No Ball Games
Philadelphia Toboggan Co. Skee Ball Machine, 1950s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original 1950s Philadelphia Toboggan Co. Skee Ball Machine. Fully mechanical. No need to plug in
Category
Vintage 1950s American Games
Materials
Metal
Sky Divers Pinball Arcade Game, 1964 USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(3), Rollover buttons (3), Upper free ball gate. Hitting all three mushroom bumpers opens the upper
Category
Vintage 1960s American Games
Materials
Metal
Gulfstream Pinball Arcade Game, 1972 USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, or 3 additional balls (add-a-ball mode).
Back glass in good condition with light patina to the
Category
Vintage 1970s American Games
Materials
Metal
Antique Baines Football Trade Card, Third Lanark
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines went on to produce
Category
Vintage 1940s British Sporting Art Games
Materials
Paper
18th Century Mahogany Irish Games Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional Irish games table is as functional as it is beautiful. Crafted of Cuban mahogany
Category
Antique 18th Century European Georgian Game Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Hand Painted Card or Games Box
Located in Folkestone, GB
with gold and blue leaves and flowers on a scarlet ground and standing on gold ball feet. The interior
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Regency Wall Mirrors
Materials
Beech, Paint
A Base Ball Game
By Henry Sandham
Located in New York, NY
officials. The New York Giants won 16 to 3 and took the series in four straight games. The print itself is
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Photogravure
Antique Georgian Irish Mahogany Demi Lune Games Card or Tea Table George III
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A superb example of an Early Irish Mahogany Georgian Demi-lune Fold-over Games Table of outstanding
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Irish George III Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Walnut
H 29 in W 31.5 in D 15.5 in
EXQUISITE THOMAS CHIPPENDALE STYLE CLAW & BALL FEET EXTENDiNG CHESS BOARD TABLE
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in GB
Chippendale style, Chess board extending table with heavily carved Claw & Ball feet
Please note the delivery
Category
Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Game Tables
Materials
Hardwood
H 28.75 in W 20.87 in D 31.89 in
Original 'Soccer' vintage lithograph posters a.k.a. "Heads Up", Spain
Located in Spokane, WA
date of an upcoming game and team would be added at the bottom of the poster. Soccer games were
Category
1960s Kinetic Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 42.5 in W 32 in D 0.05 in
Antique Gentlemans Satinwood Rosewood Crossbanded Speciman Cabinet Early 19th Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A superb example of an early Irish Mahogany Georgian Demi-Lune fold-over games table of outstanding
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desks
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Walnut, Satin
H 33.75 in W 23.5 in D 20.5 in
Signed Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Nolan Ryan
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
for a breaking ball.[2]
While his lifetime winning percentage was .526, Ryan was an eight-time MLB
Category
20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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Chicago Coin's 10th Frame "Special Bowler" Arcade Game, 1949 USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage bowling arcade machine from 1949 manufactured by Chicago Coin. Wooden cabinet painted with bowling designs in primary colors, lighted scoreboard and Formica lane. Player uses...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Games
Materials
Metal
Art Nouveau Curved Stained Glass & Bronze Panel/ Window, Attributed to Tiffany
By Charles L. Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Art Nouveau window/ panel was realized in the United States in 1907, attributed to Tiffany & Co. The piece features a mosaic of interlocking demilune arch forms in hues...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Architectural Elements
Materials
Bronze
H 26.5 in W 46 in D 11 in
Tiffany & Co. English King Gilded Flatware Service, 216 Pieces
By John C. Moore, Tiffany & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
This timeless 216-piece flatware set from the famed Tiffany & Co. includes place settings for 12, housed in its original Tiffany & Co. fitted chest. The set is further heightened by ...
Category
20th Century American Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Large and Unique Antique French Boiserie with Covered Alcove, 17th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful section of boiserie has been carved from softwood in the 17th century (upper section pieces only). It has been completely cleaned (stripped) and clear waxed at some po...
Category
Antique 17th Century French Panelling
Materials
Softwood
H 97.13 in W 110.63 in D 14 in
Magnificent Full Size Carousel Horse
Located in Nantwich, GB
This truly magnificent old 20th century full size carved wooden carousel horse is carved in the style of Denzil.
This beautiful animal has been in a private collection for more than...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Late Victorian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Pearl Royale 18K White Gold, Diamond, Sapphire and South Sea Pearl Chess Set
By Colin Burn Art
Located in Halls Head, Western Australia
The Pearl Royale chess set stands as one of the world’s finest jewelry artworks ever created. This masterpiece is hailed as the most valuable and opulent chess set in the world and l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Victorian Games
Materials
Gold
H 5.52 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
David Mazel Tov LifeGuard Chair, Handcrafted Maple Coastal Inspiration Seating
By Louie George Michael
Located in Montreal, Quebec
This chair is named in honor of the famous lifeguard. David Mazel Tov is a design focused on perspectives and it allows two people to co-exist in a space with different points of vie...
Category
2010s Canadian Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Rattan, Maple
H 83 in W 28 in D 40 in
Antique Art Deco Sterling Silver Canteen of Cutlery for Twelve Persons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, comprehensive antique George V English sterling silver Jesmond pattern flatware service for twelve persons - boxed; an addition to our flatware co...
Category
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.
Located in London, GB
This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier German Decorative Art
Materials
Other
French Nécessaire de Voyage
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional and rare French nécessaire de voyage is almost certainly the work of the highly respected Parisian manufacturer Pierre-Dominique Maire and the silversmith Jacques-Br...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Crystal, Silver
English Country House Bar Cabinet
Located in Westwood, NJ
A very finely carved flame mahogany veneered architectural bar cabinet of the Althorp House façade, the upper section with a gabled brass galleried roof with 8 dormers, with a Spence...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese George II Dry Bars
Materials
Wood
Bally Pac-Man Arcade Game, 1980 USA
By Bally
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage 'PAC-MAN' arcade game from 1980. Pac-Man was originally a Japanese video game franchise developed, published and owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment. This console is made by ...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Games
Materials
Metal
Airport Pinball Arcade Game, 1969 USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage 'AIRPORT' pinball machine from 1969. Made by D. Gottlieb & Co. and designed by Ed Krynski. In excellent working condition and the first game to use a vari-target. Great visua...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Games
Materials
Metal
Hollywood Pinball Arcade Game, 1976 USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage 'HOLLYWOOD' pinball machine from 1976. Made by Chicago Coin Machine Manufacturing Company and designed by Albin Peters, Jerry Koci and Wendell McAdams. In excellent working c...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Games
Materials
Metal
17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Bookcases
Materials
Spruce
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H 88.59 in W 145.67 in D 39.38 in
Antique Gold Repousse Bee Monogrammed Walking Stick with Flowers
Located in Miami, FL
Antique Gold Repousse Bee Monogrammed Walking Stick with Flowers
offered for sale is a gold-handled repousse walking stick with flowers and a bumblebee design. The top of the hand...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Gold
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No Ball Games
By Banksy
Located in New York, NY
Banksy
No Ball Games
2009
Silkscreen
27.5 x 26.3 inches (70 x 67cm)
Edition of 250
Signed
Category
Street Art Prints and Multiples
No Ball Games, Gray
By Banksy
Located in Miami, FL
Edition of 250
This piece is signed and numbered in pencil, as well as accompanied with a Certificate of Authenticity from Pest Control.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
No Ball Games, Green
By Banksy
Located in Miami, FL
P.P./02
This piece is pencil signed and numbered, as well as accompanied with a Certificate of Authenticity from Pest Control.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Bally Eight Ball Deluxe, Vintage Pinball Machine 1981, Restored
By George Christian, Margaret Hudson
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Eight Ball Deluxe was another big hit for Bally back in the 1980s and is one of most sought-after
Category
Vintage 1980s North American Games
Gottlieb Majorettes, Vintage Pinball Machine 1964, High-End Restored
By Wayne Neyens, Roy Parker
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
hearted. It is the only Gottlieb wedgehead to be made in 'Add a Ball' form only. Normally replay games
Category
Vintage 1960s North American Games
1962 Royal Crown Vintage Indoor Bowling Alley
By Chicago Coin Company
Located in Weybridge, Surrey
additional games alongside the standard regulation bowling game. Featuring electronic scoring and fully
Category
Vintage 1960s American Games
Materials
Oak
Gottlieb The Cirqus Tiger, Vintage Pinball Machine 1975, Fully Restored
By Gordon Morison, Ed Krynski
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
AAB or add a ball game which extends the game play without rewarding you with a replay. If you are
Category
Vintage 1970s North American Games
H 69.69 in W 25.8 in D 51.97 in
Gottlieb Abra Cadabra, Vintage Pinball Machine 1975, High-End Restored
By Gordon Morison, Jeff Brenner
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
bounces and ball trajectories which make for a very fast game.
Name: Abra Ca Dabra
Make: Gottlieb
Date of
Category
Vintage 1970s North American Games
H 69.69 in W 25.8 in D 51.97 in
Fine Quality Antique Mahogany Fold over Games Table
Located in Wakefield, GB
Offered for sale is this fine quality antique mahogany games table
In the Geo II style. Shaped
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European George III Game Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Sun
Located in London, GB
between 2020-21.
In Sun, a discarded ball picked up in a cemetery is smothered with thousands of map
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Mixed Media, Pins
Black Hole
Located in London, GB
’ made between 2020-21.
Here the surface of a deflated ball is embellished with over 8,000 map pins
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Rubber, Mixed Media, Pins, Plastic
Phantom
Located in London, GB
between 2020-21.
Here a discarded shin pad and the broken parts of a ball hopper have been assembled
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint, Glitter, Mixed Media, Pins, Glass
Leroy Neiman Irish American Bar Serigraph Contemporary Art
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Minneapolis, MN
blues, reds and whites, two high-jumping basketball players fight for the ball, but it’s already through
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Gouache
H 35 in W 27.5 in D 2 in
LeRoy Neiman - Hoosier Hoopla 1975, Serigraph
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Minneapolis, MN
blues, reds and whites, two high-jumping basketball players fight for the ball, but it’s already through
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Gouache
No Ball Games
By Banksy
Located in New York, NY
No Ball Games
Three Colour Silkscreen on Wove Paper
Signed, Numbered and Blindstamped Edition of
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Prints
No Ball Games (Green)
By Banksy
Located in New York, NY
No Ball Games (Green), 2009
Banksy (British, b. ca.1974/1975) is one of the most well-known, if
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Ink
Rare Hermès Set of 2 Golf Balls
By Hermès
Located in FR
packs.
"HERMÈS eau de cologne" written in green 2 times on each ball
Measurements: 4,2 cm diameter
Category
20th Century Unknown Games
P.G Rubber Core Golf Ball
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Golf Ball.
A " P. G. " rubber core golf ball with unusual honeycomb pattern, in
Category
Early 20th Century English Games
Vintage Tether Tennis Game
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A late Victorian or early Edwardian Tetherball or Swing ball tennis game. The game comprises of a
Category
Antique 1890s Great Britain (UK) Games
Space Mission Pinball Arcade Game, 1976 USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
features kick out holes, moving target, swinging targets and end of ball bonuses. Lights flash on and off
Category
Vintage 1970s American Games
Materials
Metal
19th Century English Ivory Chess Set
Located in London, GB
queens with ball knops, the bishops with cleft mitres and tapering columns, the knights as arched horses
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Games
Materials
Ivory
America Ancient Stone Game Ball "Batey", 500 Years Old
Located in South Burlington, VT
game and ceremony. The exact purpose of ball games remain a mystery but they may have served to settle
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Pre-Columbian Native American ...
Materials
Stone
English George II Mahogany Ball & Claw Antique Game Table, 18th Century c. 1730
Located in Shippensburg, PA
to reveal an interior compartment for storing games.
The apron is veneered with vertical grained
Category
Antique 1730s British George II Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Oak, Pine
H 28 in W 32.75 in D 17 in
Vintage Light-Up Glass Top Coffee Table Gottlieb Pinball Playfield Midcentury
By D Gottlieb and Co.
Located in London, GB
practical and amusing and a perfect addition to any games room or lounge.
Condition:
In excellent
Category
Vintage 1960s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel
H 18.12 in W 46.46 in D 20.48 in
1920s Schoenhut Indoor Golf Toy, Tommy Green, Golf Game
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
tiny ball. Many fine points become apparent after a few games with the Schoenhut golfer.
'Tommy
Category
Vintage 1920s English Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Vintage MacGregor "Bobby Doerr" Baseball Glove
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
-1951. Named to nine All-Star Games, Doerr was steady, consistent, and showed leadership on and off the
Category
Vintage 1950s American Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Leather
"the Pitcher's Battle" Pinball-style Baseball Game
Located in York County, PA
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There were many pinball-style baseball games produced throughout the middle of the 20th
Category
Vintage 1930s American Game Boards
Signed Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Nolan Ryan
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
curveball at exceptional velocity for a breaking ball.[2]
While his lifetime winning percentage was .526
Category
20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Finale "Babyfoot" Table Football, Montbeliard, France, circa 1950
Located in London, GB
Rue Jules Grosjean Montbéliard (Doubs).
With working pull rod mechanism for ball release, abacus
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Games
Materials
Chrome
Play Ball Antique 1925 Art Deco Baseball Penny Coin Drop Arcade Baseball Game
By Frank Meisler, Exhibit Supply Co.
Located in Miami, FL
. Created during the art deco period in Chicago Illinois. This is a baseball coin-op game, titled "Play Ball
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Copper, Steel
H 18.5 in W 13.25 in D 8 in
Vintage Parlour Golf Toy, Tommy Green by Schoenhut, Philadelphia
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
one original white alloy Mashie and one celluloid golf ball. He has the original manufacturing plate
Category
Vintage 1920s American Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Beech
No Ball Games, Grey
By Banksy
Located in Miami, FL
P.P. From the Regular Edition of 250
This piece is pencil signed and numbered, as well as accompanied with a Certificate of Authenticity from Pest Control.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Carnival Clown Game
Located in Summerland, CA
From the 1890s carnival days. "Throw the ball into the mouth."
Hand-carved wood clown. No balls
Category
Antique 1890s Games
Materials
Wood
Good English ‘Washington’ Pattern Turned Ivory Chess Set, circa 1800-1820
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
remaining natural, the kings with "cogged" crowns and the queens with ball knops, the bishops with cleft
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Games
Materials
Ivory
Antique Burr Walnut Fold over Games Table
Located in Wakefield, GB
Standing on slender carved cabriole legs with a ball & claw foot. The top swivels around and folds over
Category
Early 20th Century Great Britain (UK) George III Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Walnut
The Edwardian King's Roulette, Card and Games Table, mahogany c.1908
By Jackson & Graham
Located in London, GB
Signed by Sir Hiram Maxim this Unique Games Table was designed and custom made in 1907 for Sir
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Game Tables
Materials
Baize, Mahogany, Satinwood
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Find a variety of no ball games available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique no ball games was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and paint. No ball games 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 no ball games to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Georgian and Regency no ball games are of considerable interest. Banksy, Fred McDarrah and Henry Sandham each produced beautiful no ball games that are worth considering.
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