A few years ago, my daughter and SIL were at an estate sale, and they got a vintage trash can free. They use it in their bathroom. Don't get me wrong, it's a really cute trash can. I'd love to have one exactly like it in my own bathroom. Yesterday I was trolling eBay, and I found a picture of the same trash can. It was listed as "Mid Century Atomic Mategot Style Tin Wire Trash Can Bin" and priced at $159.
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| ebay.com |
I did a little research and found lots of pictures of designs by Mathieu Matégot, but I didn't find a thing that resembled my daughter's and SIL's bathroom trash can...unless being made of metal counts as a significance resemblance.
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| Trash can attributed to Mathieu Matégot architonic.com |
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| Another trash can attributed to Matégot 1stdibs.com |
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| Matégot planter...made of perforated metal, like most of his designs...(which my D&SIL's isn't) mutualart.com |
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| Matégot table...hairpin legs, but a different shape mutualart.com |
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| A collection of Matégot designs designboom.com |
Mathieu Matégot designed some very cool metal items, but I don't think he designed the bathroom trash can in question. I may be wrong, but I think it's wishful thinking on the part of the eBay seller. And while I'm still jealous that my daughter and SIL got theirs free, that was probably closer to a realistic price than $159.
Like I was saying the other day, that's why I don't use eBay...and a few other sites...as a pricing guide.
