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Masthead Figure

Museum Quality Carved Wood Antique British Ship's Figurehead
Located in Bridgeport, CT
ship's masthead of Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson. Traditionally carved in Maritime tradition and having
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Antique 19th Century English Georgian Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Life Magazine Satirical Society Cartoon Illustration
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
section mastheads that helped set the magazine’s visual tone. Her perspective was influenced by her
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1940s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Life Magazine Art Deco Showgirls Cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
New Yorker included about nine cover illustrations as well as spot illustrations and section mastheads
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Gouache

Fancy Department Store Satirical Cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
New Yorker included about nine cover illustrations as well as spot illustrations and section mastheads
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1930s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Gouache

Vintage Esquire Magazine cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
as well as spot illustrations and section mastheads that helped set the magazine’s visual tone. Her
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1950s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

The Soda Fountain (New Yorker Magazine cover proposal)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
New Yorker included about nine cover illustrations as well as spot illustrations and section mastheads
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Tavern on the Green (New Yorker Magazine cover proposal)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
section mastheads that helped set the magazine’s visual tone. Her perspective was influenced by her
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1930s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Knight Looking Through Glass
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
figure and his setting are also accompanied by the horizontal black lines of the publication’s masthead
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1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

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Original Vintage Poster-Jean Cocteau-Air France-Paris-France, c.1963
By Jean Cocteau
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Jean Cocteau-Air France-Paris-France, c.1963 Promotional poster for Air France produced by Jean Cocteau. We see a Parisian smoking a cigarette. The smoke m...
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20th Century Posters

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Paper

1987 Keith Haring Lucky Strike Set of Three Original Vintage Posters
By Keith Haring
Located in Winchester, GB
Cigarette brand Lucky Strike commissioned Keith Haring to design a series of posters & advertisements for them in 1987. In turn, Haring submitted 10 pieces in his trademark and uniqu...
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Vintage 1980s Swiss Posters

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Paper

Set of 12 English Porcelain Botanical Plates, Spode, circa 1900
By Spode
Located in New York, NY
Set of 12 English porcelain botanical plates, Spode, circa 1900.
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Early 20th Century Dinner Plates

Tokoyuni III Kunisada Japanese Woodblock Print Wrestling Sumo for Charity
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed and richly colored woodblock print by renowned Japanese artist Tokoyuni III (AKA Utagawa Kunisada 1786-1864 and here referred to as "Ichiyusai") titled "Japane...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Prints

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Paper

Vintage Surrrealist Poster of Soviet Film by Nikita Mijalkov Cuba Reboiro 1979
Located in Miami, FL
1979 Cuban Silkscreen Poster for Soviet Film Pieza Inconclusa by Russian Director and Actor Nikita Mijalkov (b.1945). Surrealist silkscreen art work by Antonio Fernández Reboiro. ...
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Vintage 1970s Cuban Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Speaker Smith, Political Interest: George III Silver Sauce Tureens, London, 1774
By Augustin Le Sage
Located in Cornwall, GB
An exquisite set of four George III silver oval two handled oval sauce tureens and covers. Of Oval bombe form on four rocaille capped scroll feet, with ovolo cast borders and handles...
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Antique 1770s British George III Serving Pieces

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Sterling Silver

Royal Copenhagen Porcelain "Flora Danica" Dinner Service for 12
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in New York, NY
Comprising 60 pieces, each finely hand-painted with a botanical specimen, identified in Latin on the underside, including: 12 "3549" dinner plates measuring 10 1/8" diameter 12 "...
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20th Century Danish Neoclassical Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Life of Napoleon Bonaparte by William Milligan Sloan, in Four Volumes, 1896
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Sloane, William Milligan. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York: Century Co, 1896. Four volume quarto set. Handsomely bound in half red Moroccan leather and cloth boards, spines r...
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Antique 1890s American Books

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Paper

Oversized Advertising Store Display Scissors
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brass oversized scissors probably used for advertising and or store display. These will add interest to any room, wall, hair salon or fashion fashion boutique.
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Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Signs

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Brass

Portrait of a Handsome Man Oil Painting by Mid Century Artist
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This beautiful mid century painting of a handsome man was painted in the 1950s. The subject was the owner of a beautiful San Diego Estate. Artist was F Stanley Herring. Beautiful ant...
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Vintage 1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas

19th Century Lifesize Bronze Bust of Othello after Gaston Veuvenot Leroux
By Gaston Vuevenot Leroux
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large and impressive French 19th century life-size bust depicting Othello, the North African Moor of Venice character in the 1603 play written by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), a...
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Antique 19th Century French Moorish Busts

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Bronze

Pair 19th Century Rococo Style Meissen Porcelain Parrot and Flower Lidded Vases
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
An incredible pair of 19th century Rococo Style Meissen Porcelain parrot and flower encrusted lidded vases. Each is absolutely stunning with a variety of hand-painted and encrusted f...
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Antique 19th Century German Rococo Vases

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Porcelain

English Porcelain Botanical Dinner Service, Coalport, circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
Comprising pair of sauce tureens on stands, pair of shell dishes, 4 oval dishes, 4 rectangular dishes, 18 plates, (8 dishes). Inscribed in gilt with botanical identification.
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Antique 1840s English Porcelain

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Porcelain

Amazing Serigraphed Cabinet by Artist Emilio Tadini, Published Casa Vogue
By Emilio Tadini
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Beautiful and super rare 'Cassapanca di buona memoria' (chest of beautiful memories) by famed Italian artist Emilio Tadini (1927-2002). Tadini was invited to exhibit his paintings at...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Blanket Chests

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Wood

Large Hand Painted Double Sided Arrow "Radio Trade In" Folk Art Trade/Store Sign
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Hand Painted, Double Sided Arrow "Special" Radio Trade In sale,,,,Folk Art Trade/Store Sign,,Wonderful size,,amazing crackle paint, patina..Great subject.
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Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Signs

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Masonite, Paint

"Pinned Down", Wrestling Scene from Late 1920s by William L'Engle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of a small series of paintings by William L'Engle dating to the late 1920s, this striking watercolor depicts a pair of wrestlers -- one Black and one lighter-skinned -- in the th...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

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Merchant Ship Masthead in Carved Wood
Located in East Hampton, NY
well known decorator's personal collection. Second male figure masthead also available at same price
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Antique 19th Century British Sculptures

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Wood

Real Estate Agent Cartoon Illustration
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
as well as spot illustrations and section mastheads that helped set the magazine’s visual tone. Her
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1950s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Pastel, Gouache

Ocean Liner Illustration (The New Yorker Cartoon)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
as well as spot illustrations and section mastheads that helped set the magazine’s visual tone. Her
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1920s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Pastel

Kneeling Masthead Model
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand-carved female figure, likely a model made for a larger masthead.
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Antique 19th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Kneeling Masthead Model
Kneeling Masthead Model
H 14 in W 4.25 in D 8 in
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