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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

On the Road

Taking a cue from Jack Kerouac...minus the poetry and the debauchery...Mid2Mod is entering another phase. Starting today we're getting ready to take to the road.

Locally, our focus will now be on buying and selling by appointment only. High-end items will be sold via the major auction houses, and Mid2Mod's online presence will be expanded, making more buying trips possible. Also in the plans is more participation in modernism shows across the country...something we couldn't easily do while operating a brick-and-mortar store.

Over the past year, we have seen an increase in national and international sales, and we have begun to locate more "Rago or Wright auction-quality" items, so we plan to follow those avenues and see where they lead. At the same time, we have been concerned about the fact that many of our original customers have been priced out of the loop, so we've made a decision to lower prices by eliminating the overhead of a retail space.

For the time being, we're operating out of 147 Manufacturing Street in Dallas while we negotiate for the perfect warehouse space. In the meantime, we have a series of huge Saturday sales planned. See the website for our already-reduced prices, and check back often, because the site will soon be redesigned. We think you're going to like what you see!


Florence Knoll two-seater sofa
Was $3250 - Now $1500

Pair of walnut nightstands by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Was $1950 - Now $800

Sheaf of Wheat coffee table with travertine top
Was $1250 - Now $550

Lounge chair by T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Was $1750 - Now $550

Brutalist style credenza/dresser
Was $2500 - Now $500

Doria chandelier
Was $2200 - Now $750

Thursday, May 19, 2011

On the road again

We've sold so much furniture in the last couple of weeks that inventory was getting really low, so my SIL hit the road yesterday morning on a picking trip. The original plan was for him to go to Austin and Houston and all points in between. However, he did so well in Austin that he decided to postpone the Houston leg of the trip.

A long surfboard coffee table, a nice 2-drawer side table, a beautiful pair of American of Martinsville end tables, a unique spun fiberglass coffee table, a gorgeous Packard Bell console stereo and a vintage Click Clack sofa were all great finds, but the knock-your-socks-off buy of the trip was an Adrian Pearsall gondola sofa and matching chair with pristine original upholstery.

Here's former owner Rich taking a farewell sit-down on the sofa right before my SIL loaded it up and headed for home.


Today will be spent resetting the floor of the store, doing all the requisite buying trip paperwork and taking pictures of everything for the website, so stay tuned to see all the wonderful things my savvy SIL found.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

One man's flake is another man's fortune

A few weeks ago, we got up early and drove three hours to another city for a prearranged meeting with a mid-century dealer. We were pulling a 16' trailer and had a 2-month-old and a 17-month-old in tow, so we already knew this wasn't going to be an easy day, but we hoped it would be a productive one, because the SIL had a pocketful of money and was ready to spend it.

Just as we pulled into town after the long drive, we heard from the seller, who said he'd had to put his truck in the shop and couldn't meet us till 5:30 or 6:00 that evening. He promised he'd call us as soon as he could, but when my SIL got off the phone, he said he had a weird feeling that something was up and the guy had just given us the brush-off.

We had another stop to make for another great Carter Brothers scoop chair...from the same person who sold us my black one. He told us that the dealer we were supposed to meet was a bit of an oddball, but he gave us the names of two other dealers in town he said were rock solid. One was closed that day, but the other was open.

Oh, my goodness...were we ever happy things turned out they way they did! We walked into a veritable treasure trove of mid-century smalls and lamps and chairs, and the dealer was a wonderful person. She was ready to wheel and deal, and we made a spectacular haul. Not only that, we made a great business contact and a new friend. We shopped and visited with her for about three hours, and she's going to start picking for us on a regular basis. What a stroke of luck!

We went back a week later to visit the other dealer who had been closed the first trip, and he's going to be a good source for us too. We bought a spectacular desk (possibly a Peter Protzmann, which I'll post about later), several more lamps, some great art and more smalls. It's also where we got the beautiful yellow safari chairs, the huge inlaid cork lamp and the Møller chair that I've already posted about.

And the other guy? Never called back.



Jo Niemeyer signed prints

Signed Emil Bertoluzzi lamp

Large green vase

Hanging ashtray

Huge centerpiece bowl (and a purple one that's even larger)

Large slanted Haeger bowl

Plato lamp

Danish Modern sconces

Huge C. Jere' sculpture

Starburst glassware

Large decanter (possibly a Joel Meyer's Blenko)
Anybody recognize it?


Orange swung vase and square orange Viking bowl