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Period: 20th Century
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Match Box Holder
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique bronze match box holder featuring symbols of the Zodiac
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 4.5"W x 4.5"D x...
Category
American Arts and Crafts 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1925 - IN A FINE FULL BINDING!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
TITLE: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
PUBLISHER: London: Oxford University Press, 1925.
DESCRIPTION: 1 vol., 912pp., 7-1/4" x...
Category
British Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Unique Vintage Handmade Postmodern Ceramic Colorful Menorah Candleholder, Signed
Located in Amityville, NY
Amazing and unique handmade ceramic Chanukah menorah candleholder. Featuring multiple different techniques and materials; stoneware, glaze, and even seemingly Raku, there are numerou...
Category
American Post-Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Nina Ricci L'Air Du Temps Lalique Double Dove
By Lalique, Nina Ricci
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Nina Ricci L'Air Du Temps double dove in yellow box.
Rare, Nina Ricci L'Air Du Temps glass perfume bottle in box .
Circa: 1950s
The p...
Category
French Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
The Dream Come True - Great Houses of Los Angeles
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Dream Come True - Great Houses of Los Angeles, text by Brendan Gill, photographs by Derry Moore. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Stated first U.S. edition. Published in 1980 by L...
Category
Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Dunhill of London Engine Turned "Square Boy" Model Petrol Lighter 1937
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Art Deco Dunhill of London Diamond Engine Turned "Square boy" Model Petrol Lighter 1937
Silver plated Dunhill London lighter Made in Switzerland
UK Patent Number 477768
USA Patent...
Category
Swiss Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid Century Revere S-16 16mm Sound Movie Projector w Case 22"
By Revere
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid century Revere 16 sound projector with case. Working.
Dimensions:
22"x 15.5" x 7.5"
Category
Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
English Sterling Silver Charm Bracelet with Heart Lock Antique Bracelet, 1960s
Located in Hampshire, GB
Open curb link bracelet with heart padlock clasp hung a variety of charms, including, a fire engine, motorcycle, trolley bus, doctor’s bag, dunce hat, barrel organ and an engagement ring with a jewel on top. A Lovely English sterling silver double-link charm bracelet with a safety chain. There are Twenty-Nine charms The bracelet is in excellent condition, with scratching as expected. We have given the bracelet a light clean.
96g total gross weight.
Condition
Excellent condition. This is a fabulous vintage 1960s silver charm...
Category
English Early Victorian 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver, Silver
The Miniature in Europe, 4 volumes - Leo R. Schidlof - Akademische Druck, 1964
Located in London, GB
First English Edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies published in 4 volumes by Akademische Druck - und Verlagsanstalt, Graz, 1964.
Across the four volumes of this comprehensive wo...
Category
Austrian Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Schoenhut "Humpty Dumpty Collection" Dark Lion Circus Toy c.1903-1935
By Schoenhut
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Jointed wooden lion manufactured in the 1900s by the Schoenhut Piano Company as part of the "Humpty Dumpty Circus" collection. Made from ca...
Category
American Industrial 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paint
Louis Icart The Complete Etchings, English Book by William Holland, 1990
By Louis Icart
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis Icart, The Complete Etchings. English book, by William R. Holland, Clifford P. Catania, and Nathan D. Isen, 1990.
1988 marked the one-hundredth anniversary of Louis Icart's bir...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Blue Sail Pond Yacht - H
Located in Port Chester, NY
A charming vintage model yacht with sails made from old blue sail cloth and original brass accents. Stand is recent to hold the ship upright and stabile. Measurements include the s...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Set of 4 snuff bottles, filigree glass 1920s tobacco bohemian forest, Germany
Located in Wien, AT
Set of four early glass snuff bottles, very rare from the 1920s, made of one of the glassworks in the Bohemian Forest, Germany.
These are collection items that were made to a master...
Category
German Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Blown Glass
20th Century Czech Wooden Racing Kayak
Located in High Point, NC
A keepsake from a rowing club in Hradec Králové, Czechia, this remarkable boat was crafted in Czenia during the 20th century. Its sleek and streamlined design showcases a graceful, e...
Category
Czech 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
(KYD) - DICKENS - Will Fern (from The Chimes) - ORIGINAL SKETCH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CLARKE, Joseph Clayton (KYD) (Charles Dickens).
TITLE: Will Fern (from The Chimes)
PUBLISHER: England, [c. 1920]
DESCRIPTION: ORIGINAL INK AND WATERCOLOR SKETCH. 1 leaf, ...
Category
British Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Narcissa Ward Miniature "Christmas Morning" Diorama c.1933-1942 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A highly detailed diorama titled "Christmas Morning" featuring a French living room scene during Christmas morning. Almost every piece of molding, furniture, rugs, and accessory items that are contained in the room is designed and created by hand. Original signed tag on the back. Comes with two booklets by Mrs. James Ward Thorne (Narcissa Ward), an original photograph signed by the artist and newspaper clippings.
CREATOR Narcissa Ward aka Mrs. James Ward Thorne.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1933-1942.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Wood, Glass, Fabric, Metal, Paper.
CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use.
DIMENSIONS H 11.25 in. W 13.75 in. D 7.75 in.
HISTORY
Mrs. James Ward Thorne of Chicago loved dollhouses and miniatures as a child. After traveling in Europe where she collected miniature furniture and accessories, Mrs. Thorne commissioned over two dozen miniature rooms created by cabinetmakers from her own drawings. The scale is: one inch to one foot. The rooms were exhibited in the 1933-1934 Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition, the 1939 San Francisco's Golden Gate International Exposition, and in the 1940 New York World's Fair.
Later, Mrs. Thorne had 29 more rooms created, copying Europe's castles, museums and historic homes. She commissioned architects to create historically accurate settings and had the textiles and carpets made by the Needlework Guild of Chicago. The rooms showing the French and English architectural and decorating styles from the 1500's to the 1920's, were exhibited in 1937 at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1942 Mrs. Thorne gave 37 more Miniature Rooms to the Art Institute of Chicago. Those rooms offered views of American history between 1875 and 1940. The Art Institute of Chicago's Thorne Miniature...
Category
American Classical 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Glass
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Doré Match Box Holder
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique gilt bronze match box holder featuring symbols of the Zodiac
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 4.5"W x 4....
Category
American Arts and Crafts 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Decorative Brass Courtesy Counter Top Bell Made in a floral style in solid bras
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Decorative Brass Courtesy Counter Top Bell
Made in a floral style in solid brass, good and ready to use with a high pitched ding, the bell is 3” in diameter and 5” high
TVY146
Category
Arts and Crafts Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
John Bucci Dodecahedron House Model
Located in Savannah, GA
Giovanni 'John' Bucci
(Italian-American, 1935-2019)
A futuristic dodecahedron house model.
fiberglass, acrylic, steel and various media
The house measures 25 inches wide and deep...
Category
American Futurist 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
MARTIN GILBERT. The Life of Winston Churchill - 8 vols. 1966-88 ALL 1st EDITIONS
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Randolph S., continued by Martin Gilbert.
TITLE: The Life of Winston Churchill.
PUBLISHER: London: Heinemann, 1966-88.
DESCRIPTION: ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 8 vols....
Category
British Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Lawrence of Arabia
Located in London, GB
Original American Title lobby card for the films US release in 1962.
This epic British film is based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. It was directed by David Lean and produced by Sam ...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Bakelite Nº11 Cubist NYC Art Deco Cherry Red Charm Necklace
Located in Hyattsville, MD
USA c.1930s. Unknown Maker. Celluloid linked chain and Bakelite cube charms. With a good clasp, this necklace is ready to wear.
Fair Condition because one smaller cube is chipped a...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
(KYD) - DICKENS - Mr. Snawley (from Nicholas Nickleby) - ORIGINAL SKETCH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CLARKE, Joseph Clayton (KYD) (Charles Dickens).
TITLE: Mr. Snawley (from Nicholas Nickleby)
PUBLISHER: England, [c. 1920]
DESCRIPTION: ORIGINAL INK AND WATERCOLOR SKETCH....
Category
British Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
THE JAM: A Beat Concerto - Paolo Hewitt
Located in London, GB
Published by William Clowes Limited, 1st edition, London, 1983. Soft cover, English text.
The Jam is a rock trio who were known for their mod image, quintessential English flavour and the distinct stylistic mixture of psychedelic rock and 1960s beat music...
Category
Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Doris Duke Collection & Brooke Astor Estate (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Here we have for sale 2 catalogues
"The Doris Duke Collection - Sold for the benefit of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation" (Christies) Thursday 3 - Saturday 5 June 2004 New York. ...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Handmade Miniature Travelling Chess Set Game walnut Inlaid box, circa 1920
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality handmade Miniature or travelling wood chess set game of 32 pieces in its own inlaid hardwood box, which we date to the early 20th century, circa 1920.
This piece is all handmade. The chess set is complete with 32 wood pieces having pegged bases. The jointed box is handmade of hardwood, possibly walnut with line inlays of a lighter wood to the top and the base. The lid is a good fit to the base and the box has brass hinges and a brass fastener to keep the lid securely closed.
The inside of the lid has a fabric pad to keep the chess pieces in position when the lid is closed.
Overall a quality handmade, complete, travelling chess set...
Category
British Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
A Pair Chamois Trophies on Wooden Plaques Germany 1960s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A Pair Chamois Trophies on Wooden Plaques Germany 1960s
A set of two vintage Black Forest chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) trophies mounted on carved wooden plaques with brown and gree...
Category
German Rustic 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Antler, Wood
Vintage Automatic Vending Machine With Coin, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Vintage automatic vending machine with coin, Italy, 1980s
in use in a bar in my city. It works with a 1 euro coin. Distributes rubber balls. Intact a...
Category
Italian Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Carrara Ivory 1949 Emerson Model 581 Plaskon AM Vacuum Tube Radio Golden Age
By Emerson Electric
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Ivory 1949 Emerson Model 581 Plaskon AM Tube Radio Golden Age Beauty
This radio was initially crafted using plaskon plastic, an enduring precursor to contemporary polycarbonate and styrene-based plastics. Manufactured by Emerson in the late 1940s, this exquisite AM tabletop tube clock...
Category
Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
18K White Gold Aquamarine Diamond Ring
Located in New York, NY
18K white gold ring, featuring one round aquamarine crystal weighing approx. 1.00 carat, adorned with a round diamond weighing approx. 0.10 carat, marked, "750" with maker's marks. M...
Category
Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Traditional Wooden Artist Mannequin Model Doll Vintage Italy, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A handmade wooden Artist mannequin model - all joints move as they should. Found on a Estate sale in Verona, Italy.
Shows some wear - but looks beautiful on display! Some scratches a...
Category
Italian Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Bakelite Jewelry, Good, Better, Best, English Book by Donna Wassertrom, 1997
Located in Atlanta, GA
Bakelite Jewelry, Good - Better - Best, English book by Donna Wassertrom and Leslie Pina, 1997.
Bakelite jewelry was popular during The Depression bec...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1950s Italian Alabaster / Stone Fruit Georgia Peach Half Bookends - Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a rare pair of large stone fruit bookends! They are large peach halves. They do have a flat bottom for sound support of your books. They are Italian and date approximately to...
Category
Italian Primitive 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Alabaster
Victoria and Albert Museum, the Panelled Rooms Complete Set of Six Volumes
Located in valatie, NY
Victoria and Albert Museum, the panelled rooms complete set of six volumes. Hardcovers consisting of Three 1st Editions and Three 2nd Editions.
Volume 1....
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Stunning owl tobacco box, ceramic marked, 1910 Art Nouveau most possibly Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Gorgeous, very rare tobacco tin in the shape of an owl, made around 1910, most probably in Austria or Bohemia.
The tobacco tin is made of ceramic, in the shape of an owl - the top l...
Category
Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
"No. 1 Kodak Junior" Folding Camera c.1914-1927 with Case (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A rare model that offered many lens/shutter combinations. The body of camera is leather wrapped with a leather handle and chrome accents. It folds smoothly closed to 1.5 inc...
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Unique and Large Crucifix with Hand Crafted Ceramic Corpus of Christ
Located in Antwerp, BE
Unique and artistic crucifix from the Italian Midcentury Modern era. This ceramic work of religious art also comes with a mild glazing and the unique elongated design makes it even m...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
The World of ISLAM. Faith, People, Culture Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The world of ISLAM. Faith, people, culture.
490 illustrations, 160 in colour, 330 photographs drawings and maps.
A concise, illustrated history of Islam which considers all aspects o...
Category
British Islamic 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage "Miro's Posters" Art Book Catalogued by Gloria Picazo
By Joan Miró
Located in San Diego, CA
A vintage "Miro's Posters" art book catalogued by Gloria Picazo, circa 1980.
The book is in good vintage condition and measures 9.75"W x 11.5"H. #3274
The book is 269 pages with 1...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
14K White Gold Cultured Pearl Diamond Earrings
Located in New York, NY
14K white gold earrings, brightly polished, featuring two round cultured pearls, approx. 9.0 - 9.5 mm, further adorned with two prong set marquise brilliant diamonds, SI2-I1 clarity,...
Category
Unknown Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
early 1900s Russian Jesus Icon With Silver Rizza
Located in Vienna, AT
Early 1900s Russian icon of Jesus Christ with finely detailed, hand-hammered and silver hallmarked.
Category
Russian Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Vintage Golf Ball, the 'Why Not' Bramble Golf Ball.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
'WHY NOT' Bramble Golf Ball.
A bramble patterned rubber core golf ball manufactured by Henley's Telegraph Works Co., also known as the Henley's Tyre & Rubber Co. Ltd. London, England...
Category
English Late Victorian Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rubber
Antique Victor Talking Machine VV-XI Record Player V
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Victor Talking Machine VV-XI Record Player Victrola Mahogany Floor Model. Circa Early 1900s. Measurements: 44" H x 19" W x 23" D.
Category
Victorian Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Frankenstein by Mary W. Shelley, Photoplay Grosset & Dunlap Edition, 1931
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]. 8vo. Rebound in red 1/.4 leather and black cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt stamps, and gilt titles to spine. New matching archival slipcase.
Presented is a photoplay edition of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece of horror, Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus. This printing was published by Grosset & Dunlap, in New York, in 1931. One of the most collectible Grosset & Dunlap photoplay editions, this book was published to accompany the 1931 Universal Pictures James Whale horror film starring Boris Karlof, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boless, and Dwight Frye. It is illustrated throughout with scenes from that production. The book has been beautifully rebound in striking ¼ red leather and black cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt stamps and tiles to the spine, and a matching black archival slipcase.
Mary Shelley was just nineteen when she wrote her classic novel. The circumstances of its composition are by now well known. In 1816, Mary was in Switzerland with Percy Shelley, Byron, and Byron’s physician John Polidori when the evening’s discussion turned to one of Shelley’s favorite topics, the supernatural. Byron proposed that all members of the party write a romance or tale on the subject. The resulting efforts were Polidori’s The Vampyre, Byron’s unfinished narrative about a vampire, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
The first edition of Frankenstein was published anonymously in London, 1818, and is exceedingly rare. An 1831 edition was published in London, for which Shelley wrote an introduction describing the circumstances surrounding the creation of the work. The first American edition was published in 1833.
Frankenstein has been named “the most famous English horror novel… a defining model of the Gothic mode of fiction, and… the first genuine science fiction novel, the first significant rendering of the relations between mankind and science through an image of mankind’s dual nature appropriate to an age of science” (Clute and Nicholls, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 1099).
Alexander Grosset and George T...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Pieces of a Pattern: Lacroix by Lacroix - Patrick Mauriès
Located in London, GB
Published by Thames & Hudson, 1st English edition, London, 1992. Hardback with English text translated from French.
Lacroix, the legendary couturier, a sensualist and an aesthete, ...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Paper Mache Doll, France, 1930s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique paper mache doll circa 1930s.
A French antique doll made of hand-painted papier-mâché with stone hands.
Beautiful painted eyes, eye...
Category
French Folk Art 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Eileen Gray: Objects and Furniture Design (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by Sandra Dachs, Patricia De Muga & Laura Garcia Hintzo
Focuses on Eileen Gray, a breakaway designer in a world dominated by male-centric style schools
Besides an introductory essay, each title in the By Architects series is compiled by key modern architects through sketches, drawings, photos of the original productions, and ambient shootings
A design-orientated book for a design-orientated series, Eileen Gray boasts an innovative layout and a special binding
Neglected for most of her career, Eileen Gray (1878-1976) is now regarded as one of the most important furniture designers and architects of the early twentieth century and the most influential woman in those fields. Her work inspired both modernism and Art Deco.
Eileen Gray was to stand alone throughout her career, first as a lacquer artist, then a furniture designer, and finally as an architect. At a time when other leading designers were almost all male and mostly members of one movement or another - whether a loose grouping like De Stijl in the Netherlands, or a formal one such as the Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne - Gray remained staunchly independent.
Her design style was as distinctive as her way of working. Gray developed an opulent, luxuriant take on the geometric forms and industrially produced materials used by the International Style designers, such as Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand and Mies van der Rohe, who shared much of her ideology. Her voluptuous leather and tubular steel Bibendum Chair and clinically chic E-1027 glass and tubular steel table...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Paris in the Thirties, French Book by Jacques Lanzmann, 1987
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Paris des Années 30, (Paris in The Thirties), French Book by Jacques Lanzmann, 1987.
Numerous photographs in black and white from the Keystone press agency in Paris illustrating the ...
Category
French Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Venetian Glass: 20th Century Italian Glass (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A rare journey into the art of fire through more than 250 magnificent pieces of art glass, which have been taken from the extraordinary 20th century Murano glass collection that Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu have assembled over years of passionate study. This beautifully illustrated book offers the reader a comprehensive excursion into the history of Venctian glass from 1900...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 9000 6-CD Tuner Hi-fi System 1990s by David Lewis
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Hi-fi system BeoSound 9000 6-CD/Tuner with two loudspeakers (Beolab 1).
The BeoSound 900 can be placed either vertically (mounted on it own support or directly on the wall) or horizontally.
The CD's are easily loaded and held by spring suspended jaws, discs not in play can be replaced without interrupting the playback. The auto-positioning feature ensures that CDs are always returned to the position in which they were first placed.
The Glass-covered aluminum plate holds the CDs and the rails for the CD carriage, while a backlit acrylic plate illuminates the CD currently playng.
BeoSound 9000 offrs unprecedents flexibility to ensure the same uniform movement of the glass cover regardless of the placement of the BeoSound 900 vertically or horizontally, upright or flat. To counteract the effect of the gravity, a digital time control constantly monitors the movements of the cover and adjust the motor, keeping the complete movement wiithin 3,5 and 4 seconds.
Such an abundance of fast moving mechanics means that special measures have been taken to ensure that BeoSound 9000 is safe to operate. Small prismatic lenses are placed at each end of the aluminium frame, controlling an infrared beam across the front of BeoSound 9000. If the beam is violated, the CD clamper will stop immediately.
If the glass door is lifted while the clamper is in motion, it will decelerate immediately. A power failure feature ensures that the clamper is not damaged in a gravitational free-fall, if BeoSound 9000 is mounted vertically.
Ingenious engineering solutions and intricate mechanical movements in a product that continues to surprise and delight users today – and all this from the inspiration of old vinyl records spinning on the record player’s turntable...
Category
Danish Other 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Other
Laurel and Hardy
Located in London, GB
Original US studio photograph for the 1930's
This piece is framed in a Sapele wood frame with acid free card mounts and UV plexiglass. The size given is before framing.
This piece ...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Original Vintage Map of The South Pole, circa 1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of The South Pole
Original color.
Published by Alexander Gross
Unframed.
Repairs to minor edge tears
Category
English Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
New Architectural Pleasures, French Book by George Pompidou Art Center, 1985
By Centre Georges Pompidou
Located in Atlanta, GA
Nouveaux Plaisirs d'Architectures (New Architectural Pleasures), French book published by The National Center of Art and Culture Georges Pompidou in Paris, 1985.
Les pluralismes de la Creation en Europe et aux Etats-Unis depuis 1968 vus a travers les collections du Deutsches Architekturmuseum de Francfort. (The Pluralisms of Creation in Europe and the United States since 1968 seen through the collections of the Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt.)
This first edition of the book was published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name, co-produced with the Center de Création Industrielle and the Deutsches Architekturmuseum, presented from February 21 to April 22, 1985.
This book takes up the outline of this exhibition, which presents a panorama of various architectural trends from 1968 to 1985 in Europe and the United States through the collections of the German Museum of Architecture in Frankfurt, inaugurated in 1984. It is also an extension of the Images et Imaginaires d'Architecture event presented at the Center Pompidou by the CCI in 1984.
A set of two hundred original drawings, thirty-five models, and a few paintings and sculptures testify to a new plurality of research and the current proliferation of architectural creation.
This panorama reflects through some forty projects (nearly half of which were finished), many recent currents, and not just postmodernism.
The reader discovers, for example, representatives, side by side:
- the rationalist movement, such as Giorgio Grassi...
Category
French Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pair of Brass Ship's Beacon Lights with Fresnel Lens
Located in Nantucket, MA
A pair of rare ship's beacon lights with Fresnel glass lens. Brass bracket feet, backplate and lid with side clamps to allow access to the bulb. These are originally European and have been rewired for American use. Takes a standard base light bulb.
Deborah Lockhart Phillips, owner of The Lockhart Collection, sources one-of-a-kind pieces from all over the world; and often transforms nautical artifacts...
Category
European Industrial 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
BRITISH CAMPAIGN & GALLANTRY MEDALS DiSPLAY PICTURE VERY DECORATIVE EXAMPLE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very decorative display case housing multiple medals for Britich Campaign & Gallantry
Please note the...
Category
English Campaign 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Lawn Tennis Racket, the Match
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique lawn tennis racket, "The Match".
An original lawn tennis racket with double central stringing called "The Match". It has a good straight ash frame with red horizontal string...
Category
English Sporting Art Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ash
Large Kodak No. 2 Folding Camera with Leather Case c.1903 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A large leather wrapped Eastman Kodak Anastigmat No.2 folding camera with chrome and brass accents. Original leather case with brass lock. Folds smoothly closed to 2.25 inch...
Category
Industrial 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome, Brass
English Country Houses Georgian series, set of three volumes
Located in London, GB
A three-volume series, housed in its original slipcase.
Reprinted by the Antique Collectors’ Club in 1984, first published by Country Life magazine in 1955. Softback.
A rare colle...
Category
Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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