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License Plate, 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
License plate is an original decorative object realized in the early 20th century.
Made in Italy
Category
1920s Italian Used License Plates
Materials
Silver
Antique Original 1917 Connecticut Automobile License Plate
Located in Stamford, CT
This is an original 1917 Connecticut automobile license plate with a six digit number 54232. It
Category
Early 20th Century American Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
1932 Summer Olympics Los Angeles License Plate Fob
Located in Fulton, CA
Original 1932 Los Angeles Summer Olympics license plate fob.
Category
1930s American Used License Plates
Materials
Aluminum
Rare Antique European Dealer License Plate Car Truck Tag DLR 50
Located in Dayton, OH
Rare antique European dealer license plate with the initials DLR and number 50.
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
Vintage Metal License Plate Accent Side End Table Mexican Car Plates
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage metal license plate accent side end table of reclaimed Mexican car plates. Circa mid to
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
Contemporary Assemblage Map License Plate Art American Flag by Design Turnpike
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
completely from vintage license plates from various states. Each one in this ongoing series is unique and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
H 32.5 in W 48 in D 1 in
Contemporary Assemblage John F Kennedy License Plate Art by Design Turnpike
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
Recycled vintage red, light blue, and silver license plates from JFK's home state of Massachusetts
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
Contemporary Assemblage License Plate Art Map of the USA by Design Turnpike
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
center of attention wherever it is hung. Actual license plates from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and beyond make
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
CHRISTIAN DIOR by JOHN GALLIANO Cadillac License Plate Pendant Necklace
By Christian Dior
Located in Nice, FR
CHRISTIAN DIOR by JOHN GALLIANO gold tone ball chain necklace featuring a large Cadillac license
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Used License Plates
Materials
Gilt Metal
CHRISTIAN DIOR by JOHN GALLIANO Gold Tone Cadillac License Plate Brooch
By Christian Dior
Located in Nice, FR
CHRISTIAN DIOR by JOHN GALLIANO gold tone brooch featuring the Cadillac license plate embossed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Used License Plates
Materials
Gilt Metal
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H 0.71 in L 1.58 in
Risky Taz Neon
By RISK
Located in Los Angeles, CA
" Panel - License Plates and Road Signs
Category
2010s Street Art Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
'Danika' Mixed Media Sculpture Featuring Found Objects
By John Petrey
Located in Rye, NY
From Petrey's Dress Series, Danika features a red, orange, yellow and black painted license plates
Category
2010s Contemporary Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
Model Motorcycle
Located in New York, NY
detailing including license plate "EH 80".
Category
20th Century Italian Used License Plates
Vintage Motorcycle Sculpture
Located in west palm beach, FL
incredible attention to detail. Signed on the license plate. Large and impressive. Acquired from a palm Beach
Category
Late 20th Century American Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
'Karina' Mixed Media Sculpture Featuring Found Objects
By John Petrey
Located in Rye, NY
"Karina" is an artistic take on the 1960's shirtwaist dress incorporating enamel embossed license
Category
2010s Contemporary Used License Plates
Materials
Metal, Steel
Risky Felix Neon
By RISK
Located in Los Angeles, CA
" Panel - Recycled Spray Cans, License Plates and Road Signs
Felix The Cat, Cartoon Art, Round Neon, Glow
Category
2010s Street Art Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
Peaceful Buddha Neon
By RISK
Located in Los Angeles, CA
" Panel - Recycled Spray Cans, License Plates and Road Signs
Buddha, Buddha Art, Spiritual Art, Peaceful
Category
2010s Street Art Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
Keep On Keepin On Neon
By RISK
Located in Los Angeles, CA
" Panel - Recycled Spray Cans, License Plates and Road Signs
Quote Neon, Motivational Quote, Rainbow Neon
Category
2010s Street Art Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
Toy Hot Rod Roadster Tether Car
By All American Co.
Located in Ferndale, MI
paint retains original tires and most of California license plate decal.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
Mottahedeh Blue Canton Porcelain Plate with Blue and White Chinese Landscape
By Mottahedeh
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Mottahedeh Blue Canton blue and white porcelain salad plate from the 20th century with pagoda and
Category
20th Century Portuguese Used License Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Green Olds 442 Muscle Car Original Americana Watercolor
Located in Rio Vista, CA
California license plate from an estate in San Francisco, CA.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
Acrlic on Board by American Artist Ron Dembrosky
By Ron Dembrosky
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
nostalgia with its Classic worn license plate. Dembroksy is known for his ability to capture realism with a
Category
Late 20th Century American Rustic Used License Plates
Materials
Paint
1920s Tin Advertising Sign for Chicorée Mondiale by Rob Otten, Belgium
By Rob Otten
Located in Antwerp, BE
the sign.
This Sign - license plate sized - was made by Rob. Otten - Brussels - Belgium and the Tax
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Used License Plates
Materials
Tin
Antique Colson Corp, Girl's Bicycle c.1947
Located in San Francisco, CA
. girl's riding bicycle with original label, license plate, kick stand and bell. The tires appear to be
Category
Early 20th Century Saint Pierre and Miquelon Industrial Used License Plates
Materials
Steel
World's Fair 1964 Beetle
By Jack Robinson
Located in Memphis, TN
Jack photographed this sleek, shiny Volkswagen Beetle with its NY 1964 World's Fair license plate
Category
1960s Used License Plates
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Michael Kalish, Rose
By Michael Kalish
Located in Miami, FL
pop culture and Americana with the object of his fascination, the heretofore “lowly license plate” was
Category
2010s Assemblage Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
Acrylic "Glass" Rose - Yellow on Red
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
based in Los Angeles. His passion for metal started with vintage car parts and license plates and
Category
2010s Pop Art Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
Acrylic "Glass" Rose - Red on Multicolor
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
based in Los Angeles. His passion for metal started with vintage car parts and license plates and
Category
2010s Pop Art Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
Acrylic "Glass" Rose - Pink on Lime Green
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
license plates and evolved to more refined laser cut aluminum, acrylic and mirrored stainless steel
Category
2010s Pop Art Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
Acrylic "Glass" Rose - Red on Pink
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
license plates and evolved to more refined laser cut aluminum, acrylic and mirrored stainless steel
Category
2010s Pop Art Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
Ava Sketch 2
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Angeles. His passion for metal started with vintage car parts and license plates and evolved to more
Category
2010s Used License Plates
Materials
Enamel
Four Acrylic "Glass" Roses
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. His passion for metal started with vintage car parts and license plates and evolved to more refined
Category
2010s Pop Art Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
ZIL Semi-Trailer Truck Toy, 1980s
Located in Antwerp, BE
given on the license plate at the back. 3 flaps of the trailer can be opened. Also the 2 doors of the
Category
Late 20th Century Russian Industrial Used License Plates
Materials
Metal
Floral Abstract Mirror Blue on Red
By Michael Kalish
Located in Miami, FL
recognition for transforming everyday objects such as license plates and tailgates into meaningful works of
Category
2010s Abstract Used License Plates
Materials
Acrylic
Kobe (edition of 24)
By Michael Kalish
Located in Miami, FL
recognition for transforming everyday objects such as license plates and tailgates into meaningful works of
Category
2010s Abstract Used License Plates
Materials
Mixed Media
Rose: Yellow on Blue
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
-media artist based in Los Angeles. His passion for metal started with vintage car parts and license
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Used License Plates
Materials
Enamel, Metal
Flowers, Frosted Pink and Cerulean Blue - Wall sculpture
By Michael Kalish
Located in Miami, FL
transforming everyday objects such as license plates and tailgates into meaningful works of art that reference
Category
2010s Contemporary Used License Plates
Materials
Mixed Media
H 48 in W 48 in D 4.5 in
1983 Davis Cone 'Variety Photoplays, Soho' Realism Soho Lithograph
By Davis Cone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Harris Gallery in SoHo, NY, as noted by his initials of ""ICK"" on the license plate. Mr. Karp was
Category
1980s Realist Used License Plates
Materials
Lithograph
H 34.25 in W 26 in D 0.1 in
MINI people, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Igor Shulman
Located in Yardley, PA
car ever). Also. You probably noticed that the car has no license plate, I did not forget to draw it
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Used License Plates
Materials
Oil
Beau Simmons - Winter In Wyoming, Photography 2022, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
license plate, barely showing off the iconic Wyoming bucking horse, Steamboat, framed perfectly between
Category
2010s Contemporary Used License Plates
Materials
Archival Pigment
Large Rose - Mirrored Stainless
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
metal started with vintage car parts and license plates and evolved to more refined laser cut aluminum
Category
2010s Contemporary Used License Plates
Materials
Stainless Steel
Antique Swiss Army MO-05 Bicycle, circa 1930-1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
, head lamp, leather grips, Swiss metal license plate and a leather and cloth pouch with two spare tubes
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Industrial Used License Plates
Materials
Steel
"Up North Wisconsin Series--Cows in Green Acres, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
license plate with cows.
3 3/4" x 5 1/2" paper
10 1/2" x 12 1/2" frame
David Barnett, an artist
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Used License Plates
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
"Annie", Contemporary California Figurative Impressionist Portrait of a Woman
By Wyn Di Stefano
Located in Soquel, CA
bathing suit reading on a couch, with a California license plate tucked behind her, by California artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Used License Plates
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 24 in W 36 in D 0.75 in
Crush - Rose on Red
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
for metal started with vintage car parts and license plates and evolved to more refined laser cut
Category
2010s Abstract Used License Plates
Materials
Enamel, Metal
Crush- Rose on Gold
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
for metal started with vintage car parts and license plates and evolved to more refined laser cut
Category
2010s Abstract Used License Plates
Materials
Enamel, Metal
For You!
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
parts and license plates and evolved to more refined laser cut aluminum and mirrored stainless steel
Category
2010s Contemporary Used License Plates
Materials
Stainless Steel
Coffee Cup - Yellow on Blue
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
metal started with vintage car parts and license plates and evolved to more refined laser cut aluminum
Category
2010s Pop Art Used License Plates
Materials
Aluminum, Enamel
Rose - Red on Multicolor
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
license plates and evolved to more refined laser cut aluminum and mirrored stainless steel sculptures
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Used License Plates
Materials
Enamel, Metal
Crush- Rose on Blue
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
for metal started with vintage car parts and license plates and evolved to more refined laser cut
Category
2010s Abstract Used License Plates
Materials
Enamel, Metal
Crush - Rose on Coral
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
for metal started with vintage car parts and license plates and evolved to more refined laser cut
Category
2010s Abstract Used License Plates
Materials
Enamel, Metal
Crush- Rose on Plum
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
for metal started with vintage car parts and license plates and evolved to more refined laser cut
Category
2010s Abstract Used License Plates
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Crush - Rose on Pink
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
for metal started with vintage car parts and license plates and evolved to more refined laser cut
Category
2010s Abstract Used License Plates
Materials
Enamel, Metal
popheART (edition #8 of 35)
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
started with vintage car parts and license plates and evolved to more refined laser cut aluminum and
Category
2010s Pop Art Used License Plates
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Ballerina - Red
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
artist based in Los Angeles. His passion for metal started with vintage car parts and license plates and
Category
2010s Pop Art Used License Plates
Materials
Enamel, Metal
American Flag - Multi Color
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. His passion for metal started with vintage car parts and license plates and evolved to more refined
Category
2010s Pop Art Used License Plates
Materials
Enamel, Metal
"Up North Wisconsin Series: Surround Cows, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, signed in the lower left. The piece features a Wisconsin license plate surrounded by small cows that
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Used License Plates
Materials
Watercolor
The Art of Finding Love vertical - red and chrome
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
started with vintage car parts and license plates and evolved to more refined laser cut aluminum and
Category
2010s Abstract Used License Plates
Materials
Steel
Candy Rose - Blue on Red
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Angeles. His passion for metal started with vintage car parts and license plates and evolved to more
Category
2010s Abstract Used License Plates
Materials
Enamel
Rose - Pink on Green
By Michael Kalish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
-media artist based in Los Angeles. His passion for metal started with vintage car parts and license
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Used License Plates
Materials
Enamel, Metal
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Used License Plates For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of used license plates for sale on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, animal skin and enamel, all used license plates available were constructed with great care. Used license plates have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Industrial, Mid-Century Modern and Art Deco used license plates are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made used license plates over the years, but those made by Automobile Club Missouri and Geo. W. Derry mfg. co. are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Used License Plates?
Used license plates can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $485, while the lowest priced sells for $174 and the highest can go for as much as $2,250.
Questions About Used License Plates
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Pewter plates and dishware date back to ancient times, and were used by Egyptians and later the Romans. It was used all the way up to the 18th and 19th centuries, when new techniques for pottery and glass-making were discovered, making pewter less popular. Shop a collection of pewter from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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