a short tour of the 2013 Michigan Modernism Expo (Status: a small but mighty expo)

I was chained to my booth but I dashed off for a couple of minutes here-and-there to shoot a few quick snaps of some booths that were near my own.  The Michigan Modernism Expo was about 2/3 the size of the 20th Century show in Cincinnati but it boasted lots of high end furniture, a number of clothing dealers and a significant amount of Art Deco.  My pics may not give a full picture of the show but they should give you a taste.

Here are a few pictures of booths

I really dig the giant promotional pictures of cowboys at this booth

One booth had six framed collections of intake black and white photos from San Quentin ($400 each)

My neighbor, and a heck of a nice guy, was Steve-o-tomic; he makes mid century inspired wall art.  I really should have taken some more pics of his work, it is fantastic!  Very colorful and retro-tastic (just don't say it looks like the Jetsons).  Here is a link to his web site:  http://stevecambronne.com/

Here are a few pieces of furniture that caught my lens

Milo Baughman.  Looks so comfy, it was priced at $375, I was tempted to see what sort of dealer to dealer price I could get.

 Finn Juhl "Japan" chairs

 The lucite chairs are Laverne "Lilly" chairs ($4000 ea-gulp!) the blue/green settee and ottoman is Paul McCobb Systematic group for Widdicomb ($3400)

 George Nelson daybed ($800)

 I didn't get the maker of this table

 A womb and a Papa Bear making quite the color statement together

 These stacking tables are quite striking with their differing wood tones

 The sofa is by Milo Baughman ($1800) nice travertine surfboard table too

 And another travertine surfboard style table

This "desk in a box" folding desk was one of my favorites (only $675, I think they have something similar at Restoration Hardware for much, much more)

 It even has a built in light

A taste of the Deco

 Loved this Deco bar!

Here are a few odds and ends that tickled my fancy

This dealer brought this bent plywood sculpture and sculptural table from Montreal

 Some neat andirons ($295)

 This chrome and lucite ball shaped phone was in the booth across from me and was whispering for me to buy it all show (I resisted)

 A bowling alley score table just waiting to be a robot sculpture

There was some Heywood Wakefield

And these chairs... well, more on them later.