James John Walrod unfortunately passed away on September 25th, 2017 at the age of 57. Way too young!!

He was called a design guru. Actually if you read the Wikipedia description it says: “A self-taught interior design consultant and collector of rare and unusual art, design and pop culture works, Walrod was also considered an expert in the field of mid century and Postmodern design.” Please take some time to read about this personality.

Part of his collection was auctioned earlier this year in 2018. When I browsed the auction catalogue many very nice and beautiful items passed by. Man, this guy had good taste, no doubt about that!!

I was triggered because there was one item that caught my attention in this auction. A Wedgewood Touch Tone Ericofon. Still lacking in my collection and quite hard to get…

So I decided to take part in the auction. As usual, auctions are kind of exciting when they start. That night most sales prices raised to exorbitant heights before it was the Ericofons turn. As I am not a design expert these prices might be around normal market value, I had no clue. But I was getting nervous and already disappointed, afraid that this Ericofon also would be sold for an unreasonable price, just because of the name of the owner…

Luckily it turned out differently and I was able to get this item for a fair price. A bit on the expensive side, but hey, …a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Very proud that this is now part of my collection.

In remembrance of Jim Walrod.

Copyright of these 2 beautiful pictures is at Wright.