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Do Wah Diddy
This site for fine home furnishings is called the "Home of 20th Century Pop Culture Collectibles".
It offers a staggering array of accessories for modern living, including advertising items, Bakelite,
cartoon character collectibles, jewelry, kitchen items, lawn flamingos, mod furniture, lighting, movie
memorablilia, pin-ups, rock 'n' roll souvenirs, Tiki and Polynesian items, TV show collectibles and much
more. They buy, sell and trade. |
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!!NEW!! Instant Living
The source for designer original ready-to-enjoy home accessories, including the "Light Switch that's the Right Switch" (see photo). These decorative switch-plates come in several fun-filled retro styles. You will also find cool vintage-themed refrigerator magnets that will appeal to anyone from the Trash Palace set to the P.T.A. set. For the well-accessorized home-maker,
Instant Living offers original jewelry celebrating cocktails, Tiki gods, Las Vegas, and the like. Coming soon: vintage pillows, pinups and more. |
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| Old Phones
This site sells working telephones from the 20's through the 60's. Each phone is fully restored, works on modern lines, has a modular line plug, and is fully guaranteed.
Many Old Phones customers are repeat buyers, perhaps the best testimonial to the high quality and reliability of service offered by proprietor Jonathan Finder, a veteran collector of old phones. |
| Old Bell telephones are working antiques, designed to last by a monopoly that had no reason to build in obsolescence. Similarly, the Swedish-designed Ericofon is the Volvo of telecommunications. Not many electro-mechanical objects that are decades old work as well today as they did when they were first made, but these phones do. Rotary dial phones work on all lines and will always do so, and their designs are far more elegant than the cheap, utilitarian phones one sees today. So why buy reproductions when you can have the real thing and not worry about it wearing out? |
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Simply Mod
Here you will find unique furnishings, objets d'art and books for ultra-modern living. The books offer you very useful
advice on what to do with all of that wonderful modern furniture and art you are buying. Everything here is
reasonably priced; the
furnishings and art surprisingly so, considering what they are. Most of the pieces
here are either one-of-a-kind art objects, industrial art by famous designers, winners of design awards,
or simply rare items. For these reasons, Simply Mod usually only has one example of each,
so you had better act quickly if you want to buy that Eero Saarinen chair or space-age TV set.
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| World of Tile
This is the ultimate destination for functional, decorative tile and marble in the latest styles and colors. The store offers a variety of discontinued styles as well, so if you are restoring an old home, this is the place to go. You cannot actually buy tile on-line here, but you can browse the vast selection and e-mail special requests to them. Note that this store is not affiliated with the Web site you are now visiting, nor with the T.I.L.E. organization.
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