Edward Wormley; a household name in the Mid Century Modern crowd. He was a major influence on American design.
Wormley was born in 1907. As a young child, he developed polio, which hindered his ability to walk until the age of 5. This would be a mere speed-bump in Wormley’s life. In 1926 he attended college at the Art Institute of Chicago. By 1928 he was working at Marshall Field & Co, then later for Berkey & Gay in Michigan.
Wormley’s first taste of furniture design was in 1930 when he traveled to Paris and met designer Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann. Upon his return to the United States, he went to work at the Dunbar Furniture Company.
It’s all about the superhero when Reyne and Jonathan make a visit to Bedrock City Comics. Every generation has its own heroes drawn into action, the first comic book hero was Captain Marvel…not Superman or Batman, as you might suspect. Superman first appeared in June 1938 and Reyne lets us know what that comic just fetched at auction last March. Plus some heroic tips on collecting and preserving your comics.
“Tammy, I have a huge collection of figurines and the boxes are taking over my house…. Do I REALLY need them?”
The answer is, it depends.
A deal with a lot of Hummel Figurines and I have to be honest, the box matters little. If it adds 5% to the final sale price I think that’s being generous, and often it’s a recipe for disaster as people keep them in their boxes when transporting them, and inevitably they break. Plus, these figurines are meant to be enjoyed! You don’t want them to be in your curio cabinet, for all to see and admire! More important than the box is proper care. Make sure you don’t store your figurines in direct sunlight, keep them climate controlled, keep them clean and out of reach of small children. This is what really matters to collectors- How the piece looks. The box is really more of an afterthought and in the secondary market it’s really expected to not have all the original boxes (especially in older pieces).
There is a huge vocabulary that goes along with antiques and collecting. Reyne and Jonathan explain a few of these terms while strolling around an antique store. A lesson in cameo, transferware, a little on sculpture, and Japaness.
I visit Vancouver British Columbia a lot these days. It’s a spectacular city of urbanity, snow capped mountains, bays and an incredible sophistication that’s a melting pot of Canada, Asia and the United States. While shopping there, an activity always a part of any trip someplace new, I discovered the jewelry designs of Martha Sturdy. I knew I had discovered something that was exquisite in line and form, projected a distinctly glamorous tone and elicited a zen like response from my left brained persona. Working in a highly sculptural manner, rarely using embellishment, the facility with which this designer worked with geometry, metal and finishes blew me away.
Edward Wormley; a household name in the Mid Century Modern crowd. He was a major influence on American design.
I visit Vancouver British Columbia a lot these days. It’s a spectacular city of urbanity, snow capped mountains, bays and an incredible sophistication that’s a melting pot of Canada, Asia and the United States. While shopping there, an activity always a part of any trip someplace new, I discovered the jewelry designs of Martha Sturdy. I knew I had discovered something that was exquisite in line and form, projected a distinctly glamorous tone and elicited a zen like response from my left brained persona. Working in a highly sculptural manner, rarely using embellishment, the facility with which this designer worked with geometry, metal and finishes blew me away.