White Globe at Ed Hardy Antiques

We were recently at Ed Hardy's antique shop in San Francisco and couldn't stop drooling over this amazing white globe. We're huge vintage globe collectors, so it was a real treat to see something as rare as a white water one (we're big fans of black water globes).

The globe is from the 1940s and is Italian. With the $15,625 price tag (what!?) we won't be purchasing this one for our collection, but it certainly inspired us to start looking for more uniquely colored ones.

Link: Ed Hardy Antiques

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I love globes but they take up so much room (room I don't have).

posted by mscot on July 1st 2008 at 11:08am
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i'd love to know other resources to find unique globes. I love the mini ones

posted by amandadom on July 1st 2008 at 11:46am
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15k for an unfinished globe that doesn't have correct scale, kinda weird, but it is very pretty.

posted by Erika in Seattle on July 1st 2008 at 12:54pm
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There's a company in Oregon that has a whole line of historically accurate reproduction globes. The company is Authentic Models (www.authenticmodels.com) and they have globes from the past five centuries. I like to watch how our understanding of the world has changed over time.

posted by Mam rad pivo on July 1st 2008 at 1:50pm
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hahahahaha, the thought of Ed Hardy (tattoo grandfather fantastico) owning an antique shop is quite charming.

posted by fotogrfeat on July 1st 2008 at 9:45pm
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It looks like it´s hand painted, so I guess that explains why it´s not finished, and the price tag too (kinda).

posted by katiaG on July 2nd 2008 at 12:55am
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its a piece of art. art can be any price and people will buy it. if i was a billionaire, i would get it...

posted by andrasklang on July 2nd 2008 at 4:46am
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