Just beautiful objects
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ZesPak said:
Prices are on the site.
The really, really huge ones are over 60k.
The one I posted is about 16k :/
That said, I know people who would spend that on a watch so...
Doesn't look like they sell many.The really, really huge ones are over 60k.
The one I posted is about 16k :/
That said, I know people who would spend that on a watch so...
Edited by ZesPak on Friday 13th January 16:21
https://companycheck.co.uk/company/07504312/BELLER...
Zoon said:
You'd only need to sell one big'un a year to have a pretty comfortable wage, even with say a 50% cost of production and premisesRisotto said:
Perhaps more of a cool object rather than a beautiful one, but how about Panasonic's CD/MP3 head unit, complete with vacuum tube amp and vu meters?
My boss is heavily into his Nagra stuff; which for the non-audiophiles amongst us, is really expensive hi-fi equipment. We're talking circa £5,000 for an amplifier 
Anyway, he was showing me some pictures of his stuff and, I have to admit, it is quite beautiful equipment (in a weird 60's kinda way):
Think I'll stick with my bluetooth speaker at that price
Zoon said:
FYI rather than using those shady company check services, use companies house it's free usually has much more information and it's where the data is stored.For instance: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/0750431...
I don't believe anyone has mentioned art deco "Cathedral" wireless sets yet....
Picture the 30s and you can just imagine one of these on a table in the corner of the lounge, softly playing Glen Miller with that warm fuzziness to it of AM broadcast.
One day I'd love to buy a non-functioning one of these beauties and discreetly fit modern DAB innards to it.
ChemicalChaos said:
I don't believe anyone has mentioned art deco "Cathedral" wireless sets yet....
Picture the 30s and you can just imagine one of these on a table in the corner of the lounge, softly playing Glen Miller with that warm fuzziness to it of AM broadcast.
One day I'd love to buy a non-functioning one of these beauties and discreetly fit modern DAB innards to it.
you've just gone and reminded me of my late grandmother's radios (similar to those below), there were about 5 dotted round her house but they were all binned when she died Picture the 30s and you can just imagine one of these on a table in the corner of the lounge, softly playing Glen Miller with that warm fuzziness to it of AM broadcast.
One day I'd love to buy a non-functioning one of these beauties and discreetly fit modern DAB innards to it.
ChemicalChaos said:
Thanks, glad to see I can finally do something right!
Huntsman - that is indeed a very pretty boat
Reminds me of my all-time favourite boat, and what was going to be one of the next few subjects of this thread:
An astonishingly beautiful example of all the is right with Italian style and craftsmanship, the Riva Aquarama was launched in 1962. The most famous of Carlo Riva’s designs, today's Aquariva still bears a strong resemblance to its legendary forebear.
The hull was sheathed in heavily varnished mahogany and accentuated with just enough chromed metal detailing (plated with 30 microns of chrome, when the norm on car bumpers was 5 microns). The interior was trimmed in a combination of white and sky blue leather, again with chrome accents. The twin engines ranged from standard smallblock Buick V8s, up to a pair of DOHC V12 Lamborghini engines in one particular Aquarama.
I want one of these boats so much that it hurts!
And how it is madeHuntsman - that is indeed a very pretty boat
Reminds me of my all-time favourite boat, and what was going to be one of the next few subjects of this thread:
An astonishingly beautiful example of all the is right with Italian style and craftsmanship, the Riva Aquarama was launched in 1962. The most famous of Carlo Riva’s designs, today's Aquariva still bears a strong resemblance to its legendary forebear.
The hull was sheathed in heavily varnished mahogany and accentuated with just enough chromed metal detailing (plated with 30 microns of chrome, when the norm on car bumpers was 5 microns). The interior was trimmed in a combination of white and sky blue leather, again with chrome accents. The twin engines ranged from standard smallblock Buick V8s, up to a pair of DOHC V12 Lamborghini engines in one particular Aquarama.
I want one of these boats so much that it hurts!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwHB7BXOLMk
ZesPak said:
Bellerby globes have got some great looking stuff, all hand painted and very expensive
http://www.bellerbyandco.com
No flat ones?http://www.bellerbyandco.com
ChemicalChaos said:
An astonishingly beautiful example of all the is right with Italian style and craftsmanship, the Riva Aquarama was launched in 1962. The most famous of Carlo Riva’s designs, today's Aquariva still bears a strong resemblance to its legendary forebear.
The hull was sheathed in heavily varnished mahogany and accentuated with just enough chromed metal detailing (plated with 30 microns of chrome, when the norm on car bumpers was 5 microns). The interior was trimmed in a combination of white and sky blue leather, again with chrome accents. The twin engines ranged from standard smallblock Buick V8s, up to a pair of DOHC V12 Lamborghini engines in one particular Aquarama.
I want one of these boats so much that it hurts!
http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1968/Riva-Aquarama...
Adam B said:
ChemicalChaos said:
An astonishingly beautiful example of all the is right with Italian style and craftsmanship, the Riva Aquarama was launched in 1962. The most famous of Carlo Riva’s designs, today's Aquariva still bears a strong resemblance to its legendary forebear.
The hull was sheathed in heavily varnished mahogany and accentuated with just enough chromed metal detailing (plated with 30 microns of chrome, when the norm on car bumpers was 5 microns). The interior was trimmed in a combination of white and sky blue leather, again with chrome accents. The twin engines ranged from standard smallblock Buick V8s, up to a pair of DOHC V12 Lamborghini engines in one particular Aquarama.
I want one of these boats so much that it hurts!
http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1968/Riva-Aquarama...
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