Design.... This grasshopper lamp by Bergboms of Sweden is included in Wright's upcoming Scandinavian Designsale.

Wright has some great things up for auction this month, like this super rare George Nelson for Howard Miller weathervane.
Early Eames Aluminum Group
Eames Toy
Bruce Goff door. How sick is this?
Dan Johnson Gazelle Chair
Ruth Duckworth
This line is often attributed to Paul Laszlo for Glenn of California.  I've never seen any documentation to support that. If anything, it looks more like Brown Saltman to me.  At least Laszlo had a history of designing for Brown Saltman.  Treadway had one in 2009 marked "12/9/65 J.M." That doesn't seem to be anything related to Laszlo, Glenn or Brown Saltman. Instead of going with names without any documentation or the ever so annoying "attributed,"  "in the manner," "after," "in the style," and the other euphemisms for saying we don't know,  why can't it be OK just to say it's a really cool thing by an unknown designer? 

Greta Grossman, Glenn of California. Sold for $10,000 Photo: Wright
Greta Grossman double cobra lamp, Ralph O Smith. Sold for $12,500 It seems like the table would be worth more? Photo: Wright

Wacky switch. Photo: Wright

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