Coastal Traveler - Fall 2007 - (Page 12)

coastal connoisseur 1. A rare Superleggera Gio Ponti chair made in 1957 with original basket weave. Ponti, an Italian Modernist architect designed the chairs to be light and strong, so a child could lift one. $8500 for a pair at Europa Antiques • 2345 Lillie Avenue, Summerland, CA 93067 • 415.868.1542 or www.antiqueseuropa. com 2. The Graf von Faber-Castell Perfect Pencil sels for $225. A premium pencil in Californian cedar with fluting and replaceable eraser. Extender with integrated sharpener. Finished in silver, platinum or Sterling silver plating. Pencils also available in black-dyed cedar wood. Available at Bittner • Ocean & San Carlos, Carmel 93921 • 888.248.8637 or www.bittner.com 3. The original Nikon S3 rangefinder competed with the Leica M3 in 1958 and has become a collector item. So in 2000 Nikon produced a limited edition reproduction complete with a 50mm 1.4 lens. The S3 2000 was hand assembled and cost Nikon $6000 to produce each camera. Available for $2995 at Camera West • 201 W. Franklin St., Monterey, CA, 93940 • 831.643.9088 or www.camerawest.com 4. What boy, however old, doesn’t like model airplanes? You won’t get high from the glue, since they come preassembled. The P-40 Flying Tiger, a World War II fighter, flown by American pilots advising the Chinese before the war began. Available for $175 at Wings of America, whose rafters are hung with models • Dolores St & 7th Ave, Carmel, CA 93923 • 831.626.9464 or www.wingsamerica.com 5. A reprint of the “Monkey Wrench Gang” by Dream Garden Press with cover art by Robert Crumb. Written by Edward Abbey and originally published in 1975 , the novel depicts environmental terrorists who take aim at the Glen Canyon Dam. Available for $125 at Carpe Diem Fine Books • 245 Pearl St., Monterey CA 93940 • 831.643.2754 or www.carpediemfinebooks.com 6. The Easy Rider Rolex, an 18K GMT Master, has just come on the market. Purchased in the south of France by Peter Fonda as a reward to himself for finishing the script, it was famously thrown away by Fonda’s character, Captain America, as a rejection of capitalism. Now available to capitalists for $275,000 at Fourtané, an authorized Rolex dealer. Ocean Avenue & Lincoln at the Pine Inn, Carmel 93921 • 831.624.4684 • www.fourtane.com 12 coastaltraveler fall http://www.antiqueseuropa.com http://www.antiqueseuropa.com http://www.bittner.com http://www.camerawest.com http://www.wingsamerica.com http://www.carpediemfinebooks.com http://www.fourtane.com

Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Coastal Traveler - Fall 2007

Coastal Traveler - Fall 2007 Coastal Contents Coastal Connoisseur Coastal Picks Coastal Hotel Coastal Reader Coastal Rider Coastal Spa Santa Barbara Pismo & Avila San Luis Obispo Big Sur Carmel Monterey Santa Cruz San Francisco Sausalito Mill Valley Stinson Beach Bolinas Olema Point Reyes Station San Geronimo Fairfax Inverness Marshall, Tomales Sebastopol Petuluma Sonoma Coast Redwood Coast Napa Map

Coastal Traveler - Fall 2007

For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.