A Priceless Mid-Century Collection

November 23rd, 2009

by vanessa

Ken Hedrick is a Northcrest Native and Mid-Century expert! He has lived in the Northcrest neighborhood since 2003 with his partner Hector Pages. Ken is my professional stager and the #1 reason my listings look so good (Sshhh… don’t let this secret get out).

Recently I was drinking dirty martinis and drooling over his collection of unique art and Mid-Century Modern furniture. Each piece has a story. But the most prized collection would have to be the entire set of Eva Zeisel China he found back in 1984 before the MCM craze.

Me: Where did you find this immaculate Eva Zeisel set?

Ken: It was a normal day at the flea market I was digging through boxes when something white and shiny caught my eye in a box under the a vender’s table. I only had $20 on me and the guy selling the set wanted $75 for the whole thing. So I had to borrow it.

Me: Did you have any idea what you had just bought?

Ken: I didn’t have a clue. I bought the set because I loved the shapes and fluidity of the each piece. Plus they were in perfect shape not a scratch of chip on a single piece! There were no markings on them so for the longest time I had no idea what kind of treasures I had found. I took them to a couple antique dealers who made me some low-ball offers, but wouldn’t tell me what they were so I figured they must have some kind of value.

Me: When did you figure out what your treasures were?

Ken: We were touring the Museum of fine art in Montreal. There was a partial Eva Zeisel ceramics

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Atlanta Lofts : Buckhead Homes : Midtown Lofts : Vanessareilly.com says:

November 26, 2009 at 11:22 pm

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Atlanta Lofts : Buckhead Homes : Midtown Lofts : Vanessareilly.com says:

December 6, 2009 at 4:26 pm

[...] prize for 1980’s matching cotton knits go to Ken & Hector. “Ugly” is not in Ken’s vocabulary… so he settled for border line tacky [...]

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Hao Duong says:

October 18, 2010 at 5:20 pm

A similar story happened to me this weekend. Along the drive to go pumpkin picking in Maryland (Larriland Farm), I stopped by small yard sale on the road and bought a nice looking pot (the Coffee pot by Eva Zeisel) for 50 cents.

I did some research online and found out more about the pot. The label on the bottle just says “made in USA, Castleton China”. It is exactly the same pot in the pictures above.

What do I do now?!

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