These original vintage prop Table Lighters are on eBay this week with provenance to the I Love Lucy show. CLICK HERE for the sellers page on eBay. They will be familiar to avid watchers of the show as they were on the coffee table in many episodes and used by the actors on screen.
If your budget does not stretch to original props then use the following links to look for identical vintage table lighters:
They would look great on the convertible coffee table.
Mid Century Planter TV Lamp stamped Stewart B McCulloch California Pottery just like the one on I Love Lucy available for sale on Etsy Click Here for details
A planter lamp just like this one was used as a planter on the shelf next to the kitchen, as seen in the screen capture below, in most of episodes of I Love Lucy, until they moved to the country. 
Read more details about this piece on my Previous post: I love Lucy Ricardo’s Pottery Planters
Here is a vintage Famille Rose Chinese export statue seen on eBay currently that reminds me of the seated man statue on the I Love Lucy Mantelpiece. Continue reading Chinese Seated Man Statue similar to one on I Love Lucy
Here is a mid century print by folk artist Margo Alexander of a little red schoolhouse that I have only seen on the show from the point of view of the screen capture above where Lucy is on a ledge outside the window of the Ricardo’s apartment. Continue reading Lucy’s Margo Alexander Schoolhouse Print
This is a print of the very famous art work by Degas, The Star – of a star dancer on stage. It is usually seen from the I Love Lucy living room set in the passageway to the bedroom. Lucy and Desi will have stood before this image many times while waiting for their cue to enter the living room set.
Title: The Star – Dancer on Stage
Continue reading Ricardo’s Degas Print
Lucy’s Pyrex Mixing Bowls were a nesting set in bright colors which we only see in grayscale on the show, but we can see the original colors in the original vintage sets that are still available for collectors. See this set on eBay today:
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Vintage borosilicate Pryex dishes made by Corning are more heat resistant and shatter proof than present day products bearing the Pyrex label which are made from inferior glass. However they have to be more than 25 years old to be sure they are indeed Corning dishes. (Read more at http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/pyrex.asp)
Tip for Collectors:
Do not put your vintage Pyrex in the dishwasher.
FAQ for Pyrex collectors at: http://www.pyrexlove.com/faq/
Lucy’s mixer is a Westinghouse Model #FM-511 Food Crafter with separately sold juicer attachment
Continue reading Lucy’s Westinghouse Mixer
My Partner, Ben Hogan by Jimmy Demaret who was a three time Masters winner and friend of Ben Hogan, “to the degree anyone can, tries to give insight into the man”. “The inside story of professional golf and its greatest player”. Seen above on the mantelpiece in the I Love Lucy episode “The Golf Game”, this is now a scarce book. Author Jimmy Demaret made a guest appearance on the same show.
Here we have an interesting side by side comparison of a photo of the Asian statue prop that was sold at auction last year for $24,000, next to a screen capture from an I Love Lucy episode showing the Asian statue prop in use in that episode.
The auction picture is from the Premier Props auction and shows the recent condition of the figurine with obvious staining and markings.
At first glance the painting of face and the cursive black details on the borders of the kimono appear to be a match although the b/w screen capture is blurred, this is significant because each statue was hand painted and therefore slightly different. Continue reading Another look at Lucy’s Asian Statue
I have a pair of Asian man and woman statues similar to the pair of Asian statues on the mantelpiece of I love Lucy, however the colors are quite different from the pair on the show. I decided to try to repaint them to look like the I love Lucy set. I could use a special paint for use on porcelain that I saw at Dick Blick’s, and which can be baked on. However I decided on an ordinary acrylic paint because it will get the look I want and can be scrubbed off again to preserve the original statues as they were. Here is how they looked.
