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I Don't Want the Peacock Lamp Anymore

You might remember my fondness for a Peacock lamp that we saw in a furniture store a few days ago. I was quite smitten with it and thought it would be a great item to have, one of those sort of odd things people have that others talk or laugh about. The only thing that kept me from having it was the $600 price tag.

Well, forget about the peacock, I found a better one. Whilst browsing a local 60's-70's antique shop ( and whatever you do don't call it a thrift store! So say the signs) I spotted this little beauty right next to the cash register blinding me with its bright green light with a red bulb in the center. It awakened in me instantly a childhood recollection of a movie, yes, War of the Worlds. And that's what it is, too. Apparently someone named Joey Manic was hired to create modern weird lamps. He did this as a take-off on the alien spacecraft in that film with Gene Barry.



There it sits.  Hefty price tag, too, but not as much as the peacock.  I must have it, but how?  I just bough appliances for Henderson, and a furnace is next.  Hmmm.  A benefit!!  Or perhaps a raffle.  Maybe we can put on a show.  But, alas, I have no talent, except to sound like Charlie the Tuna underwater.   

Pictures (not mine) from Ebay listing of the same lamp:


This shop also sells its items on Ebay.  Notice the menacing hovering of the light.  The malevolent death rays from the single red eye.



A perfectly menacing front light area.


A stamp on the top says "Joey Manic"



There is also a red light in the housing that lights up.


The on-off switch is in the housing and is a set of keys.  Clever.  The housing has that strong thick metallic look of 50's autos.  I must have it.  I must have it.  I must have it.  I must have it.  I must have it.  If you have one of these in the basement let me know.

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2013 at 5:42 PM

    I just came across your blog. I have one of the Joey Manic lamps you have posted on this blog. I am interested in selling it if it would bring a few hundred dollars. Any place online to list them where people are looking?

    thanks.

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  2. Mike January 16, 2013 at 6:01 PM

    Ebay and Craigslist are the only places I know.

    ReplyDelete

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