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Lot 6 Vintage Ape Monkey Bojesen Style Paper Cardboard Hanging Mobile Ornaments
Lot 6 Vintage Ape Monkey Bojesen Style Paper Cardboard Hanging Mobile Ornaments

Lot 6 Vintage Ape Monkey Bojesen Style Paper Cardboard Hanging Mobile Ornaments

Located in Nuernberg, DE

A rare set of 6 monkey. Each is made from cardboard and paper, this would be a great addition for

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1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Paper

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Tomotom Chair by Bernard Holdaway in Cardboard and Chipboard, 1966
Tomotom Chair by Bernard Holdaway in Cardboard and Chipboard, 1966

Tomotom Chair by Bernard Holdaway in Cardboard and Chipboard, 1966

Located in New York, NY

Tomotom Chair by Bernard Holdaway in cardboard and chipboard, 1966 Designed by Bernard Holdaway

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Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

1950s Italian Vintage Original Cardboard Box Panettone Alemagna Milano
1950s Italian Vintage Original Cardboard Box Panettone Alemagna Milano

1950s Italian Vintage Original Cardboard Box Panettone Alemagna Milano

Located in Milan, IT

Italian vintage original cardboard box made in the 1950s by Italian famous cake company Alemagna

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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Paper

1940s Mello Bowl Smoking Pipes Vintage Cardboard Display Ad
1940s Mello Bowl Smoking Pipes Vintage Cardboard Display Ad

1940s Mello Bowl Smoking Pipes Vintage Cardboard Display Ad

By Mello Bowl

Located in Orange, CA

Tobacco advertising for Mello Bowl Pipes. Early 1940s advertising that has some original pipes still attached. This is one example of tobacco pipes advertising.

Category

1940s American Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Paper

Emilia Garcia Cigar Tri-Fold Advertising Display
Emilia Garcia Cigar Tri-Fold Advertising Display

Emilia Garcia Cigar Tri-Fold Advertising Display

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H 31 in W 44 in D 1 in

Emilia Garcia Cigar Tri-Fold Advertising Display

Located in Chicago, IL

This is a vibrantly colored die cut advertisement promoting the Emilia Garcia Cigars. It was printed by the Industrial Litho Company Inc. of Brooklyn, New York.

Category

1940s American Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Cardboard

Five Cardboard Crystal Forms
Five Cardboard Crystal Forms

Five Cardboard Crystal Forms

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H 18 in W 18 in D 18 in

Five Cardboard Crystal Forms

Located in Brecht, BE

These cardboard crystal forms were made in the 1950s for a school in Czech Republic.

Category

1950s Czech Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Paper

Frank Gehry Prototype Cardboard Screen, UK, 1990s
Frank Gehry Prototype Cardboard Screen, UK, 1990s

Frank Gehry Prototype Cardboard Screen, UK, 1990s

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H 62.6 in W 53.15 in D 1.97 in

Frank Gehry Prototype Cardboard Screen, UK, 1990s

By Frank Gehry

Located in London, GB

in the 1970s with his ‘Easy Edges’ furniture series (1969-1973). Constructed in corrugated cardboard

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Late 20th Century British Post-Modern Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Paper

Motorcycle, Motoring Goggles Melton Mk. Viii Goggles in Original Cardboard Box
Motorcycle, Motoring Goggles Melton Mk. Viii Goggles in Original Cardboard Box

Motorcycle, Motoring Goggles Melton Mk. Viii Goggles in Original Cardboard Box

Located in Oxfordshire, GB

and still in their original cardboard box. The goggles with padded soft brown suede leather facemask

Category

1950s British Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Suede

Collection of four boxes of butterflies,  around 1940
Collection of four boxes of butterflies,  around 1940

Collection of four boxes of butterflies, around 1940

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H 10.24 in W 15.36 in D 3.15 in

Collection of four boxes of butterflies, around 1940

Located in Paris, FR

1805-1806. Boxes frame are in strong cardboard. A large majority of butterflies are French common

Category

1940s French Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Cardboard

Set of 3 Vintage Riveted Map Holders
Set of 3 Vintage Riveted Map Holders

Set of 3 Vintage Riveted Map Holders

Located in Calgary, Alberta

Fabulous and funky! Set of 3 vintage handmade cardboard map holders found in the UK. They each

Category

20th Century British Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Metal

1967 First Edition Andy Warhol's Hologram Pop Up Index (Book)
1967 First Edition Andy Warhol's Hologram Pop Up Index (Book)

1967 First Edition Andy Warhol's Hologram Pop Up Index (Book)

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Rare original first edition 1967 Any Warhol 's Index (Book) hardcover with 3d hologram mounted on cover. The book is in amazing original condition and probably the best you will find...

Category

20th Century American Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Paper, Cardboard

Cy Twombly Exhibition Leaflet - Galleria La Tartaruga 1960
Cy Twombly Exhibition Leaflet - Galleria La Tartaruga 1960

Cy Twombly Exhibition Leaflet - Galleria La Tartaruga 1960

By (after) Cy Twombly

Located in Roma, IT

front, a wonderful reproduction of an autograph by Cy Twombly. Lithograph on ivory colored cardboard

Category

1960s Contemporary Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Set of 12 Cardboard Crystal Forms
Set of 12 Cardboard Crystal Forms

Set of 12 Cardboard Crystal Forms

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H 9 in W 7 in D 4 in

Set of 12 Cardboard Crystal Forms

Located in Culver City, CA

Of varying shapes and sizes. 9.5" max length. Produced by Komenium, for use in the classroom.

Category

1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Paper

Elusive Cardboard Die Cut Reploge Air Ways World Globe
Elusive Cardboard Die Cut Reploge Air Ways World Globe

Elusive Cardboard Die Cut Reploge Air Ways World Globe

By Replogle Globes

Located in Buffalo, NY

mph airline speed. Rests in a cardboard cradle of pressed cardboard covered in wood grain finish

Category

1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Masonite, Paper

Fritz Hansen Viper Screen by Hans Sandgren Jakobsen
Fritz Hansen Viper Screen by Hans Sandgren Jakobsen

Fritz Hansen Viper Screen by Hans Sandgren Jakobsen

By Adam Tihani

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Undulating cardboard and anodized aluminum screen made by Fritz Hansen and distributed in the USA

Category

Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Aluminum

Piero Fornasetti Series 8 Coasters Commissioned by Banca Unione Milan
Piero Fornasetti Series 8 Coasters Commissioned by Banca Unione Milan

Piero Fornasetti Series 8 Coasters Commissioned by Banca Unione Milan

By Piero Fornasetti

Located in Prato, Tuscany

)idea, 4)Everything, 5)Holidays, 6)Christmas, 7)Student, 8)Car; they are contained in a golden cardboard

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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Porcelain

1950 Knoll Index of Designs
1950 Knoll Index of Designs

1950 Knoll Index of Designs

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H 12 in W 9 in D 0.4 in

1950 Knoll Index of Designs

Located in New York, NY

1950 Knoll catalog with photography and graphic design by Herbert Matter. 82 pages with ring binder and boards. The Knoll stable of designers included Eero Saarinen, Donald Knorr, G...

Category

1950s American Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Paper, Cardboard

Set of Five Crystallographic Models, circa 1900-1930
Set of Five Crystallographic Models, circa 1900-1930

Set of Five Crystallographic Models, circa 1900-1930

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Set of five crystallographic models. Cardboard shapes and glass, mounted on turned legs in darkwood

Category

20th Century Unknown Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Glass, Wood, Cardboard

Butterfly Specimen Box
Butterfly Specimen Box

Butterfly Specimen Box

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H 16.25 in W 12.25 in D 2.25 in

Butterfly Specimen Box

Located in Washington, DC

Striking butterflies from Asia and Europe, labelled and dated from the 1970's. Part of the same collection as the two wooden boxes (see other listings). This is the latest of the thr...

Category

1970s American Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Glass, Cardboard

Henri Cartier-Bresson THE EUROPEANS 1st American Edition
Henri Cartier-Bresson THE EUROPEANS 1st American Edition

Henri Cartier-Bresson THE EUROPEANS 1st American Edition

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

Located in Easton, PA

1st American Edition published by Simon & Schuster in 1955 of the iconic photography book THE EUROPEANS by Henri Cartier-Bresson with a front and back cover designed by Spanish artis...

Category

1950s French Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Paper, Cardboard

Tri-fold window advertisement for Emilia Garcia cigars
Tri-fold window advertisement for Emilia Garcia cigars

Tri-fold window advertisement for Emilia Garcia cigars

Located in Toronto, ON

Colorful, vibrantly illustrated die-cut advertisement for Emilia Garcia Cigars produced by the East Prospect Cigar Company of Pennsylvania and printed by the Industrial Lithograph Co...

Category

1940s American Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Cardboard

GAY BOB DOLL
GAY BOB DOLL

GAY BOB DOLL

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H 12.5 in W 5.25 in D 2.75 in

GAY BOB DOLL

Located in Cathedral City, CA

LOOK OUT KEN+BARBIE!!!

Category

1970s American Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Plastic, Fabric, Cardboard

Rare Cardboard Child's Chair by Peter Murdoch
Rare Cardboard Child's Chair by Peter Murdoch

Rare Cardboard Child's Chair by Peter Murdoch

By Peter Murdoch

Located in Hudson, NY

Folded polyurethane coated cardboard chair, "Spotty", marked at base. Designed by Murdoch as a

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1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Hermes Set Poker Playing Cards, 2 Decks, Designed by Cassandre
Hermes Set Poker Playing Cards, 2 Decks, Designed by Cassandre

Hermes Set Poker Playing Cards, 2 Decks, Designed by Cassandre

By Hermès

Located in Easton, PA

First edition set of two decks of poker playing cards designed by A.M. Cassandre in 1947 for the French firm Hermes. Still in their original individual boxes inside the original Herm...

Category

1940s French Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Cardboard

Vintage Sand Toy and Music Box Automaton Featuring High Wire Aerialists
Vintage Sand Toy and Music Box Automaton Featuring High Wire Aerialists

Vintage Sand Toy and Music Box Automaton Featuring High Wire Aerialists

Located in Chicago, IL

This is a sand-powered acrobatic automaton. When the box is rotated and set down, the sand turns a wheel (axle) which allows the trapeze artist to move through the air.

Category

1950s Vintage Cardboard Collectibles

Materials

Glass, Cardboard

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Vintage Cardboard Collectibles For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of vintage cardboard collectibles available for sale. The range of distinct vintage cardboard collectibles — often made from paper, metal and plastic — can elevate any home. Vintage cardboard collectibles have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Vintage cardboard collectibles are generally popular furniture pieces, but mid-century modern, modern and folk art styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Vintage cardboard collectibles have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Luciano Mattioli, John Wright Company and Chopard are consistently popular.

How Much are Vintage Cardboard Collectibles?

Vintage cardboard collectibles can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,695, while the lowest priced sells for $54 and the highest can go for as much as $17,500.