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Antique Printing Machines

Vintage Industrial Oak Printing Press Desk Design Hamilton Typesetters WorkShop
Vintage Industrial Oak Printing Press Desk Design Hamilton Typesetters WorkShop

Vintage Industrial Oak Printing Press Desk Design Hamilton Typesetters WorkShop

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Antique Hamilton of Two Rivers Wisconsin Industrial steel/oak type Ledge Worktable for Printers, Printmakers, or TypeSetting. Patina and wear to all surfaces. Many years of use has c...

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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Printing Machines

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Steel

Printing Block Wallpaper Complete Repeat Metal Peonies
Printing Block Wallpaper Complete Repeat Metal Peonies

Printing Block Wallpaper Complete Repeat Metal Peonies

Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK

In 1778, Louis XVI issued a decree that required the length of a wallpaper roll to be about 34 feet, in 1785 Christophe-Philippe Oberkamp invented the first machine for printing wall...

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19th Century French Antique Printing Machines

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Oak

Exotic Birds of the World: A 1765-1780 Study by Martinet and Buffon
Exotic Birds of the World: A 1765-1780 Study by Martinet and Buffon

Exotic Birds of the World: A 1765-1780 Study by Martinet and Buffon

Located in Langweer, NL

This plate is then used to print the image, after which colors are applied by hand, giving each print a unique vibrancy and detail that machine printing could not achieve at the time...

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1770s French Antique Printing Machines

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Paper

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38-Star Antique American Flag with Unique Star Pattern, circa 1876
38-Star Antique American Flag with Unique Star Pattern, circa 1876

38-Star Antique American Flag with Unique Star Pattern, circa 1876

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Flag has several small tears throughout and loose threads along the hoist end near canton. No hoist. Flag has machine-stitched edges. Printing is consistent with clamp-dying process,...

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1870s American Antique Printing Machines

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Wool

Antique Neo Cyclostyle Printing Machine, Duplicating Apparatus, Victorian, 1890
Antique Neo Cyclostyle Printing Machine, Duplicating Apparatus, Victorian, 1890

Antique Neo Cyclostyle Printing Machine, Duplicating Apparatus, Victorian, 1890

Located in Hele, Devon, GB

This is an antique Neo-Cyclostyle printing machine. An English, oak cased duplicating apparatus, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890.

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Late 19th Century British Antique Printing Machines

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Oak

“Sylvia”
“Sylvia”

Germaine-Paule Jaumard“Sylvia”, 1921

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H 7.5 in W 5 in D 1.25 in

“Sylvia”

Located in Southampton, NY

This interest in exploring the stencil process came in reaction to the proliferation of machine printing and the poor quality of color reproductions in publishing.

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1920s Art Deco Antique Printing Machines

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Archival Paper, Stencil

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Antique Printing Machines For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique printing machines available for sale. Frequently made of paper, metal and oak, all antique printing machines available were constructed with great care. Antique printing machines have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique printing machines to choose from, but at 1stDibs, industrial antique printing machines are of considerable interest. Antique printing machines have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Charles & George Asprey and Thiebaut Freres are consistently popular.

How Much are Antique Printing Machines?

Prices for antique printing machines start at $331 and top out at $74,500 with the average selling for $2,160.