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1950s Motorola Town & Country Model 6L2 Portable Butterscotch Radio
By Motorola
Located in Miami Beach, FL
WORKING Motorola town and country portable AM Radio. The chassis is model HS-226. This is a 5 tube
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Resin

Radio TSF Radialva Super-As 55, 1950s, Bakelite
Located in Antwerp, BE
/0.06A) illuminate the scale at both ends. The radio is equipped with a generous oval loudspeaker.A
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1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Bakelite

Mid Century Modern German record player, radio by Siemens , 1950s
By Siemens
Located in Gaggenau, DE
Mid Century Modern German record player, radio by Siemens , 1950s The radio is in fully functional
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Wood, Teak

Japanese Antique Side Table Radio Table 1930s-1950s Primitive Japandi
Located in Chiba-Shi, JP
mainly used as a telephone stand, radio stand, and record player stand. The main body is made of cedar
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Wood

Exceptional Watercolor "Ziegfeld Follies" by René Gruau, France, 1950's
By René Gruau
Located in Paris, FR
the mid 80's on multiple advertising campaigns. His most iconic drawings have been for Dior couture
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Paper

Rare Midcentury Lucite Radio Table Lamp by Moss Lighting
By Moss Lamp Co. 1
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare midcentury Moss radio table lamp in black and white Lucite with gold glazed ceramic dots as
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Philips Radio Piano Player Classical Music
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Philips Radio featuring great artwork depicting a concert
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1950s Dutch Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Paper

Marilyn Monroe with Anncouncers of the KLAC Radio station, Hollywood Blvd., 1953
Located in Cologne, DE
; #monroe; #radio; #radiostation; #hollywood; #iconic; #50s; #1950; #1950er; #50er; #diva; #beauty
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1950s Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Black and White

Pendant in Glass by Vilhelm Lauritzen, 1950s
By Louis Poulsen, Vilhelm Lauritzen
Located in Lejre, DK
the Danish national radio. Made by Louis Poulsen in 1939. Great condition.
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Brass

Table Lamp Model. 407024, Pohjoismainen Sähkö Oy 1950s
Located in Helsinki, FI
A very beautiful and elegant table lamp model. 407024, manufactured by PSO in Finland in the 1950s
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1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Brass

1950s Decorative Russian Double Precision Balance Scale, Medium Size
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950s decorative Russian double precision balance scale – Medium size 1950s vintage decorative
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1950s Russian Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Art Glass, Wood

1950s Decorative Russian Double Precision Balance Scale, Small Size
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950s decorative Russian double precision balance scale, small size 1950s vintage decorative
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1950s Russian Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Art Glass, Wood

1950s Decorative Russian Double Precision Balance Scale, Medium Size
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950s decorative Russian double precision balance scale, medium size 1950s vintage decorative
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1950s Russian Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Art Glass, Wood

Midcentury Franco Albini Rattan and Bamboo Shell-Shaped Armchair, Italy, 1950s
By Franco Albini
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury Rattan shell armchair. This piece was produced in Italy in the 1950s and is
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Bamboo, Rattan

Carlo Ratti Set of Four Chairs in Plywood by Società Compensati Curvi 1950s
By Carlo Ratti, Società Compensati Curvati
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
, attributed to Carlo Ratti and produced by Società Compensati Curvati in the 1950s. In Italy, at the
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Metal

Vintage Louis Kalff Hanging Lamp Teak / Opal Glass, 1950s
By Philips, Louis Kalff
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
Vintage Louis Kalff hanging lamp teak / opal glass, 1950s Beautiful hanging lamp of teak with
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1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Opaline Glass, Teak

The laundry is drying 1950s, oil on cardboard, 51x74 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The laundry is drying 1950s, oil on cardboard, 51x74 cm Published in the book "Biruta Baumane
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1950s Fauvist Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Portrait of a Woman "Irene Handl" with 1950s Style Outfit in Oil on Canvas
By Cindy Gin
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman with 1950s Style Outfit in Oil on Canvas Elegant portrait of a woman (Irene
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1990s Realist Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Karl Nothhelfer very rare SET of 2 Wingback Armchairs & Sofa 1950s solid Cherry
Located in Kumhausen, DE
the world. world. In 1950 he published his second work "Furniture". Both books and a series of
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Fabric, Cherry

Pair of Original Mid-Century Pendants by Luigi Caccia Dominioni
By Luigi Caccia Dominioni
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Italian Mid-Century Modern pendant lamps designed by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for during the 1950s
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Brass

Hugh Marlowe Classical Studio Portrait
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
American film, television, stage and radio actor. Marlowe was usually a secondary lead or supporting actor
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1950s Contemporary Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Digital

GE Professional TV Service Repairman
Located in Spokane, WA
poster for the collector of old televisions, radios, and early electronics. Created during the 1950s
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1950s American Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Offset

Paul McCobb Lounge Chair in Original Turquoise Upholstery and Walnut
By Directional, Paul McCobb
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Paul McCobb for Directional Designs, lounge chair, model 1322, walnut, fabric, 1950s. A design
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Fabric, Walnut

The Woman and the Peacock Lithograph by Mr. Blackwell 114/250
Located in Pasadena, CA
among others an American fashion critic, television/radio personality, and fashion designer. We can
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Mid-20th Century American Art Nouveau Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Paper

Vilhelm Lauritzen for Fog & Mørup Chandelier in Opaline Glass and Brass
By Vilhelm Lauritzen, Fog & Mørup
Located in Waalwijk, NL
design was specifically intended for its use in the "Royal Suite" at the Radio House back in 1945
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Brass

American Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
commissioned Carton to travel to Europe, mainly France, in 1950 for a color photography study of continental
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Oil, Board

Advertising design for Pye Records Cambridge gouache Mid Century Wireless
Located in London, GB
Pye - Nixa - Mercury - Vanguard - EmArcy c. mid-late 1950s Haig Road in Cambridge, where Pye had
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Mid-20th Century Realist Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Gouache

American Modernist Peter Macchiarini "Brooch Sketch"
Located in Arp, TX
Peter Macchiarini "Brooch Drawing" c. 1950s Pencil on paper Site 3.5"x3.5" silver carved wood frame
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1950s Abstract Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Archival Paper, Pencil

"Star Time"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Wachsteter 1911-2004) for the DuMont Network`s `Star Time`, broadcast from their NYC flagship station WABD
Category

1950s Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Illustration Board, Ink, Pen

Caricature of Percy Faith
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
1950, for the New York Journal-American, marked `Radio`, with blue to indicate halftone. This was at
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1950s Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Illustration Board, Ink, Pen

Ted Williams 'Count Basie'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Count Basie 1950's (printed later) Silver gelatin print 30 x 40 inches Estate stamped
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1960s Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Caricature for "Don McNeill's Breakfast Club"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
either for 1950-51 ABC series, `TV Club`, a primetime TV version of McNeill`s morning radio show, or for
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1950s Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Illustration Board, Ink, Pen

"Black and Red Nude", Large Male Nude Painting by Christopher Clark, 1954
By Christopher Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and striking, this large 1950s painting of a nude male youth, executed in black gouache or
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Paint

Mr Fox The Magician Blowing Magical Bubbles working Tin Toy by Yonezawa of Japan
Located in High Wycombe, GB
"Mr Fox The Magician" Blowing Magical Bubbles Collectible Tin Toy Brightly coloured 1960's tin toy
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1960s Japanese Japonisme Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Tin

Original poster by Paillot for the Female Personnel of the French Air Force
Located in PARIS, FR
Crafted around the 1950s, the original poster by Paillot titled "Personnel féminin de l'armée de
Category

1950s Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Lithograph, Linen, Paper

Don McNeill for "TV Club"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Don McNeill for the 1950-51 ABC-TV series `TV Club` (aka `Don McNeill`s TV Club), a
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1950s Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Illustration Board, Ink, Pen

Ted Williams 'Count Basie'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Count Basie 1950's (printed later) Silver gelatin print 40 x 60 inches Estate stamped
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1960s Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Ted Williams 'Billie Holliday'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
, 1950s Ted Williams (1925-2009) first heard jazz on the radio as a youngster in the 1930s in Wichita
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1960s Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and George Jessel
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello whose work on radio and in film and television made them the most popular
Category

1950s Contemporary Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Bull Ring Brass - Mexico City
By Stephen Longstreet
Located in Fairlawn, OH
. He wrote sketches for NBC radio and the Rudy Vallee Show. In the 1930s, Longstreet worked and wrote
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1950s American Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

India Ink, Watercolor, Pen

Steinhardt Woodcut Marian Anderson Signed African American, Israeli Bezalel Art
By Jacob Steinhardt
Located in Surfside, FL
; it was unclear whether or not they were human or demon. In the 1950's, Steinhardt returned to these
Category

1950s Expressionist Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Woodcut

Midcentury Rattan and Bamboo Wall Shelf, Franco Albini, Italy, 1960s
By Franco Albini
Located in Roma, IT
Minimalist aesthetic. One of his first successful works in 1939 was a radio, encased in glass, so to show
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Bamboo, Wicker, Cane, Rattan

"Untitled (7)" Shirley Goldfarb, Abstract Expressionist, Female Artist
By Shirley Goldfarb
Located in New York, NY
for her monumental Abstract Expressionist paintings of the 1950s and 1960s and her gridded pallet
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Paper, Oil

Iron and Tin Rooster Movie Prop from "The Cincinnati Kid"
Located in Stamford, CT
flat steel base. Provenance: Estate of Skitch Henderson, the conductor, pianist and radio and
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Wrought Iron

Woman with Arms Crossed
By Byron Browne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
abstraction within the WPA’s mural division. Browne completed abstract works for Studio D at radio station
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1950s American Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Other Medium

Marilyn Monroe Glows at ANPA
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
"blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s
Category

1960s Contemporary Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Digital

Åke Arenhill, Tio visor i bild om den förlorade sinnligheten, 10 lithographs
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
West Coast and Scania. In the 1950s, Arenhill worked in the advertising department of the Swedish
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1980s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Paper

Untitled Abstraction
By John von Wicht
Located in Fairlawn, OH
such as the Untitled gouache of about 1938, and in murals for radio station WNYC and the New York
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Watercolor

Giant Parabola Surgical Light
Located in VUGHT, NL
(Germany from the 1950s, very rare). This tripod has been completely stripped, polished and partly painted
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1980s German Industrial Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

Giant Parabola Surgical Light
Giant Parabola Surgical Light
H 70.87 in Dm 35.44 in
River Bure, Norfolk. East Anglia. English Rural Landscape. Tugboat and Barges.
By Rowland Hilder
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
). Available for sale; this original oil painting is by Rowland Hilder and dates from the 1950s. The painted
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Oil, Board

Neoclassical Head in profile
By Byron Browne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Neoclassical Head in profile Watercolor and graphite on paper, 1950 Signed and dated lower left in
Category

1950s Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Watercolor

Untitled #11 Two Forms Red Ground Abstract Expressionist Aquatint Etching
By William Brice
Located in Surfside, FL
whose works Brice acquired at the age of fourteen). Their mother, pursuing a career in radio, moved them
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Majestic Mid century Modern Floor Lamp
By Majestic Lamp Company
Located in Weesp, NL
"Atomic" floor lamp manufactured in the 1950s, by the Majestic Lamp Co. of NYC. The lamp has a
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Brass

Majestic Mid century Modern Floor Lamp
Majestic Mid century Modern Floor Lamp
H 70.48 in W 11.03 in D 16.15 in
Jazz Singer
By Stephen Longstreet
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Yorker, Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, Life, and Hooey, among others. He wrote sketches for NBC radio
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1970s American Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Mixed Media

Jazz Singer
Jazz Singer
H 41 in W 18.25 in D 2 in
Thelonius Monk- Little Rootie Tootie
By Stephen Longstreet
Located in Fairlawn, OH
. He wrote sketches for NBC radio and the Rudy Vallee Show. In the 1930s, Longstreet worked and wrote
Category

1980s Contemporary Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Mixed Media

Bessie Smith - If You Don't Like My Peaches - Don't Shake My Tree
By Stephen Longstreet
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, Colliers, Life, and Hooey, among others. He wrote sketches for NBC radio and the Rudy Vallee Show. In the
Category

1980s Abstract Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Magazine Paper

Ted Williams 'Billie Holliday'
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
, 1950s Ted Williams (1925-2009) first heard jazz on the radio as a youngster in the 1930s in Wichita
Category

1960s Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Sand Lot Baseball
By Ralph Fasanella
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
City Fasanella became an organizer for various unions, particularly the United Electrical, Radio, and
Category

1950s Other Art Style Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sand Lot Baseball
Sand Lot Baseball
H 37 in W 41 in D 3 in
Vintage MCM Keller Furniture Oak Valkerie ii Dining Chairs by Edmond J Spence
By Edmond J. Spence, Keller
Located in Topeka, KS
organic influences of the mid to late 1950's. Mr. Spence grew up in a family business that manufactured
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Fabric, Oak

"Auditorie" Pendant Lamp by Svend Middelboe for Nordisk Solar, Denmark, 1960s
By Nordisk Solar Co., Svend Middelboe
Located in Utrecht, NL
is brass anodized aluminium, while the inside is lacquered white. From the late 1950s, Nordisk Solar
Category

1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Retro 1950s Radio

Materials

Aluminum

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Retro 1950s Radio For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal retro 1950s radio for your home. A retro 1950s radio — often made from plastic, acrylic and bakelite — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a retro 1950s radio — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A retro 1950s radio made by Art Deco designers — as well as those associated with Mid-Century Modern — is very popular. A well-made retro 1950s radio has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Moss Lamp Co. and Eduard Buk Ulreich are consistently popular.

How Much is a Retro 1950s Radio?

The average selling price for a retro 1950s radio at 1stDibs is $1,005, while they’re typically $452 on the low end and $4,250 for the highest priced.