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Vintage Tin Boats

"Cat Boat" Mechanical Toy Penny Bank, American, circa 1968
By Utexiqual Products
Located in Incline Village, NV
sailors riding their boat in full sail. It is quite substantial in both size and weight. To operate, (with
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1960s American Folk Art Vintage Tin Boats

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Aluminum, Iron, Tin

Vintage Toy Wind-Up Speed Boat with Driver by Lindstrom Toy Co., American 1933
By Lindstrom Tool & Toy Company 1
Located in Incline Village, NV
Vintage toy speed boat manufactured by the Lindstrom Toy Company of Bridgeport Connecticut, circa
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1930s American Folk Art Vintage Tin Boats

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Tin

Wind Ups Tin Toy Dreams T. Kitahara Collection, Teruhisa Kitahara, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Wind Ups: Tin Toy Dreams T. Kitahara Collection by Teruhisa Kitahara. Chronicle Books, 1985
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1980s American Vintage Tin Boats

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Paper

"Neptune Washington", Fisherman Polling His River Boat in the Rain by Ron Adams
Located in Alamo, CA
depicts a muscular African-American fisherman polling his fishing boat in a river in the rain. Adams
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Tin Boats

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Lithograph

Vintage Toy Wind-Up "Baby L" Speedboat by Lindstrom Toy Co., American Circa 1933
By Lindstrom Tool & Toy Company 1
Located in Incline Village, NV
Vintage toy speed boat manufactured by the Lindstrom Toy Company of Bridgeport Connecticut, circa
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1930s American Folk Art Vintage Tin Boats

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Tin

Hand Painted Black and Gold French Tole Chandelier with Light Shades
Located in New Orleans, LA
This beautiful French six light chandelier is made of tole (tin), and dates back to the mid-20th
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Mid-20th Century French Vintage Tin Boats

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Tin

Large Pair of Italian Mid-20th Century Tole Sconces with Light Shades
Located in New Orleans, LA
, leaving on the last boat out of Paris' port, Le Havre. When they reached New Orleans, they fell in love
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Mid-20th Century Italian Vintage Tin Boats

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Tin

Directoire Style Painted Green Tole Chandelier, Italian Mid Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
outbreak of the Second World War, leaving on the last boat out of Paris' port, Le Havre. When they reached
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Mid-20th Century Italian Vintage Tin Boats

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Tin

Italian Gilded Tole Leaf Chandelier, Mid 20th Century
Located in New Orleans, LA
outbreak of the Second World War, leaving on the last boat out of Paris' port, Le Havre. When they reached
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Mid-20th Century French Vintage Tin Boats

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Tin, Gold Leaf

The Harbor, St Michaels Mount, Cornwall. Exhibited 1982. Unique Perspective
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
, hamlets and disused tin mines. One of his paintings was presented to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for
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Late 20th Century Modern Vintage Tin Boats

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Oil, Board

Vintage Delft Floral Blue and White Ceramic and Brass Candlesticks, a Pair 1950s
By Delft
Located in North Hollywood, CA
what formally known as tin-glazed Dutch Earthenware formerly from the city of Delft in the Netherlands
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Vintage Tin Boats

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Brass

1960s UK Army Recruitment poster, Join the Regular Army Junior Leaders' Unit
By John Godfrey Bernard Worsley
Located in London, GB
clearing in a forest, a boat is handled into a river behind. What larks! Published by Her Majesty's
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1960s Modern Vintage Tin Boats

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Lithograph

Untitled (Capricci Series) - Tempera on Board - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
– such as fire, ice, lead, tin, salt, moss, tobacco which, in this way, knew a second life. Between 1967
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Tin Boats

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Tempera

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1980s Hong Kong Modern Vintage Tin Boats

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Plastic

"Fanti Fishing Boat" Modern Abstract Figurative Woodcut Print 47 of 86
By John Thomas Biggers
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract figurative woodblock print of a beach landscape with a boat. The print is stamped by the artist and titled and editioned in pencil. This print is editioned 47 of 86 and the ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Vintage Tin Boats

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Woodcut

Grouping of 1940s Toy Robot Molds
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Graphic collection of assorted steel spacemen and robot molds from the 1940s.
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Tin Boats

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Steel

QUILTING TIME Signed Lithograph, African American Culture, Interior Scene, Quilt
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
QUILTING TIME is an original limited edition lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free. QUILTING TIME by th...
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Tin Boats

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Lithograph

MORNING Signed Lithograph, Interior Scene Black Women, African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
MORNING is an original limited edition lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free. MORNING by the African Am...
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1970s Contemporary Vintage Tin Boats

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Lithograph

"Sailor in Repose, " Mid Century Watercolor w/ Male Nude by Emlen Etting
By Emlen Etting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Provocative and unapologetic, this watercolor depiction of a fully nude sailor sprawled across his bed, his uniform and cap neatly laid on a chair to one side, was painted by Emlen E...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tin Boats

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Paint

Vintage Toy, Wind up Clown on Cart and Donkey, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
This wind up clown on cart and donkey is a vintage wind up toy representing a multicolor clown in a cart and a donkey. Made in tin, made in Ussr. Probably produced in the 1960s. ...
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Mid-20th Century Russian Vintage Tin Boats

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Metal

Vintage Toy, Wind up Locomotive Ingap 67001, Made by Ingap, 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
This wind up locomotive Ingap 67001 is a vintage toy representing a red mechanical locomotive. Made in tin by Ingap, model n. 67001. Probably made in 1920s. 3 wheels missing, me...
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Early 20th Century Italian Vintage Tin Boats

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Metal

Grant Series Torn Paper Collage Painting African American Artist John Rozelle
By John Rozelle
Located in Surfside, FL
John Rozelle (American, 1944-) Grant Series II #5, Collage, 1988 Hand signed, dated and titled in pencil Provenance: Isobel Neal Gallery, Chicago, Measurements Matted to approxim...
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1980s Abstract Vintage Tin Boats

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Laid Paper, Mixed Media

7" Hawaiian Hula Nodder Vintage Ukelele Girl Dancer Bobble
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A Ceramic Hawaiian girl nodder figurine depiction of a young girl dressed in traditional Hawaiian attire, includes a colorful floral dress, a flower lei around her neck, and a flower...
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1970s Vintage Tin Boats

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Plastic

20th Century Toy Car
By Lehmann
Located in Copenhagen, K
Beautifully colored metal toy cars. The one of the left from Lehmann is sold, the other one from Germany marked G & K on the side of the car is still available. Left item is sold.
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20th Century American Vintage Tin Boats

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Metal

20th Century Toy Car
20th Century Toy Car
H 4.34 in W 4.73 in D 3.15 in
Vintage Toy, Military Toy Truck and Trailer
Located in Roma, IT
This military toy truck and trailer is a wind up toy truck with soldier and its own trailer. Tin made. Dunlop balloon cord tyres. Very good conditions, working clockwork, origina...
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Mid-20th Century European Vintage Tin Boats

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Metal

Vintage Toy, Military Toy Truck and Trailer
Vintage Toy, Military Toy Truck and Trailer
H 3.75 in W 11.03 in D 3.55 in
The House of Shango — African American artist
By Samella Lewis
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Samella Sanders Lewis, 'The House of Shango', lithograph, 1992, edition 60. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '31/60' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on Arches cream ...
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1990s Realist Vintage Tin Boats

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Lithograph

San Francisco Trolley Toy Friction Car. Japan, circa 1950s
Located in Incline Village, NV
San Francisco trolley toy Friction cable car; made of all tin; important to note because this was the first of it's kind having been made in the 1950s. They were all tin (no plastic)...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Folk Art Vintage Tin Boats

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Tin

Midcentury Tin Litho Toy Car by Bandai Japan 1959 Cadillac 4 Door Sedan
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Blast from the past! 1959;Cadillac sedan de ville in gold paint with tin litho interior. Has a dent in the hood and plastic windshields need to be installed. See pics. Shows wear, fr...
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1950s Japanese Industrial Vintage Tin Boats

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Metal

Male Nude Model
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts ...
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1980s Pop Art Vintage Tin Boats

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Silver Gelatin

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Boat encased in glass
Located in Summerland, CA
Boat Model encased in glass. New England Small boat with American tin flag waving.
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20th Century American Vintage Tin Boats

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Tin

Vintage Boat encased in glass
Boat encased in glass
H 9.5 in W 15 in D 7 in
1950s Tin Boat Model
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s Tin boat mode on wood base. The John Candido. Needs restoration, missing parts.
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1950s Vintage Tin Boats

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Metal

Vintage 1950s Tin  Boat Model
1950s Tin  Boat Model
H 10 in W 23 in D 6 in
Tin Cabin Boat
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Tin cabin cruiser
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1950s American Vintage Tin Boats

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Tin

Tin Cabin Boat
Tin Cabin Boat
H 10 in W 33 in D 11 in
Vintage Motorized Pond Boat
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large hand made vintage motorized pond boat on stand, christened Emma Jean. There is a motor and
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Mid-20th Century American Vintage Tin Boats

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Tin

Vintage Motorized Pond Boat
Vintage Motorized Pond Boat
H 19 in W 39 in D 7 in
French Artist Jean Carrau (1920-1996) Love Birds Oil on Tin
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A pair of oil on tin paintings of love birds by the French artist Jean Carrau, housed in oval oak
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20th Century French Vintage Tin Boats

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Metal

Vintage Delft Floral Blue and White Ceramic and Brass Candlesticks, a Pair 1950s
By Delft
Located in North Hollywood, CA
known as tin-glazed Dutch Earthenware formerly from the city of Delft in the Netherlands. Delft is known
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Vintage Tin Boats

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Brass

American Lindstrom Tin Boat, circa 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
American Lindstrom tin windup boat made in the 1930s and in remarkable all original condition. The
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1930s American Vintage Tin Boats

American Lindstrom Tin Boat, circa 1930s
American Lindstrom Tin Boat, circa 1930s
H 3.25 in W 14.25 in D 3 in
Midcentury Tin Litho Windup Motor Police Boat Japan
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Japanese windup police boat working effortlessly. Made in japan during the height it the tin toy
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1950s Japanese Industrial Vintage Tin Boats

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Tin

Tin Litho Windup Racing Boat, Japan, circa 1957
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous windup speedboat, Speed Queen, from the late 1950s. Working great and ready for action. Rust free with great color retention. Motor works great. Missing its spotlight.
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1950s Japanese Industrial Vintage Tin Boats

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Tin

Tin Box with Handle, Wilh. Wilhelmsen Shipping Company, Oslo, Norway
Located in Antwerp, BE
Century tin has a handle to carry and a lid that can be opened. It has a picture of the Tarantel Boat on
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Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tin Boats

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Tin

John Piper, Nursery Frieze I, Lithograph Modern British Art Surrealist Beach
By John Piper
Located in London, GB
beach with tins and broken bottles,' and here he depicts a scene neither wholly abstract, nor wholly
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1970s Modern Vintage Tin Boats

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Lithograph

British Folk Art Whimsical Enamel Painted Carved Wood Model Ship Toy Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
. Sam Smith 1908-1983 Ship with Captain and First lady, Mermaid underneath! His wooden fishing boats
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1970s Folk Art Vintage Tin Boats

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Enamel

British Folk Art Whimsical Enamel Painted Carved Wood Model Ship Toy Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
. Sam Smith 1908-1983 Ship with Captain and First lady, Mermaid underneath! His wooden fishing boats
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1970s Folk Art Vintage Tin Boats

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Enamel

Raleigh Tavern Doorway In Williamsburg Virginia by Kenneth Harris
By Kenneth Harris
Located in Hallowell, ME
the pavement onto the underside of overarching lintels; the pure burnt sienna of a rusting tin roof
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20th Century Contemporary Vintage Tin Boats

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Paper, Watercolor

Abstract Nudes (nude women in a landscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
in wood or other simple materials like clay, wire, roots, tin, plaster and stucco. L 'was important
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Vintage Tin Boats

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Oil

Original Vintage Map Poster Malaya Federated Malay States Railways Asia Travel
Located in London, GB
junk boats and wooden houses, pineapple production and fruit tins, jungle forests, a temple, fabric and
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1930s Singaporean Vintage Tin Boats

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Paper

Original Vintage Map Poster Malaya Federated Malay States Railways Asia Travel
By J.R. Charton
Located in London, GB
junk boats and wooden houses, pineapple production and fruit tins, jungle forests, a temple, fabric and
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1930s Vintage Tin Boats

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Paper

English Tin Novelty Canister Lamp
Located in New York City, NY
Ocean Scenery with Boat and Anchor Details.
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20th Century American Vintage Tin Boats

Brass Sculpture Signed C Jere
Located in Austin, TX
Brass and tin sculpture of a steam powered river boat. Excellent craftsmanship and details.
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1970s American Vintage Tin Boats

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Brass, Tin

Brass Sculpture Signed  C Jere
Brass Sculpture Signed  C Jere
H 20 in W 44 in D 6 in
William Spratling Salt Dishes
By William Spratling
Located in Mexico City, DF
Pair of boat shaped silver salt dishes on footed rim with applied silver buttons and balls. This
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1950s Mexican Vintage Tin Boats

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Sterling Silver

William Spratling Salt Dishes
William Spratling Salt Dishes
H 1.375 in W 1.5 in D 2.5 in
Art Deco Louis Marx Wind Up Toy Tin Plane, Train, New York Skyline, 1928
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in ., Gloucestershire
This rare and colorful working Marx mechanical wind up tin plate toy was produced by Louis Marx and
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20th Century American Art Deco Vintage Tin Boats

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Tin

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Vintage Tin Boats For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of vintage tin boats is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique vintage tin boats was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, tin and paper. Vintage tin boats have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of vintage tin boats to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Art Deco and folk art vintage tin boats are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made vintage tin boats over the years, but those made by John Godfrey Bernard Worsley are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Vintage Tin Boats?

Prices for vintage tin boats can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, vintage tin boats begin at $55 and can go as high as $4,875, while the average can fetch as much as $900.