Porsche/Nardi ashtray

[sprio]

Picked this up at a yard sale today, first one I have seen.

Does anyone have any knowledge of these things? I thought it was kind of cool. Thought it was worth the ten bucks I gave for it.

[pwd72s]

You didn't get stung...IIRC, that's about what they sold for new..."back in the day".

[porsche4life]

Take 20 for it?

[onlycafe]

saw one at a car show last month.
it was not for sale.

[herr_oberst]

score.

[azasadny]

Excellent!!

[Dottore]

Great buy!

[tomphot]

You just made a lot of people envious!

[sprio]

I like the way this is beginning to sound - any idea what these things are worth?

There's a signature on the back - I'll spend some time tomorrow and see what I can find. I'll have to try to decipher what that name is.

[porsche4life]

Heck I will let you triple your money.

[willtel]

Pretty cool. Here is a similar one at a shop in London.

http://www.pullmangallery.com/view_item.php?item=1117

[WilsonTC]

Not sure if that sig is from the artists "house" (Keramos of Ghigo) or is genuine (most likely not as that ashtray has to be mass-produced), but apparently, Camille Ghigo aka "Mastro Ghigo" is a "listed" artist. Nonetheless, I'd say that piece is worth well more than the purchase price (pardon the poor translation from an Italian website...oops...it appears Google translations do not copy/paste well...gotta read between the lines):

Rediscovering
delle botteghe artigiane of the artisan
in Piemonte Piedmont
Mastro Ghigo il ceramista Ghigo the master potter
che modellava gli angeli shaping angels

Il ricordo di un artista che con le sue mani č riuscito a creare piccoli “grandi” capolavori č l'occasione per portare alla luce un mestiere fra i pił raffinati ed un uomo, Camillo Ghigo soprannominato “Mastro Ghigo” appunto, che con le sue mani ha modellato angioletti e madonnine in ceramica, uno diverso dall'altro, che sono finiti appesi sui letti dei bambini di gran parte del mondo: dal Venezuela al Canada, tanto per citare alcuni Paesi. The memory of an artist with his own hands he managed to create little "big" works is the opportunity to reveal a trade among the finest and a man, Camille Ghigo nicknamed "Mastro Ghigo" precisely that with its hand molded ceramic angels and Madonnas, one different from that ended up hanging on the beds of children in much of the world, from Venezuela to Canada, to name some countries. Ma l'attivitą di “Mastro Ghigo” non si ferma ai soggetti di natura sacra bensģ spazia in una vasta gamma di lavori di ceramica, dai vasi alle brocche, dai piatti agli animali, alle composizioni come i presepi ed i giochi di scacchi, alle statue ed alle danzatrici: veri gioielli di fattura artigianale di un mestiere oggi praticamente…impraticabile. But the activity of "Mastro Ghigo" does not stop but to a number of sacred space in a wide range of ceramic articles, from pitchers to vases, dishes animals, compositions such as cribs and games of chess, to statues and the dancers: true hand-crafted jewelry of a job today ... almost impassable.




Camillo Ghigo, detto Mastro Ghigo (onorifico titolo medievale pienamente appropriato) č nato a Torino e fin da piccolo si č reso conto di avere una naturale predisposizione a gioire delle cose belle. Questo lo spinge a frequentare la scuola del Reffo per la pittura e la scultura che lascia un'impronta decisiva nel suo carattere portandolo poi a frequentare i corsi di Arte all'Accademia Albertina. Camille Ghigo, said Mastro Ghigo (honorific title medieval fully appropriate) was born in Turin and from an early age he realized that you have a natural tendency to enjoy beautiful things. This prompts him to attend school for painting and Reffo sculpture capable of delivering a decisive role in bringing his character then to attend the Art Academy Albertina. Tra le sue prime esperienze vi č una collaborazione (dal 1934 al 1946) con la famosa ditta Lenci che alla realizzazione delle famose bambole fa seguire una vasta produzione di ceramiche. Alla fine della Seconda Guerra Mondiale apre una bottega in uno dei quartieri pił popolari della cittą, quello di Borgo San Paolo. Among his first experience there is cooperation (1934 to 1946) with the famous company that the creation of the famous Lenci dolls are followed by a large production of ceramics. At the end of World War II opened a shop in one of the most popular city, the Borgo San Paolo. Una bottega d'arte posta in un angolo di un cortile, quasi sopraffatta dalle officine meccaniche per la riparazione di auto e moto e dai negozi di accessori e pezzi di ricambio, nella quale Camillo Ghigo si prodiga ad inventare, ma forse sarebbe meglio dire a creare, i suoi piccoli capolavori. A store of art placed in a corner of a yard, almost overwhelmed by workshops for the repair of motorcycles and cars and shops with accessories and spare parts, in which Camille Ghigo strives to invent, but could we tell create his masterpieces. Opere che nel loro genere sono veri e propri gioielli di perfezione, perché č proprio la ricerca della perfezione la fonte principale delle sue ispirazioni, con un trattamento della ceramica cosģ raffinata da stupire ed incantare lasciando l'impressione a chi si accosti ad uno dei suoi lavori di avere fra le mani qualcosa di vivo e di reale. Ogni oggetto č curato anche nei minimi particolari in un'armonica ingenuitą di fraseggio quasi musicale, con giochi di accostamenti di sfumature e di colori ove le forme fantastiche non contrastano con quelle rigorosamente geometriche. Works of their kind that are real jewels of perfection, because it is the pursuit of perfection, the main source of his inspirations, with a treatment of the ceramics so refined and enchanted by surprise, leaving the impression on all who draw near to one of its work to have his hands something alive and real. Each piece is treated to the finest detail in a harmonious simplicity of phrasing, almost musical, with sets of combinations of shades and colors where the fantastic shapes are not in contradiction with those strictly geometrical . Una sintesi di lavori che in occasione di una personale dell'artista nella cittą di Avigliana del 1971, ha fatto scrivere a Cesare Mussini: “ Mi par proprio che questa ingenuitą, a suo modo pascoliana e francescana insieme, sia la nota pił bella e pił artisticamente vera della produzione e della testimonianza di Mastro Ghigo ” . Per ricordare il settantacinquesimo compleanno delle pupe Lenci nel 1995 č stata allestita una mostra alla galleria Berman di Torino dal titolo “I bimbi nel mondo della Lenci”, le tenere bambole dai volti di signorina nate nel lontano 1919 e diventate poi famose (e costose!) in tutta Europa. A summary of work at a solo artist in the town of Avigliana of 1971, did write to Cesare Mussini: "I think I own that this naivete, in his way Pascoli and Franciscan together, the note is more beautiful and true artistic production and the testimony of Master Ghigo. "To commemorate the seventy-fifth birthday of Lenci Dolls in 1995 was an exhibition at the gallery Berman of Turin titled" The children in the world of Lenci, take the dolls from the faces of Miss born back in 1919 and later became famous (and expensive!) throughout Europe. Fra le opere esposte c'erano anche alcune ceramiche molto apprezzate create da “Mastro Ghigo”, tra cui il riuscitissimo “Sorcio Pirata” ed una “Danzatrice” che ebbe un particolare successo. Among the works on display were also some very popular pottery created by "Master Ghigo," including the highly successful "Pirate rat" and a "dancer" who had a particular success. Ma Camillo Ghigo č anche conosciuto come eccellente pittore, anche se ha preferito focalizzare la sua attivitą principalmente sulla ceramica. But Camille Ghigo is also known as an excellent painter, although he preferred to focus its activities mainly on ceramics. Alla domanda «Perché non ha fatto il pittore…» dą risposta lo stesso “Mastro Ghigo” in occasione della presentazione di opere di pittura e di disegno nella mostra tenutasi nel 1975 al Centro Giovanile Aviglianese. To the question "Why did not the artist ..." gives the same answer "Mastro Ghigo" during the presentation of works of painting and drawing in the exhibition held in 1975 at the Youth Center Avigliano. Vogliamo concludere questo breve ritratto dell'artista con una sua frase che appare come un testamento e quasi un profetico ma sereno commiato dalla vita terrena, anche se a perpetuare la sua figura di uomo e di artista rimangono le sue opere (ceramiche, dipinti, disegni), segni dell'attivitą di una validitą assoluta, al di lą del tempo e delle nuove concezioni dell'arte che verrą: “ …Ora che la mia avventura umana sta per concludersi con un positivo bilancio di affetti famigliari, nulla rimpiango, in quanto credo di essermi comportato onestamente nei confronti di quell'Arte che tiene accesa dentro di me la fiammella che, al tramonto, in quest'angolo di pace, illumina ancora qualche giorno della mia programmazione: forse anche per questo non ho fatto il pittore ” . Let us conclude this brief portrait of the artist with her comment that looks like a will but serene and almost a prophetic farewell to earthly life, but to perpetuate its identity as a man and his works remain an artist (ceramics, paintings, drawings ), signs of an absolute, beyond time and new conceptions of art that will be: "... Now that my human adventure is about to end with a positive balance of family affection, I regret nothing, because I think I behaved honestly towards art that keeps the flame burning inside me that, at sunset, in this corner of peace, light a few days of my program, perhaps also why I did the painter. "

[Tidybuoy]

I bet you could get at least $200 on eBay for that. But I wouldn't sell for anything.

Definite Score!

I picked up a Nardi Wood Wheel just like that at the local wrecking yard for $13 and it's gorgeous - someday to go in my 914.

[Geronimo '74]

http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=324869

[WilsonTC]

See post #12 above...

Originally Posted by Geronimo '74

http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=324869

[Geronimo '74]

Did I beat you to it, Wilson?...

[sprio]

Thanks for the information and the link to the Pullman Gallery; I looked at that this morning. Did you see the price information on that piece? Holy s**t - a thousand pounds! I've sent them an inquiry with photographs of mine - I notice that the one in the gallery has Nardi rather than Porsche on the horn button. I've asked what a reasonable value might be, and if they have any awareness of the numbers in which these were produced.

I'll keep you all posted if I hear from them.

Are there any good Porsche collectable/memorabilia/automobilia people in the States that might give me some information?

Frankly, I'm stunned.

[Soterik]

Hmmm,

Guess I'm not quite up on this one as much as I thought.

I've seen these made by Beswick out of the UK, not out of Italy. Here's a link to one of them on UK ebay. They were made with almost every manufacturer's horn button on them.

Pricing I've seen varies, but it's within line of what the ebay auctions went off at. Unless the Italian one is a special make?



http://cgi.ebay.com/LES-LESTON-WOOD-STEERING-WHEEL-ASHTRAY-PORSCHE-MINI-VW_W0QQitemZ140340626769QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Cars Parts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item20acf40551&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177

regards,
Eric

[WilsonTC]

Originally Posted by Geronimo '74

Did I beat you to it, Wilson?...

No, you re-posted what Willtell already posted. Stop wasting my bandwidth.

[thalweg999]

Sprio,

So how did you fare with the Nardi Mastro Ghigo ashtray?

thalweg999