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SNAKE Q&A 018: Jeremy Ross Armstrong
Brooklyn-based junkman on Pearsall, Sonic Youth, Dando, a secret fragrant spot and more
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Snake Auction Observer 063: The tension between education and deals; Ferrari season recap; Sottsass; kitchenware
The best rattan lounger there is, a van der Rohe sleeper, and the best chair ever made (period)
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Pre Thanksgiving chat/thread
What’s up y’all, busy week—no Observer, very few auctions, so let’s get some chatter going on this slow pre-Thanksgiving Wednesday. Light it up …
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Snake Auction Observer 056—all-time Pesce, Sottsass, a god-tier bed, uber rare Haller
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Why doesn't anybody have good furniture?
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Snake Auction Observer 055—the best shelves ever made, perfect Kartell, Scarpa, cheap Eames and more
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Snake LORE 006: Raymond Loewy
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Snake LORE 006: Raymond Loewy
The best, the most underrated and the rarest items from the French designer; prices and how to buy
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Late Nite Snake Auction Observer 062: severe severe Kartell deals, Sottsass, the best caned wood outside Breuer, a perfect underrated lamp
Underpriced plastic lots, an unknown '30s wood chair, the difference between great and historic lamps
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SAMI REISS RADIO 001: THE COLLECTIBLE BEANIE BABY MARKET THAT ISN'T
The first episode
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Snake Q&A 017: Jamie Perez Herrera
Escada, Scarpa, Texaco and more from an elegant interior designer
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Why is the furniture canon so out of wack?
How Sottsass, a calculator and the BFI film list explains how we are lost
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Late Nite Snake Auction Observer 061: France France France Rochester France France
Rare Memphis, two cheap as crap Joe Colombo chairs, Pierre Chapo, Pierre Legrain, Javale McGee
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Snake Auction Observer 060: Weekend auctions, Esherick, Sottsass, two of the best chairs I've seen in weeks; Pesce crucifixion lamp
Plus early internet furniture, a totem lamp, cheap wood kitchenware and an Ferrari update
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Snake Q&A 016: Kathleen Sorbara/Chickees Vintage
Russian ballet, Tokyo shrine market, a Craigslist love letter, brutalist sconces, Henry Miller
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Snake Auction Observer 059: Sottsass, Hoffmann, Dior, De Sede/Ferrari, Soriana
cheap Vignelli chairs, Pierre Paulin's best piece, a Baughman bench for $50, Soriana, fairly priced Pesce and more
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