Ball Toss
'Strike ‘Em Out’ Carnival Toss Sign, 1940s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
with the aim to get the ball in the hole. The game originated in the Chicago area and was popular in
Category
Vintage 1940s American Carnival Art
Materials
Plywood, Paint
"Playing Ball", Superb Art Deco Painting w/ Male Nudes by François-Louis Schmied
By François-Louis Schmied
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This vivid and sensual painting of two nude male figures, each ready to toss a ball into the air
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 13.75 in W 10.5 in D 1.5 in
Carved American Carnival Head, circa 1890s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
century carnival head featured in a ball or ring toss game.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Belgium Biblioquet, Child's Toy
Located in Houston, TX
string. The child would toss the ball off the base and try to catch it back on the base. The wooden ball
Category
Antique 19th Century Belgian Toys
Materials
Wood
Set of Three Vintage Leather Medicine Balls, circa 1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
balls.
Hippocrates is said to have stuffed animal skins for patients to toss for "medicinal" purposes
Category
Mid-20th Century American Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Leather
Baines Football Trade Card, Yorkshire Amateurs Play Up
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines went on
Category
Vintage 1910s Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Monumental Midcentury Art Deco Style Ballroom Chandelier with Provenance
Located in Dallas, TX
extending to the base. The base is circular in shape and has 32 large crystal ball finials on top with
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Monumental Midcentury Art Deco Style Ballroom Chandelier with Provenance
Located in Dallas, TX
crystals extending to the base. The base is circular in shape and has 32 large crystal ball finials on top
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Brass
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Art Nouveau Curved Stained Glass & Bronze Panel/ Window, Attributed to Tiffany
By Charles L. Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Art Nouveau window/ panel was realized in the United States in 1907, attributed to Tiffany & Co. The piece features a mosaic of interlocking demilune arch forms in hues...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Architectural Elements
Materials
Bronze
H 26.5 in W 46 in D 11 in
Charming French Papier Mache and Wood Large Antique Horse, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
With original leather bridle, saddle, head-dress and accompanying booklet.
A wonderful thing, beautiful patina.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Toys and Dolls
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Jigger Doll
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English Folk Art jigger doll
A wonderful example of a unique Folk Art handcrafted jigger doll we have lovingly named Edwood. With its original stick and platform ...
Category
Vintage 1930s British Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine, Paint
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII. 18 x 24 inches Watercolor on paper. c. 1940s. Signed lower right.
BIO
David Fredenthal (1914 - 1958...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Nude Male Model, Unique Silver Gelatin Print
By Andy Warhol
Located in Cotignac, FR
Unique Silver Gelatin print from circa 1977 by Andy Warhol.
Andy Warhol carried a camera with him obsessively. Similarly to his tape recorder, he used this technology not only as an...
Category
1970s American Modern Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Think Big Giant Matches and Matchbox
By Think Big
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic set of oversized matches and matchbox, made by Think Big NYC in 1984. Set contains all 8 original matches. Box slides open as a normal matchbox would. Matches are removable...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Signs
Materials
Felt, Wood, Paint, Plastic, Paper
Anatomy Lesson No. 67 (Figurative Painting of Male Nude on Sky Blue)
By Robert Goldstrom
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative painting of male nude torso on a blood orange background
"Anatomy Lesson No. 67, Study", painted by Hudson Valley artist, Robert Goldstrom in 2023
oil on linen panel
10 x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
H 11 in W 9 in D 0.5 in
Taxidermy Composition with Rare Exotic Birds in a Large Bowed Glass Case
Located in Leuven , BE
A wonderful glass case with a selection of 20 rare exotic birds in a natural environment of tree branches and grass. The case has a rare bowed front glass and is in good condition fo...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Organic Material
H 27.96 in W 40.16 in D 9.45 in
Backside, -Male Nude Torso, Black and White Photograph, Matted and Framed
By Doug Birkenheuer
Located in Chicago, IL
The gorgeous muscular physique of the nude male in Doug Birkenheuer's photograph titled "Backside" is highlighted with the play of light and shadows. This sepia toned photograph cap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Large and Important Set of Fer Forge Gates, Possibly Subes
By Raymond Subes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This large, rare set of early 1930s, French wrought iron gates are brilliantly designed and expertly crafted, exhibiting the abstracted gazelle forms and calligraphic iron bars that ...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Doors and Gates
Bobby Lying in Bed
By James Bidgood
Located in New York, NY
Bobby Lying in Bed
from “Pink Narcissus” (Bobby Kendall),
late 1960s/2022
Estate stamped and numbered on label, verso
Digital C-print
15 x 15 inches, image
(Edition of 25)
$2,000
...
Category
1960s Contemporary Photography
Materials
C Print
Antique Shooting Club Lodge Target Plaque German 1883, Carnival Folk Art
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Vintage Shooting Lodge Target Plaque 1883. A rare and beautiful wooden shooting target plaque with inscriptions. This rare kings plaque was issued by a shooting club in Germany in 18...
Category
Antique 1880s German Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Double Self Portrait with Red Bandana
By Peter Berlin
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed in black ink, recto
14 x 11 inches, sheet size
10 x 10 inches, image size
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Born in Pola...
Category
1970s Other Art Style Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Collection of 12 Vintage Tin lithograph Toys
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in Redding, CT
Collection of 12 vintage tin lithograph lithograph toys. $400 for the entire collection. Price is for the set, The set includes a German Ferris Wheel by Joseph Wagner which has the o...
Category
Vintage 1960s German Toys
Materials
Tin
Male Model Brian Destazio, Dot Pattern Projection Nude, Signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
Category
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Satsuma earthenware vase by kinkozan, Meiji period
By Kinkozan
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
the body of this small marvelous vase is painted with a scene of a puppet show vendor with his wood backpack, on top of the backpack there are toys and dolls, he is surrounded with a...
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Gold
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Vintage Carnival Ball Toss Game Target
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Carnival Ball Toss Game Target. Hand made and hand painted. Made of cloth. Two available
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Leather, Canvas, Wood
Clown Ball Toss Game with Great Detailing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wood clown fragment carnival ball toss game with great detailing, all original vibrant painted
Category
Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Fairground Ball-Toss Game, England, Circa 1910
Located in Culver City, CA
Fairground ball-toss game
England Circa 1910
Laughing clown in painted plaster and hessian
Category
Early 20th Century English Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
20th Century French Ball Toss "Passe Boule" Carnival Game
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Naïve French ball toss carnival or fairground game "Passe Boule", hand-painted over gesso, all
Category
Mid-20th Century French Toys
19th Century French Ball Toss Carnival Game "Passe Boule"
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Mid-19th century ball toss carnival game known as "Passe Boule" often depicting a figure to be
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Carnival Art
Antique Carnival "Donkey" Ball Toss, , hand painted, , mechanical folk art
Located in Buffalo, NY
Most Unusual Little Item,,LARGE 1920's Carnival, Fair, Ball Toss Game..Appears to be all hand made
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
French Ball Toss Rabbit
Located in Houston, TX
Charming Papier Mache Figure of a Rabbit From a Carnival Game. Used as a Ball or Bean Bag Toss.
Category
Early 20th Century French Carnival Art
Materials
Wood, Papier Mâché
Papier-Mâché Carnival Ball Toss Game
Located in Culver City, CA
Pierrot clown and portly chef with gaping open mouths.
Category
Early 20th Century French Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Carnival Game Mug
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The ball toss was a popular carnival game during the first half of the 20th century. Carnies would
Category
Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
Passe-Boules Fairground Game
Located in London, GB
Antique Passe-Boules French fairground game
A rare French Passé-boules ball toss game circa 1920
Category
Vintage 1920s French Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-20th Century Handcrafted Fairground Passe Boule Set Panels
Located in London, GB
boule ball toss game panels. Crafted from pine frames and hand painted board, depicting some amusing and
Category
Vintage 1950s French Folk Art Games
Materials
Pine, Paper
Camel Back Sofa with Ball-and-Claw Feet, Upholstered in a Colonial Style Print
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Camel back sofa with ball-and-claw feet, upholstered in a colonial style print, three heavily
Category
20th Century Federal Sofas
H 37 in W 87 in D 34 in
Pair, White glass lamps.
Located in Bellport, NY
Although blown in one piece,lamps resemble stacked units of a ring-toss game.Each circle has a
Category
20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Asian Garment Rack, Ming Dynasty, 19th Century
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
. Beautiful openwork carving of double dragon chasing a ball.
At night, Chinese nobles tossed their
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities
Materials
Rosewood
Prehistoric Hand Hewn Stone Balls Taino Costa Rica & Vicinity Set of Four
Located in Point Richmond, CA
moving that foot, balancing the ball on the other foot and tossing the ball as far as possible.
On a
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Costa Rican Prehistoric Tribal Art
Materials
Stone
H 4.5 in W 13.25 in D 4.25 in
Ming Dynasty-Style Chinese Garment Rack, circa 1890
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
– also called Rosewood. It comes with open-work carving of double-dragon chasing a ball. At night
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Coat Racks and Stands
Vintage Tether Tennis Game
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A late Victorian or early Edwardian Tetherball or Swing ball tennis game. The game comprises of a
Category
Antique 1890s Great Britain (UK) Games
Carnival Ball Tossing Knockdowns, French, circa 1910
Located in Incline Village, NV
Smaller type "portable" carnival bean toss game with three figures; a Frenchman on one end, an
Category
Vintage 1910s French Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Composition
Carnival Ball Tossing Knockdowns "Ligne, " French, circa 1890
Located in Incline Village, NV
throw of a ball and a direct hit. The young boys have hands clenched while one boy is holding a fish
Category
Antique 1890s French Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Composition
Carnival Ball Tossing Knockdowns "A La Peche", French, circa 1905
Located in Incline Village, NV
the toss of a bean bag. This type of game would have been prevalent in carnivals during the turn of
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Composition
Tossing Game Paper Mâché 'Laurel and Hardy' Carnival Art, 1930s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Ball toss carnival game known as "Passe Boule (France)" often depicting a figure to be ridiculed
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Carnival Art
Materials
Paper
Antique Hmong Child Carrier Textile With Beads Mounted In Shadow Box
Located in Delray Beach, FL
courtship with boys through ball tossing and folk song singing activities. According to Shoua V. Xiong (2012
Category
Antique Early 1900s Asian Shadow Boxes
Materials
Cotton, Velvet, Beads
Dimitri Parsons "Orange Ball" 1958
By Dimitri Parsons
Located in New York, NY
"Orange Ball", oil on canvas, by Dimitri Parsons, American, 1958 (signed on lower right "Dimitri 58
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
1930's Adjustable Swivel Oak Seat Backless Industrial Toledo Workshop Stool
Located in Chattanooga, TN
"A chair's for fools, everybody wants stooooools"
-- Waiting For Guffman
You could toss this
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Stools
Materials
Metal
1863 Oxford University Boat Race Team Photograph, Early Historic Photograph
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
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3. W.B. Jacobson. Ch.Ch. 12.4.
4. W.B. Woodgate. B.N.C. 11.11.
5. A. Morrison. Ball. 12.4. ½.
6. W
Category
Antique 19th Century British Sporting Art Photography
Materials
Paper
H 15.36 in W 18.31 in D 0.79 in
Monumental Bronze and Floral Crystal Chandelier with Provenance
Located in Dallas, TX
reflect the light with a hanging bronze flower with crystal droplets and a large crystal ball finial. The
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Carnival Ball Toss Head
Located in Summerland, CA
Carnival Ball Toss Head
Late 19th century
Assembled pieces of oak joined together.
Traces of
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Metal
Ball Toss Carnival Game
Located in New York, NY
Graphic hand made bean bag or ball toss game with face.
Painted on panel with cutouts for eyes
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Pair Carnival Ball Toss Ponies
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Circa 1900 very unusual and rare pair leather covered carnival ball toss ponies with back legs that
Category
Early 20th Century American Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
Ball Toss Gameboard
Located in New York, NY
Graphic painted gaming panel of modernist design. Black wood framing added. The panel floats out from the wall to cast shadows through the holes of different colors.
Category
20th Century American Game Boards
Hessian Soldier Ball Toss Figure
Located in New York, NY
An ominous character from a midway carnival game, original surface dry paint, papier mache with wood backing, done in relief to hang on a wall or post for children to throw balls or ...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Papier Mâché
Pair of Papier Mâché French Fairground Passé-Boules Ball Toss Games c.1930-40
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
.
Historically, passé-boule (ball-toss) was a very popular fairground game in France from the 19th century
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Toys and Dolls
Materials
Paper
Rare Early 20thC Painted Plaster Laughing Clown Fairground Ball-Toss Game c.1910
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
later again, fibreglass. This game was a descendent from the slightly earlier passé-boule (ball-toss
Category
Vintage 1910s English Edwardian Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
H 26 in W 21 in D 16 in
Set Of Colorful Carnival Baskets
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Great set of highly graphic and amusing metal carnival ball toss baskets. Bold primary colors make
Category
Vintage 1950s American Carnival Art
Collection of Six Carnival Knockdown Bottles
Located in Sheffield, MA
These ball toss bottle forms from an earlier time make one smile with childhood recollections
Category
Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Tonawanda Black Head
Located in New York, NY
an arcade ball toss.
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Carnival Target Heads
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Rare set of three carved and painted circus/carnival target figures from a ring- or ball-toss game
Category
Vintage 1930s Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Pine
Hand Painted Pointing Hand Fairground Panel Sign; Try Your Skill, circa 1940
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
toss stall such as ball bucket or ball in the mouth. Two pence for a go.
A decorative gem
Category
Vintage 1940s English Mid-Century Modern Signs
Materials
Pine
H 12.75 in W 28.75 in D 0.1 in
Vintage Chinese Wedding Ball
Located in San Francisco, CA
I've had three of these in the last ten years and am still mad for them. The wedding ball was used
Category
Vintage 1950s Chinese Decorative Objects
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