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Fabulous Leap Year Finds Mid Century Modern, Danish and More!

2012-02-28T13:47:00.000-08:00

Here are teasers & links to our latest tasty offerings—it's leap year so (wait for it) leap into some new finds for your pad/crib/joint/place/abode/wherever!

Superb Great Jalk Danish Modern Coffee Table

Pair of MCM White Ceramic & Teak Lamps—great shades

5' Oak Slat Bench

Super Fab Cowhide Kodawood Chair

Paul McCobb Complete Restoration of 6-piece Calvin Series Dining Room

Lane Danish Modern Pie-shaped End Table

Gilbert-Rohde Inspired 1940s End Tables

Outstanding Freestanding Vintage Ashtray

Vintage Baker Coffee Table with Cane & Brass

German Danish Modern Cabinet with Glass & org. key (listing soon!)

Italian Art Glass set of three (including face vase)

Tallboy Teak Marble & Brass Table Lamp with original shade

Thanks & on to the next one!

2012-02-14T10:53:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everyone who came out for a truly incredible show
at The Vintage Bazaar! Also, mad props to Katherine & Libby—
the masterminds behind TVB!

After an exhausting weekend of selling, we thought about taking a nice
day off Monday...than came the mega pick! New projects galore!
Check back for our next wave of MCM treasures...
Some need recovered & some just need shot!

First Show—Day One

2012-02-11T20:31:00.000-08:00

Day one booth—thx to all the buyers...hope to see everyone tomorrow...replenishing with some kiilar day 2 finds as well!

http://www.thevintagebazaar.com/

Show Teaser Pics! Great new stuff this Sat. & Sun. at the Vintage Bazaar—DANK haus

2012-02-08T12:44:00.000-08:00

Here's my first teaser shots for this weekend! Fresh and tasty new finds!

Catch us at DANK Haus (4740 N. Western) in Lincoln Square for a two-day indoor market. 40+ vintage and food vendors will be taking over two floors! February 11 + 12 (Saturday 12-6pm, Sunday 11am-5pm). Admission is $5, but kids are free.

We are at The Vintage Bazaar—this weekend!!!

2012-02-06T09:39:00.000-08:00

Century Chicago's first show! We are very excited and hope to see you at DANK Haus (4740 N. Western) in Lincoln Square for a two-day indoor market. 40 vendors will be taking over two floors!

February 11 + 12
Saturday 12-6pm, Sunday 11am-5pm

All ages. Admission $5, kids free.
Great food & booze!

Will post teasers all week! check back as we have held back on some truly fab finds for the show...our booth promises to be packed to the gills with great MCM stuff!

New Year New Finds Part 1

2012-01-07T12:28:00.000-08:00

Just loaded up on new stuff for 2012!
More to come — but rather than load up my blog. Here are links to the goods:

Lane Acclaim Swing Arm Table

"George Nelson" Styled MCM Lamp

Overman Pod Chair

Max Pearson for Knoll Office chair

Leopard Lamp

Stainless Steel MCM Table lamp

Slat Bench

MCM Floor Lamp

Loved our lamp sale? Well, there's more at the store that hosted our sale THIS saturday...

2011-12-06T19:56:00.000-08:00

Transistor has an amazing in-store holiday market featuring a super sweet list of purveyors of all things local chicago...I'm going...this Saturday:

Transistor presents an in-store holiday market! Several of their contributing artists will be here selling their wares, including items not usually in their stock. 1:00-6:00 p.m.

Here is a quick list of their contributors:

Jennifer Burack/Zerobird Studio (silkscreen
CTA prints and image-transfer pillows)

Michael Darin (lamps made from tiny glass bottles and
more)

Laurie
Freivogel/Kiku Handmade (fused glass coasters,
kitchenware, belt buckles, jewely)

Rafael Rivera/r2 fotografia (photographs
from around the city and around the world)

RJuana Ryan/Stellalily (photo-transfer
tiles, coasters)

Betsy Siber/Foxglove Accessories (jewelry
made from vintage stamps)

Paul Snagel/Works! (lamps made with vintage
typewriters, projectors, and records)

Michael Una/Unatronics (handmade electronic instruments)

Rani Woolpert (jewelry made from ball bearings, compasses, clock parts, lightbulbs, plus art cards and more!)

Hope to see you there! Look for another Century Chicago/Transistor Collaboration in early 2012.

Lamp Sale-Last Two Hours!!!! 20% off

2011-12-04T15:08:00.000-08:00

Mention this blog and receive 20% off any light. Sale ends at 7 pm!

Lamp Sale Pics from day 1—last day tomorrow—come on out!

2011-12-03T21:13:00.000-08:00

all set up & ready to go....

"I See the Light" in convenient cookie form...

2011-12-03T09:15:00.000-08:00

Making their debut at the show today...

In case you missed the details

2011-12-02T22:02:00.000-08:00

Garage Sale disappointing? Estate Sale overpriced? Tomorrow! (and Sunday) Century Chicago is having a Pop-Lamp Sale & Launch Party. "I SEE THE LIGHT"—A Lamp Sale featuring Mid Century Modern and Artisanal Lighting from 1pm–7pm [Special Blog Launch Party Saturday from 8pm–10pm Light Bulb Cookies, Appetizers & Refreshments BYOB]

at Transistor • 3819 N. Lincoln Ave. • Traders Row • 773-880-7420

Lamp Sale Almost here...Saturday 1pm

2011-12-02T21:43:00.000-08:00

a variety of lamps—3819 n. lincoln—transistor chicago—come out sat—sun—better than that bad garage sale or over priced estate sale—we promise.

Going to a Lamp Show—Gotta go now...

2011-12-02T13:59:00.000-08:00

The Fun Begins—TRANSPORTATION.

See you Saturday at Transistor.

THE List of Lights for the Saturday/Sunday Show

2011-12-01T15:33:00.000-08:00

Pair of Ceramic 1950s Rooster Lamps with metal triangular legs & org. Black Shades • Green Iridescent Pottery 1950s Fiberglass Shade • Huge "I Green o' Genie" Lamp • Japanese Blue Dragon Lamp with org. Shade • MCM Teak & White Pottery Pair with Eames-like Square Design • Fredrick Cooper Style White Ceramic table light • white skinny lamp matches Cooper w/crazy trim Gold Shade • Yellow 1950s Pottery Table Light with Fiberglass shade • Incredible Large Stainless Steel 1960s lamp • Paris Globe Light with Interior Light • Edison Saturn Metal Light • Pair of Tire Jack Lights ala Ted Harris • Chrome Signed Sculpture light • Mad Men Art Deco Chrome & Brass Set— Torcheire & Side Lights • Free as a Bird Cage Light • Brown Metal Mad Men Desk lamp Blue Genie Translucent Glass Lamp with Gold Polka Dots & Marble Base • Spectalcular George Nelson-Styled Flower Lamp Glass, Teak & Brass • Hanging Teak & Brass 5-light chandelier • Hanging 60s Globe Metal & Brass Square with Edison Bulb • Round 60s Fiberglass Spun Globe • Brass 3-tier Orb Floor Lamp with 3-color lighting scheme • Deco Industrial Floor Light• Porcelain & Brass Floor light with "bedpan-shaped" shade• Italian 60s Pottery Light with Blue & Green Tiles possibly Raymor • 2 light desk lamp by Greta Von Nesson • Gold Metallic 1950s "Panther-skin" Table Light • Wood Wallpaper Paper Pattern maker light • Giant Driftwood Lamp 55" Tall with Huge Fiberglass shade • Pair of 1968 Hanging MOE Honeycomb Lights in Green & Blue Glass • Vintage 1960s Hanging Wall light with brass counter weight • Still Adding More!

Free as a Bird Cage Light!

2011-11-30T16:04:00.000-08:00

Found this Vintage Hendryx Art Deco Bird Cage (the Cadillac of cages I am told) & it screeched make me into a lamp. The filaments of the Edison bulb echo the gracefully deco lines of the cage.

Touch this bad boy anywhere & it dims the light. Open the cage door to change the bulb.

No birds allowed though, tweety would go batty in this thing. One of a kind (for now)—Looking for more cages. Hanging version coming soon!

Lamp Teaser—a hint of what's to come this Saturday & Sunday!

2011-11-29T11:59:00.000-08:00

Here is a glimpse of some of the more than 40 lamps in the show this weekend! Come out to Transistor 3819 N. Lincoln Avenue to see the lights in person—2 days than gone...

Giant Lamp Sale Needs Giant Lamp

2011-11-20T08:38:00.000-08:00

We will be posting sneak peeks of our lamp sale (December 3 & 4—3819 N. Lincoln) starting with this ginormous vintage driftwood lamp. 55" Tall—that's 4 1/2 feet of wood! That's alot of wood. Serious wood. The shade is 30"across. My son, Gunnar, is a little scared of this thing and for good reason.

[Robin hates this one—but not to worry—we have a HUGE variety of pieces for the sale—art deco chrome, 60s pottery, danish modern teak & brass—floor lamps, hanging lamps, desk lamps, table lamps & yes this crazy thing]

Launching our Blog with a LAMP SALE & Launch Party

2011-11-11T14:46:00.000-08:00

After spending 6 months discovering how great it can be to sell fabulous finds on CL and eBay (under "northside" with outdoor shots of our stuff)—we are finally ready to get blogifying!

To celebrate, Century Chicago is having a Pop-Up Lamp Sale & Launch Party. "I SEE THE LIGHT"—A Lamp Sale featuring Mid Century Modern and Artisanal Lighting debuts December 3rd with a party that night. See below for all the details. Super huge thanks to our friends (Andy & Rani) at Transistor Chicago for letting us take over part of their exciting shop for a couple of days! Look here for pictures of some of the lighting finds at the show! Hope to see you there...

_Robert + Robin