Metro Modern Returns from San Diego and Palm Springs

We just got back from a buying trip in LA, San Diego and Palm Springs early in January. Wow! Style is sure different from the East Coast. Some pieces we yearned to own but resisted. Others we had to buy. What are dealers and buyers collecting on the West Coast? First, an extensive revival and offerings of California artisans and artists from 1940s-1970sescalated by LAMA's Fall Auction in 2007. Wall Macrame and Weavings from the late 1960s and early 1970s! Wood sculptures in every size. Metal wall sculptures. Ceramic wall sculptures. Sculpted metal furniture. Italian and French lighting of every kind. Italian and French chrome furniture. Hollywood Regency furniture--Billy Haines, Duquette, Monteverdi Young & James Mont. Italian wood and leather furniture from the early 1950s to 1970s like Osvaldo Borsani, Franco Albini to Cassina and De Sede from France and Switzerland. Organic and modern Danish furniture, especially Poul Kjaerholm is sought.George Nelson & Florence Knoll. Milo Baughman is hot! Furniture prototypes. Murano glass is still relatively inexpensive. German & Japanese ceramics from 1960s & 1970s are appearing everywhere.Lucite furniture is highly desirable--especially by Charles Hollis Jones. People are mixing all kinds of pieces. Fun pieces, amusing pieces and anything that adds glam and interest to one's decor.