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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Industrial table fan by Ercole Marelli
By Marelli
Located in Torino, IT
Cast iron base and brass blades.
Made in the 1920s/30s by the firm of Ercole Marelli founded in Milan in 1891.
Ercole Marelli & C. S.p.a began as a small workshop but became, mainl...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass
Geometric Cuff, Isaky, Paris c. 1980
By Isaky
Located in St Ouen, FR
Methacrylate plate fixed by a rubber link on a black acrylic bracelet, matt exterior and glossy interior, locked by an altugas rod wearing the Artist's brand.
Both the facade and th...
Category
1980s French Space Age Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Bilancia pesa persona Wunder
Located in Roma, IT
Bilancia pesa persona prodotta in Italia negli anni 70 in perfetto stato
Meccanica restaurata
Pesata 120 Kg divisioni 500g
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Antique Brass on Leather Horse Sleigh Bells, Circa 1900's.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Brass on Leather Horse Sleigh Bells, Circa 1900's.
Category
Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique French Gold Bronze, Enamel & Rouge Marble "Benetier" Holy Water Font.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare Antique French Gold Bronze, Enamel & Rouge Marble "Benetier" Holy Water Font.
Exquisite French Workmanship
Category
19th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
Bunny Williams: Life in the Garden
Located in New York, NY
Author Bunny Williams, Photographs by Annie Schlechter
A natural sequel to the seminal An Affair with a House, this is Bunny Williams’ most ambitious book to date.
Inviting us into...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Native American Cochiti Painted Drum
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Small Native American Cochiti painted drum with sides painted in mustard yellow and blue with black striping. Made of wood and hide.
Period: Early 20th century
Origin: Southwest, ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Vintage Master "Ferrari Formula" Testarossa Phone, 80s Miami Vice Era Telephone
Located in Milano, IT
It may not be white, but Miami Vice vibes are guaranteed with this funny and rare "Ferrari Testarossa" telephone! Reproducing what appears to be an early Monodado version of the icon...
Category
1980s Hong Kong Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Decorative Sculpture of a Goddess Holding a Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Located in Milano, IT
Coming from the house of an Italian WW2 Veteran, the present object is a decorative desk sculpture representing a goddess, possibly Minerva, holding in her hand a faithful reproducti...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Rustic Taxidermy Deer Horn Candle
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Elegant Taxidermy Candle Holder made of Deer Horns,
very good and warm patina of the Horns, elegant object with 3 silver colored light points to put ...
Category
1990s French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Horn
Renaissance Mapping of Sumatra: Featuring Singapore in Münster’s Woodcut, c.1590
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique map titled 'Sumatra ein grosse Insel / so von den alten Geographen Taprobana genennt worden'. Beautiful map of Sumatra and the southern part of Malaysia, with Si...
Category
16th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
George IV Silver Gilt Vinaigrette Made in Birmingham by John Bettridge, 1830
By John Bettridge
Located in London, GB
A very fine & unusual George IV Silver Gilt Vinaigrette made in Birmingham in 1830 by John Bettridge.
The Vinaigrtte is broad rectangular in form with engine turned sides and base. ...
Category
19th Century English George IV Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Large Framed Dinner Gong in Mahogany
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Large Framed Dinner Gong in Mahogany
This impressive bronze gong hangs from a well-crafted turned stand.
The original hand-crafted gong offers a substantial sound, when struck wi...
Category
Early 20th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Ancient Crossroads: Albania to Assyria in Antiquity, Published in 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
The map titled "ALBANIA, IBERIA, COLCHIS, ARMENIA, MESOPOTAMIA, BABYLONIA, ASSYRIA" portrays the ancient regions that would encompass parts of modern-day Eastern Turkey, Armenia, Aze...
Category
1880s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Men's classic boots Gucci
Located in Нұр-Сұлтан, KZ
Men's classic boots made of brown leather, previously used condition in the photo, size 41 European. The size is indicated on the sole in one of the photos
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Pair of Antique miniature Obelisks
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Elegant ,antique Pair of Obelisks,England from around 1920,
made in Black Stone and Amethyst,
good, old Patina of the Stone,
mint condition,very decorative objects to be used in diff...
Category
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Multi-gemstone
A Hizen Katana in koshirae
Located in Milano, IT
A Hizen Katana in koshirae
Signed 肥前國河内大掾藤原正廣
Hizen kuni kawachi daijō Fujiwara Masahiro
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Early Edo Period (1615-1867)
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NBTHK Hozon Tōken
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Nagasa [leng...
Category
17th Century Japanese Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Seldom seen Art Deco 1930s's PEERLESS Lollipop arcade coin-op penny scale
By Peerless
Located in Buffalo, NY
Seldom seen Art Deco 1930s's PEERLESS Lollipop arcade coin-op penny scale....Amazing original condition,, Tested and working perfectly,, Accurate weight,,. Porcelain and cast iron. O...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
In Stock in Los Angeles, Marc Jacobs Illustrated by Grace Coddington
By Phaidon
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Marc Jacobs Illustrated (Hardcover) by Grace Coddington
In stock in Los Angeles
A unique monograph of over 50 collections created by the fashion desi...
Category
2010s American Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Miniature Travelling Chess Set Game handmade & Pokerwork Board / Box, Circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a high quality handmade Miniature or travelling wood chess set game of 32 pieces in its own lidded pokerwork decorated box, which we date to the English Edwardian period, circa 1900.
This piece is all handmade. The chess set is complete with 32 wood chess pieces. The box is also handmade of wood, opening up to make a pokerwork chess board with further pokerwork design to the sides. All the pieces are hand carved, probably from boxwood with the black ones stained . The box has metal hinges and a brass fastener to keep the lid securely closed, with the pieces inside.
Overall a quality antique handmade, complete, travelling chess set...
Category
Late 19th Century British Edwardian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Tiffany & Co. Antique Sterling Silver and Wood Pipe Rack
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique sterling Silver and wood pipe rack.
Maker: Tiffany & Co.
Made in USA, Ca.1900's
Dimensions -
L x W x H: 35.5 x 3.2 x 8.1 cm
Weight : 474 grams
Condition: Please n...
Category
Early 20th Century Central American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Original Antique Print of Napoleon Bonaparte. Circa 1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of Napoleon Bonaparte
Fine steel engraving
Published by Furne, Paris circa 1850
Unframed.
The size given is the paper size
Category
1850s English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
20K Caplain Leaf Metal Bowl Natural Guinea Feather Crystals
By dlsc
Located in New York, NY
20K leaf metal bowl with guinea feathers and jet crystals
This tripoint bowl offers a beautiful balance of lines. This bowl has a nice weight to it, it feels substantial in the ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Gold Leaf
Graceland An Interactive Pop-Up Tour by Chuck Murphy and Priscilla Presley
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Graceland: An Interactive Pop-Up Tour by Chuck Murphy (2006-10-26) - Foreword by Priscilla Presley.Hardcover interactive book.
More than 600,000 people visit Graceland annually, maki...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
David Adler: The Architect and His Work by Ezra Stroller, First Edition Book
By Richard Pratt, Ezra Stoller
Located in valatie, NY
David Adler: The Architect and His Work by Richard Pratt. NY: M Evans, 1970. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. Black-and-white photos by Ezra Stroller...
Category
20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Tiffany & Co. Vision and Virtuosity, 'Icon Edition'
Located in NEW YORK, NY
When Charles Lewis Tiffany opened his first store in 1837 in New York City, selling “fancy goods” imported from Paris, he could not have imagined the visions of glamour that his name would conjure around the world. Tiffany & Co. has transformed from a modest purveyor of gift items to a globally renowned byword for luxury and romance, sublime and rare gemstones, joyful objects of love and an inimitable mix of tradition and modernity. Tiffany is a name that resonates across generations and cultures, part of the fabric of social and cultural history, an American institution gifted to the world, an emporium of escapism, a repository of dreams.
During its 185 years, Tiffany & Co. has continued to evolve creatively, embracing artistic and cultural influences, finding exciting ways to renew its rich legacy. Since the 1950s,Tiffany has brought on designers who have become iconic names, from Jean Schlumberger to Elsa Peretti and Paloma Picasso, ensuring that Tiffany remains dynamic and relevant to each generation. The company’s design-driven dynamism honors and perpetuates the founder’s pioneering spirit.
Today Tiffany continues to bring fantasy to its annual high jewelry collections, while also speaking to new generations through original collections that offer personal self-ex-pression, so much part of Charles Lewis Tiffany’s original concept. The beat goes on, the pulse of New York and of creativity, the quest for modernity and originality intertwined with reverence for Tiffany’s great heritage.
Conceived as the catalog to accompany the exhibition Vision and Virtuosity at the Saatchi Gallery in London, this volume encapsulates all the romance and heritage of this world-famous American icon, highlighting Tiffany’s creative inspirations, witty advertisements and window displays, Blue Book jewel collections and diamond expertise, plus the stories behind the blue box, the classic film Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the fabulous yellow Tiffany Diamond.
Jewelry historian Vivienne Becker is an award-winning journalist and author of many books on the history of jewelry design. Based in London, Becker is a contributing editor to Financial Times How to Spend It magazine, writes for newspapers and magazines around the world, and lectures and broadcasts on her subject. She organized and wrote the catalog for the first major exhibition of the jewelry of René Lalique, and curated Jewels of Fantasy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen
Sotheby's Chateau de Cornillon, Loire, France, October 2006
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Chateau de Cornillon, Loire, France: Important Gothic and Renaissance Furniture, Works of Art & Textiles. London: Sotheby's, 2006. Softcover. 126 pp. Château de Cornillon i...
Category
Late 20th Century English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
20K Silver Leaf with Crystals Embossed Leaves Metal Bowl
By dlsc
Located in New York, NY
20K:bowl embossed leaves with crystals.
This bowl is an artisanal special piece. A primmer is applied to smooth out the surface then it is sanded, this process is repeated 2-3 times...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Gold Leaf
Bronze Chinese Dragon Crane Incense Burner Architectural Temple
Located in Potters Bar, GB
- Quirky bronze Chinese temple incense burner
- In the shape of a dragon turtle creature out of which sprouts the cranes
- Good size at over three feet tall - 96 cm
- Would have p...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
DAVID HICKS Style & Design First Edition Book 1987
By David Hicks
Located in New York, NY
A first edition book by David Hicks, titled "David Hicks Style & Design." 1987 printing. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Category
Late 20th Century English Collectibles and Curiosities
Portugal: The Cookbook
By Phaidon
Located in New York City, NY
Celebrate Portugal’s vibrant, globally-influenced - and influential - food culture via more than 550 classic and contemporary recipes
With its diverse cuisine and intriguing culinary history, Portugal is a top travel destination for food lovers worldwide. Portugal: The Cookbook...
Category
2010s Chinese Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
'Pillow Computer' by Schimmel & Schweikle
By alfa.brussels
Located in Antwerp, BE
Pillow computer (prototype)
Sizes: width 137 cm, depth 109 cm, height 37 cm material: wood, PU-foam, faux fur, car paint, computer edition: prototype,...
Category
2010s European Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Faux Fur, Foam
Count Gleichen’s shrapnel paperweight. Russian and English, 1854
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Count Gleichen’s Russian shell paperweight, the tooth shaped fragment of a Russian armament shell set above another of rectangular form both raised on a silver mount on an ebonized rectangular plinth, applied with a plaque reading ‘Two fragments of a Russian shell fired at Mr Fred Burne assist.t paymaster and Mr Henry Crave St John midshipman of H.M.S. Cumberland in Aug.t 1854 from Tsee Fort Bonarsund whilst conveying refreshments to the English camp – for their messmate – H.S.H. Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Midshipman landed with the Naval Brigade in 1854’. With a framed caricature of Count Gleichen inscribed Vanity Fair, London, July 5, 1884. Vice Admiral H.S.H Count Gleichen – the Queen’s Nephew.Russian and English, 1854.
The print has the following biography on the reverse and on the mount ‘His Serene Highness Prince Victor …. of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, is better known in England as Count Gleichen and as the Queen’s nephew. Born fifty years ago, he was sent to school at Dresden; but at the age of fourteen he conceived ideas not to be bounded within the confines of the small life of a German principality. So he ran away from school to go to sea, and his aunt the Queen of England, being informed of the fact, proposed to her sister to let her adventurous nephew become naturalised as an Englishman and enter the English Navy. This was accordingly done, and Prince Victor, as he was then called, was appointed to the Powerful on the Mediterranean Station, in 1848. He served in the Crimean War and in the operations in China he proved a popular officer and a good sailor-man, and was three times wounded in battle. In 1861 he married the daughter of Admiral Sir George Seymour, sister of the fifth Marquis of Hertford on which occasion it was that he put down his title of Prince and took up for future use that of Count. He became, in due course a Vice-Admiral, and in the meantime he also became a sculptor. It is in the latter art that he now mainly busies himself, and he has created many pleasing busts of his royal relatives and some works of greater pretensions than family portraits. An Alfred the Great, a Beaconsfield, and a Prince Imperial...
Category
1880s English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Silver
Gelatin Print of a Beautiful Gentleman Steam Yacht at Anchor by W Kirk
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A gelatin print of a beautiful gentleman steam yacht at anchor just to the west of Cowes in the Solent by W Kirk, Cowes.
Impressed WM U Kirk to the right hand side.
OS 15 1/2. ...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Small Cabinet de Curiosites with Marble finishing
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Very elegant cabinet de Curiosites with 6 drawers and nice marble finishing
elegant feet and great patina.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
Antique Map of India during the height of the Mughal Imperial Expansion, 1713
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'L'Inde de ca le Gange (..)'. Beautiful original antique map embracing most of India, made during the height of the Mughal imperial expansion. The map encompasses ...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Style
Located in NEW YORK, NY
At the dawn of the twentieth century, the world yearned for a new design style that would embody contemporary culture. Efforts to create a design language suited to the needs and tastes of the modern world took shape during the first decades of the new century, crystallizing in Paris with the 1925 Exposition International des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes. The Art Deco period encompassed a multitude of decorative influences, including the updating of historical styles, the introduction of exotic elements and the adaptation of avant-garde art currents such as the geometric abstraction of Cubism.
Not a single style or a unified movement, Art Deco is a design idiom that reflects a decorative approach to designing appealing consumer goods during the interwar period. Encompassing every discipline within the applied arts, Art Deco manifested itself to some extent everywhere around the world, perhaps the first design idiom ever to do so. Art Deco’s fundamental appeal lay in its decorative qualities, which consumers found attractive and glamorous. From skyscrapers, locomotives, automobiles and ocean liners to fashion, advertising and everyday home furnishings and appliances, Art Deco style...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Flower Color Theory Book
By Phaidon
Located in New York City, NY
Leading floral designers Putnam & Putnam are back - now with the ultimate flower-arrangement reference book
The follow-up to Darroch and Michael Putnam's acclaimed bestselling debut, Flower Color Theory is the only guide that uses color...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Buffalo Wild Bill Cody Cabinet Collectors Card
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Hon. W.F. Cody cabinet card by Anderson 785 Broadway, New York.
Period: Late 19th century
Origin: New York
Size: 4 1/4" x 16"
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco...
Category
1880s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Carl Auböck Handcrafted Midcentury Foot Brass Figurine Key Ring Chain Holder
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist foot keyring / keyholder / keychain, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria. Fully stamped and ma...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Modern Industrial Menorah in White Oakwood and Steel
Located in Birmingham, AL
Display this modern industrial menorah in white oakwood and steel to celebrate eight days of Hanukkah miracles. Made with solid urban wood, so it's ...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
20th Century Copper Silver-Plate Plaque, with Coral Inserts, Madonna Del Carmine
Located in PALERMO, IT
Particular plaque made of silver-plated copper, depicting the Madonna del Carmine, with inserts in Trapani coral. Below we find the words "Nuestra Senora Del Carmen"
Category
Early 20th Century Sicilian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Coral, Silver Plate, Copper
Destination Art, 500 Artworks Worth the Trip
Located in New York City, NY
A global guide to the 500 works of permanently installed modern and contemporary art worth traveling to experience
Enjoy a world tour from the comfort of your reading chair or plan a detailed and engaging art itinerary for your next trip with Destination Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid-20th Century Brutalist Iron Hanukkah Lamp Menorah by David Palombo
Located in New York, NY
Hand forged, iron Hanukkah lamp Menorah in the style known as “Brutalism”, David Palombo, Jerusalem, Israel, circa 1950.
David Palombo (1920-1966), was a sculptor and painter. He wa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brutalist Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Modern Leather Backgammon Chip Set by Impatia
By IMPATIA
Located in Milan, IT
With each collection, Impatia aims to explore design through different perspectives. Among a strong focus on developing one of a kind game tables, it is just as equally important to focus on the accessories. As a result, Impatia offers a range of luxury game accessories that complement each table perfectly. Extending the use of high-quality materials and Italian craftsmanship each accessory set is carefully thought out and designed to perfection.
This modern game set is perfect for any backgammon lover. Hand-crafted in Italy by artisans, the backgammon game set features a rectangular box made from genuine Italian leather with a complete set of chrome chips with a magnetic element for easy stacking. The game set also includes a premium set of leather dice shakers...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Harpist, 18th Century Drawing
Located in Perth, GB
18th.entury unframed pencil drawing of an Harpist.
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Where Chefs Eat Book - A Guide to Chefs' Favorite Restaurants
Located in New York City, NY
Eat around the world with 650 of the world's best chefs.
Wherever you are, you’ll never miss the best local diner for breakfast, the best restaurant for a business dinner, or the best place for a late night snack - and everything in between.
This all-new, completely revised, third edition of the global restaurant guidebook that has sold more than 250,000 copies features more than 7,000 recommendations for more than 4,500 restaurants in more than 70 countries.
Wherever you are, you'll never miss the best local diner for breakfast, the best restaurant for a business dinner, or the best place for a late night snack – and everything in-between. With city maps, key information, reviews and recommendations from the chefs themselves, this is the guide for savvy restaurant-goers and armchair foodies in major cities and towns worldwide.
Where: With recommendations in more than 70 countries - from the United States to Buenos Aires from Ireland to Estonia from Greece to South Africa, discover the best eateries for your destination.
Chefs: Find out where and what the world's best chefs eat including: Jason Atherton, Shannon Bennett, Helena Rizzo, Stephen Harris, Yotam Ottolenghi, Yoshihiro Narisawa, and hundreds more.
Eat: From breakfast to late night, bargain to high end - discover the best places to eat for just the right occasion. Joe Warwick is a London-based food writer and critic who started the World's 50 Best...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Carl Auböck Model #5732 'Hand' Brass Keyring
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #5732 'Hand' brass figurine keyring. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural object is hand fabricated in polished brass.
Price is per item....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
18th Century Terracotta Statue of a Female Figure
Located in Firenze, IT
Terracotta statue depicting a female figure. The statue features glass eyes and original dress. The quality of the face and hands is very refined, Naples, 18th century.
Dimensions...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Terracotta
Cloudburst Altar Surround
Located in Newport Beach, CA
17th century, gilded wood, cloudburst with sun rays from an Italian altar.
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Giltwood
Queen Victoria Authentic Strand of Hair with Certificate of Authenticity
Located in Jersey, GB
Few British rulers have cast as long a shadow as Queen Victoria. Her reign lasted 63 years, which stood as the record up until great-granddaughter Elizabeth II surpassed her in 2015....
Category
19th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Silvered Sea Shell Cymbiola
Located in New York, NY
Cymbiola silvered shell 8". Creel and Gow has been working with the same atelier in Rome, Italy for over 20 years to make our signature silvered shells. Our workshop has been operate...
Category
2010s Italian Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silvered Sea Shell Strombus Pugilis
Located in New York, NY
Strombus pugilis fully silvered shell. Creel and Gow has been working with the same atelier in Rome, Italy for over 20 years to make our signature silvered shells. Our workshop has b...
Category
2010s Italian Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of Three 18th Century Vellum Sunday Sermon Books
By Vivien, R.P. Michael, Alfonso Maria De Liguori
Located in valatie, NY
Set of Three 18th Century Vellum Sunday Sermon Books. 1.) Sermoni Per Tutte Le Domeniche Dell' Anno (Sermons for all the Sundays in a Year) by Monsignore Alfonso Maria De Liguori. Na...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Animal Skin
Aspen Style
Located in NEW YORK, NY
What began as a small mining camp during the Colorado, silver boom of the late 19th century has since become the preferred getaway of the world’s elite. Treasured for what’s above ground rather than below, Aspen, Colorado, has a storied history almost as dense as the directory of A-listers who have adopted the jewel of Pitkin County as their second home, or who have settled in its slopes indefinitely. From the “fortified compound” that was Hunter S. Thompson’s Owl Farm, to John Denver’s “Starwood in Aspen,” to the scores of financial titans who also call the mountain home, Aspen has long drawn an eclectic and wide-ranging crowd. With an introduction from long time resident Aerin Lauder, founder and creative director of Aerin, Aspen Style...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Art in Vienna 1898-1918, 4th Edition book
Located in New York City, NY
The rebel artists of Vienna overwhelmed the artistic establishment of Europe at the end of the 19th century, having seceded from the traditional Viennese institutions of fine art and named themselves the Vienna Secession. Their works shocked a conservative public, but their daring sensibilities and dedication to the applied arts and architecture soon brought them an enthusiastic following and wealthy patronage. The boldly modernist paintings of Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka and others were matched by the buildings and applied designs of architects such as Joseph Maria Olbrich, who created the Secession Building as an architectural manifesto for the group. This classic book, now updated and with additional colour illustrations and a completely new introductory chapter, brilliantly traces the course of this influential artistic movement.
Contents and sections:
Introduction
Vienna 1900
Secession
The Beginnings
The First Exhibition
The Dedication of the House: Second Exhibition
Ver Sacrum III–VI Exhibitions
The ‘Klimt Affair’ – The University Paintings
Exhibitions 1900–1902
Beethoven 1902
XVI–XVIII Exhibitions, 1903
The Split within the Secession
Architecture and the Applied Arts
The Ringstrasse and the Architecture of Historicisim
Otto Wagner, 1841–1918
Joseph Maria Olbrich, 1867–1908
Josef Hoffmann, 1870–1956
The Wiener Werkstätte
Palais Stoclet – The Stoclet Frieze
Kabarett Fledermaus
Alfred Roller, 1864–1935
Hoffmann’s Later Work
Adolf Loos, 1870–1933
Kunstschau 1908 – 1909: The Early Work of Kokoschka and Schiele
Kunstschau 1908
Oskar Kokoschka, 1886–1980
Richard Gerstl, 1883–1908
Kunstschau 1909 – Vienna before the War...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
London Uprising-Fifty Fashion Designers, One City Book
Located in New York City, NY
"A backstage pass into the studios of the capitals coolest designers. A gorgeous tome." Sunday Telegraph, Stella magazine
"London has always been a creative hub... This handsomely illustrated volume explores the studio spaces of the city's fashion designers, from tiny, one-room start-ups to internationally successful businesses. Each chapter is written by a fashion authority... The book celebrates the people who bring so much sartorial exuberance to the capital." Harper's Bazaar
An unprecedented and intimate behind-the-scenes look at London designer fashion over the last fifteen years, edited by Tania Fares and Sarah Mower and profiling 50 leading London fashion designers, from Paul Smith and Stella McCartney to Erdem and Simone Rocha.London has long been a fashion-world capital, and the past fifteen years have been an especially fertile period in its centuries-long history of setting trends. This stunning book is an all-access pass into the world of designer fashion - an exclusive behind-the-scenes studio tour that calls in on fifty of the city's leading design talents - London-based global superstars - all of whom open up about their practice and philosophy, and share a wealth of images from their private collections.
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Alexander McQueen
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Jasper Conran
Giles Deacon
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Mid-Century Rhinestone Spray Earrings By Kramer of New York
Located in Asheville, NC
A wonderful pair of Rhinestone Earings most likely made in the 1950's. They are signed "Kramer" for Kramer of New York. The firm was located on 5th Avenue in New York City until they...
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1950s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Antique and Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities for Sale
Antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities can bring whimsy and wonder to any interior.
Decorating with old scientific instruments, historical memorabilia and vintage musical instruments, as well as other authentic collectibles and curiosities that can be found on 1stDibs, presents an opportunity to create a unique, natural history museum-like atmosphere in your home that can provoke conversation as often as it pays tribute to how far we’ve come in understanding our world.
And bringing collectibles and curiosities into your space is actually on trend — Wunderkammern, or curiosity cabinets, were all the rage in Europe during the 1500s and continued to have adherents there and in the U.S. in the following centuries. Today, however, they’re experiencing a real surge in popularity and influencing how many interior designers are furnishing and decorating homes — combining contemporary with antique, scientific with tribal, earthly with extraterrestrial, Les Lalanne tables with Flemish tapestries.
The original Wunderkammern were entire rooms filled with objects demonstrating their owners’ worldly knowledge: A proper one included artificiala or preciosa (objets d’art); naturalia (such as skeletons, shells, minerals); exotica (taxidermy or dried plants); and scientifica (scientific instruments), frequently alongside religious relics and ancient artifacts.
Pay tribute to a history of rich and diverse musical traditions that have taken shape all over the world by decorating your home with a collection of antique and vintage musical instruments — with a little help from strong hanging wire or some wall hooks, vintage brass instruments such as a gong, French horn or trumpet can help elevate a home office or complement the efforts you’ve made to ensure a welcoming vibe in your home’s entryway. Bells or antique wind instruments can add provocative metallic contrasts to dark woods as tabletop decorative objects.
Create an intriguing focal point with Georgian scientific instruments, such as stick barometers with mahogany cases or lacquered brass telescopes. These items stem from an era named for the monarchies of the four King Georges, who ruled England in succession starting in 1714 (plus King William’s reign, which lasted until 1837). Just as there was beautiful jewelry produced during the period that today is coveted by collectors, there is much to be found in the collectibles and curiosities realm too.
Wanderlust, nostalgia and a shared love of good design are contributing factors to certain trends in decorating — just as vintage trunks and luggage have reappeared as furniture or home accents in a bedroom or foyer, decorating with globes, maps or nautical objects is similarly rooted in the allure of travel and a penchant for the stylish finishing touch that collectibles bring to our homes.
Find a wide range of antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities on 1stDibs.
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