November 2008

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• Teak Salt & Peppers

  Another Great Collection

  11.26.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  When frequent commenter and Peppermill Wiki owner Todd P moved into his new house, the first thing he did was unpack his collection in the perfect location.  He was kind enough to share a photo with us.  He has a cool collection, with quite a few rare Quistgaard pieces.  However, I think the Nissen and […]

• life

  Rare Woods Guitar – It lives!

  11.23.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  One of my most popular posts was about the amazing guitar I had built in 1991 by Jake Savin and my plans to rebuild it into a more traditional Stratocaster type guitar.  Many commenters decried the “destruction” of such a unique instrument and I defended my decision the best I could. However, I was amazed […]

• Teak Salt & Peppers

  Pepper Mill Collections for Sale

  11.19.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’ve been noticing that there has been a few Dansk pepper mill collections going up on eBay recently.  There have been at least 3, maybe 4.  Some small, a few quite large.  All have been sold one mill at a time (smart). I’m wondering why this might be.  There are a few possibilities. 1.  The […]

• Teak Salt & Peppers

  Dansk Auction Watch

  11.09.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  It’s been a while since I’ve posted on recent auctions.  There was a long time without much interesting happening over the summer, then a flurry of great auctions (not always mills) that I got a few good scores from, and then recently there’s been a few big, exciting auctions that have ended. A few recent […]

• life

  Yesterday. Wow.

  11.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  What an amazing day for our country.  I’m proud of us.

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Teak Pepper is the blog of Mark Perlson, author of Danish Pepper. It is focused on collecting Jens Quistgaard and Dansk, but also covers design, politics, music, media, and other topics.

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