March 2012

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  My New House

  03.26.12 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  One of the reasons I haven’t posted much over the last few months is that my family moved.  We packed up our home and moved south down the Penninsula. It was a major job – and as you can imagine – it took a lot of time. The new house is still not fully together […]

• Teak Salt & Peppers

  Silver treasure find

  03.18.12 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Many thanks to Teak Pepper reader and Quistgaard mill collector B.B. for sharing his latest find. He’s an architect with friends all over the country who keep their eyes peeled for mills. One day he got a text from a friend and was stunned to see this super rare silver and palisander mill. It is […]

• Teak Salt & Peppers

  Strong market for Quistgaard Mills

  03.11.12 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  There have been a lot of great mills up on eBay recently, so I thought I’d profile a few recent sales. Since December there has been six mills that sold for over $500, and about 18 that sold for $199 and more.  Many of those in the $200+ market are Nissen or other mills, as […]

• Teak Salt & Peppers

  A fellow pepper mill collector profiled

  03.08.12 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  There’s a great article in the New York Times about Michael Hoffman and his family who are even crazier pepper mill collectors than I am. While I focus on the work of Jens Quistgaard and other Danish Modern mills, he seems to love all pepper mills. He picks them up on his travels and seemingly […]

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