When I called Oskar Flodstrom on a Wednesday, late morning, the 23-year-old Los Angeles designer politely asked whether we could talk while he was “kind of working on something.”
He was restoring a Sonneman Orbiter lamp he had picked up on Facebook Marketplace for about $30. If he cleaned it up well, he said, it could be worth thousands.
“I live on Facebook Marketplace,” Flodstrom told me.
He has developed an eye for overlooked objects: He recently found a Paul Smith rug for $50 that he believes could fetch far more, up to 10 grand, after a professional cleaning. In Los Angeles, at least, he’s noticed that convenience can outweigh price, and…
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