Snake Auction Observer 064: Chairs, harsh and minimal lighting, many Texas-based items, chairs in girly colorways #free

Plus cheap sofas in LA and New York, the best Thonet chair in a minute and a Cassina retro hit

This week on an free-for-all Auction Observer: lighting, cheap seating, a bien pensée on planters, furniture in chick colors and more. But first,

Housekeeping:

• I am in Ottawa, Ontario. There are so many powerlifting gyms here. I went to this box gym today that is better than anywhere I’ve been to in LA or New York, even the strong man gym by Mitchell’s Fr…