{"id":30129,"date":"2016-08-19T13:20:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T18:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=30129"},"modified":"2016-08-19T15:04:37","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T20:04:37","slug":"tekserve-closes-auctions-collection-tues-aug-2311am-7pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2016\/08\/19\/tekserve-closes-auctions-collection-tues-aug-2311am-7pm\/","title":{"rendered":"~TEKSERVE CLOSES \/ AUCTIONS . . COLLECTION TUES AUG 23\/11am-7pm"},"content":{"rendered":"

it’s a sad day in NYC – we are losing another iconic shop.<\/p>\n

it’s particularly sad news for me. TEKSERVE has been a long standing patron of artloversnewyork, ever since I first began posting my photos and art scene coverage on artnet, more than . . 14 years ago.<\/p>\n

I’ve been really proud to post my photos and voice my thoughts under their banner – and I guess I’ll have to take it down, though I might leave it up for a few more months – as a kind of digital ‘ghost army ‘ homage.<\/p>\n

getting that pay check was often my only source of income and it kept me going through, often raw and thin times. but it also kept me indie and I never . . sold out. the TEKSERVE banner was like the proverbial ‘carrot before the horse’ – it kept my camera and me running around – to keep the traffic numbers up – that kept the checks on coming.<\/p>\n

it’s a sad day, and a sad New York: no more Pearl Paint, no more Other Music, no more Tekserve.<\/p>\n

\"TEKSERVE-AUCTION-NYC-banner_radios\"<\/a><\/p>\n

the auction will take place . . .
\nnext TUESDAY, AUG 23, 2016 \/ starting at 11am – and running through 7pm.
\nat the store: 119 West 23rd St just west of 6th Ave.
\ndefinitely – come by !!!!!<\/p>\n

you can also bid online – if you can’t make it to the store in person.<\/p>\n

there are also 2 previews at the store:
\nthis SAT AUG 22, 2016 \/ 11am – 6pm
\nand MON AUG 22, 2016 \/ 9am – 6pm<\/p>\n

you can see a preview online – where bidding has already started at: Rolandauctions.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\"TEKSERVE---Mac-MUSEUM\"<\/a>
\nonline bidding on the TEKSERVE COLLECTION MAC MUSEUM 1984-2004 – is already past $30,000 !!<\/p>\n

\"Tekserve-Mac-Museum-&-UHURU-reclaimed-wood-display-tables\"<\/a>
\nalso for sale: the unique custom-made display tables – made by UHURU Design<\/strong> from reclaimed wood from the original<\/strong> Coney Island Boardwalk. <\/p>\n

\"TEKSERVE-SANDS-CASINO-DOORS\"<\/a>
\nlots of vintage signage . . including these wonderful glass doors from the original SANDS CASINO in Las Vegas. <\/p>\n

\"TEKSERVE---vintage-telephone\"<\/a>
\nthere will be . . vintage radios, starting at $10, various cameras, including some old Polaroids, microphones, typewriters, telephones, televisions, video devices, test equipment, cases etc etc. <\/p>\n

\"Tekserve---vintage-telephone-detail\"<\/a>
\nPUSH TO TALK – RELEASE TO LISTEN !!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n

\"TEKSERVE---Star-wars-poster\"<\/a>
\nlots of STAR WARS & other old movie and esp sci fi<\/strong> memorabilia . .
\nthis is just a slice of the ‘scene’ behind the downstairs desk of . . TEKSERVE co-founder DICK DEMENUS, an avid collector.<\/p>\n

ok, and here’s a head-up !!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

DICK & his visionary collection . . will be featured on an upcoming . . . HISTORY CHANNEL – ‘AMERICAN PICKERS’<\/strong> !!!
\nI kid you – NOT !! and I heard FRANK & MIKE bought quite a number of items, too.
\nthe episode has already been filmed, and will be aired sometime this NOV 2016 !!!!!
\nso: wow !!!! <\/p>\n

\"TEKSERVE---jungle-downstairs\"<\/a>
\nin fact, true his contrary<\/strong>, creative and yet scientific <\/strong>nature . . DICK had quite a jungle of live plants<\/strong> growing down there – flourishing under the artificial light, of the basement under the retail store.<\/p>\n

\"DICK-DEMUNUS-co-founder-Tekserve,-NOV-2016.\"<\/a>
\nDICK DEMENUS, the co-founder of TEKSERVE.
\nat his ‘desk’.
\nwe used to call him ‘the boss’ or . . ‘Domingos’ for that added ‘hood’ flair !!, it was a very diverse group – with great fondness.<\/p>\n

I have to say . . true to form, he is a very ‘curious’, and talented ‘creative’ and again: contrarian . . . long live contrarians !!
\nwho was the first<\/strong> to ‘get’ what would become, within another 2 decades – the dominating<\/strong> Mac revolution, and . . TEKSERVE, for a long time was the<\/strong> place to go – for all<\/strong> things APPLE. <\/p>\n

as a vintage collector, and not just a tinker-er . . his passion for the history of things, and the future vision of all things sci-fi . . cannot be easily articulated in a few words, I mean: how many other bosses in this city . . look like they just walked off a space ship colony !!!<\/p>\n

DICK, through TEKSERVE . . supported many important, innovative, independent, & future-leaning causes throughout the years, among them the green re-cycling of computer hardware, and a broad range of NPR radio shows, and independent podcasts.<\/p>\n

artloversnewyork – is proud to have been a part of that family. <\/p>\n

drop by the auction – this Tuesday, and see what I’m talking about !!
\nmaybe you can score yourself<\/strong> – a piece of technical, sci-fi, or even – retro signage history.<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, except for the Roland Auctions banner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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