Hold Fast Gallery

The criminally incompetent movers attempted murder on this beauty 2 years ago: a huge antique Steuben aurene glass vase. It's well worth saving, so I did, albeit somewhat belately, with some JB Weld Epoxy.

The repair job is probably as close to perfect as I could have hoped for, and I might follow up with some kintsugi-style patching of the cracks, but I'm pleased to see that even though a huge piece was shorn off of one side, and the other side has a fissure that runs the full length of the vase (literally), it still somehow has an undamaged face for display.

Oh, yes. Yes, yes, yes. 🤩🤩🤩

The simplest repair job wasn't *actually* the simplest: only due to the fact that an inline switch had to be installed on the braided, cloth covered cord (complete with antique style A/C wall connector!) that was used to repair this antique Parisian lamp featuring bronze figural fauns by Emile Joseph Carlier. This piece is next level and it even has its original art deco shade! This will probably be the best find of the year, but stay tuned for some very awesome runners-up soon to come!

We're in the middle of working on what is probably the easiest lamp repair that we'll ever do.

This piece was yet another lucky find. It's a quick disassembly to expose the innards and examine what kind of replacement cord we will need. Various aspects of the assembly validate our suspicion that what we've got is a rare and valuable antique (pre-1928).

Stay tuned when we get this put back together - it's gonna be gorgeous!

Some pieces from the collection found supportive roles in a film production today. Looking good, team.

A new music video is being shot here at the est8 with:








It looks and sounds great in here!

- Victoria