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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Vintage 1980s Knoll Furniture Metal Truck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A fun Knoll Furniture miniature die-case truck made by Winross. Given to Knoll's vendors as a gift, it is a 1:64 scale model with removable cab and trailer with metal and plastic pa...
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

19th Century Bohemian Glass Jewish Chevra kadisha Candle Holder Czech Republic
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Presenting a remarkable 19th-century Bohemian glass Jewish Chevra Kadisha candle holder from the Czech Republic. This exquisite piece is intricately decorated with classic Jewish ico...
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19th Century Czech Bohemian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Blown Glass, Glass

NY Noir: Crime Photos from the Daily News Archive by William Hannigan, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
NY Noir: Crime Photos from the Daily News Archive by William Hannigan. Published by Rizzoli International Publications, 1999. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. When Ruth Snyder was ...
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1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities

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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...
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Early 20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather

2 Volumes. U.S. Grant, Personal Memoirs.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. U.S. Grant, Personal Memoirs. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and linen boards. The Covers display the author's seal in gilt tooling and the raised band spines display gilt-too...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather

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...
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Early 20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities

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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...
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Late 20th Century English Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather

1 Volume. Richard Henry Stoddard, The Loves and Heroines of the Poets.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Richard Henry Stoddard, The Loves and Heroines of the Poets. Bound in full brown morocco with the covers and raised band spine displaying ornate gilt and open-tooled detail...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather

5 Volumes. Washington Irving, Life of George Washington.
Located in New York, NY
5 Volumes. Washington Irving, Life of George Washington. Bound in 3/4 brown calf and marbled boards with the raised band spines gilt-tooled with tan and green morocco labels. All of ...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather

Volumes. Blanchard Jerrold, The Life of Napoleon III.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Blanchard Jerrold, The Life of Napoleon 111. Bound in 3/4 green morocco, linen boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, illustrated with front...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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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...
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20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities

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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...
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Early 20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities

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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 ...
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Early 20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather

3 Volumes. D.B. Warden, Statistical, Political & Historical Account of the USA
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. D.B. Warden, Statistical, Political & Historical Account of the United States of America from the Period of their First Colonization to the Present Day. Bound in 3/4 tan c...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather

Mid Century Austin Alcoa Aluminum Sculptural Puzzle Triangles
Located in San Diego, CA
Austin Enterprises aluminum sculptural puzzle produced by Alcoa Aluminum. Walnut case. Rare piece. Mid-Century, Hollywood Regency, Art Deco, Eclectic, Coastal, Modern, Boho, Organic...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities

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Aluminum

The Hot House: Italian New Wave Design
Located in Tivoli, NY
The Hot House: Italian New Wave Design by Andrea Branzi. First MIT Press edition, 1984. English text, translated from Italian by C.H. Evans. The Hot House is in part a manifesto and...
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20th Century Italian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Antique Continental Silver Ebonized Walking Stick Cane 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique continental silver handled walking stick, circa 1880 in date and bearing the 800 silver mark andhallmarks. The striking stick features an ornate silver ...
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1880s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

Vintage Tom Wesselmann Avant-Garde ‘Magazine’ 1968 (Tom Wesselmann nudes)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage 1968 issue of Avant-Garde magazine with a superb, highly frame able cover illustration by American pop art icon, Tom Wesselmann. Celebrated within this issue is the artists w...
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1960s Post-Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Italian antiques Finely handcrafted table religious altar in wood, 1700s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian antiques Finely handcrafted table religious altar in wood, 1700s Table altar with a rounded base in finely handcrafted wood. On the front of the altar there are two doors wit...
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18th Century Italian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Basquiat a Venezia Exhibition Catalog 1999 (vintage Basquiat exhibition catalog)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage 1990s Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition catalog: Venezia (Venice), Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, 1999: A exquisitely rendered vintage original exhibition catalog featuring an ...
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1990s Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Daring by Design by Anne Hawley
Located in valatie, NY
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Daring by Design by Anne Hawley and Robert Campbell. Published by Skira Rizzoli, 2017, hardcover. An in-depth study of one of Boston's treasured ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

1 Volume. (Anon) Holy Bible: Old and New Testaments and the Apocryphal Writings.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. (Anon) Holy Bible: Old and New Testaments and the Apocryphal Writings. Illustrated. Bound in full black morocco with all the edges gilt, ornate gilt on covers and spine. Th...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather

19th Century Hand-Carved Soldier Cameo
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Hand-Carved Soldier Cameo 2x1.25x.5
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19th Century Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

19th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Architectural Santos Shrine
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Spanish Colonial shrine for a Santos or statue of the Virgin Mary in the form of a church. Mexican, or possibly from New Mexico. Topped with three crosses, two cupolas h...
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19th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood, Giltwood

An Art Deco Silver Plaque by René Lalique
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Republic, is a remarkable piece that embodies both historical significance and exquisite artistry. René Lalique, a master of Art Deco design, is celebrated for his exceptional crafts...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

Genuine Serrated Megalodon Shark Tooth from Indonesia in Display Box (288 grams)
Located in New York, NY
Megalodon was a prehistoric shark that may have been 50 feet long or more, two or three times as long as the Great White Shark! Just like modern sharks, this prehistoric predator did...
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21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities

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Crystal, Other

19th Century Syrian Damascene Copper & Polychrome Enamel Judaica Vase
Located in New York, NY
An antique 19th-century Syrian Damascene copper vase with polychrome enamel ornaments made as a decorative piece for the Jews of Damascus. The thin neck is adorned with Kabbalistic i...
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Late 19th Century Syrian Islamic Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Copper, Enamel

Rare Set of 6 Victorian Brass Tie Backs with Cranberry Glass Flowers
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Rare and elegant set of 6 Victorian tie backs having newly polished lacquered brass leaves and blown glass cranberry glass flowers. Original mounting hardware.
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

A Damascened Silver, Copper and Gold Plate with Old Testament Scenes
Located in New York, NY
A Damascened Silver, Copper and Gold Plate with Old Testament Scenes, Signed Jadid and Joubran Na'assan and Partners, Damascus, Dated 1901. This plate was made for and dedicated to ...
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Early 20th Century Syrian Islamic Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gold, Silver, Copper

Original Antique Print, Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, circa 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of Napoleon Bonaparte Fine steel engraving Published by Virtue circa 1850 Unframed. The measurement is the paper size
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1850s French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Original Antique Map of Ireland by Hughes. C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of Ireland Engraved by W.Hughes Published by Virtue, C.1850 Unframed.
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1850s Scottish Other Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Original Antique Map of Scotland by Becker. C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of Scotland Engraved by F.P Becker Published by Virtue, C.1850 Unframed.
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1850s Scottish Other Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Chinese Export Sterling Silver Walking Stick Handle, circa 1900
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Chinese Export sterling silver walking stick handle, circa 1900. Monogram of the famous ichthyologist Dr. Hugh McCormick Smith, "HMS" & Date 12/09 Mst. Mark: SW?. Minor dents. 4 3/8"...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

Antique Judaical Sterling Silver Mezuzah with a Scroll in Original Box ca 1890
Located in Doha, QA
This is an outstanding and extremely rare hand crafted, solid sterling silver Mezuzah in the original leather and dark purple velvet box. It was made in Vienna, Austria between 1890 ...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Sterling Silver

19th Century Silver Jewish Torah Pointer Yad St Petersburg 1878 Russia
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Presenting an exceptional 19th-century silver Jewish Torah pointer (Yad) from St. Petersburg, Russia, dated 1878. This remarkable religious item features a finely crafted musician at...
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Late 19th Century Russian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

Vintage Pair Chanel Paris Gripoix Earrings
Located in San Diego, CA
Classic Chic! Incredible pair of vintage Chanel earrings. The pair features a purple Gripoix glass center with surrounding crystals on a 24k gold plated disk with clip. Very few pie...
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1980s French Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Crystal

18th-19th Century Portrait Miniature of Mother and Child
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th-19th Century Portrait Miniature of Mother and Child 4x2.75x.1/8
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18th Century Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Silver Jewish Torah Pointer Yad Turquoise stone St Petersburg 1844 Russia
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Presenting an exceptional 19th-century silver Jewish Torah pointer (Yad) from St. Petersburg, Russia, dated 1844. This exquisite religious item is adorned with a cabochon turquoise s...
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Mid-19th Century Russian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

1960's Limoges Style Hand Painted Porcelain Miniature Portrait Brooch
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The description refers to a small brooch featuring a hand-painted portrait of a nobleman. The nobleman is depicted wearing a pink suit, a style popular during the Rococo period, know...
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1960s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

British Royal Naval Admirals Spyglass
Located in Norwell, MA
Telescope once used by British Royal Naval Rear Admiral John Walter Dunford. The admirals memoirs are in possession of the Imperial War Museum in England. He was a midshipman on HMS ...
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1910s European Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

British Pattern Ships Binnacle
Located in Norwell, MA
Royal Navy ships binnacle. Brass plate is engraved Patt0183, No. C481, The Ontario Hughes Owen Co, Ltd. Fitted with a gimballed compass with locking mechanism. This fine maritime rel...
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1920s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Royal Navy Submarine Captains Telescope From Gieves
Located in Norwell, MA
Leather bound British royal navy officers spyglass by Ross London for Gieve Matthews & Seagrove limited. High quality in great condition and exceptional optics. Barrel color is engra...
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1930s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

English Ships Anchor Lantern By Meteorite
Located in Norwell, MA
Nautical ships lantern with fresnel glass lens. Steel case with brass "Anchor" and "Meteorite" badges. Hinged cap on vented chimney. Hinged top with brass hasp. Lacking burner. 20"Hx...
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1920s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Steel

Ships Navigators Quadrant From 18th Century
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique T frame quadrant with engraved bone makers plate from Gilbert of London. With scale that reads to ninety degrees. (Scale shows repairs). There are two sun filters and two hor...
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1920s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

Ships Telegraph By Bendix
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships engine order bridge telegraph by Bendix of New York. With internal wiring and lighting emtting a warm glow, polished and lacquered finish. Twin faceplate design. Pedestal has a...
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1930s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Don Quixote De La Mancha, 400 Illustrations By M. Gustave Dore, 2 Vols. London
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Published London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, Philadelphia: Geo. Gebbie. 1868 in two volumes. A rare edition. Brown leather and fabric boards, leather and gilt spines. Thin brown end ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather, Paper

Pair of Original Anti-Vietnam War & Anti-President Nixon Posters on Heavy Paper
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of two vintage posters were produced in Vietnam in the early 1970s in protest of the Vietnam War and in particular President Nixon. These colo...
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1970s Vietnamese Folk Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

A German musical Christmas tree stand by J.C. Eckardt, 1890s
Located in Delft, NL
A German musical Christmas tree stand by J.C. Eckardt, 1890s A German musical rotating Christmas tree stand. The round base, raised on four round legs of ebonized wood with pressed ...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Pewter

Antique Book Journal Display 13th-19th Century
Located in Doha, QA
This rare and remarkable piece begins with a backdrop composed of beautifully, handwritten love letters from the 1800s. There are three scrolls made up of additional love letters, se...
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15th Century and Earlier French Gothic Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Gold, Silver

Far & Sure, Golf Waltzes by J. Dalziel
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Golf Waltzes, Far & Sure By J. Dalziel. An 8 page booklet of sheet music by Dalziel entitled 'Far and Sure'. The lithographed front cover with main image of a golfer on Musselburgh L...
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Late 19th Century Scottish Sporting Art Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Staunton Style Chess Set
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Staunton Style Chess Figures. A Staunton style chess set with wooden chess pieces with wide turned slightly weighted bases for added stability, and the underside of each piec...
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Mid-20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities

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Boxwood

Marcel Breuer: Buildings and Projects 1921-1961
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Marcel Breuer: Buildings and Projects 1921-1961 Hardcover Cloth Binding Published by Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1962 Binding is Loose Spotting along edges of cover No Dust Ja...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

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Fabric, Paper

Antique Edison Home Phonograph c. 1903
Located in New York, NY
Working condition. Includes the oak case lid and horn. Good condition with appropriate wear from age. One available. Please note, this item is located in one of our NYC locations.
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Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

US Army Tank Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a Military Tank. Made in Japan, 1980s. This piece has great balance and details. Functional rubber tracks with slight wear as shown. Cool t...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Silver boat censer. Spain, 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Silver ship. Spain, 17th century. Naveta formed by forging, with the foot and the ends of the lid obtained by mold casting. Shaped like a symmetrical boat, it stands on a low circul...
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17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

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.
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Early 20th Century French Baroque Revival Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Judaical Original Antiquity Art Display 1800s
Located in Doha, QA
This unique item begins with a backdrop of original copper engravings from the early 19th century, depicting the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, also known as Kotel in Hebrew. In the cent...
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19th Century Austrian Arts and Crafts Antique Collectibles and Curiosities

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Limestone, Sterling Silver

Dutch silver miniature tea kettle by Vos & Kempen Begeer, 1921
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver miniature tea kettle by Vos & Kempen Begeer, 1921 A miniature children's toy silver tea kettle with swing handle, made by Vos & Kempen Begeer, Voorschoten (The Netherla...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

Antique and Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities for Sale

Antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities can bring whimsy and wonder to any interior. 

Decorating with old scientific instruments, historical memorabilia and vintage musical instruments, as well as other authentic collectibles and curiosities that can be found on 1stDibs, presents an opportunity to create a unique, natural history museum-like atmosphere in your home that can provoke conversation as often as it pays tribute to how far we’ve come in understanding our world. 

And bringing collectibles and curiosities into your space is actually on trend — Wunderkammern, or curiosity cabinets, were all the rage in Europe during the 1500s and continued to have adherents there and in the U.S. in the following centuries. Today, however, they’re experiencing a real surge in popularity and influencing how many interior designers are furnishing and decorating homes — combining contemporary with antique, scientific with tribal, earthly with extraterrestrial, Les Lalanne tables with Flemish tapestries.

The original Wunderkammern were entire rooms filled with objects demonstrating their owners’ worldly knowledge: A proper one included artificiala or preciosa (objets d’art); naturalia (such as skeletons, shells, minerals); exotica (taxidermy or dried plants); and scientifica (scientific instruments), frequently alongside religious relics and ancient artifacts.

Pay tribute to a history of rich and diverse musical traditions that have taken shape all over the world by decorating your home with a collection of antique and vintage musical instruments — with a little help from strong hanging wire or some wall hooks, vintage brass instruments such as a gong, French horn or trumpet can help elevate a home office or complement the efforts you’ve made to ensure a welcoming vibe in your home’s entryway. Bells or antique wind instruments can add provocative metallic contrasts to dark woods as tabletop decorative objects.  

Create an intriguing focal point with Georgian scientific instruments, such as stick barometers with mahogany cases or lacquered brass telescopes. These items stem from an era named for the monarchies of the four King Georges, who ruled England in succession starting in 1714 (plus King William’s reign, which lasted until 1837). Just as there was beautiful jewelry produced during the period that today is coveted by collectors, there is much to be found in the collectibles and curiosities realm too.

Wanderlust, nostalgia and a shared love of good design are contributing factors to certain trends in decorating — just as vintage trunks and luggage have reappeared as furniture or home accents in a bedroom or foyer, decorating with globes, maps or nautical objects is similarly rooted in the allure of travel and a penchant for the stylish finishing touch that collectibles bring to our homes.

Find a wide range of antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities on 1stDibs.

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