Antique Strongman
Large Collection of 27 Strongman Photographs Circa 1920 Bodybuilder
Located in Rochester, NY
Large collection of early 20th century strongman photographs. Each 5" x 7" silver gelatin
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Strongman
Materials
Paper
Antique Atlas Strongman Iron Circus Dumbbell 65 Pounds Vintage Carnival Relic
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Ancient and heavily pitted iron dumbbell, weighs about 65 pounds. Maker and history remain unknown, at point of purchase I was told it came from a Circus.
Category
1920s American Industrial Antique Strongman
Materials
Iron
German Bronze Nude Male Archer, Emil Dittler (1868-1902)
By Emil Dittler
Located in Petaluma, CA
This German nude strongman archer is one of the finest examples of a nude male figure that I have
Category
Early 1900s German Beaux Arts Antique Strongman
Materials
Bronze
Striking & Hand Carved, Stylized Wooden Art Deco Nude Female Sculpture Bookends
Located in Lisse, NL
x width x depth of the strongman bookend: 6.8 x 4.45 x 3.1 inches.
We are driven by a passion for
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Strongman
Materials
Nutwood
H 6.8 in W 4.45 in D 3.1 in
YMCA Workers Lend Your Strength original World War 1 vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
original World War one military poster with a handsome strongman with amazing arms in a tank top, carrying
Category
1910s American Realist Antique Strongman
Materials
Lithograph
H 27.25 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Bateaux sur la mer - French Naive Seascape Oil Painting by Camille Bombois
By Camille Bombois
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
. From 1907 he worked as an itinerant road mender, circus strongman and a porter. He married in 1908 and
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Strongman
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of Greco Roman Tournament Posters of Oskar Schneider & Georg Lurich, Nude
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
surrounding masked wrestlers at the time.
Georg Lurich, an Estonian Greco-Roman wrestler and strongman, is
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Sporting Art Antique Strongman
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
H 20 in W 14.5 in D 0.25 in
Hunt Brother Circus & Wild West Show Three-Sheet Broadside, circa 1900-1910
Located in York County, PA
manager and master of ceremonies. Feralto, the strongman, was known as the “Skeleton Giant.” Hunt did a
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Strongman
Materials
Paper
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Life Size Epinal Print Of Strongman
Located in US
Wonderful 19th C. Print By Famed French Epinal Printer. Framed In Simple Dark Walnut Stained Wooden Frame. Print Is In Excellent Condition With A Few Slight Fold Marks. What Appear T...
Category
19th Century French Antique Strongman
Materials
Paper, Ink
Large Antique Iron Banded Wood Carnival or Circus Strongman's Mallet
Located in Concord, MA
Large antique iron banded wood carnival strongman's mallet. Measures: Length 35 3/4 inches, height
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Strongman
Materials
Iron
Antique Russian Bodybuilder Postcard, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
uncirculated black and white Russian strongman photo-printed postcard.
In the late 19th and early 20th
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Early 1900s Russian Sporting Art Antique Strongman
Materials
Paper
"Moorish Wedding" Oil on Canvas by Edward Aubrey Hunt
By Edward Aubrey Hunt
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
in Europe, spending time in Italy in the late 1880’s where he met and painted the famous strongman
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Strongman
Materials
Canvas
"Women Drawing Water, Agadir (?), " Oil on Panel by Edward Aubrey Hunt
By Edward Aubrey Hunt
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
painted the famous strongman Eugen Sandow. From 1896-97 he stayed in Tangier, North Africa, painting many
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Strongman
Vintage Strongman Barbell
Located in Oakville, CT
Vintage Industrial, strongman barbell.
Category
1830s American Antique Strongman
Materials
Iron
Carnival Strongman's Barbell
Located in Seattle, WA
Wacky American Carnival or Circus Barbell made of steel rod and red-painted spheres. Practical size but substantially heavy.
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Strongman
Materials
Steel
Cast Iron Strongman Barbell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early cast iron strongman barbell weighing approximately 60 pounds. Made in America circa 1890s.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Strongman
Materials
Iron
Early 20th C. Carnival Strongman Mallet C.1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
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An early 20th century iron banded wooden carnival or circus strongman mallet. A date of "9
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Strongman
Materials
Iron
Original Antique Poster Strongman With Weight Athlete Sport French Weightlifter
Located in London, GB
Original antique weightlifting sports poster featuring a great life-size illustration of an athletic gentleman with a moustache dressed in a black top, belt in the French flag red, w...
Category
1880s French Antique Strongman
Materials
Paper
H 75.2 in W 22.84 in D 0.04 in
Bronze Figure of a Strongman Hurling a Rock, Artist Signed Lugerth, circa 1900
By Ferdinand Lugerth
Located in Petaluma, CA
This bronze figure of a strongman getting ready to hurl a rock is very powerful. This handsome
Category
1920s Austrian Beaux Arts Antique Strongman
Materials
Bronze
H 17 in W 10.5 in D 5 in
1906 Mills Novelty Owl Strength Tester Scale
Located in Peekskill, NY
strongman graphics really bring this to another level. The back and mechanism behind the bronze frame housed
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Strongman
Materials
Bronze
Moorish Wedding
By Edward Aubrey Hunt
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
in Europe, spending time in Italy in the late 1880’s where he met and painted the famous strongman
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Strongman
Materials
Oil
Women Drawing Water, Agadir (?)
By Edward Aubrey Hunt
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
painted the famous strongman Eugen Sandow. From 1896-97 he stayed in Tangier, North Africa, painting many
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Strongman
Materials
Oil, Panel
Large Collection of 27 Strongman Photographs Circa 1920 Bodybuilder
Located in Rochester, NY
Large collection of early 20th century strongman photographs. Each 5" x 7" silver gelatin
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Strongman
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
H 7 in W 5 in D 0.1 in
German Bronze Figure of a Nude Male Strongman Breaking out of Chains, ca. 1895
By Paul Ludwig Kowalczewski
Located in Petaluma, CA
This powerful and handsome young man is going to break out of his chains. Showing great strength and muscularity, coupled with a beautiful factory brown patina, and mounted on a red ...
Category
1890s German Beaux Arts Antique Strongman
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 23.5 in W 9 in D 8 in
Striking and Hand Carved Art Deco Athletic Nude Male and Rock Sculpture Bookends
Located in Lisse, NL
Impressive and stylized strongman bookends, hand carved out of one block of wood.
The artist who
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Antique Strongman
Materials
Wood
H 8.1 in W 9.8 in D 4.5 in
Striking and Hand-Carved Art Deco Athletic Nude Male and Rock Sculpture Bookends
Located in Lisse, NL
Impressive and stylized strongman bookends.
The artist who made these wonderful bookends has
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Antique Strongman
Materials
Wood
H 7.25 in W 8.75 in D 4.1 in
Rare & Practical Size Antique Hand Painted Gnome Sculpture Wall Bracket or Shelf
Located in Lisse, NL
the one hand and because of his unique body position on the other. This little strongman is clearly
Category
Early 20th Century German Antique Strongman
Materials
Plaster
H 15.4 in W 13.5 in D 12.25 in
Strongman's Belt
Located in New York, NY
A souvenir from a bygone circus or traveling freak show. Use it for a centerpiece at a dinner party. Girdle a column in your loft. Nail it fully extended to the wall. As far as we kn...
Category
19th Century Antique Strongman
Materials
Leather
Original Antique Poster Strongman With Weight Athlete Sport French Weightlifter
Located in London, GB
Original antique weightlifting sports poster featuring a great life-size illustration of an athletic gentleman with a moustache dressed in a black top, belt in the French flag red, w...
Category
1880s Antique Strongman
Materials
Paper
Carnival Mallet Very Large and Heavy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
high striker or strongman game at carnivals and circuses, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Strongman
Materials
Wood
Vintage 1900's Carved Wood Mechanical Strong Man WhIstler
Located in Chicago, IL
movement which pushes up the bellows. The Strongman turns his head and whistles a lively tune. Marked
Category
19th Century German Folk Art Antique Strongman
Materials
Metal
Archer by Alexandre Kelety Bronze Early 20th Century Art Deco
By Alexandre Kéléty
Located in Oakland, CA
“strongman”, the highest quality bronze work and details we’ve rarely seen. The angle and position of the
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Strongman
Materials
Bronze
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Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
Located in London, GB
A pair of monumental limestone sphinxes of Pharaoh Nectanebo I, from the processional avenue of the Serapeum of Memphis, 30th Dynasty, circa 379 - 360 BC.
The sphinxes of the Serape...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antique Strongman
Materials
Limestone
Greco Roman Style Vintage Verde Bronze Statue of a Male Nude with Grapes in Hair
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Greco-Roman style bronze nude statue from the 20th century with verde patina and wooden pedestal base. Created with the traditional technique of lost-wax casting (à la cire...
Category
20th Century Greco Roman Antique Strongman
Materials
Bronze
H 50 in W 17.5 in D 11 in
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Bathers by the Shore
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.r.
Oil on canvas
66 x 84 inches
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in New York...
Category
2010s Antique Strongman
Materials
Oil
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Hercules Antaeus Bronze Sculpture by Carl Kauba
By Carl Kauba
Located in Houston, TX
Bronze Sculpture of Hercules and Antaeus crafted and signed by Carl Kauba. This sculpture depicts the tale of Hercules' battle against Antaeus.
Antaeus, son of Gaia and Poseidon,...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Strongman
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Hercules at Rest", Rare Art Deco Porcelain with Male Nude by Bregnoe
By Jens Jacob Bregnö, Dahl Jensen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Uncontestably, one of the most sensuous pieces of figural porcelain ever produced in the 20th century, this piece shows Hercules resting on a rocky promontory, with one arm outstretc...
Category
1930s Art Deco Antique Strongman
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Bronze Sculpture of “Narcissus”
Located in Shippensburg, PA
RAND TOUR
Italy, late 19th century
"Narcissus"
Patinated bronze cast by the Michele Amodio foundry of Naples, signed to base cast third quarter of 19th century
Item # 406SKN07W
...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Strongman
Materials
Bronze
H 24.25 in W 9.25 in D 9.25 in
[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon] Le Soldat de Marathon
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon] Le Soldat de Marathon (The soldier of the Marathon), 1869
n.d.
Signed, l.l.
Oil on canvas
57 x 45 inches
66 x 54 x 4.5, framed
This work is offe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Antique Strongman
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Monumental Italian Serpentine Marble Grand Tour "Uffizi Wrestlers"
Located in Queens, NY
Monumental Italian Serpentine Marble Grand Tour "Uffizi Wrestlers"
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Strongman
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Borghese Gladiator Bronze of Large Scale
Located in Benington, Herts
A finely cast large scale bronze of the Borghese Gladiator with exceptional patina
French c.1830-50
Due to the particularly fine casting of our piece, it seems likely that it is ...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Strongman
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Barbell Hand Weights
Located in Napa, CA
Vintage barbell hand weights.
Priced individually.
Category
20th Century Antique Strongman
Materials
Metal
Large 19th Century Bronze Sculpture of Borghese Gladiator
Located in New York, NY
Borghese Gladiator, after the antique
large patinated bronze sculpture
Italy, 19th Century
H 20 in. (50.8 cm)
Original marble sculpture was found in the early 1600's in the Anzio so...
Category
19th Century European Antique Strongman
Materials
Bronze
"Men, Arm in Arm", Extraordinary Art Deco Bowl w/ Six Male Nudes by Mourier
By A. Mourier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly rare and extraordinary in subject matter and palette, this low, footed Art Deco bowl by A. Mourier depicts six nude male figures around its circumference, arm in arm and hand ...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Antique Strongman
Materials
Ceramic
"Helios, God of the Sun", Large, Spectacular Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by De Lue
By Donald De Lue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the largest and most impressive bronzes ever sculpted by Donald De Lue -- one of America's greatest sculptors of Art Deco monuments over the course of 50 years -- this bronze ...
Category
1950s American Art Deco Antique Strongman
Materials
Bronze
H 37 in W 15 in D 10 in
CLARTE Life Size Art Deco Bronze Lamp Standing Nude with Globe by Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Clarté life size Art Deco bronze lamp standing nude with globe by Max Le Verrier. Patinated bronze on octagonal wooden base and with crackled glass globe. Design 1928. Posthumous cas...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Antique Strongman
Materials
Bronze
H 73.23 in W 36.62 in D 20.87 in
Antique Bronze Sculpture Male Nude with Stone Hugo Siegwart H. 36 inch
By Hugo Siegwart
Located in Antwerp, BE
Description Impressive Antique sculpture of a male nude throwing a stone by the Swiss artist Hugo Siegwart (1865-1938) He worked in Germany and France.
Artist/ Maker: Hugo Siegwart....
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Neoclassical Antique Strongman
Materials
Bronze
H 35.44 in W 24.81 in D 14.57 in
French 19th Century Patinated Bronze Statue of Laocoön and His Sons
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most impressive and high quality French 19th century patinated bronze statue of Laocoön and his sons, signed Barbedienne. The bronze is raised by a rectangular base below a stepped...
Category
19th Century French Antique Strongman
Materials
Bronze
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Antique Strongman For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique strongman for your home. Frequently made of paper, metal and wood, every antique strongman was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without an antique strongman — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique strongman over the years, but those crafted by Paul Ludwig Kowalczewski are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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An antique strongman can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,336, while the lowest priced sells for $550 and the highest can go for as much as $14,500.