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1. Vintage High Chair by Artek

   

   Ben af Schul­ten designed this won­der­ful high chair for Alvar Aalto’s Artek in 1965. Schul­ten served as the artis­tic direc­tor for Artek from 1976 to 2004.

   The exam­ple pic­tured above sold at Wright’s July 2010 Mass Mod­ern auc­tion for $125.

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2. Eames High Chair

   

   

   

   Well, not exactly–chair hack by Tim Peet.

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3. Mass Modern at Wright

   

   

   

   Selec­tions from the upcom­ing Mass Mod­ern auc­tion at Wright (July 10^th).

   From the top:

   • Rock­ing toy
     c. 1965
     Molded birch ply­wood, lac­quered wood, suede
     Esti­mate: $100–200
   • Baby Chair by Ben af Schul­ten for Artek
     Fin­land, 1965
     Birch, lac­quered birch
     Esti­mate: $200–300
   • Tigrett Ride-A-Way
     USA, c. 1955
     Masonite, lac­quered wood, lac­quered ply­wood, gal­va­nized steel, rope
     Esti­mate: $100–200

   via kick­can & conkers

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4. Restored Factory Shades

   

   

   Skin­Flint Design spe­cial­izes in restor­ing 20^th cen­tury indus­trial fix­tures, like these beau­ti­ful vit­re­ous enam­eled fac­tory shades.

   via bodie and fou

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5. Etsy Finds: MonkiVintage

   

   

   

   Etsy seller MonkiV­in­tage has an won­der­ful selec­tion of vin­tage trea­sures. Love the nau­ti­cal sig­nal flag blocks!

   via kick­can & conkers

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