I just bought this costumer on Ebay last week and can't wait for it to come home. I guess you can say I got lucky on this one. I had to look at the add about five times untill I finally realized exactly what it was. At first I thought it was L&JG untill I looked in their book. Gustav made two different set of hooks for this stand and I think I have the later model. The seller obviously did not know what she had. I always get excited when I recieve a new piece. I will be posting new pics as soon as I receive the costumer!


Thanks Again,
Mark & Melissa

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Congratulations, you folks scored on that one.
Very nice piece of scrutiny, too-- and helpful in showing beginners what to look for. I seem to keep finding items which aren't in the books; definitely easier to ID them when there are good drawings and measurements of them in period catalogs.

Oliver

Thanks for your response Oliver. You had mentioned that you keep on finding items that are not in books. Have you ever found that one piece and you knew what it was but it wasn't in a catalog? Well, I got one for yah! I found this about 6 weeks ago in Michagan and fell in love with it. I knew it was by Lakeside Craft shops but the stand was not marked. I always bring all of my catalogs with me when I travel cuz you never know when your going to find something. So, I get the Lakeside catalog out of my car and I begin to search and I could not beleave that this stand was not in there. If you guys have that catalog # B4 IS really close to this one but not the same. The stand that I have is 46 inches tall and 22 inches wide. Im thinking that this stand was made before that book came out or before they changed there name to Lakeside from Wisconsin chair company.

Thanks Again,
Mark & Melissa

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OK Mark, now you're just teasing us!
That is a terrific piece, really a find.
Traveling with catalogs in hand is a great suggestion, thanks.
I'm wondering whether there is a biblography or even just a list of all the catalogs of companies which offered Mission furniture? I'm sure I'm missing many.

Cheers,

Oliver

Here you go Oliver, www.turnofthecenturyeditions.com they have all kinds of Arts & Crafts books. Hope this helps you!

Thanks Again,
Mark & Melissa

I have tons of catalogs but never thought of traveling with them. I guess I could just throw them in a box. I've looked through these catalogs so many time (and dreamed...) that it's become easy to tell pieces when I see them. That's how I've acquired most of my pieces: staying one step ahead of the dealers!

By the way Mark, I prefer your stand (or variation) over model B4. Great find!

Thanks Frank, I like it too! In August I went to an antique show that was held here in Ohio and passed up on this bookcase. It turned out to be the biggest mistake of my life. I was the first to see this come off the truck wrapped in plastic wrap. There were a few things that threw me off this piece and didn't ask any questions. When the dealer came up to me I ran away. I turned to my girlfreind and said "nice bookcase It's not Limbert but nice and will sell quick" she had asked me what he wanted for it and I told her I didn't ask. We walked around for about an hour and came back to it to see it again and it had sold. I knew the guy that had bought it and ask him how much he got it for and he told me 600 and the dealer wanted 800 for it. This is when I start to feel sick. He did not know who made this bookcase but made it very clear that it was not Limbert. Heres where the books come in to play. I get home knowing I have seen this bookcase before and open up my Kindred styles of Limbert book and on page # 60 there is the single door version of the one I just saw. The single door one is actualy a music cabinet #360 so, I told my friend and he ended up selling it for 8,000. So Frank? Throw those catalogs into your car when you go on a road trip! lol.

Thanks Again,
Mark & Melissa

Thanks so much for the referral, Mark!

I just sold a Model #53 double costumer for $850 that was refinished and had replacement hooks. I'm not certain, but yours may be a Stickley Bros. double costumer? I've seen the Gus and Stickley Bros double costumers in the Treadway Gallery catalogs. If it's a Gus, they have been selling for around $2700, plus buyer's premium at Treadway and Toomey Galleries in very good condition...

Im 100 percent certain it's gus I'll put up new pics soon. Im not aware of Stickley bro even making a copy of this piece nor have I seen one. Gus made this costumer with two different style hooks mine being the latest and the other ones that go straight out being the earliest. I GOT THIS OFF OF EBAY FOR 325.00. It has it's original finish and original hooks which one was bent and I had it sent out to be fixed. This costumer weights about 75 POUNDS and when I got it I couldn't believe how big it was. Hey, if you can find a stickley bro costumer like the #53 could you post it, I would love to see it. I know they made a couple of double costumers but there no where near like the Gus #53. I think Im going to send it off to Treadway's next auction. I think treadway brings more money then Rago's but then again I might just try to sell it myself. If you go to Rago's web site you can type in costumers and about 16 come up in the past 8 yrs. Theres about 8 #53 that come up. The last 2 that came up were not signed and one had patinated hooks and they went for 3,250 each. Take away the buyer premium and the hammer price was 2,750.

Hello Folks,
Here in Ohio there are some folks who insist on calling a customer a hll tree and no matter how many books you show them that are addressed as customers they will still insist that the correct name for them is a hall tree. I will look today in my catalogs to see if I can find this one for it does ring a bell in my mass that I have seen it in a L & JG Stickley catalog.

Mark where do you live in Ohio? As you can see under my name I am in London, which is 25 miles due west of Columbus.

Hey Ralph, I'll be in Columbus over the weekend for the pottery show. I live in Cleveland about 5 min from downtown. L&JG made one like this too but there hooks were different and only had 4 hooks on there costumer and Gus's has six with the extra two being in the middle of the top slat on each side, also the L&JG one does not taper off at the top like Gus's. If you go on Webteek.com they have one on there just like this one. Do you guys know how you can realy tell that this custumer is by Gus? Gus used pyramidal tacks or screws if you will. He also used these hooks on his mirrors as well.

Thanks,Again
Mark & Melissa

Hello Mark,
Had I have known you were going to be in Columbus, I would have requested a meeting of some sort and /or maybe even invited you to detour to London so I could take you around to see all of the wonderful Arts and Crafts homes we have here. Also I would have been able to show you some of my work on the different buildings in the down town area when we resurected the area all within a four block perimeter.

Let me know if you are going to be in or around London sometime as I would be very pleased to show you around.

Respectfully,

Ralph

Well, I finaly got my costumer home but not safely. It was thrown into a box without being wrapped and shipped by Greyhound. It arrived with a bent hook and I had to get it fixed. It took 14 days to reach me from Arizona to Cleveland. I guess the bus broke down in Arizona and my costumer sat on a bus on the side of the road for 6 days. Needless to say I was not happy. I just got the costumer back from my restorer and like I said I would im posting more pics of the costumer. My restorer tightend up the costumer and straightened out the hook. It cleaned up really nice.

Thank Again,
Mark & Melissa

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