An update to my post of December 21, 2009, the 4 compartment Portariviste (4676) by Giotto Stoppino for Kartell. It has been a long time since I’ve found this rack in a new color, but here is one in blue-green, almost seafoam green.
eBay item 271612935009 ended September 28, 2014 at 00:54:31 PDT (Australia). Five bidders placed 14 bids for the magazine rack, which sold for AU$59.00 (US$51.78).
Progressione di Tre translates to “Progression of Three.” This sculpture, in its original box with the cubes individually wrapped, is in excellent condition. Described as, “Conditions are perfect considering the age: no chips, no cracks, even edges and corners are undamaged.” The container and sculpture is similar to the Relazione di Quattro (Relationship of Four) sculpture I posted about on December 16, 2009.
A Progressione di Tre sculpture was previously sold for a hammer price of €800 at the February 15, 2011 Quittenbaum auction “Design – ‘La Dolce Vita’. The presale estimate was €800 to 1,000.
The Progressione di Tre sculpture by Enzo Mari for Danese. Above: Each of the three cubes. Below: The three cubes, wrapped, in their original box.
eBay final bid screenshot for the Progressione di Tre sculpture by Enzo Mari for Danese.
eBay item 221553248049 sold September 26, 2014 at 05:16:19 PDT (Germany). Four bidders placed 5 bids for the Enzo Mari sculpture, and the sculpture sold for €686.00 ($870.95). Condition and rarity make this an investment piece.
Progressione di Tre sculpture by Enzo Mari for Danese, box and inside their container.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a sculpture such as this on eBay. Each of the three cubes measures 4cm on an edge and features a steel cube in different orientations embedded inside a larger resin cube.
If you have information about this piece or any other cubes designed by Mari, please share it in the comments below!
The three individual cubes in the Progressione di Tre sculpture by Enzo Mari for Danese.
While this particular item is unmarked, its look and its back indicate that it is a Poly Plex wall organizer, similar to this one, which is oriented differently. Here is a vintage purple plastic wall organizer that measures 18” by 12-3/4”.
This wall organizer is in the style of the UTEN.SILO and Wall-All by Dorothee Maurer-Becker. Click to be taken to the UTEN.SILO I, UTEN.SILO II, or Wall-All III.
This wall organizer is clearly designed for the bathroom, and features a mirror, three identical pockets, and a towel bar. The Lucite bar is too tight to the frame to hold a towel, though.
eBay item 271599145027 (United States) did not sell at $195.
Here is an advertising tear sheet for 12 Lumitime clocks. While it is not dated, based on the models and prices, this is probably a later sheet. The clocks featured on the sheet are:
CL-125 - “LUMITIME” digital alarm clock. 1 1/4” high illuminated orange bar numerals, 24 hr. alarm, AM/PM indicator, catnap control, alarm ON/OFF switch, seconds indicator and pulsator. Size: 3 x 3 1/8 x 8 1/4
Available in charcoal-brown case $17.50
CL-130 - “LUMITIME” digital alarm clock. 1 1/4” high illuminated orange bar numerals, 24 hr. alarm, AM/PM indicator, catnap control, seconds indicator and pulsator. Size: 3 x 3 1/8 x 8 1/4
Available in simulated woodgrain case $17.50
CC-11 - “LUMITIME” digital alarm clock with catnap control, 1 5/8” high illuminated orange bar numerals. Size 2 3/8 x 4 x 7
Available in black, ivory or $27.50
simulated rosewood case. $32.95
CC-51 - “LUMITIME” digital alarm clock, 1 5/8” high illuminated orange bar numerals and catnip control. Size: 2 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 7 3/4
Available in white or black case $27.50
CC-81 - “LUMITIME” digital alarm clock, “catnap” control, 1 5/8” high illuminated orange bar numerals. Size: 2 1/2 x 4 x 7 1/2
Available in white or black. $32.95
CC-33 - “LUMITIME” digital alarm clock with 1 5/8” high illuminated orange bar numerals. Size: 2 1/4” x 5 1/8” x 7 1/2”
Available in ivory or black case. $32.95
CC-63 - “LUMITIME” wall clock with 1 5/8” high illuminated orange bar numerals. Back of case provides for easy hanging and cord concealment. Size 2-1/16” x 8 5/8” x 9 1/4”
Available in combination brown leatherette and simulated woodgrain. $32.95
C-22 - “LUMITIME” digital alarm clock with front panel controls concealed behind convenient flip down panel. Catnap control, 2” high illuminated green bar numerals and dimmer control for numerals. Size: 3 x 5 x 8
Available in simulated rosewood case. $35.95
CC-71 - “LUMITIME” digital clock with 1 5/8” high illuminated orange bar numerals. Size: 2 3/8 x 4 x 7 3/4
Available in white, or black. $21.95
CC-31 - “LUMITIME” digital clock with 2” high illuminated orange bar numerals. Size: 2 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 8
Available in ivory or black case. $29.95
SS-5 - “LUMITIME” solid state digital travel alarm clock with 0.3” high L.C.D. numerals, night light, seconds indication, AM/PM readout, snooze button and travel pouch. Operates on a single AA penlight battery. Size: 1-1/8”" x 2-1/16 x 3-5/8
Available in black with silver trim only. $32.95
SS-6 - “LUMITIME” solid state digital alarm clock with 0.6” high light emitting blue numerals (Vacuum Fluorescent Display), AM/PM indicator, power interrupt circuit, alarm “on” indication, fast or slow time and alarm set, control lock, snooze delay and dimmer switch. Size: 1 7/8 x 3 1/8 x 6
Available in combination black and silver case only. $24.95
Click the page above for a better look.
Here is a Mini-clock battery operated alarm clock by Diehl, Germany. The clock face is purple with bold, supergraphic numerals 12, 3, 6, and 9. The clock operates on an LR14 (C size) battery. The alarm operates by pushing the lever on the right side of the clock down.
Front, back, and bottom views of the Diehl Mini-clock battery operated alarm clock.
Model imprint and supergraphic, pop-art face numeral “9”.
eBay item 311072211570 sold September 7, 2014 18:32:27 PDT (Germany). One bidder placed one bid and the clock sold for $54.00.
Additional side views of the Diehl Mini-clock battery operated alarm clock.
This post is an update to my original post about the JVC Videosphere television. Similar in most respects to the model 3240, this example is given the model number 3240AQC. The large differences are not apparent until you look at the back of the set. Views from the front show this lack of difference.
The model 3240AQR Videosphere television has a plate on the back and a switch which allows three power settings: US, US(EUROPE), and CCIR.
Detail of the power switch.
 | On the back of the 3240AQC model, there is a depressed well. In this well is placed a sticker that reads “120V – 220V”. This well is present in other models of the TV, without a sticker indicating the voltage options, as shown in the model 3241 to the left. |
Additionally there is a sticker below the power cord (there is no depressed well in the plastic for this sticker) which reads:
CAUTION
BEFORE CONNECTING THE AC
POWER CORD,SET THE SWITCH
TO THE REQUIRED VOLTAGE.
eBay item 321518609105 sold September 17, 2014 at 11:29:15 PDT (United States). This television sold without one of the power cords and discolored as usual for $56.00 plus shipping.
Keith Haring was born May 4, 1958 in Reading, Pennsylvania and was raised in nearby Kutztown. He graduated from high school in 1976 and subsequently began his studies in commercial art at the Ivy School of Professional Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Deciding that he did not want to be a commercial graphic artist, he dropped out after two semesters. In 1978, Haring moved to New York City where he became a subway artist and began his emergence into fame. Haring’s first New York solo exhibition was held in 1981. In 1982, he made his SoHo gallery debut at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery. Haring’s work frequently evoked socio-political themes, including anti-Apartheid, AIDS awareness, and the crack cocaine epidemic. Birth, death, war, and sex, often involving penetration, also permeated his work. Keith Haring died on February 16, 1990 of complications related to AIDS.
One of Haring’s iconic designs is a crawling baby, often called the radiant baby or radiant child because of bold strokes that make the image appear to shine. The image first appeared during his work as a subway artist, where he adopted it as his tag. Haring called it “the purest and most positive experience of human existence.” The rays do for the child what they do for many of the subjects in religious art, they imply holiness. Haring said these “lines radiating from the baby indicate spiritual light glowing from within, as though the baby were a holy figure from a religious painting, only the glow is rendered in the visual vocabulary of a cartoon. In 1985, Haring sold an inflatable version of the radiant baby.
Image Source: LiveAuctioneers.
Keith Haring sold this sculptural vinyl inflatable toy (21” by 28”, inflated) contained in screen printed lightweight cardboard box (6” by 5” by 2") at the Pop Shop in New York City. The Pop Shop were stores that sold memorabilia of artist Keith Haring's designs. Haring originally opened two Pop Shops; one at 292 Lafayette Street in SoHo, New York City which opened in April, 1986 and closed in September, 2005, and one in Tokyo, Japan. There is currently an online Pop Shop run by the Keith Haring Foundation.
Keith Haring’s Pop Shop, New York City. Photo by Charles Dolfi-Michels.
Every area of the Pop Shop was devoted to Haring's work, including a floor-to-ceiling mural. Haring first opened the Pop Shop in New York in 1986 with the goal of making art accessible to everyone. With the price of Haring’s work moving out of reach of most due to his growing popularity, the Pop Shop allowed anyone to own one of his creations.
The Inflatable Baby generally sells for $300 and up on eBay and in art auctions, with good condition examples commanding a significant premium. They can be graded by the AFA (Action Figure Authority, toygrader.com).
White box
Red box
References
Keith Haring. Bio. Retrieved September 5, 2014 from http://www.haring.com/!/about-haring/bio
Keohane, E. (2005, August 10-16). After a good run, Keith Haring’s Pop Shop goes pop. The Villager. Retrieved from http://thevillager.com/villager_119/afteragoodrun.html
Phillips, N. E. (2009). The pop apocalyptic: Keith Haring’s and Kenny Scharf’s remaking of contemporary religious art. University of California, Irvine.
XXIII Compasso d’Oro (2014)
Anders Byriel (Chairman), CEO of Kvadrat (Denmark)
1199 Panigale motorcycle, Ducati Design Center - Gianandrea Fabbro, Ducati Motor Holding
Bellevue table and board for ice cream, Marc Sadler, IFI
Bitta nautical bollard lamp, Enzo Berti, Torremato - Il Fanale Group
Counterbalance wall lamp, Daniel Rybakken, Luceplan
Deutz-Fahr TTV 7250 Agrotron tractor, Fabrizio Giugiaro - Giugiaro Design, SAME Deutz-Fahr
Essenza window glass, GSG International, GSG International
F12berlinetta automobile, Flavio Manzoni - Ferrari Styling Centre, Pininfarina, Ferrari
Futuro Artigiano. L’innovazione nelle mani degli italiani book, Stefano Micelli, Marsilio
IN-EI Issey Miyake lamp collection, Issey Miyake Reality Lab., Artemide
Inventario quarterly, Beppe Finessi (director), Artemio Croatto (art director), Foscarini (promoter), Corraini Editions
L16 swing door, Lissoni Associati, Lualdi
Masterlite ski boot, MM Design, Garmont
Nulla recessed ceiling lamp, Davide Groppi, Davide Groppi
Sampei floor lamp, Enzo Calabrese, Davide Groppi, Davide Groppi
Sfera manhole cover, Giulio Iacchetti and Matteo Ragni, Montini
Slim and White Axolute Code installation, Migliore + Servetto Architetti Associati, BTicino
Spun armchair, Thomas Heatherwick, Magis
Takaje Vacuum Seal vacuum system, Adriano Design, FACEM
Travel Air Jacket, Marco Broglia and Renzo Pigliapoco, UNO61
Venticinque table, Bruno Fattorini & Partners, Desalto
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