October 2009

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• Teak Salt & Peppers

  Now for sale: Dansk Pepper Mill Reissues by Quistgaard

  10.17.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  You can now get the reissue Dansk mills designed by Jens Quistgaard from Amazon – currently priced at $49.95.  Click on the mills below or visit my Dansk Peppermill shopping page.

• Dansk & Quistgaard

  Quistgaard on the block

  10.11.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  There were a few auctions at the major auction houses with Quistgaard pieces last month. At the September Modern auction at Rago Arts, a pair of cast iron candlesticks sold for $793, well above the $400 – $600 estimate.  This is a very tall piece, almost 18″, and one of the rarer pieces in Jens […]

• Dansk & Quistgaard

  Double decker salad bowl

  10.10.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Seen at Monument on Valencia here in San Francisco is this rare double decker salad bowl. It’s really two salad bowls put together like a hamburger bun. There’s interlocking lips on the edges of the two so it is clear this is how it’s supposed to work. I’m not quite sure of the thinking behind […]

• Teak Salt & Peppers

  Giant Pepper Mill Collection

  10.02.09 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  I wrote about this collection a few months ago and now it has appeared for sale at 1st Dibs for the price of $21,000.  It’s an amazing collection, but here’s the big question: Is it worth as much as brand new Honda Accord? The math is pretty simple – with 70 mills it breaks down […]

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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.

Danish Pepper Book

Mark Perlson’s book on Jens Quistgaard’s teak wood pepper mills features photos and illustrations of an amazing collection of mills. Available straight from the author for $24.99 with free US shipping. Learn More about the Danish Pepper book >

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