Bernd Goeckler’s antique shop on 10th Street is crammed with elegant, twentieth century pieces, mostly from the thirties and forties but then there are surprises too, like contemporary Italian blown glass objects that look like giant, sparkling sea urchins. As well as being a successful dealer, he has something of a designer’s eye. Also, as we pointed to out to him, he seemed “quite normal” for an antique dealer – we’re used to them being more eccentric (which we thoroughly enjoy too). You need to go into the store and get him to talk to you – he has rich, deep voice, but we couldn’t get him to sing – there’s still a little Swiss reserve there after all his years in New York but he apparently on Sundays, he sings along with Frank Sinatra.
