Tag Archives: I love Lucy Props

I love Lucy Props, Paper Mate, Papermate

Lucy Loves her Paper Mate Pen


Many thanks to Jamie for the following research on the Paper Mate pen prop seen on I Love Lucy. Says Jamie: “Lucy and Ricky as seen using a pen with a shiny top end and black lower end. I have identified this is a Paper Mate Deluxe pen, which came out in 1951 and pretty much revolutionized the ballpoint pen world. There is a great history page here: http://penshotsandthoughts.blogspot.com/2015/06/early-history-of-paper-mate-part-2.html
You can see on that page that it was even advertised by George Burns, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Gracie Allen!”
They are difficult to come by on ebay with the gold top, but there is one offered on eBay this week:

Vintage Early Model Paper Mate Ballpoint Pen – Black and Gold – Click here to see it on eBay

Following are various captures showing the pen in use on the show.





Zsa Zsa Gabor Ad for Paper Mate Pen seen on Etsy

50s Retro, Bags, I love Lucy Props, Lucy Style

Lucy Ricardo’s Bienen-Davis Box Bag

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Bienen-Davis oval box bag

Lucy is seen with her original 1950’s Bienen-Davis oval box bag in the LA episode of I Love Lucy. Fortunately for collectors vintage Bienen-Davis bags can be found on eBay and Etsy. below are a couple of examples seen in past sales.

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1950s Bienen-Davis oval box bag seen on eBay

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See more like this on eBay

And a red version seen on etsy
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Interview with Richard Bienen found on Vimeo:

An Interview with Richard Bienen pt. 1 from jake furst on Vimeo.

An Interview with Richard Bienen pt. 2 from jake furst on Vimeo. Richard Bienen was a friend of Cary Grant and designed the bags for the movie That Touch of Mink – Richard Bienen Handbags, New York, manufactured bags used in That Touch of Mink (1962)”

Thanks to Rickster for this ID!

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Evenings With Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best Richard Bienen  is quoted several times in this book.

I love Lucy Props, Vintage Camera

Kodak Camera on I Love Lucy

Eleanor Harris takes photos on I Love Lucy
“Fan Magazine Interview” S3, 2/8/54 reporter Eleanor Harris takes photos

In the episode “Fan Magazine Interview” S3, 2/8/54 reporter Eleanor Harris takes photos with her camera and side flash attachment.

The camera appears to be a Kodak Pony 135
The camera appears to be a Kodak Pony 135

The camera appears to be a Kodak Pony 135 with a special side flash attachment.

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Vintage Kodak Pony 135 Camera with Kodak Flasholder

Vintage Kodak Pony 135 Camera offered on Etsy (US)

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Kodak Pony for sale on Accessories

Kodak Pony Accessories on Etsy (US)
Accessories pictured above for the Kodak Pony 135 include a telephoto wide angle lens made by Gruenex with the leather case and a Kodak brand flash attachment with the bar attachment and a user manual.

Look for Kodak Pony 135 on eBay

Art, Hobbies, I love Lucy Props, Mid-century, Ricardo's Bookshelf, Sculpture

Art books and more from Lucy Becomes a Sculptress

Lucy in the Art Shop in "Lucy Becomes a Sculptress"
Lucy in the Art Shop in “Lucy Becomes a Sculptress”

Happy New Year!

Found some fun art books that were in the background from the episode, Lucy Becomes Sculptress and wanted to share them.
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A publicity photo shows Lucille painting at home:

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Getty archive

http://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/celebrity-homes/a3983/lucille-ball-home/

50s Retro, Perfume

Lucy’s gift for Mrs Trumble: My Sin Fragrance

Lucy's Souvenirs from Paris include a bottle of Lanvin "My Sin" for Mrs Trumble
Lucy’s Souvenirs from Paris include a bottle of Lanvin “My Sin” for Mrs Trumble

Lucy brings back a bottle of My Sin perfume by Lanvin Paris for Mrs Trumble. Vintage perfume bottles are collectors items and rare boxed vintage perfumes are the most sought after. Below is a vintage in box Lanvin My Sin in packaging like the one Lucy is holding in the screen capture above. Vintage perfumes are collected for the bottle and packaging and the rare fragrances.   Vintage fragrances can alter if not properly stored over time.

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Vintage bottle of My Sin by Lanvin Paris seen on eBay – click picture for full listing details
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“My Sin”

Fragrance Notes: bergamot, heliotrope, neroli, clary sage, lemon, carnation, ylang-ylang, lily of the valley, violet, iris, orris, clove, rose, jasmin, musk, vanilla, cedarwood, tolu, styrax, vetiver and sandalwood

50s Retro, I love Lucy Props, Table Lighters

The Ricardo’s Evans Cornucopia Lighter Set

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Evans Cornucopia Lighter and Cigarette Server set on the Ricardo’s coffee table in I Love Lucy

Note the Evans Cornucopia Lighter and Cigarette Server on the Ricardo’s coffee table in I Love Lucy in The Black Eye episode.

Evans Cornucopia Horn Of Plenty Lighter Set on I Love Lucy
Evans Cornucopia Horn Of Plenty Lighter Set like the one  on I Love Lucy
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Image from eBay listing

This is a highly collectable “New old stock” 1950’s unused Evans Cornucopia Horn Of Plenty Lighter Set on eBay  Click Here to see it.

evans-lighterSearch for more like this on eBay

1950 Ad for Evans Cornucopia Lighter
1950 Ad for Evans Cornucopia Lighter
Art, Framed Prints, Switzerland

Lucy in the Swiss Alps: Walther von Klingen Print

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Medieval framed print in the Ricardo’s Lucerne hotel room

On the wall in the Ricardo’s room in Lucerne there is a framed Medieval print from the Codex_Manesse of Walther von Klingen

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Codex Manesse, UB Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 848, fol. 52r: Walther von Klingen

Walther von Klingen AKA: “Count Walter III of Altenklingen”
Birthdate: circa 1220
Birthplace: Altenklingen, Thurgau, Switzerland
Death: Died March 1, 1286 in Altenklingen, Thurgau, Switzerland
He was a Minstrel and author of songs in the Codex. The Codex Manesse,  is a medieval songbook, the single most comprehensive source of Middle High German Minnesang poetry, written and illustrated between ca. 1304 when the main part was completed, and ca. 1340 with the addenda.The codex was produced in Zürich, for the Manesse family.

The manuscript is “the most beautifully illumined German manuscript in centuries;” its 137 miniatures are a series of “portraits” depicting each poet. ( Source Wikipedia)

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Art, Framed Prints, Monte Carlo

Lucy goes to Monte Carlo: Watteau Painting Print

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Monte Carlo Hotel set: Framed print of Festival of Love by Jean Antoine Watteau

An ornate framed print of The Feast (or Festival) of Love by Jean-Antoine Watteau is seen in the set of the Monte Carlo hotel on I Love Lucy.

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The Feast (or Festival) of Love (1718 – 1719) Oil on canvas, 61 x 75 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

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50s Retro, Art, Ethel Mertz, Figurines, Florence Ceramics, Framed Prints, Monte Carlo

The Mertzes in Monte Carlo: Nicholas Lancret Framed Print

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Ethel and Fred Mertz in their Monte Carlo room

On the wall of the Mertzes Monte Carlo hotel room is a well known Nicholas Lancret framed print called La Camargo Dancing. Also seen on the chest of drawers beside the door is a figurine we saw in the Mertzes Connecticut home in another I Love Lucy episode. A figurine of a colonial lady, Florence Ceramics “Charmaine”.

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Nicholas Lancret La Camargo Dancing Nicolas Lancret – La Camargo – c.1730, oil on canvas Washington, National Gallery of Art, Andrew W. Mellon Collection – © Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

The woman dancing in the painting is Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo a famous French/Belgian ballet dancer known as La Camargo. She was first woman to execute the entrechat quatre,  the first dancer to wear slippers instead of heeled shoes, and also first to wear the shorter calf-length ballet skirt and the now standard ballet tights.

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