Frank Meisler Art

Art Deco Baseball Coin Drop Baseball Game Arcade. An extremely rare piece of baseball amusement. Created during the art deco period in Chicago Illinois. This is a baseball coin-op game, titled "Play Ball Amusement Machine," and has been manufactured by the Exhibit Supply Company back in the 1925. Crafted in solid steel with beautiful details embossed showing baseball players of a pitcher and a catcher in positions. The playboard is carefully paint with green, red black and yellow colors with the round pin holes. This game has always been highly prized by collectors for its highly decorative artwork on the front and each side. All of the artwork is done in relief within the metal framework. A pitcher and catcher are pictured on the front, while an identical image of a fielder, together with a crossed bats-and-ball motif, adorns either side. The game is a bagatelle derivation in which the customer shoots a penny into the machine. There, it navigates a series of pins and falls into either one of the "fielder's" holes, or descends to the bottom, where it registers a single, double, home run, etc. The novelty aspect of the game is that if the penny reaches the bottom, a lever is pushed which returns it to the customer. If it falls into one of the "fielder's" holes, the penny is lost. A small sign on the interior displays the rules legend, "A game of skill, test your batting eye made a hit and get your penny back". The coin box inside has been nicely restored; the lock is original with the key. All parts looks original and the functions of the arcade amusement machine game are in working condition. The game, which is in working order, is complete with its original key and displays wear commensurate with its age and former use. Excellent condition overall. Wood, metal, and glass construction. An incredible historical piece in great condition that should adorn any room. Old Penny Arcade Coin Operated Game Location pictures Old Penny Arcade Coin Operated Game Location pictures Indian Lake (Ford Russell's Point) Ohio, July 1941. Inside the following games can be seen: K.O. Fighters (1928 National Novelty), Iron Claw digger (1931 Exhibit Supply), Princess Doraldina fortune teller (1928 Doraldina Corp). Photo courtesy From R. Bueschel with thanks. Weight: 15 Pounds, (6.81 Kg). Materials: Steel, wood, glass, paint, lacquer and copper. Measurements: 470 mm by 336.5 mm by 203 mm (18.5 x 13.25 x 8 Inches). Signatures: Stamped in a plaque with the maker's name as follow: Exhibit Supply Co. Patent: Registered in US Patent office Number 1630098. Manufactured: By Exhibit Supply Co. Chicago Illinois. Exhibit Supply Company The company was founded in 1901. The Exhibit Supply Company (aka, ESCO) was one of the many arcade machine manufacturers that made Chicago the central hub of all things coin-operated in the 20th century. The firm produced a well-rounded mix of “amusements” well into the 1950s, including candy venders, diggers (aka claw machines), shooters, strength testers...

For your consideration is this cool chrome Frank Meisler adjustable camel sculpture, made in Israel, hand signed, number 72/280. Dimensions: 11W x 3D x 8H.  

"Vintage 925 sterling silver hamsa hand with an eye of lapis lazuli by Frank Meisler, wearable as a pin or a pendant. “The hamsa (Arabic: ????, romanized: khamsa, Hebrew: ???????, ro...

Rare Vintage unusual piece. Silver plated and gold plated The Old City of Jerusalem, Israel, Frank Meisler has sculpted the city of Jerusalem, its walls and buildings culminating in the Temple Mount. FRANK MEISLER Gdansk, Poland - Israel, b. 1929 Frank Meisler (born 1929) is an Israeli architect and sculptor. He was born in Germany, grew up in England, before moving to Israel in 1960. Meisler was born into a Jewish family in Danzig (then in Germany, now Gdańsk in Poland). He was evacuated from Germany by the Kindertransport in August 1939, travelling with 14 other Jewish children via Berlin to the Netherlands and then to Liverpool Street station in London. His parents were arrested three days after his departure, held in the Warsaw Ghetto and later murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was raised by a grandmother, who lived in London. He attended school in Harrow, and then did national service in the Royal Air Force. He studied architecture at the University of Manchester, and was involved in the construction of the Heathrow Airport. Meisler moved to Israel in 1960, where he has a workshop in the Old City of Jaffa. He makes small Judaica sculptures, and also large public works. His public works include a memorial to Ben Gurion in Israel, a statue "Eternal Kiev" in Kiev, and a series of Kindertransport memorials: "Kindertransport - the arrival" erected at Liverpool Street station in London in 2006, "Trains to life, trains to death" erected at Friedrichstraße station in Berlin in 2008, "The departure" erected at Gdańsk Główny station in 2009, and "Crossing to life" erected at the Hook of Holland in 2011. Each includes bronze statues of a group of children, with luggage. Known for his whimsical Folk Art, Judaic sculptures he is a long time denizen of Jaffa along with Ilana Goor. He made large-scale sculptures commemorating various historical figures, including Joseph Stalin, Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill at the 1945 Yalta Conference, and Christopher Columbus. Meisler also worked on a smaller scale, producing menorah, Jerusalem fountains, Jewish figurines...

Rare Vintage unusual piece. Silver plated and gold plated in a figure form of a rotating base, Frank Meisler has sculpted the city of Jerusalem, its walls and buildings culminating in the Temple Mount. This is miniature, whimsical Klezmer Violinist or Shtetl fiddler. FRANK MEISLER Gdansk, Poland - Israel, b. 1929 Frank Meisler (born 1929) is an architect and sculptor. He was born in Germany, grew up in England, before moving to Israel in 1960. Meisler was born into a Jewish family in Danzig (then in Germany, now Gdańsk in Poland). He was evacuated from Germany by the Kindertransport in August 1939, travelling with 14 other Jewish children via Berlin to the Netherlands and then to Liverpool Street station in London. His parents were arrested three days after his departure, held in the Warsaw Ghetto and later murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was raised by a grandmother, who lived in London. He attended school in Harrow, and then did national service in the Royal Air Force. He studied architecture at the University of Manchester, and was involved in the construction of the Heathrow Airport. Meisler moved to Israel in 1960, where he has a workshop in the Old City of Jaffa. He makes small Judaica sculptures, and also large public works. His public works include a memorial to Ben Gurion in Israel, a statue "Eternal Kiev" in Kiev, and a series of Kindertransport memorials: "Kindertransport - the arrival" erected at Liverpool Street station in London in 2006, "Trains to life, trains to death" erected at Friedrichstraße station in Berlin in 2008, "The departure" erected at Gdańsk Główny station in 2009, and "Crossing to life" erected at the Hook of Holland in 2011. Each includes bronze statues of a group of children, with luggage. Known for his whimsical Judaic sculptures he is a long time denizen of Jaffa along with Ilana Goor. He made large-scale sculptures commemorating various historical figures, including Joseph Stalin, Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill at the 1945 Yalta Conference, and Christopher Columbus. Meisler also worked on a smaller scale, producing menorah, Jerusalem fountains, Jewish figurines...

Extremely decorative figures group of the well-known artist Frank Meisler. Metal, probably silver plated and gilded. Musician band consisting of five figures. Including pedestal...

For your consideration is a fantastic table sculpture of Toulouse Latrec by Israeli artist Frank Meisler. In excellent condition. This unique interacti...

Rare Vintage unusual piece. Silver plated and gold plated in a form of a rotating sphere, Frank Meisler has sculpted the city of Jerusalem, its walls and buildings culminating the Te...

Rare Vintage unusual piece. In this bronze sculpture by Frank Meisler, the artist recreates a Yeshiva. The figures seems cartoon-like with exaggerated facial features. these look gre...

Rare Vintage unusual piece. In this bronze sculpture by Frank Meisler, the artist recreates a Rabbi at prayer. The figure seems cartoon-like with exaggerated facial features. the hea...

Mixed metal sculpture depicting a faceless, nude woman with several points of articulation by Frank Meisler. Signed.

Frank Meisler sculpture entitled "Toulouse Lautrec." This "open-door" piece allows the owner to view inside the jacket of the subject. With the doors closed, Lautrec stands, wearing a suit and a bowler. Inside the jacket are small sculptures of images that would be associated with the French Bohemian artist. A small plaque on the attached base reads " Toulouse Lautrec/ Frank Meisler Israel." Frank Meisler's "Toulouse Lautrec" opens his jacket to reveal an assortment of characters inside. The sculpture Is made from a casted metal and is finished with 925 sterling silver and gold. Current retail price on traditions website is $13,499. This piece was bought at H. Stern in 1993. About the artist from artist website: His sculptures in limited edition and individual works are often commissioned by Israel’s Prime Ministers, as well as the heads of state of other countries as presentation gifts for state occasions. In addition to one-man exhibitions and public sculptures in many parts of the world, Meisler’s work is on permanent view in galleries in Old Jaffa, Tel Aviv, The Caribbean , Moscow and Kiev. The artist has designed the interior of the first synagogue built in Moscow this century and sculptures on the site of Russia’s National War Memorial. His public sculptures have been erected in Jerusalem, Los Angeles, Miami, Santo Domingo, England, Germany, Russia, Ukraine and Poland. Frank Meisler’s autobiography “On the Vistula Facing East”, was first published in 1996 by Andre Deutsch, London and has been reprinted. In 1999, the Czech Academy of Art awarded him the ‘Franz Kafka’ Gold Medal for Artistic Achievement. In 2002, both the Russian and the Ukrainian Academies of Art elected him Honorary Academician. In 2006 the sculpture group, “Children of the Kindertransport” was erected in Hope Square, Liverpool Street Station, London. He was awarded with the “Freedom of the City of London”. Two additional sculpture groups commemorating the departure and journey of the Kindertransport were erected in Berlin and Gdansk in 2008 and 2009.”Trains to Life, Trains to Death” and “Kindertransport – the Departure”. In December 2011 he unveiled a public sculpture in the port of Rotterdam, Holland “Channel Crossing...