March 13, 2016 in Blog 15
  The Ross Johnson Drug Co Est.1924… This impressive mortar and pestle leaded glass sign is almost four foot tall with a two foot diameter. The red curved glass panels are reverse painted with frosted letters. The center has impressive sink work with multicolored cut glass jewels. The rest is[....]
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February 22, 2016 in Blog 11
First…. We have a matching pair of these amazing lamps. They are priced individually. You can buy one or the pair. In 10 years we have only owned one other example… now we have 2. They were restored at the same time with matching finishes, wire and sand blasted ribbon[....]
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February 8, 2016 in Blog 6
We love this lamp. The scale of it with all the muscular details give the design a beautiful balanced look. All the brass and articulated fittings are extremely well-made and still retain the original patina. Each arm can swing side to side 180 degrees. The inverted milk glass shades are[....]
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January 12, 2016 in Blog 9
For weeks we have gotten emails as well as walk-ins to our showroom. Everyone asks if the large head on display outside our building was the one found in the Hudson River a few years ago. It's NOT the same head… but I must admit there is a family resemblance.[....]
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January 5, 2016 in Blog 8
CLICK HERE to see The SciFri interview and collection tour. "Things of Beauty: Scientific Instruments of Yore... For more than 30 years, Steve Erenberg has collected early scientific and medical objects and instruments. Packed with shelves and displays brimming with Victorian medical masks, surreal anatomical models, and futuristic test prostheses,[....]
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January 3, 2016 in Blog 4
  Here is another sample of the rare lamps we have been able to acquire from an important Italian collection. We may never have the opportunity to offer so many lamps of this quality again. See this and other Italian Mid-Century Lamps from our most recent buying trip. All are[....]
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December 29, 2015 in Blog 855
If you collect Mid-Century then you already know how rare these lamps are. We just brought the two 1950s floor lamps back from our recent trip to Europe where we were able to acquire both lamps from an important collection. They are modern masterpieces and Angelo Lelli's most ambitious designs.[....]
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December 12, 2015 in Blog 2
With contributions from 57 local and international artists, Peekskill Project 6 has filled the city’s waterfront with public art. Organized by the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art with its works selected by a committee of nine artists and curators, the exhibit continues through Dec. 31. Launched in 2004, the[....]
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December 9, 2015 in Blog 2
 We recently had the good fortune to find this monumental 11 foot wide, 8 foot tall carved head among the weeds in a Westchester, New York estate. A bit of research reveled that this was originally a prop from the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia. It was used in Tom Stoppard's[....]
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November 14, 2015 in Blog 3
This is the largest and most impressive early mirrored lamp we have ever seen. We found this rare example in Canada where it was originally used to light a playhouse lobby. It has 125 individual mirrors in 3 rows, 16 bulbs on 2 rows and the original gas jet ring.[....]
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