Retro Garbage Can
Holger Bäckström & Bo Ljungberg 'Beck & Jung' Ashtrays / Garbage Cans
By Holger Bäckström & Bo Ljungberg
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Ashtrays / garbage cans designed by Holger Bäckström & Bo Ljungberg (Beck & Jung). Made in Denmark.
Category
1980s Danish Scandinavian Modern Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
H 25.2 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Neighborhood Kids on Stoop in Red Hood Brooklyn - Vintage Brooklyn
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
the early 1970s. Notice the metal garbage cans.
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso
Category
1970s Impressionist Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Backyard Campers, The Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
screech owl or the cat tips over the garbage can), all his life the memory of the horror will somehow be
Category
1950s Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Board, Gouache
Michael German "Leroy & Bertha's Bar and Grill" Mixed Media Sculpture Folk Art
Located in Detroit, MI
captures a moment in time – a pool player leans into his shot, hoboes warm themselves by a garbage-can fire
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Mixed Media
H 27.25 in W 18.75 in D 10 in
Tomás Sánchez ( 1948 ) – Orilla - hand-signed lithograph on Arches paper – 1994
By Tomás Sánchez
Located in Varese, IT
garbage, Sánchez considers deforestation and humanity’s ecological sins at large. The artist studied at
Category
1990s Surrealist Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
DADA historic Sidney Janis gallery mixed media, mid century designed by Duchamp
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
paper, and Duchamp suggested a garbage bin be offered to visitors so that they could crumple up the
Category
Mid-20th Century Dada Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Parchment Paper, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Screen
Original Color Linocut by Werner Büttner "Nachleben" in Yellow and Black
By Werner Büttner
Located in Hamburg, DE
intoxication as the elimination of garbage in museums and apartments", "The eye on the small and the big ones
Category
1990s German Modern Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Paper
H 26.78 in W 24.41 in D 0.01 in
The Beginning, 2021, cast paper, framed sculpture, black, Chinese text
By Cheung Yee (Zhang Yi)
Located in Santa Fe, NM
it, your saliva to wet it. In my eyes, nothing is garbage. Garbage is man-made, nothing is naturally
Category
1970s Contemporary Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Handmade Paper
"Doorway" Ken Davies, Realist House Porch Architecture
Located in New York, NY
seriously considered before this auspicious moment was that of a garbage man (I was very impressed with the
Category
1970s Realist Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Oil, Board
Fanny Rabel Figurative Oil Painting Soulful, Prayerful
By Fanny Rabel
Located in Detroit, MI
by smog, traffic, and garbage. The works include: "Diálogo capitalino," "Muerte citadina," "Los
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1960s Expressionist Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Modern Diorama "Area Above San Rafael Reef, Utah" Lloyd Brown, 1999, Painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
painting and ultimately throughout life’s path? The coupling of the mountains, garbage bins and even many
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Wood
H 10 in W 48 in D 4.5 in
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1972, Prefab Nova House by Studio Rochel
By Societé anonyme francaise
Located in Perpignan, FR
Designed in 1972 by architects Michel Hudrisier and M. Roma for Studio Rochel, the Nova House came to fulfill the fantasy of those dreaming of living in space. While that type of arc...
Category
1970s French Space Age Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
1970s Lucite Ashtray and Lighter Set
Located in New York, NY
Stunning 1970s Lucite chrome ashtray and lighter desk set.
Lighter measurements: Width 3.75", depth 2.5, height 4.25".
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Chrome
Mexican Wall Face Plates in the style of Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Unique and a rare find are these fabulous Mexican wall face plates in the style of Picasso. Lots of graphic whimsy in each hand painted plate which is signed on the back. No doubt ...
Category
1970s Mexican Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Ceramic
President John F. & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s English Victorian Tea Table
By Sister Parish, Albert Hadley
Located in St. Louis, MO
President John F. & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s
English Victorian tea table
Quite possibly the most important tea table in American History
The famed, English Victorian tea ta...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Lacquer
H 19 in W 33.5 in D 27.25 in
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century
On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Category
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Other
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Jeune femme à l’éventail (Young Girl with a Fan)
By James Tissot
Located in New Orleans, LA
Conjuring the brilliance of late 18th-century costume with infusions of 19th-century modernity, James Jacques Joseph Tissot’s Jeune femme à l’éventail illustrates the remarkable tech...
Category
19th Century Realist Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Panel, Oil
Space age design ashtray by Luigi Massoni for Guzzini, Italy 1970s
By Guzzini, Luigi Massoni
Located in ECHT, NL
This minimalist space age ashtray was designed by Luigi Massoni and manufactured by Guzzini in the 1970s. The lower half is made from hard plastic. The upper half is made from chrome...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Pair of Vintage Leather Horses Modern Sculpture Style of Dimitri Omersa 1980s
By Abercrombie & Fitch, Dimitri Omersa
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Pair of horse sculptures in leather in the style of Dimitri Omersa for Abercombie & Fitch
Unmarked. Brown tones, Glass eyes and brass parts.
Standing horse: 16.25" tall x 4.5" wide x...
Category
1980s American Modern Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Leather, Wood
H 16.25 in W 4.5 in D 10.5 in
Antique Wooden Birdcage Mansion House or Castle
Located in Antwerp, BE
Old wooden birdcage in the shape of a Victorian mansion house or castle.
This large birdcage house in original green with brown colors has towers and steeples,
It can be placed on a...
Category
Late 19th Century European Victorian Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Glass, Wood
Michael Garman Yesterdays News Cityscape Shadowbox Diorama Sculpture 30"
By Michael Garman
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage 1970’s diorama / shadowbox sculpture titled Yesterday’s News by Michael Garmin. This tableau is a recreation of a part of Garmin’s extensive Magic Town and shows a man leanin...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Wood
Monumental and Unusual Folk Art Stage Coach Figure and Horses, 1927
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental and unusual Folk Art stage coach figure and horses, 1927. All hand executed, amazing detail, working lamps, velvet interior on coach.
Category
1920s American Folk Art Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Leather, Velvet, Plaster
Martini & Rossi Sweet Vermouth French Ashtrays - a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of French Martini & Rossi triangular ashtrays. White Opalex is branded Martini & Rossi Sweet Vermouth on each side. Each corner has a beveled cigarette rest. Marked “Made in F...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Opaline Glass
Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage
Located in New York, NY
Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Metal
Murano Blown Glass Gondola Ashtray
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Murano blown glass ashtray in the shape of a gondola in traditional colors. The long smokey gray body of the boat is tipped in front with a large gold ferro, and in the back with a...
Category
Late 20th Century Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Ceramic Plate Picasso Madoura
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1881 - 1973
What can I say about Picasso that hasn't already been written...?
Only that I'm an admirer of an artist with so much passion and dedication.
From the estate of the late N...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Ceramic
GEORGES BRIARD for Hyalyn Black and Gold Ceramic Vase 1960s Hollywood Regency
By Georges Briard
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gold inlaid black matte ceramic vase by Georges Briard for Hyalyn Pottery, USA, 1960s.
Signed GEORGES BRIARD on the front of the vase, the design is carved into the ceramic and paint...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Ceramic
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"City Construction #9"A 1979 Dimensional Urban Landscape on Panel by G.M. Riess
By G. M. Reiss
Located in Palm Springs, CA
texture of urban decay. Garbage cans vie for space with rickety stairs, chimneys and open windows.
"Pat
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Wood, Paint
H 25 in W 34 in D 2 in
Garbage Can Lamp
By Richard Notkin
Located in Morton Grove, IL
glazed ceramic on a wood base
Category
1970s Modern Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Ceramic, Wood, Glaze
Mid-Century Modern Italian Brass Magazine Holder Garbage Can, 1970s
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a chic, brass magazine rack, made in Italy, circa 1970s. In excellent vintage condition, with a patina to match the age. The dimensions are 12.5" W x 7" D x...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Walnut Nucraft Executive Waste Basket Garbage Can Trash Bin
Located in Dayton, OH
Large mid century modern executive desk walnut waste basket or wood trash can with square tapered form, attributed to Nucraft. Founded in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1945 by George W....
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Walnut
7-Up Wet & Wild Trash Can Pop Art Soda Can Metal Garbage
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For fun: Vintage 7up wet & wild trash can 1970s metal soda collectible advertisement garbage can 7
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Metal
Vintage Figural Metal Penguin Garbage Trash Can Zoo Recycle Waste Bin
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage figural Penguin garbage receptacle or trash can. Made of metal featuring a whimsicle
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Metal
Hayward's Quick Stop Knippa, TX March 1990
By Lloyd Brown
Located in Dallas, TX
garbage can are equal. It is not what they are, but the note of recognition they carry that one responds
Category
1990s Contemporary Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Mixed Media
"Spence's Alley (Open)" Figurative Realistic Cityscape Still Life Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
themselves by a garbage-can fire, a baseball team celebrates their victory at the local pub, three men sneak
Category
1970s Realist Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Mixed Media
Storage Bin/Side Table/Umbrella Stand
Located in New York, NY
Great storage bin for use as a garbage pail, umbrella stand etc.
Can also be used as a small
Category
1950s Indonesian Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Iron
Penguin Garbage Can
Located in Round Top, TX
Mid-20th century American painted metal penguin-form garbage can from, Detroit, Michigan.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Sheet Metal
Mid Century Trash Garbage Can with Metal Mesh
By Woodard Furniture Co.
Located in New York, NY
Well designed modernist trash bin, having metal mesh sides, and circular metal base. The top is smaller than the base, creating a modernist architectural form, and increasing the amo...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Walnut Nucraft Executive Waste Basket Garbage Can Trash Bin
Located in Dayton, OH
Large Mid-Century Modern executive desk walnut waste basket or wood trash can with square tapered form, attributed to Nucraft. Founded in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1945 by George W....
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Walnut
H 14 in W 12.75 in D 12.875 in
Vintage McDonald's Garbage Receptacle
Located in Norwalk, CT
This vintage garbage can from McDonald's would be a humorous piece to include outside or inside a
Category
Late 20th Century American Retro Garbage Can
Industrial Metal Trash Can / Basket
Located in Brooklyn, NY
garbage can or hamper.
(Please confirm item location - NY or NJ - with dealer)
Category
1960s Industrial Retro Garbage Can
Manhattan photograph 1984 (1980s New York street photography)
By Fernando Natalici
Located in NEW YORK, NY
illusion that this garbage can is female fish net tights or a basketball hoop waiting for a player. The
Category
1980s Surrealist Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 17 in W 14 in D 0.1 in
2 Vintage Spiral Brass Planter Buckets Garden Flower Cache Pot Jardiniere 12"
Located in Dayton, OH
Two vintage brass planters / cachepots or garbage / trash cans featuring spiral design with flared
Category
Late 20th Century Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Brass
H 11.25 in W 12 in D 12 in
Bruce Burdick Executive Desk for Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, Bruce Burdick
Located in Chicago, IL
two file cabinets - one with a pull-out drawer, both with locks. Accessories include a garbage bucket
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Aluminum
Vibrant 1970 "Flower Power" Garbage Can
Located in Hudson, NY
Awesome bright colors. Metal construction. Plastic knob on top. Some scratches and blemishes, but no noticeable dents on can. Some very minor dents on lid.
Category
1970s American Other Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Metal
SCANDINAVIAN WASHING BARRELS
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
WASHING BARRELS USED TO DO LAUNDRY. GREAT FOR PLANTERS, WOOD HOLDERS, GARBAGE CANS.
Category
1950s Scandinavian Retro Garbage Can
Midcentury Lawson Industrial Trash Can
Located in Minneapolis, MN
the dominant makers of metal garbage receptacles until consumers’ desire for lighter weight plastic
Category
1960s American Industrial Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Steel
Jens Risom Walnut Garbage Can Waste Basket
By Jens Risom
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Garbage can designed by Jens Risom.
Category
1960s Retro Garbage Can
Materials
Walnut
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Retro Garbage Can For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic retro garbage can available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, aluminum and brass, every retro garbage can was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the retro garbage can you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right retro garbage can, those designed in modern and Scandinavian Modern styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one retro garbage can that is appealing in its simplicity, but Holger Bäckström & Bo Ljungberg and Werner Büttner produced versions that are worth a look.
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Prices for a retro garbage can can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $250 and can go as high as $24,901, while the average can fetch as much as $3,650.
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- What is retro furniture?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMay 3, 2024What retro furniture is depends on the context. In some cases, the term refers to furniture produced more than 20 years ago and is a synonym for vintage. Other times, retro refers to contemporary furniture that looks as if it were made in an earlier decade. Explore a wide variety of furniture on 1stDibs.
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