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Hand-Colored Penguin Engraving
By George Edwards
Located in New York, NY
Penguins aux piez noirs. Nuremberg: 1749-1776.
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Mid-18th Century Antique Penguins

Materials

Laid Paper

Whimsical Spanish Novelty Silver Penguin, 1910
Located in Braintree, GB
A whimsical and highly detailed Spanish novelty silver penguin, stamped to the underside of its
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1910s Spanish Antique Penguins

Materials

Silver

Drypoint Etching "Penguin Island" 1926
By Peggy Bacon
Located in Surfside, FL
Margaret Frances "Peggy" Bacon (May 2, 1895 – January 4, 1987) was an American printmaker, illustrator, painter and writer. Bacon was known for her humorous and ironic etchings and d...
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1920s Modern Antique Penguins

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Lacquer Penguins
Located in Hudson, NY
Beige ground lacquer with black and grey lacquer penguins with small pieces of shell making up
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Penguins

Materials

Shell, Wood, Lacquer

Antique Japanese Two Panel Screen: Lacquer Penguins
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Lacquer Penguins
$43,700
H 24.5 in W 69.5 in D 0.75 in
"19th-Century Penguin Study: Rare Antarctic Artwork"
Located in Southall, GB
This rare 19th-century penguin study captures the unique charm and distinctive features of this
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19th Century English Antique Penguins

Materials

Glass

Daum Nancy Penguin Vase, circa 1910
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Signed Daum Nacy with the Cross of Lorraine.
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1910s French Antique Penguins

Materials

Art Glass

Penguin iluminated sculpture by Marcel André Bouraine
By Marcel-André Bouraine
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Penguin iluminated sculpture by Marcel André Bouraine (1886 -1948). Silverplated bronze and
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Penguins

Materials

Alabaster, Bronze

Antique Penguin iluminated sculpture by Marcel André Bouraine
Penguin iluminated sculpture by Marcel André Bouraine
$10,000
H 16.15 in W 7.49 in D 4.73 in
A magnificent Rosenthal "King Penguin" signed F. Heidenreich
Located in Berlin, DE
A magnificent Rosenthal "King Penguin" signed F. Heidenreich Designed by Fritz Heidenreich in 1939
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Early 20th Century Antique Penguins

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Majolica Penguin With Suit Mustard Pot Sarreguemines circa 1890
By Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
Rare Majolica Penguin With Suit Mustard Pot Sarreguemines circa 1890.
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1890s French Rustic Antique Penguins

Materials

Majolica, Ceramic

An Emperor Penguin - Herbert George Ponting (Black and White Photography)
By Herbert George Ponting
Located in London, GB
An Emperor Penguin - Herbert George Ponting (Black and White Photography) Stamped with Scott Polar
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Early 20th Century Antique Penguins

Materials

Platinum

Macarena and Penguin - Etching by Johann Friedrich Naumann - 1840
Located in Roma, IT
Macarena and Penguin is an Etching hand colored realized by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert - Johann
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1840s Modern Antique Penguins

Materials

Etching

Vienna bronze, penguin, high-quality bronze figurine. Austria, circa 1900/1910s.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Vienna bronze, penguin, high-quality bronze figurine. Presumably by Franz Bergmann. In excellent
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Early 20th Century Austrian Antique Penguins

Materials

Bronze

Polished Pewter Penguin-Shaped Decanter Designed by Hugo Leven for Kayserzinn
By Hugo Leven, Kaiserzinn
Located in North Miami, FL
Jugendstil polished pewter penguin-shaped decanter designed by Hugo Leven for Kayserzinn factory
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Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique Penguins

Materials

Copper, Lead, Tin, Pewter, Metal

"Alfred the Penguin" Bronze, Art Deco Figurine on Portoro Marble, France, 1930
Located in Bochum, NRW
Alfred the Penguin – Art Deco Figurine An enigmatic and elegantly sculpted penguin, this piece pays
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Penguins

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Marble, Bronze, Nickel

Royal or Macaroni Penguin, Sea Bird lithograph with hand-colouring, 1928
By After Henrik Gronvold
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Eudyptes Schlegeli (Royal or Macaroni Penguin)' Limited edition lithograph with original hand
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Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Penguins

Materials

Lithograph

Rare Art Deco Mantel Clock with Polar Bear & Penguin Sculptures By Fournier
Located in Lisse, NL
photography most people would have never even seen a polar bear or penguin. So for those who had and could
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Penguins

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Onyx, Marble, Metal, Brass

Robert Garret Thew American Sculptor Rare Art Deco Bronze Cigar Stand, Penguin
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Fabulous deco penguin design- bronze cigar stand by Connecticut sculptor Robert Garret Thew, (1892
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Penguins

Materials

Bronze

Original Print of Great Crested Grebe, Atlantic Puffin, King Penguin, Great Gull
Located in Langweer, NL
Puffin, nicknames such as “clown of the ocean” and “sea parrot”, 3. King Penguin, 4. Great Black-backed
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1840s Antique Penguins

Materials

Paper

Art Deco Silver Plate Penguin Water / Bar Pitcher w/Mechanical Beak & Glass Eyes
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A hard to find Art Deco silver plated brass bar or water pitcher in the form a penguin with black
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Penguins

Materials

Silver Plate, Brass

1920's Danish Hand-Crafted Art Nouveau Penguin Ash Tray - Bowl by P. Ipsens Enke
By P. Ipsens Enke
Located in Knebel, DK
Danish hand-crafted Art Nouveau penguin ash tray / bowl designed by Lauritz Jensen in 1923 for P
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1920s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Penguins

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Ceramic

Ancient Roman Architectural Ruins, 18th Century Giovanni Nicolas SERVANDONI
Located in Blackwater, GB
Penguin Books (originally purchased as by Panini) Measurements: 30" x 24" framed approx
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18th Century Antique Penguins

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1930s Napier Silver-Plate Cocktail Shaker Designed by Emil Schuelke
By Emil Schuelke
Located in Minneapolis, MN
2016-November 2017, the iconic Napier penguin cocktail shaker is the lead design of a Dallas Museum of
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1830s North American Art Deco Antique Penguins

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Silver Plate

Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Calcutta Zoo Hippo East Indian Railway Nixon
Located in London, GB
nine penguins against a blue background below and the title text in bold black lettering on the yellow
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1920s British Antique Penguins

Materials

Paper

Three Gould Hand-colored Lithographs from Birds of Australia and New Zealand
By John Gould
Located in Alamo, CA
included New Zealand, depicting: pairs of "Eudyptes Chrysocome" (New Zealand Rock-hopper Crested Penguins
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1840s Academic Antique Penguins

Materials

Lithograph

Antique Michael Andersen & Son of Bornholm Painted Pottery Table Lamp
By Michael Andersen & Son
Located in Søborg, DK
Antique pottery table lamp made by Michael Andersen & Son of Bornholm with penguins. 5 Standing
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1910s Danish Art Deco Antique Penguins

Materials

Pottery

Antique Mounted Taxidermy Loon on Naturalistic Base, Early 20th Century Bird
Located in Bristol, GB
on a loon. Mounted somewhat like a penguin a tad more upright and plump than in the wild this non
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Antique Penguins

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Wood, Feathers, Natural Fiber

Colonial Curiosities: Fauna of the West Indies, by R. de Hooghe, circa 1708
Located in Langweer, NL
(Bottom Section): 1. "Peguin" - Penguin 2. "Pellican" - Pelican 3. "Autre Pellican" - Another Pelican 4
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Early 1700s Antique Penguins

Materials

Paper

Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence - PIRATED EDITION
Located in Middletown, NY
Kingdom until 1960 when it was the subject of a watershed obscenity trial against the publisher Penguin
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Early 20th Century American Antique Penguins

Materials

Paper, Leather

Black, Starr & Frost Art Deco Platinum Emerald Ruby Diamond Charm Bracelet
Located in New York, NY
penguin, a cat and a parakeet, most set with diamonds or colored stones, some enhanced with enamel, signed
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1920s American Art Deco Antique Penguins

Materials

Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Platinum

Ponting: In the Pack (1910) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Herbert Ponting
Located in London, GB
Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images) A penguin wanders across the pack ice in the
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1910s Modern Antique Penguins

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Antique Bird Print of an Ostrich, Toucan, Pelican and Other Birds, 1808
Located in Langweer, NL
, rooster etc. G) charadriiformes species H) pelican I) penguin K) bittern L) cassowary. This print
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Early 19th Century Antique Penguins

Materials

Paper

Antique Bird Print of an Ostrich, Toucan, Pelican and Other Birds, 1808
Antique Bird Print of an Ostrich, Toucan, Pelican and Other Birds, 1808
$238 Sale Price
20% Off
H 8.27 in W 8.67 in D 0.02 in
Seal & Penguin
By Mervin Jules
Located in Provincetown, MA
Mervyn Jules studied at Baltimore City College and the Maryland Institute College of Art before moving to New York City and continuing his art education at the Art Students League of...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Penguins

Materials

Lithograph

Seal & Penguin
Seal & Penguin
$1,000
H 16 in W 22 in
Antique Art Deco Penguins Brooch
Located in Sale, Cheshire
Such a sweet antique novelty brooch dating from the 1920s. The two penguins have their flippers
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1920s German Art Deco Antique Penguins

Materials

Ruby, Silver

Fantastic Vintage French Concrete Garden Penguin, circa 1930
Located in Houston, TX
A fantastic vintage French concrete garden penguin circa 1930 standing on a plinth base
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Penguins

Materials

Concrete

Ib Kofod-Larsen Mid-Century Modern Penguin Chair
By Ib Kofod-Larsen
Located in Tucson, AZ
Vintage Ib Kofod- Larsen Mid-Century Modern Danish penguin chair. Great vintage condition.
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Mid-19th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Penguins

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Hardwood

Ib Kofod-Larsen Mid-Century Modern Penguin Chair
Ib Kofod-Larsen Mid-Century Modern Penguin Chair
$1,250
H 29 in W 21.75 in D 23.75 in
20th Century Silver and Enamel Penguin Sculpture Chandelier, Sweden, 1900s
Located in Florence, IT
penguin on the circular base. Presumably realized in Sweden between the end of 19th century and the
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Antique Penguins

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Silver

Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Calcutta Zoo Hippo East Indian Railway Nixon
Located in London, GB
nine penguins against a blue background below and the title text in bold black lettering on the yellow
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1920s Antique Penguins

Materials

Paper

White Midcentury 'Isokon' Bookcase / Coffee Table by Ernest Race, England, 1962
By Ernest Race
Located in London, GB
Vintage 'Isokon Penguin Donkey 2' bookcase / coffee table designed by Ernest Race for Isokon in
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1660s English Mid-Century Modern Antique Penguins

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Teak, Plywood

Michael Andersen Art Nouveau Ceramic
By Michael Andersen & Son
Located in Oslo, NO
Attributed to Michael Andersen Art Nouveau ceramic (1859-1931). Lamp foot decorated with Penguin
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Late 19th Century Danish Art Nouveau Antique Penguins

Materials

Ceramic

Michael Andersen Art Nouveau Ceramic
Michael Andersen Art Nouveau Ceramic
$1,179
H 20.48 in Dm 7.88 in
Early Natural History Chart
Located in North Beninngton, VT
Very interesting early natural history chart from Holland. Features a penguin or seagull beak, a
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Early 20th Century Antique Penguins

Materials

Linen, Paper, Wood

Early Natural History Chart
Early Natural History Chart
$650
H 30 in W 40 in D 0.07 in
Tabula Magellanica qua Tierrae del Fuego.
By Johannes Janssonius
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
and decorative cartouches featuring natives and wildlife (penguins). Engraving with contemporary hand
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1640s Antique Penguins

Materials

Engraving

Gordon Russell Arts & Crafts Cotswold School oak booktable bookcase 1920s unique
By Gordon Russell
Located in London, GB
. Unlike the production model Gordon Russell book donkey (designed mainly to take Penguin sized books
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Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Antique Penguins

Materials

Oak

Beautiful 17th Century Oil on Canvas by Ciro Ferri
By Ciro Ferri
Located in Madrid, ES
University Press. Wittkower, Rudolph (1980). Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750. Penguin Books. pp. 328
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Mid-17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Penguins

Materials

Canvas

Beautiful 17th Century Oil on Canvas by Ciro Ferri
$57,193
H 28.35 in W 21.26 in D 0.79 in
Penguin Pitcher
Located in New York, NY
Classic vintage silverplate Art Deco penguin pitcher. Excellent detail with ribbed pattern
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Penguins

Penguin Pitcher
Penguin Pitcher
$1,225
H 8.5 in W 7 in D 4.5 in
Hand-Colored Penguin Engraving
By George Edwards
Located in New York, NY
The Penguin George Edwards "A Natural History of Birds, Most of which have not been figured or
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1740s Antique Penguins

Materials

Paper

Drypoint Etching "Penguin Island" 1926
By Peggy Bacon
Located in Surfside, FL
Margaret Frances "Peggy" Bacon (May 2, 1895 – January 4, 1987) was an American printmaker, illustrator, painter and writer. Bacon was known for her humorous and ironic etch...
Category

1920s Modern Antique Penguins

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Charming Early 20th Century Penguin Sculpture
Located in Essex, MA
A charming early 20th century sculpture of a penguin in painted and hard molded rubber, which feels
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Early 20th Century American Antique Penguins

Materials

Rubber

Charming Early 20th Century Penguin Sculpture
Charming Early 20th Century Penguin Sculpture
$875
H 10.13 in W 5.25 in D 7.38 in
Pair of French Bronze Penguin Cocktail Tables
Located in London, GB
A pair of circular tables with the bases in bronze in the form of penguins by early 20th century
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Early 20th Century French Antique Penguins

Materials

Bronze

Pair of French Bronze Penguin Cocktail Tables
Pair of French Bronze Penguin Cocktail Tables
$13,144 / set
H 18.12 in Dm 41.74 in
Estate Austrian Figural Penguin Decanter, circa 1940
Located in New Orleans, LA
Estate Austrian figural penguin decanter, circa 1940.
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Early 20th Century Austrian Antique Penguins

19th Century Carved French Wooden Fairground Penguin
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th century carved French wooden fairground penguin This is a superb piece of Folk Art, it is
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Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Penguins

Folk Art Carved and Decorated Whimsical Penguin
Located in Nantucket, MA
Folk Art carved and decorated whimsical penguin bowling pin, patented in 1922. Chipped areas and
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1920s American Folk Art Antique Penguins

Materials

Wood

French Art Deco Round Box with Penguins
Located in Astoria, NY
decorated with painted marquetry, depicting penguins congregating. Markings include [AP 19/25] signed to the
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Penguins

Materials

Wood

A Pair of Rookwood Art Pottery Penguin Bookends
Located in Essex, MA
A pair of Rookwood art pottery penguin bookends, Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1924, each in the form of
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Penguins

Materials

Earthenware

A Pair of Rookwood Art Pottery Penguin Bookends
A Pair of Rookwood Art Pottery Penguin Bookends
$2,875
H 5.75 in W 4.75 in D 2.5 in
Early 20th Century Decorative Cast Stone Penguin Statue
Located in South Salem, NY
Early 20th century decorative cast stone penguin statue. Made in the United Kingdom. Please note of
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Early 20th Century British Country Antique Penguins

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Concrete

Yellow Gold Penguin Couple Pendant, 14k Love Birds
Located in Greensboro, NC
Metal Content: 14k Yellow Gold Theme: Penguin Couple, Love Birds Features: Smooth & Etched
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19th Century Unknown Antique Penguins

Materials

Yellow Gold

Pair of Folk Art Carved and Painted Penguins
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This cool pair of hand-carved wood and painted folky penguins. It looks like the mother and baby
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Early 20th Century American Adirondack Antique Penguins

Materials

Wood

Charming Pair of Victorian Taxidermy Penguins, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A charming taxidermy Humboldt penguin couple (spheniscus Humboldt), late 19th-early 20th century
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19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Penguins

Materials

Other

Charming Pair of Victorian Taxidermy Penguins, 19th Century
$4,766 / set
H 13.78 in W 8.67 in L 13.78 in
Pair of Art Deco penguin and alabaster book ends
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Pair of Art Deco penguin and alabaster book ends circa 1920. Beautiful pair of deco period
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Penguins

Materials

Alabaster, Spelter

Pair of Art Deco penguin and alabaster book ends
Pair of Art Deco penguin and alabaster book ends
$1,210 / set
H 10 in W 5.5 in D 5 in
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Antique Penguins For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of antique penguins available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, stone and bronze, all antique penguins available were constructed with great care. Antique penguins have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique penguins made by Art Deco designers — as well as those associated with Art Nouveau — are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made antique penguins over the years, but those made by Christofle, Daum and Ib Kofod-Larsen are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Antique Penguins?

Antique penguins can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,200, while the lowest priced sells for $54 and the highest can go for as much as $55,000.