Sale Alert!

 

Furniture junkies and Mid-Century Modern enthusiasts will delight in the bonanza of a sale being held this Saturday (10 to 4) at the Modernica warehouse somewhere east of downtown Los Angeles. The store's ludicrously overpriced furniture has been slashed down to only slightly overpriced (the Case Study storage units, for instance, are made of inexpensive birch plywood, five dollar steel angles, and your standard furniture gliders; the retail mark-up must be somewhere in the 1000% range. At the sale, mark-up is probably about 300%).

The Dabbler was treated to a preview sale last night for mailing list members, and found relative bargains (again, considering how much Modernica usually charges). For the retail price of the Eames Case Study work table that was going to be the final purchase for the Garage Project, said table, an Eames fiberglass shell chair on casters (photo to right), and a George Nelson bubble lamp (photo to left) were all procured. All are in perfect or near perfect condition. Best of all, one can leave with purchased items in hand. It's like instant gratification eBay.

A word of warning: supposedly people line up an hour before the sale so they get first crack at the merchandise. However, it seemed like Case Study daybeds, bedframes, Eames shell chairs (with various bases), bubble lamps, storage units and other items were available in abundance, so camping out overnight is probably unnecessary. I would recommend a morning visit, however.

Sale details: Modernica Warehouse, 2135 7th Place, Los Angeles. Take the 101 South to the 7th Street exit. Take a right onto 7th Street, a left onto Santa Fe, and another left onto 7th place. Park anywhere. Bring your S.U.V. (though delivery is available for a fee).