Looking for a standing globe in the Boston area

July 14, 2010 8:23 PM

A friend is looking to buy a floor-standing globe (something kind of like this). They're not hard to find online, but she'd prefer to see one in person before buying. Does anyone know of a store in the Boston area that carries such globes?
posted by komilnefopa to Shopping (7 answers total)

I'd check the Globe Corner Bookstore and Levenger. Call first.
posted by ocherdraco at 8:28 PM on July 14, 2010

I've never been, but it strikes me that this is something that the Mapparium might have.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 8:32 PM on July 14, 2010

Harvard Coop?
posted by bendy at 11:16 PM on July 14, 2010

Globe Corner in Harvard Square definitely has them (although as ocherdraco notes, calling ahead is always smart).
posted by Horace Rumpole at 3:49 AM on July 15, 2010

Joseph Van Benten Furniture Makers on Route 9/Boylston in Chestnut Hill has them in the window. Bet they're incredibly expensive, though. The site shows three kinds of globe stands under the "specialties" link.
posted by Sublimity at 4:05 AM on July 15, 2010

The Coop will not have this. It is essentially a Barnes and Noble.
posted by ocherdraco at 6:07 AM on July 15, 2010

Response by poster: Thanks for all of the ideas so far! I don't remember ever seeing globes in the Globe Corner before, but then again I wasn't really looking. I'll post updates if any of these places has a suitable globe.
posted by komilnefopa at 8:45 PM on July 15, 2010