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ADDRESS: The Estate Store of the Community Warehouse 3969 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. Portland, Oregon 97212
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Not in Portland but want an item? We can ship most things to most places most of the time. Shipping costs for furniture are often prohibitvely expensive! If you still think you want it, contact Ed to see if we can ship what you want where you want and how much it will cost you.
In the Portland Metro area and wondering if an item is still available in the store? Contact Ed.
Once upon a time, long long ago there was a dressing table. It was the fall of 1912 and this dressing table had an oak framed beveled edge mirror.
The year passed and one day, about 100 years later the mirror ended up on the wall of the Community Warehouse Estate Store.
We’ve no idea where the dresser went (or when) which is a shame because this is a very nice mirror and we presume the rest of the piece was nice too.
Such is the way antiques become rare . . .
The mirror is 19 by 23 inches. It is in good shape and has a wire so that it can be hung on the wall. If you really want it to stay put it retains the original mounting hardware so it could be screwed into place too.
These vintage salt and pepper shakers were made in Japan and they are marked with a letter ‘F’ on the base. They stand about 5 1/2 inches tall and the screw top appear to be made from real lightbulb bases (and are usually reputed to be on other, similar pieces). Some folks say that they can also be used for liquids, like vinegar or oil.
I’d be tempted to install them in an overhead light fixture and when you guests ask for the salt (or pepper) stand on a chair, reach up to the ceiling fixture, unscrew them and then sit down and hand the set over.
Highly recommended for the first dinner with your in-laws as guests. You’ll definitely make an impression and even if the relationship doesn’t work out you can guarantee that you’ll be the subject of dinner conversation for years to come.
Manning Bowman model 401 table-top sandwich cooker, design patent number 97660, issued 1935.
After the end of the second world war this model would be modified a little bit and reissued as model 412 (As seen in this ad: It grills – cooks – fries – even makes waffles!).
Ours appears to be a prewar model and only has the flat sandwich making plates. These are removable so I presume that there were probably waffle cooking plates that got lost somewhere along the way. Since this predates the widespread implementation of planned obsolescence in manufacturing it’s not surprising that it still works.
We’re closed today since it is Memorial Day. We’ll post a couple items over the course of the day to keep with our usual pattern. Meanwhile, check out our ebay store or if you see something you’re interested in here contact us and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
We’ll be open again for walk-in business on Thursday at 10 am.
The story of thread ad told by the folks at Coats & Clark in 1962. Stretching from the earliest piece of sinew to the most recent (then fifth generation) leadership of Coats & Clark. This piece was produced to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Coats & Clark thread making empire, which is still going strong at 200.
This glass tid-bit serving tray is in excellent condition, in fact it appears unused, and it measures 9 inches by 6 /4 inches.
To be honest every time I see a tanker desk I think how good a mooring point they’d make, but this one isn’t too heavy. In fact it is light enough that one scrawny used stuff slinger can move it (with a hand truck) across level ground without additional help.
Moving up or down stairs could be another matter.
The desk measures 50 inches wide 24 inches deep and 29 inches tall. Although there is one small crinkle in the front right corner of the left side drawer stack it is in good shape overall. The drawers and slide out writing shelf all work well too.
Although the paint is in fine shape as is it’s rather drab by modern standards. Maybe post-atomic apocalypse bunker is your decorating scheme (that’s OK) but if not this would be a great candidate for repainting .
Think candle apple red, mandarin orange or blue lagoon. Yowza!
These mushroom shaped salt and pepper shakers are straight out of the mid-1970′s and are in that lovely shade of gag-reflex green that was so popular in kitchen appliances and Volkswagen buses.
The great thing about time is that it marched on, the Volkswagen buses rusted away, the avocado kitchen appliances burnt out and all that remains are cute kitchen knickknacks like these, which evoke a sort of nostalgia for the era, without the actuality of it.
They are also perfect for use in an ultra low maintenance terrarium. The tallest one stands about 5 inches tall.
Mr. Chair is sitting at the Community Warehouse Estate Store West waiting for you. He is all alone, wondering if he is just too ’50s for this modern world. Mr. Chair was designed by George Mulhauser and made by the Plycraft Co. of Lawrence, Massachusetts. Although Plycraft was well known for attempting to “borrow” Eames’ stylings, Mr. Chair was a design of their own.
Mr. Chair is almost 3 feet tall, likes to recline, swivel and provide much needed relaxation time. He is in good shape for his age and reclines with only slight groans. Are you the one to bring Mr. Chair home?
Come visit Mr. Chair and more at Community Warehouse’s new west side Estate Store on Friday through Sunday 10-4.
Monsters need not be frightening, intimidating or covered in scales. Monsters, as originally defined in Rome, are just different or unusual things.
Robert Maxwell was a prolific ceramicist and made a significant part of his living making monsters (typically called beasties or critters by collectors) in addition to some really fine studio pottery. Unlike the creation of Dr Frankenstein, Maxwell’s monsters never upset local villagers or resulted in their creator last being seen headed north on an Arctic ice floe. Produced prolifically in the 1960′s they did bring a sort of lasting recognition to their creator.
These are low number figures indicating they are earlier pieces. The gaping mouth monster is Figure 10 and stands 3 1/4 inches tall. The snouty monster is 4 3/4 long and is numbered as Figure 11. They are in perfect condition and we’re offering them as a pair.
It is decent to look at in regular light, but it is especially nice when back lit! The wooden frame is in good condition but could use a coat of paint. The glass panels are in good shape overall with a few cracks (most notably in the red flower center) but no missing pieces.
It measures roughly 36 x 24 inches and there are screw eyes already in place along the top so it will be easy to hang in convenient sunbeam.
Very nicely executed hand painted light globe. It is 14 inches in maximum diameter and fits a fixture which is 12 inches in diameter. Since it is a relatively low-profile shade (5 1/2 inches) I presume it came from a ceiling fixture.
The painting depicts three roses and it is signed J. Noma.
My guess is that it dates to the 1920′s or 1930′s.
This is a great piece. It’s especially interesting as it provides a diametric counterpart to our last Scandinavian modern styled bar cart and shows how good design can accomplish the same goals but end up in radically different places in the process.
At first glance this is just an unassuming, squarish wheeled stand. However it is finished in fine rosewood veneer with a black colored laminate top. Then, the front door opens and tucks back inside so you can access the revolving mufti-tiered carousel / lazy Susan. It is a compact yet elegant solution to a storage problem.
The cart is about 17 inches deep, just over 17 1/2 inches wide and stands 30 1/2 inches tall. It is in fabulous condition and there is a manufacturers label on the base that I didn’t decipher except to read that this item was made in Denmark.
Like mixing metaphors, mixing design elements can be unsuccessful, or in particularly bad cases result in explosive releases of “What The . . .?”
For example . . . at first glance this resembles a cornicello or lucky horn. But then there is the small matter of the blindfolded woman at the top which is where things seem to go somewhat awry.
I suspect (hope) that the designer/maker intended for it to symbolize blind luck.
This brass cornicello/blindfolded maiden is 7 3/4 inches long and weighs over one pound. Given the size and mass it is a bit big to be worn as jewelry.
This vintage table was made by the nationwide specialties company of Chicago and features a pseudo-Japanese/Chinese print under the glass.
This was a folding table but it has been modified top be in a continually fixed (open) position. I’m unsure of the original finish but someone spray painted it black at some distant point in the past. The print has some slight wrinkling from atmospheric moisture but overall it is in good condition.
It is 21 inches long, 15 inches deep and slightly over 16 inches tall.
There is little space between the island of genius and the raging sea of madness. In fact, the sandy shore where they meet is characterized by crashing waves of wild white horses.
Wild White Horses is the title of this work and it was originally executed by Violet Skinner in the early 1960′s.
It measures 37 inches by 22 inches and originally sold at Meier & Frank so it was a mass-produced item not a kitschy one-off.
Genius or Madness?
Art?
Take a look at the slide show below then vote in the poll. Remember to vote early and often, it is an election year!
This cast iron and brass candle holder holds eight thin taper candles and was designed around 1965 by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk. It stands about 6 3/4 inches tall and is roughly 4 1/2 inches square. It is in very good condition and in marked Dansk Designs Denmark.
The rules of the road in working woodlands are pretty simple: no matter what you’re doing, if an over height and over loaded truck carrying timber is careening down the road in your direction you are responsible for getting the H E double hockey sticks out-of-the-way.
If you don’t you will very much regret it, perhaps most when meeting the maître d’hôtel in a very warm place (Hi! My name is Beelzebub and I’ll be your server tonight, and every night. Smoking or non? Just kidding! Every table is smoking, as are the seats and you will be too.Salut!).
Luckily these log trucks are a little more forgiving since they are toys and only measure 5 or 6 inches long.
A nice old grip that is in fair to good condition since the lining needs re-attaching along one edge and has some spotting from age (but doesn’t smell funky).
The leather is in good shape too and included is a nice little matching leather paperwork folio. The approximate dimensions are 24 inches by 13 inches by 8 inches so it is bigger than just an overnight bag and might be good for a weekend or a week-long trip (depending on what you bring).
“Please pass the crackers and I hope they aren’t stale. Now as I was saying, technology will be the salvation, or downfall of mankind.” Bertrand Russell
Tired of stale soggy crackers? Let us offer a solution to the problem. This vintage Krispy Kan features the revolutionary Blue Magic Dri-Nob set in the lid. The secret formula granules in the knob absorb and sequester moisture from inside the can, thereby extending the crunchy life of your crackers (and presumably other baked goods).
You can easily tell when it’s starting to lose its potency as the granules turn color. When they get pink (like you see in the picture) all you have to do is to remove the knob from the lid bake it in the oven (per the handy instruction on the lid). When it has returned to a dry state it will turn a light blue and it can be returned to service.
What can keep you crackers fresh in the northwest rainy season? Krispy Kan can!
It is 6 3/4 inches in diameter and stands 8 1/2 inches tall. It was awarded patent number 2548168 in 1951 and was described (almost lyrically) as a “food receptacle with desiccant.”
Arts & Crafts style rotating book case. Great display piece for a store or a good way to squeeze a lot of books into a small space (just don’t over water the plant on the top shelf!).
The book case is roughly 20 inches square and stands 35 inches tall.
It is in great condition and was probably made in the 1970′s.
Three vintage paintings title AM, Noon and PM. They’re pretty simple but make a nice little themed triptych so we’re selling them as a set. One of them bears a signature on the back that appears to read V. Kandris with the notation that it was done atYokoto AFB Japan and there is also the inscription Geni which probably meas something.
One is dark chocolate-brown and the other is a lovely toffee or caramel color and we all know that caramel and chocolate are great breakfast foods. In fact toffee and chocolate are the regular breakfasts of business leaders, Olympic athletes and other highly trained professionals. And occasionally they suffice for blog authors too.
Regardless, the dark chocolate-colored leather sofa is about 70 inches long and we’re asking SOLD since it has minor flaws like a slight loss of color on the cushion edges (see slide show below).
The toffee colored sofa is somewhat larger, at about 84 inches wide. This sofa was once owned by a dog who kept a person on staff so the sofa does have claw marks. They are a little unsightly but I found it was comfortable to sit in never the less.
This is a commemorative medallion issued by a pharmaceutical company (Abbot Laboratories) which celebrates Sigmund Freud as one of the “Pathfinders in Psychiatry” series.
It is 3 inches in diameter and suitable for use as a paperweight or as a metaphor for the subconscious hangups of ones therapist.
Barra, a soulless community of glass and aluminium high-rises, is known for its jolly churrascarias – steakhouses that work on a $20, all-you-can-eat system. With waiters bringing a different cut about every three minutes, the trick is to hold off until the better beef arrives. Try: Baby-Beef Paes Mendonca (1510 Avenida das Americas; 399-2187) New York Times WHAT’S DOING IN; Rio de Janeiro, May 24, 1992
And if the beef isn’t to your liking feel free to take the salt and pepper shaker, some table linens or perhaps a waiter as a souvenir of the unforgettable experience of consuming Brazilian Beef (“Amazonian Fresh, with the rainforest goodness you’ve come to expect”).
