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Style: Machine Age
Rare Vintage Military Tank SilverLighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The table lighter's design captivates with an elongated tank shape reminiscent of vintage artillery shells. The textured silver surface display...
Category
1940s Mexican Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Machine Age Copper and Steel Smokeless Ashtray
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Machine Age Copper and Steel Smokeless Ashtray featuring streamline styling with geometric accents. The ashtray features a solid copper construction with a polish steel interior with...
Category
1930s American Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper, Steel
Antique 1914 Perfection Nut Cracker Co Counter Mount Nut Cracker Vise 7"
Located in Dayton, OH
Early 20th century counter mounted vise style nut cracker by the Perfection Nut Cracker Company of Waco, Texas. Patented Nov. 17, 1914.
Dimensions:
7" x 1.25" x 7" (Width x Depth x...
Category
Early 20th Century American Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Anthony Bros. Convert-O Bike Cast Aluminum Convertible Tricycle / Bicycle
Located in Nantucket, MA
1950s convert-O bike cast aluminum tricycle with rubber wheels. Industrial era / Jet age design. Manufactured by Anthony Bros. - Designed by Ton...
Category
1950s American Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Circle: International Survey of Constructive Art
By Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson
Located in New York, NY
Foundational text of twentieth century modernism in art, architecture, town planning, housing, interior design, and design; edited by Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo, and J.L. Martin. Layou...
Category
1930s English Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Swingline XI Electro-Pointer
Located in Sharon, CT
Important Machine Age Streamlined Electric Pencil Sharpener Designed by Edward G. Hoffmann.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
Nikon's Photomic FTn 35mm SLR Camera Fitted with Nikkor-H 50mm Prime Lens F2.0
By Nikon
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Nikon's Photomic FTn 35mm SLR Camera Fitted with Nikkor-H 50mm Prime Lens F2.0 With Brown Ever Ready case
Great build quality, heavy weight camera made in Japan.
In good working co...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Guhl & Harbeck Style Chain Stitch Hand Crank Sewing Machine
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Guhl & Harbeck style chainstitch hand crank sewing machine. The C shaped cast iron machine is painted black and its rectangular bas...
Category
20th Century German Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
2100 Metal Tubular Chairs: a Typology
Located in New York, NY
A typology of metal tubular chairs, with 2100 entries from Europe and the United States, covering the period from the mid-1920s to the late 1930s. Written and edited by Otakar Marcel in collaboration with the Vitra and Embru archives, and published in 2006 by Van Hezik-Fonds 90 Publishers. Includes work by (among many others) Gabriele Mucchi, Rene Herbst, Gilbert Rhode, Jean Royere, Josef Frank, Jacques Adnet, Alfred Altherr, Andre Arbus, Erik Gunner Asplund, BBPR, Oswaldo Borsani, Djo Bourgeois, Hin Bredendick, Marcel Breuer, Fritz August Brehaus, Jean Burkhalter, Pierre Chareau, Serge Chermayeff, Wells Coates, Hans Coray, Donald Deskey, Erich Dieckmann, Michel Dufet, Rene Gabriel, Paul Frankl, Norman Bel Geddes, Sigfried Giedion, W.H. Gispen, Jindrich Halabala, Poul Henningsen, Axel Einer Hjorth, Wolgang Hoffmann, Arne Jacobsen, Frederich Kiesler, Lajos Kozma, Paul Laszlo, Mogens Lassen, William Lescaze, Anton Lorenz, Hans Luckhardt, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Sven MNarkelius, Erich Mendelsohn, Werner Max Moser, Carlo Mollino, Bruno Munari, Eckart Muthesius, Walter von Nessen, Richard Neutra, Maxime Old, JJP Oud...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Scientific Electrostatic Van de Graaff Electrostatic Generator Apparatus
Located in Lafayette, IN
Vintage Van de Graaff electrostatic generator apparatus by the Sargent Welch Scientific Instrument Company. This appears to be a manual version with our the ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Art and the Machine Book by Sheldon and Martha Cheney
Located in New York, NY
Seminal early consideration of Machine Age design and architecture in America, tracking the rise of the industrial design profession, written by Sheldon and Martha Cheney and publish...
Category
1930s American Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Machine Age Ribbonaire Fan Designed by W.O. Langille for Singer, 1931
By Singer Sewing Machine Co., W. O. Langille
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ribbonaire Bakelite Electric Fan designed by W.O. Langille in 1931 for the Singer Sewing Machine Company. Aerodynamic Design that pivots front to back to angle the breeze. Unique des...
Category
1930s American Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Bakelite
A Century of Progress Homes and Furnishings
Located in New York, NY
Compendium of model houses constructed for the Home and Industrial Arts Group at the Chicago Century of Progress Exposition of 1933-34. Published by M.A. Ring Co. (Chicago) in 1934. Featuring two projects by George Fred Keck--the Crystal House...
Category
1930s American Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pair of Spun Aluminum & Turned Oak Ashtray Stands, Attributed to Russel Wright
Located in Dorchester, MA
This pair of 1930s standing ashtrays are attributed to Russel Wright. Each Machine Age smoking stand features a turned oak support between a spu...
Category
1930s American Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Air Flight Machine Age Bakelite Hassock Floor Fan
Located in San Mateo, CA
Air Flight machine age hassock fan manufactured by W. W. Welch Company. This fan has a Bakelite top and bottom with clear plastic louvers in between. The f...
Category
1950s American Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic, Bakelite
Columbia Phonograph Company Graphophone Type Q
By Columbia Graphophone Company 1
Located in Guaynabo, PR
A Graphophone model Q with a black horn adorned with a gold line. It stands over a black iron base decorated with grapevine decal & gold accents. Manufacturer’s name and addresses are impressed in the front of the base. Patents dates are incised in the right lateral metal support leg. There is a black cylinder phonograph...
Category
20th Century American Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage 1950s Baltimore Sun Taxi Cab Sign Car Topper
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Plastic construction. Fairly rare item, Baltimore History.
Category
1950s American Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Dish Commemorating Franklin’s Discovery of Electricity by L De Boynes
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Polychrome dish commemorating Benjamin Franklin’s Discovery of Electricity by L De Boynes
Benjamin Franklin one of the founding fathers of the USA and a very brilliant scientist...
Category
1950s Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
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“The Paris Salons”, 1895-1914 Furniture ‘Book’
Located in Montelabbate, PU
This is the third in a multi-volume collection providing a visual catalogue record of the decorative arts of the Paris Salons. Included in this volume are reproductions of the catalo...
Category
Early 20th Century Machine Age 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
1930s American Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
H 36 in W 10 in D 14 in
Stunning Stylized Mid-Century Modern Electro Voice Stereo Speakers in Walnut
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning stylized Mid-Century Modern electro voice 3-way loud speakers in oiled walnut with aluminium trim, amazing original condition, cabinets possibly...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
H 31.5 in W 19.5 in D 19 in
Midcentury Made, Cast Aluminum Batmobile Classic Car Deskpiece Mercedes SSK
Located in Lisse, NL
Great for a mancave and very cool on a desk also.
This mid-century eye catcher is incredibly cool and tactile. It is the only one of it's kind we can find and it is in excellent condition. The real car that comes closes (in our view) to this aluminum model is the 1930s Mercedes Benz SSK (see image nr. 10). It may have been made as a luxurious ashtray, but with a shape and a look like this, it does not need to be functional. This is a work of art and can certainly be displayed as such. This one-piece, cast aluminum car...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
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H 2.2 in W 9.1 in D 3.7 in
Vintage WW2 Era Genco "Four Aces" Military Pilot Pinball Machine Back Glass
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage back glass was made by Genco of the United States for their 'Four Aces" military inspired pinball arcade game. The back glass is presumably silk screened in multiple col...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
H 21 in W 21 in D 0.13 in
1970s German Industrial Cast Aluminum Glass Edison Flameproof Striplight
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
A vintage Industrial flameproof ceiling striplight / tube light made by Wittenburg of Germany. Originally designed for hazardous areas in factories and on cargo ships.
Reclaimed,...
Category
1970s German Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
H 6.7 in W 37.41 in D 9.06 in
Guhl & Harbeck Style Chain Stitch Hand Crank Sewing Machine
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Guhl & Harbeck style chainstitch hand crank sewing machine. The C shaped cast iron machine is painted black and its rectangular bas...
Category
20th Century German Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Art and the Machine Book by Sheldon and Martha Cheney
Located in New York, NY
Seminal early consideration of Machine Age design and architecture in America, tracking the rise of the industrial design profession, written by Sheldon and Martha Cheney and publish...
Category
1930s American Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Ronson 1938 Art Deco Table Touch Tip Octette Lighter Machine Age Geometric
Located in Miami, FL
An Octette desk lighter designed by Ronson.
This Ronson Touch-Tip Octette table lighter was made between 1935 and 1951 by the Ronson Art Metal Works Inc. located in Newark, New Jers...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Enamel
H 3.58 in W 344 in D 2.52 in
1970s German Industrial Cast Aluminum and Glass T8 Explosion Proof Striplight
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
A vintage Industrial flameproof ceiling striplight / tube light made by Wittenburg of Germany. Originally designed for hazardous areas in factories and on cargo ships.
The build i...
Category
1970s German Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
H 9.06 in W 37.41 in D 6.7 in
Princess Mary Box, WWI Era, Christmas, 1914
Located in Austin, TX
An authentic WWI-era Princess Mary box of brass.
A stamped brass box, circa 1914, given as a thank you gift to all commissioned British troops at ...
Category
1910s English Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass
Ronson 1938 Art Deco Machine Age Geometric Deluxe Classic Desk Touch Tip Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
A Deluxe desk lighter designed by Ronson.
This extremely rare Ronson Deluxe Classic Touch-Tip lighter was made in 1938 by the Ronson Art Metal Works Inc. located in Newark, New Jersey in the United States. This lighter began a very successful era for Ronson Touch Tip...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Steel, Chrome
H 3.6 in W 3.75 in D 2.25 in
Previously Available Items
Art Deco Machine Age Tobacco Pipe by Mellow Pure
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare art deco machine age tobacco pipe by Mellow Pure Pipe, circa late 1940s. The pipe is in very good vintage condition and appears to have never been used. Great machine age chrom...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Early 20th Century General Electric GE Brass Blade Table Fan
Located in San Diego, CA
This early 20th century General Electric brass blade table fan was fully restored to peak functionality. The front of the fan measures 13” across and each of the four blades measures 5 1/2” in length. Height is 16”. The original, red felt base is in tact. The fan turns on and off with the slider and oscillates as it should. It’s a beautiful antique fan...
Category
Early 20th Century American Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass, Wire
Working 1903 Edison Standard Cylinder Phonograph Manual Hand Crank
Located in New York, NY
Refurbished working 1903 Edison cylinder phonograph. Features the original oak case. Comes complete with manual wind up crank and horn. This...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass
Giant Brass Screw, Austria Mid Century Machine Age
Located in Vienna, AT
Giant extraordinary 4pound (2kg) solid brass screw. Highly decorative !
Measures: Diameter screw head: 6cm
Diameter thread: 3cm
Length of thread: 26cm
Total Length: 29cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Machine Age Art Deco Storage Tank Salesman's Sample
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well constructed miniature machine age Art Deco storage tank with turned aluminum cylinder having detailed ribbing. The Tank is held up by mach...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Antique Scanlan Morris Machine Age Industrial Medical Surgery Light Floor Lamp 1
Located in Dayton, OH
"Massive antique Scanlan-Morris Co Medical / Surgical light, circa 1930s. Made of metal in Madison Wisconsin, featuring a heavy counter-balanced weighte...
Category
1930s Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
H 104 in W 22 in D 30 in
Portable Singer Manufacturing Co. Sewing Machine Model 24-61
By Singer Manufacturing Company
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a portable Singer Manufacturing Co. domestic manual sewing machine model 24-61. It is metal painted black and adorned with decals of cornflowers and r...
Category
20th Century American Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Aluminum Machined Hand-Built Vehicles
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Aluminum Machined and Hand-Built Vehicles. A Jeep and a Delivery Truck, both with moving parts. Very nice Quality and Execution! Priced Individually! Je...
Category
1980s American Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Don Quixote Sancho Panza and Windmill Machine Age Chrome Sculpture, a Trio
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning trio of Machine Age chromed metal sculptures, featuring Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, and a windmill. Incredible precise metal sculpture works with Machine Age stylized robot...
Category
1950s French Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Chrome
H 10.24 in W 8.27 in D 3.15 in
Desktop Brass Diving Bell
Located in Ferndale, MI
Diving bell replica in brass as a desktop or bookshelf accessory.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1930 Denoyer Geppert Military World Globe
Located in Surrey, BC
Denoyer Geppert of Chicago military world globe made of thick spun metal on a heavy iron stand. In chalkboard style features this was an educational te...
Category
1930s American Vintage Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Machine Age Art Deco Ashtray Smokers Stand by W. J. Campbell for Climax
Located in New York, NY
Iconic standing ashtray stand designed by W.J. Campbell for Climax. Made for use on a train, it is extremely heavy to prevent tipping or falling over. The circular tray surface is re...
Category
Early 20th Century American Machine Age Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Chrome
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