I have been restoring vintage lights since I was a teenager in the mid-1970s. An Interstate highway was being rammed through the city where I lived, and I ran (steps ahead of the bulldozers, and with my shag haircut flying) from one incredible building to another, and from one incredible house to another, and salvaged everything I could.
My poor, bewildered parents. Their garage was soon chock-a-block with what I thought were treasures beyond compare. But which they thought was just useless flotsam. I did though once overhear my mom say: “Well, at least he’s not out doing drugs.”
However, when all their boring lights were systematically replaced with the most stunning lights they had ever seen – and all for free, rewired, and restored – they soon had second thoughts about the flotsam. (I paid for new parts by mowing lawns!)
Fast forward many decades.
One day I realized I had a pile of old lights rusting away in my basement. I hauled a few out, restored them (bringing back many old memories), and listed them on eBay.
At the time I had no idea, not a clue, that I had just radically changed my life.
Within months my life was unrecognizable, and I was working full time restoring vintage lighting and selling the fixtures across America.
My new e-commerce website is now online. Whoee! Please feel free to shop and purchase here:
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Duplexalite’s! Red! Two!
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Continue ReadingA Moderne Kitchen Fixture
My online vintage lighting store. Yesterday though I picked up the fixture, stared at it, and stared some more, but could find no evidence that a part WAS missing. Geez, this curious fixture was getting ever more curious by the minute! So, if no parts were missing, then how did it attach to the…
Continue ReadingA Moderne Stunner
My online vintage lighting store. For many years I had a light in a box in my vast storage vaults. The circa-1940 Moderne fixture needed a lot of work. The original finish was shot which meant that the whole fixture would have to be taken apart, the components stripped, cleaned and primed, and repainted. Ugh….
Continue ReadingA Singular Search
My online vintage lighting store. Ages ago, I purchased a single sconce. Normally, I never do this as single sconces are a hard sell. I can sell pair, or a set of three, four, and any variation. But not singles. But this single sconce was designed by the esteemed Oscar Bach, so it seemed foolish…
Continue ReadingA Curvaceous Beauty
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Continue ReadingA Lovely Early Electric
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Continue ReadingDeco Delights
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Continue ReadingBefore. After.
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Continue ReadingBefore. After.
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Continue ReadingA Resurrected Lightolier
My online vintage lighting store. Resurrecting things-that-are-ruined is endlessly satisfying to me. And, so, I beam with delight looking at the above images. For, something wrong…has been righted. My online vintage lighting store.
Continue ReadingA Petite Beauty by Gill Glass
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Continue ReadingA Luscious Porcelier Set
My online vintage lighting store. Porcelier manufactured this set from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. The set is ideal for a bathroom. The fixtures are made of porcelain, and feature extraordinary floral decals —a Porcelier hallmark. It was fun coming across a matched set! My online vintage lighting store.
Continue ReadingAn Unexpected Discovery
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Continue ReadingBefore. After.
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Continue ReadingA Dirty Dear…Transformed.
My online vintage lighting store. For several years I had a 1940s crystal chandelier in a box. The chandelier was dirty. Impressive dirty. Spectacularly dirty. It was so dirty that one had no idea it was made of glass. Well, after all these years, I hauled the poor dear out from the storage vaults and…
Continue ReadingBefore. After.
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Continue ReadingBefore. After.
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Continue ReadingFrench Beauties!
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Continue ReadingGreen Beauties!
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Continue ReadingKarma In Action
My online vintage lighting store. A few years ago I was scrolling through hundreds of vintage lights for sale on eBay. One listing caught my eye, and I clicked on it. WHAT was I looking at? The fixture was totally dismantled. The seller had no idea if all the parts were there. I stared at…
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