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Charles Hollis Jones Lucite / Glass Display Cabinet
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A two door Lucite display cabinet with lighted top and bottom panels having four glass shelves
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Glass, Lucite

Midcentury Edward Wormley Dunbar Walnut Showcase Curio Display Cabinet Bookcase
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Dayton, OH
. Features a rectangular walnut case raised over large silver tapered metal legs The case features three
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Art Deco Entry Cabinet, Vanity or Dressing Table by Osvaldo Borsani , Burl Walnut
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Vigonza, Padua
where the Italian aristocracy and industrial elite would build their houses, a project that displayed
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Retro Museum Display Cases

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Walnut

Pierre Balmain Vintage Bookcase in Wood and Glass
By Pierre Balmain
Located in Milano, IT
double doors. The larger display case has a central shelf, whereas the smaller one is divided into three
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1980s French Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Glass, Wood

Mid-Century Modern School Desk by James W. Leonard For Knoll Associates
By James Leonard, Knoll, Esavian
Located in Brooklyn, NY
and displayed in museums such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Aluminum

Electrohome 701 Circa 75 stereo console radio record player (eames baughman lk)
Located in Madison, WI
prestigious console to the MOMA (museum of modern art) for display and reproduction use. Quality runs deep
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Teak

Mid-Century Modern stereo console radio record player coffee table console book
Located in Madison, WI
recently shipped a very prestigious console to the MOMA (museum of modern art) for display and reproduction
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Mid-20th Century German Bauhaus Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Wood

MCM German stereo console bar Telefunken eames like and more
Located in Madison, WI
recently shipped a very prestigious console to the MOMA (museum of modern art) for display and reproduction
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Mid-20th Century German Bauhaus Retro Museum Display Cases

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Wood

Electrohome 703 Circa 75 stereo console radio record player (eames baughman lk)
Located in Madison, WI
Ryan Reynolds. We also recently shipped a very prestigious console to the MOMA (museum of modern art
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

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Teak

Bookcase / Entry Table by Paul McCobb for Winchendon Planner Group, USA, c. 1960
By Paul McCobb
Located in Deland, FL
Industrial to MCM to Contemporary to Modern this display case will make a BOLD statement in any space it
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Maple

George Tanier / Moebler Danish Denmark stereo console mcm lk eames scandinavian
Located in Madison, WI
Reynolds. We also recently shipped a very prestigious console to the MOMA (museum of modern art) for
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

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Teak

Franco Albini LB7 Bookcase in Teak Wood by Poggi Pavia 1950s Italy
By Franco Albini, Poggi
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
paintings and display cases are hung, are supported by a grid of steel cables; in the Vanzetti stand (1942
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Metal

Important Vladimir Kagan Rosewood Brass Dresser, Desk Unit, 1950s
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Culver City, CA
highly sought after by collectors and are displayed in museums around the world. This set is currently
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Brass

Wilcox-Gay Recordio vintage home recording studio, radio, record player-cutter
Located in Madison, WI
console to the MOMA (museum of modern art) for display and reproduction use. Quality runs deep and this
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Wood

Mid-Century Modern Stereo Console Record Player bar platinum
By General Electric
Located in Madison, WI
console to the MOMA (museum of modern art) for display and reproduction use. Quality runs deep and this
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Mid-20th Century American Bauhaus Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Wood

Mid-Century Modern Stereo Console Record Player amp platinum mdl lk eames
Located in Madison, WI
recently shipped a very prestigious console to the MOMA (museum of modern art) for display and reproduction
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1960s North American Bauhaus Retro Museum Display Cases

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Wood

MCM Stereo Console Record Player German bar (eame lk)
Located in Madison, WI
recently shipped a very prestigious console to the MOMA (museum of modern art) for display and reproduction
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1950s German Bauhaus Retro Museum Display Cases

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Wood

Mid-Century Modern Stereo Console Telefunken Record Player bar platinum (eames)
Located in Madison, WI
MOMA (museum of modern art) for display and reproduction use. Quality runs deep and this craftsmanship
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1960s German Bauhaus Retro Museum Display Cases

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Wood

Mid-Century Modern Stereo Console Record Player bar platinum lk pearsall
Located in Madison, WI
Reynolds. We also recently shipped a very prestigious console to the MOMA (museum of modern art) for
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1960s North American Bauhaus Retro Museum Display Cases

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Wood

Mid-Century Modern Stereo Console Record Player bar platinum vtg
Located in Madison, WI
console to the MOMA (museum of modern art) for display and reproduction use. Quality runs deep and this
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1960s American Bauhaus Retro Museum Display Cases

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Wood

Liquor trolley by Cesare Lacca - brass and rosewood
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Antwerp, BE
. Incidentally, Lacca’s lighting designs, at least one of which was on display at the 1950 Brooklyn Museum
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Brass

Osvaldo Borsani Mid-Century Modern Italian Bar Cabinet
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Forney, TX
case with drop-front secretary desk style slant-front bar work surface, over double-door cabinet
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Wood, Rosewood

Rare Italian Geometric Dry Totem Bar by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, c. 1990's
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Deland, FL
the allure and elegance of this fascinating piece. Topped with a turntable that can display alcohol
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1990s Italian Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Steel

Italy 1950s Cesare Lacca Attributed Dry Bar Cart, Laquered Walnut & Burl Walnut
By Cesare Lacca, Brugnoli Mobili Cantú
Located in Vigonza, Padua
which was on display at the 1950 Brooklyn Museum exhibition— are difficult to source and often sell well
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

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Burl, Walnut

Museum Quality Model of American Steam Yacht Harvard
Located in Norwell, MA
mounted with two heavy brass columns into a free standing mahogany display case with raised panel table.
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1990s American Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Wood

Museum Quality Model Of The Mexican Tall Ship "Cuauhtemoc"
Located in Norwell, MA
rigging and a full suit of sails. Fitted to a custom display case with table. Circa 1990.
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1980s Polish Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Wood

Angus Ross Cabinet Tallboy Drawers
Located in London, GB
commissioned by The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum to build a museum quality cabinet to display their costume
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1990s British Post-Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

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Maple, Oak

Angus Ross Cabinet Tallboy Drawers
Angus Ross Cabinet Tallboy Drawers
H 74.81 in W 27.56 in D 28.75 in
Cabinet of Curiosities Display Sculptural Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
, elegantly presented within a wood and glass display case reminiscent of a Classic sculpture museum. Olot
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1950s Spanish Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Plaster, Wood

Gilbert Rohde Dresser 4041 Kroehler New York World's Fair 1940 Two-Tone 44" long
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
, 1940's foremost furniture designer, expressly to demonstrate modern living displayed in the 'America at
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1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Birdseye Maple

Vintage Movado Museum 14k Yellow Gold Steel Quartz Ladies Watch 70.25.837
By Movado
Located in New York, NY
14-karat gold Case with stainless steel buckle. This watch has blemishes on the hands. No original
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Late 20th Century Swiss Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Yellow Gold, Steel

Late 20th Century Silver Mezuzah Case by Shuki Freiman
By Shuki Freiman
Located in New York, NY
prominent art collectors and is displayed in museums and galleries around the world. Every item in
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Late 20th Century Israeli Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

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Silver

Wood Cased Ship Model of the Bent F. Packard of Seattle
Located in Norwell, MA
and shows all standing and running cords. Crisp workmanship. Museum quality. Glass display case.
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1960s American Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Wood

Modern Surrealist Mixed Media Fly & Tree Maze Sculpture with Lucite Case
By Bob Fowler
Located in Houston, TX
wood base with a clear lucite case. The initials "BF" for Bob Fowler are embossed in the side corner of
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1960s Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

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Mixed Media

VeArt 1960s Italian Pair of Copper Silver Speckles Black Murano Glass Urn Lamps
By Venini, VeArt
Located in New York, NY
: speckles of copper in the glass and in this case silver speckles as well, in a pattern to create lines that
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

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Silver, Copper

Cartier High Jewelry Exhibition Coffee Table Book, 1997
Located in New York, NY
of the exhibition, 'Cartier 1900 - 1939', held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from
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Late 20th Century Italian Retro Museum Display Cases

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Paper

Set of 4 snuff bottles, glass, mid-century, tobacco, Bavarian forest, Germany
Located in Wien, AT
every elaborate display case. Bottles like these are on display in different European glass museums. If
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Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Blown Glass

Susan Tibbles Life Sized Art Assemblage “Master Lock” Framed Sculpture Distresse
By Susan Tibbles
Located in Topeka, KS
sculpture in purposefully distressed display case or shadow box. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that
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1980s American Bohemian Retro Museum Display Cases

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Metal

MCM Stereo Console Madmen Draper German bar (eames saarinen noguchi)
Located in Madison, WI
recently shipped a very prestigious console to the MOMA (museum of modern art) for display and reproduction
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Mid-20th Century German Bauhaus Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Wood

Mid Century Modern MCM funky swanky Zenith stereo console record player speakers
Located in Madison, WI
(museum of modern art) for display and reproduction use. Quality runs deep and this craftsmanship shows
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Plastic

Mid Century Modern MCM Magnavox stereo console record player
Located in Madison, WI
) movie starring Ryan Reynolds. We also recently shipped a very prestigious console to the MOMA (museum
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Wood

Carl Aubock II Fondue Set Mid-Century Nutwood Steel Austria, 1960
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
similar modell is on display at the Vienna Furniture Museum from Autumn 2022 to Spring 2023. The
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1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

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Steel

Life-Size Vintage Clown Statue, English, Plaster, Day of the Dead
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
gloved hands and waistcoat buckle Size compatible with our large show case for museum display (18.5409
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Mid-20th Century English Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Plaster

Mid Century Modern MCM RCA Brasilia Broyhill stereo console
Located in Madison, WI
Reynolds. We also recently shipped a very prestigious console to the MOMA (museum of modern art) for
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

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Wood

Still life in the studio, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
window, Pierre has assembled a few simple objects that he depicts in a subtle display of light. The color
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1990s French School Retro Museum Display Cases

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Oil

Matsu (Pine)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
first commissioned artwork to be displayed on the Museum’s Bloor Street Plaza. Recent major exhibitions
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1960s Abstract Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Woodcut

Franco Albini PL19 or Tre Pezzi Armchair in Red Fabric by Poggi 1970s
By Poggi, Franco Albini and Franca Helg
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
) the tapered flagpoles, on which the paintings and display cases are hung, are supported by a grid of
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Steel

Mobe Pearl Sculpture
Located in Kansas City, MO
Marcie Stone Mobe Pearl Sculpture Beadwork Year: 1995 Size: 12 x 8 x 1 inches Comes with display
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1990s Contemporary Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Stone

Firing. Setting & Detonation of Explosive Charges Underground Welsh Coalminers
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
supplied ready to hang and display. The painting is signed lower right. Valerie Ganz was a highly
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Late 20th Century Realist Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Oil

Body Grid Sculpture by Tanya Ragir, Signed & Dated 1990, Edition 1/9
By Tanya Ragir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
with meticulous attention to detail, this sculpture is housed in an elegant display case, adorned with
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1990s American Post-Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Resin

MCM Weltron 2001 8-Track Tape Player (200 tapes avail) ( lk eames )
Located in Madison, WI
console to the MOMA (museum of modern art) for display and reproduction use. Quality runs deep and this
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Acrylic

Lake Tahoe II
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
DeForest, Relf Case, Richard Brodney and Bart Perry, (1952); San Francisco Art Association, 72nd Annual
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Watercolor

Lake Tahoe II
Lake Tahoe II
H 13.25 in W 15.75 in D 0.01 in
Landscape III
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
noted California artist as been in display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, at the San
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Pastel

Landscape III
Landscape III
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.01 in
Landscape II
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
noted California artist as been in display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, at the San
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Pastel

Landscape II
Landscape II
H 16.75 in W 22 in D 0.01 in
Franco Albini PL19 or Tre Pezzi Armchair in White Wool by Poggi Pavia, 1950s
By Poggi, Franco Albini and Franca Helg
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
drawings (1941) the tapered flagpoles, on which the paintings and display cases are hung, are supported by
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1950s Italian Post-Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Steel

Rare & Top Workmanship Midcentury Bronze Discus Fish Sculpture W Stunning Patina
Located in Lisse, NL
great, no matter where you decide to have him on display. As so often is the case, this near-antique
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

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Bronze

Xylon 21 Naoko Matsubara USA
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Museum's Bloor Street window case. The artist generously donated a third work, Emerald Summer (2006). The
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1970s Abstract Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Woodcut

Lake Tahoe III
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
California artist as been in display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, at the San Francisco Art
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Watercolor

Lake Tahoe III
Lake Tahoe III
H 19 in W 23.75 in D 0.01 in
Landscape V
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
California artist as been in display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, at the San Francisco Art
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Watercolor

Landscape V
Landscape V
H 14 in W 17 in D 0.01 in
Lake Tahoe
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
California artist as been in display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, at the San Francisco Art
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Museum Display Cases

Materials

Watercolor

Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe
H 17 in W 22.5 in D 0.01 in
Market Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
the author of one book, La Case de Damballah, published in 1939 (Imprimerie de L'Etat) and republished
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Mid-20th Century Modern Retro Museum Display Cases

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Oil

Market Scene
Market Scene
H 24 in W 36 in D 0.75 in
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Retro Museum Display Cases For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of retro museum display cases is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique retro museum display cases was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and glass. Retro museum display cases have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Retro museum display cases bearing mid-century modern or modern hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Many retro museum display cases are appealing in their simplicity, but Franco Albini, Poggi and Afra & Tobia Scarpa produced popular retro museum display cases that are worth a look.

How Much are Retro Museum Display Cases?

Prices for retro museum display cases can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, retro museum display cases begin at $400 and can go as high as $50,000, while the average can fetch as much as $4,300.