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Period: 20th Century
Vintage Wooden 13 Row Abacus.
Located in Seattle, WA
This Abacus has Black painted wood framing. The beads have been left unpainted, showcasing beautiful wood grain. The middle dividing wood piece is accented with white lining. Vintag...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Adventure Parade, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Adventure Parade is an original film from the 1950s.
Complete edition, Zulu Hulu. Castle films.
It includes original packaging.
16mm.
Good conditions
Category
European Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Jungle Animals, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Jungle animals is an original film from the 1960s.
It includes original packaging.
7 minutes of film transferred to CD.
Good conditions
Category
European Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Plaster Virgin Traditional Figure, Circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional religious plaster figure of a virgin.
Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and...
Category
Spanish Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Large Original Vintage Map of Australia, circa 1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of Australia
Original color. Good condition
Published by Alexander Gross
Unframed.
Category
English Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
City of Stuttgart TV Television Tower Scale Design Model, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Scaled model of the Stuttgart television tower. Hand-spun in brass. A nice architectural sculpture for every living or men’s room. Some scratches and a nice ...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Muses of Gwinn Art & Nature in a Garden Designed by Warren H. Manning, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Muses of Gwinn: Art and Nature in a Garden Designed by Warren H. Manning, Charles A. Platt and Ellen Shipman, by Robin S. Karson. Sagapress, Incorporated, 1995. 1st Ed hardcover ...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
DAVID HICKS Style & Design First Edition Book 1987
By David Hicks
Located in New York, NY
A first edition book by David Hicks, titled "David Hicks Style & Design." 1987 printing. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Sotheby's, Property from the Fowler Museum, NY
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's New York Auction Catalog: Fowler Museum February 1985. 1st Ed softcover. The Fowler Museum at UCLA, or more commonly, The Fowler, is a museum on the campus of the Universit...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid-20th Century Brutalist Iron Hanukkah Lamp Menorah by David Palombo
Located in New York, NY
Hand forged, iron Hanukkah lamp Menorah in the style known as “Brutalism”, David Palombo, Jerusalem, Israel, circa 1950.
David Palombo (1920-1966), was a sculptor and painter. He wa...
Category
Israeli Brutalist 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
The Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton by J T Herbert Baily, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton by J T Herbert Baily. Published by Menzies London, 1905. 1st Ed hardcover no dust jacket as published. 137 untrimmed pages with all 23 portraits of Lady Hamilton each with a tissue guard. Dame Emma Hamilton...
Category
English Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
German Art Deco Desk Top Barometer and Weather Station
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
German Art Deco desk top barometer and weather station.
German desktop barometer, thermometer and hydrometer. This station is unsigned and made...
Category
German Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Enamel Warning Sign in Dutch and Papiamentu / Papiamento Language
Located in Langweer, NL
An orignal enamel sign that was used as a warning for the people on one the ABC Islands.
Papiamentu (or Papiamento) is a mixture of Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English, French, a...
Category
Netherlands Antilles 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel
Silver Lady Woman Ex Voto religious Folk Art, Antique European, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A cute petite religious Ex Voto. I do not know what it is made of, thin and light filigree silver or silver plated metal. It is handmade, embossed and then welded. Given the delicacy...
Category
German Art Nouveau 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate, Sheet Metal
20th Century French Metal & Wooden Palette On Stand
Located in High Point, NC
Step into the artist's studio with this original 20th Century French Metal & Wooden Palette on Stand, a captivating piece that tells a tale of creativity in the making. This palette,...
Category
French 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
T. Y. Chao Private & Family Trust Collections of Important Chinese Ceramic, Rare
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The T. Y. Chao Private and Family Trust Collections of Important Chinese Ceramics and Jade Carvings: Part 1, Hong Kong October 1986. Rare First Edition hardcover with dust...
Category
Hong Kong Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sotheby's Chateau de Cornillon, Loire, France, October 2006
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Chateau de Cornillon, Loire, France: Important Gothic and Renaissance Furniture, Works of Art & Textiles. London: Sotheby's, 2006. Softcover. 126 pp. Château de Cornillon i...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Machine Age Art Deco Doctors or Bathroom Floor Model Scale Weigh Master by Hanso
Located in New York, NY
Great Machine Age, American Art Deco floor scale, Weigh Master by Hanson. The scale is fully functional, it shows cosmetic wear to the paint finish, and th...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Au Bucheron: La Chambre à Coucher (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A soft covered trade catalogue of bedroom furniture and sets. Stylistically it looks to be dated from the late 1920s or 1930s; it would not have been before 1923 as that was the date...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Aeronautical III Gauge Clock
By Aviation Technology Group
Located in Telluride, CO
During the Great War, from 1914-18, a new kind of art flourished. Hand crafted creations from gifted soldiers and army personnel became known as trench art. They used whatever materi...
Category
English Other 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
7" Hawaiian Hula Nodder Vintage Ukelele Girl Dancer Bobble
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A Ceramic Hawaiian girl nodder figurine depiction of a young girl dressed in traditional Hawaiian attire, includes a colorful floral dress, a flower lei around her neck, and a flower...
Category
Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Hermès Playing Cards / Cards Game in the Original Box, Vintage, 1970s
By Hermès
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Hermès playing cards in the original box. vintage. Made in France. Both sets are complete and feature gold edges on both decks of cards. A deck of green cards and a deck of orange cards. elegant card back design.
Box containing two decks of cards, the backs of these have a decoration of gold-colored horse bits forming circles on a red or green background, gilded edges.
Hermes orange box...
Category
French 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Scientific Didactic Model of the Yew Seed, Germany made in the Twenties
Located in Milan, IT
Taxus baccata, enlarged and removable didactic model of the yew seed, tree very used as hedge, belonging to the order of the conifers. German manufacture of the twenties made of papi...
Category
German Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Ship's Brass Porthole Coffee or Side Table by Deborah Lockhart Phillips
Located in Nantucket, MA
Solid brass working nautical porthole window from a decommissioned ship with great patina. This has been polished, the rivets put back in and the table base designed by Deborah Lockh...
Category
Industrial 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
The House and Garden Book of Classic Rooms, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The House and Garden Book of Classic Rooms by Robert Harling, Leonie Highton, and John Bridges. Vendome Press, NY, 1990. First Edition hardcov...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
4 Volumes. William Milligan Sloane, Life of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. William Milligan Sloane, Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Bound by Worsfold in 3/4 red morocco and linen boards with the cover and raised band spines displaying gilt-tooled det...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. W.S.Gilbert, Bab Ballads.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. W.S.Gilbert, Bab Ballads. 350 illustrations by the author. Bound in 3/4 tan morocco by Bayntun, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. London: MacMillan & Co., 1926.
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Cartier Mini Oval SG Santos Cigarette Lighter With Original Box & Paperwork
By Cartier
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Cartier Mini Oval SG Santos Cigarette Lighter With Original Box & Paperwork Serial Ref E08911
Made in Paris, France
With original paperwork, & service booklet from 2001 stamped Bon...
Category
French Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
"The Second World War, " by Winston Churchill
Located in Austin, TX
The Second World War by Winston Churchill from Houghton-Mifflin Company, Boston.
A vintage edition of Winston Churchill's six-volume memoir, The Second World War, for which he was a...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
10 Volumes. Dryden, Plutarch Lives & Writings.
Located in New York, NY
10 Volumes. Dryden, Plutarch Lives & Writings. Translation: Dryden's Corrected from The Greek and Revised by A.H. Clough. Illustrated with photogravure reproductions of paintings, sc...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
10 Volumes. Thomas Paine, The Writings.
Located in New York, NY
10 Volumes. Thomas Paine, The Writings. Continental Edition. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards with the covers and raised band spines displaying gilt-tooled detailing. Th...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Museum Piece, SEVRES 1924 Paris Olympic Games Gold Medal Vase
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Octave Guillonnet
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
1924 Paris Olympic Games gold medal vase by Octave Guillonnet and Emile Louis Bracquemond at Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, 1924. Height : 13.2"(33.5cm), Diameter : 6.3"(16cm). Sta...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
17 Volumes. Washington Irving, The Works.
Located in New York, NY
17 Volumes. Washington Irving, The Works. Bound in 3/4 red morocco and marbled boards with the raised band spine decorated in gilt-tooling. All of the edges are marbled with marbled ...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
12 Volumes. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Complete Works.
Located in New York, NY
12 Volumes. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Complete Works. Centenary Edition. Bound in 3/4 green calf (spines faded as usual) with marbled board and endpapers. The top edges are gilt with rais...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Lydia E. F. Painter, Under Egypt's Skies.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Lydia E. F. Painter, Under Egypt's Skies. Bound in full tan morocco with silk doublers, top edges gilt, gilt panel, illustrated with numerous plates. Quarto. First Edition....
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. S.L. Bensusan, Morocco.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. S.L. Bensusan, Morocco. Painted by A.S. Forrest. Bound in 3/4 blue morocco, marbled boards, endpapers, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, illustrated in color. Lond...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. Edward B. Lytton, The Last Days Of Pompeii.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Edward B. Lytton, The Last Days Of Pompeii. Edition Des Amateurs. This edition is limited to 74 copies, this being no. 33. Bound in 3/4 red morocco, marbled boards and end...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. Charles T. Yerkes, Esq, Catalogue of Paintings & Sculpture In His Col
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Charles T. Yerkes, Esq, Catalogue of Paintings & Sculpture In His Collection. The author was an American Financier who played a part in developing mass transit systems in ...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Brutalist Solid Brass Crucifix
Located in Bern, CH
Mid Century Brutalist solid brass crucifix. With slight oxidization at base, although this is barely visible. Ring at rear for wall hanging.
Category
European Brutalist 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
RARE Antique Tibetan Brass Temple Bell
Located in Pomona, CA
This is handcrafted Tibetan Brass Dharma Instrument Tibetan Temple Bell. It is all hand made and used in practice Tibetan religious law in local Te...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Nautical Brass Mirror from a Ship's Stateroom, circa 1960s
Located in Nantucket, MA
A great brass wall mirror from the stateroom of a decommissioned European cruise ship. It features a new mirror and glass shelf with the original brass railing around it, circa 1960s...
Category
European Industrial 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Bracelet with tassels by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Brussels, BE
Bracelet with tassels decorated with inlaid mirrors by Line Vautrin.
Bracelet made of a simple steel wire fitted with black Talosel tassels inlaid...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto
Located in valatie, NY
Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1998. Second printing hardcover with dust jacket. 255 pp. An important book published by the United States Ho...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Talosel long necklace by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Brussels, BE
Talosel long necklace inlaid with pink mirrors by Line Vautrin.
As a pendant, three “arrows” supporting a ring on which tassels hang.
The clasp fixed on two pellets.
One of the Talos...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mirror, Talosel
Asian Ethnographic Tribal Bracelet Indian Rajasthan Vintage Jewellery
Located in London, GB
A heavy antique Indian tribal bracelet or armlet from Rajasthan made from twisted silver wire in strikingly simple but highly stylistic zigzag form.
Traditionally its worn on the ...
Category
Indian 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Early 20th century scale model of the submarine Ictineo II copper-clad zamak
Located in Milan, IT
Early 1900s scale model of the submarine Ictineo II made of copper and brass-coated zamak, designed and built in 1856 by Narciso Monturiol Estarriol (1819-1885). Bon état. Measureme...
Category
Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
Vintage graduated Amethyst Necklace
Located in London, GB
Vintage graduated Amethyst Necklace
A Very fine Vintage Amethyst Necklace made from graduated beads interspersed with small gold plated meta...
Category
Indian 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Amethyst
Jewelry Box Casket Chest Brass Finely Cast circa 1910
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Jewelry Box Casket Chest Brass Finely Cast
A finely cast solid brass box with stylized decorative panels of rural scenes and velvet lined with maker's stamp underneath.
Category
French Baroque Revival 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Alfred Dunhill Sterling Silver Cigarette Case, circa 1930
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Sterling silver cigarette case with decorative enamel face. Art Deco design.
The case is beautifully enameled in a blue and black geometric pattern with a silver finish. The interior of the cigarette case is marked "Alfred Dunhill Paris...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Antique German aneroid barometer from the early 1900s made of turned marble.
Located in Milan, IT
Antique German aneroid barometer from the early 1900s made of turned marble, brass, and glass.
Good state. Working order.
Diameter cm 17 - inches 6.7, thickness cm 5- inches 1.9...
Category
Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Asian Egret Large Diorama
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-941 Hand made diorama using bird feathers and natural fauna set in a lacquered wood frame under glass.
Category
Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Feathers, Hardwood
Leopard Head Under Globe, Object Of Curiosity, Circa 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Menacing leopard head under a beautiful large globe with a square base, object of curiosity base for the head in gilded iron
Category
European Other 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
20th Century Sculptural Italian Chess Game
Located in VALENZA, IT
Brass chess board and chess game made with the ancient casting technique.
After casting, the finish was chiseled and subsequently silvered and finished with 24-carat gold plating.
The figures are in Florentine medieval style then painted with antioxidant treatment using a special transparent lacquer.
The two-tone mirrored glass chess top which highlights the high quality of execution.
Italian silverware, already with a centuries-old tradition, had a great development in the twentieth century and produced pieces of the highest quality that the whole world envies. Italian craftsmanship had a kind of new Renaissance after the war.
A great many high-quality silverware was born where exceptional pieces were produced that now decorate the most prestigious houses.
Made entirely by hand in the artisan workshop of piero Benzoni...
Category
Medieval Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
20th Century Italian Solid Silver and Briar Double Bass Player
Located in VALENZA, IT
Double bass player in 800 solid silver. The double bass is in briar with silver details.
The double bass bow is in silver.
The player and the double bass ...
Category
Italian Other Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Vintage Gardening Russian Guide: Building on Your Homestead - A Treasure, 1J130
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Embark on a journey of gardening wisdom with this vintage book, a cherished guide titled "Постройки на приусадебном участке" (Structures on the Homestead), originating from Russia and dating back to 1992. In this thin yet informative volume, author Г.П. Рудаков imparts valuable insights into the art of building on your homestead.
While time has passed since its publication, this softcover book remains in good condition, a testament to its enduring relevance and the care with which it has been preserved. Across 62 pages, readers are invited to explore the world of construction on their own property, gaining practical knowledge and inspiration.
Though slender in size, this book carries a wealth of tips, ideas, and guidance for creating structures that enhance and complement your homestead. From sheds and shelters to garden structures, the pages within offer a glimpse into the art of practical construction.
Perfect for gardening enthusiasts, DIY aficionados, or anyone seeking to elevate their homestead with functional and aesthetically pleasing structures, this book presents a unique opportunity to learn from the past. Embrace the teachings of author Г.П. Рудаков as you explore the nuances of building on your own property.
Add this vintage gardening...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Artisan Made Brass and Onyx Large Sail Boat Sculpture Signed DeMott
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-766 Hand made brass and onyx sail boat.
Category
Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Pair of Large Chinese Hardstone, Jade and Cloisonné Enamel Flower Models
Located in London, GB
Pair of large Chinese hardstone, jade and cloisonné enamel flower models
Chinese, 20th Century
Height 39cm, width 25cm, depth 25cm
Crafted in 20th century China, this pair of lar...
Category
Chinese 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Jade, Metal, Enamel
Grenade Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique vintage table lighter in the shape of a grenade. Made in Japan with "Comoy's of London" tag on the felted base. Cool tobacco accessory and conversation piece. Working lighter....
Category
Japanese Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
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