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Obs 137: New Year's Resolutions—and the case for UNCOMFORTABLE FURNITURE
Plus, Vegas vs. the country home and a mislisted V**o M********** among the hits
Jan 7 • Sami Reiss
New Snake hat for sale, two styles
Hi all,
Dec 19, 2025 • Sami Reiss
Obs 136: The brand and the designer
57 auctions for S-tier furniture linked in this newsletter today
Dec 16, 2025 • Sami Reiss
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Why are people shredding old midcentury homes? I think I know; a look at EARTHSONG
Aug 6, 2024 • Sami Reiss
Gifts: For design n00bs, chefs, readers, deal hounds, flatware freaks, Italians
Dec 3, 2024 • Sami Reiss
Off-topic: Why was the Patriots' team plane in Guantanamo? An investigation
May 2, 2025 • Sami Reiss
Collected thoughts on Los Angeles
Mar 8, 2024 • Sami Reiss
Lynch and space
Jan 28, 2025 • Sami Reiss
Oasis, popularity, quality and taste; Auction Observer 94
Sep 6, 2024 • Sami Reiss
Obs 135: No gift guide (and why)
No gift guide, only FURNITURE
Dec 5, 2025 • Sami Reiss
Obs 134: Nordic design ranked and explained
Happy early Thanksgiving
Nov 24, 2025 • Sami Reiss
Obs 133: Rimowa, Kraftwerk and the end of European obscurity
Plus enough furniture to sink the Edmund Fitzgerald herself (RIP)
Nov 15, 2025 • Sami Reiss
New Snake hat: Early access for paid Snake subscribers
Link to secret webshop
Nov 10, 2025 • Sami Reiss
Obs 132: Office furniture needs to be ugly
It needs to scream DMV/Prada 2001 or else; plus, Kraftwerk guy's furniture
Nov 7, 2025 • Sami Reiss
Obs 131: Search for prototypes and win
FURNITURE FURNITURE FURNITURE
Oct 31, 2025 • Sami Reiss
Observer 130: The next thing needs to be available retail
Whatever viral sofa that's next needs to have multiples on auction and be available new
Oct 24, 2025 • Sami Reiss
Obs 129: More seating than you can shake a stick at
Edge Day edition: 1,017 sofas, chairs, credenza, etc.
Oct 17, 2025 • Sami Reiss
Observer 128: How to get four Bertoia chairs for the price of 2 1/2
Enough Swiss planters and goated-tier leather sofas to sink a battleship
Oct 10, 2025
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FURNITURE DEMYSTIFIED: how to buy, how to understand. Designer—vintage—all eras —est. 2014
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