EST. 1984 · PRIVATE COLLECTION

Objects with a past worth preserving.

A quiet archive of watches, letters, cameras, printed matter, domestic objects, and pieces of everyday life gathered across four decades.

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Vintage collected objects
Study No. 018 — Found Objects, 1960–1979
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Not everything important belongs in a museum. Some things matter because they were ordinary: a handwritten receipt, a faded tin, a camera carried on a first trip abroad.

SELECTED PIECES

From the archive

Vintage camera
CAMERAS · 1958

Rangefinder Camera

Brass, leatherette, glass. Acquired in Penang, 1992.

Vintage watch
TIMEPIECES · 1972

Steel Wristwatch

Manual wind, silver dial, original bracelet.

Old books
PRINT · 1949

Travel Almanac

Clothbound field edition with handwritten annotations.

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FIELD NOTE

The beauty of use.

We keep marks, scratches, fading, repairs, and handwritten notes visible. They are not defects to restore away. They are evidence that an object lived alongside someone.

“Age is not damage. Sometimes it is the most important part of the object.”

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