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1950's Commercial Sign "All - Stainless Inc"
Located in Hanover, MA
Vintage commercial business sign from early 1950's for All - Stainless, Inc. 78" long by 12" high panel of patinated blue colored aluminum with 1/4" th...
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Vintage 1950s American Industrial Signs

Materials

Aluminum

Old Rip Van Winkle Barrel Head Table
Located in Hanover, MA
Unique pub or bistro table the top of which is an authentic oak sectioned barrel head from Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery, Franklin Co. KY stamped sour mash bourbon whiskey serial no. A set within a custom fabricated round brushed copper pan the sides of which are the visible edge for the barrel head top which is supported by a turned wood post...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Tables

Materials

Copper

SS United States Sign Notice and Information for Passengers
Located in Hanover, MA
Hefty enameled solid aluminum framed passenger safety and information sign from Passenger Stateroom 139 on the Main deck of the SS United States. Fo...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Signs

Materials

Aluminum

Novelty "World's Largest" Chippendale Chair
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Hanover, MA
High quality carved solid mahogany giant Chippendale style armchair with upholstered seat. Very sturdy. Great for an event prop, advertising or promotional display. Measures: Seat h...
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Late 20th Century American Chippendale Models and Miniatures

Materials

Mahogany

Gloria Caranica for Creative Playthings Cradle
By Creative Playthings, Gloria Caranica
Located in Hanover, MA
Molded plywood doll cradle by Gloria Caranica for Creative Playthings, circa 1956. Creative playthings of Princeton, NJ was founded in 1949 by Frank & The...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Toys

Materials

Plywood

2D Plywood Marionette Mannequin
Located in Hanover, MA
Peculiar Folk Art two-dimensional marionette or mannequin comprised of ten elements of cutout half inch plywood, connected with bolts and wing nuts, permitting the limbs to be moved ...
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Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Plywood

Giant Art Deco Brass Fountain Pen and Mechanical Pencil Display Models
By Wahl Eversharp Co
Located in Hanover, MA
Oversized retail advertising presentation brass fountain pen and mechanical pencil display signs from the early 1920s when they would have been featured within a wood and glass display cabinet at the pen counter of a stationary store. Originally the fountain pen would have been marked on its side "Wahl Pen...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Signs

Materials

Brass

Pair of Antique American Lightning Rods
Located in Hanover, MA
Sculptural pair of American lightning rods dating from the 1870's. They still maintain their original copper skin on its wrought iron twist rod staff wh...
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Antique 1870s American Country Architectural Elements

Materials

Copper, Wrought Iron

Pair of 1960's Gravel Art Panels
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of decorative mid-century modern gravel art panels, a popular home craft during the early 1960's.
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Outsider and Self Taught Art

Folk Art Metal & Wire Rooster Chair
Located in Hanover, MA
It is impossible not to smile when sitting on the back of this vintage metal craft rooster. Constructed of scrolled metal wire loops it is strong ...
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Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Steel

Fabric Collage Floor Screen by Rose Lautman
Located in Hanover, MA
Rose Lautman, worked exclusively in fabric collage with a meticulous hand and a fine needle. Rose's artwork was exhibited in galleries primarily in Sara...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Fabric

King Arthur Mural (16' x 6') by Peter Ostuni for Savoy-Plaza Hotel 1951
By Peter Ostuni
Located in Hanover, MA
Astonishingly beautiful and monumental mural spanning eleven individual panels which when assembled are 16 feet long by 6 feet high. The panels are reverse paint and applique on she...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Plexiglass

Art Deco Chrome & Glass Skyscraper Directory Sign
Located in Hanover, MA
Vintage 1940's chrome frame building directory sign with beveled glass double panels. This came from the famous Boston (North End) restaurant 'Joe Tecce's' which closed in 2010 after...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Picture Frames

Materials

Chrome, Steel, Aluminum

"Batmobile"
By Louis Pagonis
Located in Hanover, MA
Apocalyptic vision of a race car inspired by the Batmobile meets Mad Max! Created by metal craft artist, Louis Pagonis. Signed by the artist.

This is a limited edition...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Outsider and Self Taught Art

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Hermanos Calavera Conquistador in Oiled Walnut by Miguel & Ilse Silva for Wooda
By Ilse Silva, Miguel Silva, Wooda
Located in Omro, WI
These handsome but quirky brothers designed by Miguel and Ilse Silva for Wooda are the result of an engaging mix of personality, love, fun and mischievousness. Los Hermanos Calavera(...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

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Set of 3 Small Elemental Spinning Tops in Oiled Walnut by Alvaro Uribe for Wooda
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Located in Omro, WI
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Small Agua Elemental Spinning Top in Oiled Walnut by Alvaro Uribe for Wooda
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Located in Omro, WI
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Small Cairn Elemental Spinning Top in Oiled Walnut by Alvaro Uribe for Wooda
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Vintage Tobacco Advertising Sign, Belgium, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
1950s Advertising Sign for the Belgian Tobacco Brand VDC - Deinze. This Litho Cardboard Sign has lots of colors due the different packages and types of tobacco flavors. Made in Brussels - Belgium by J.De Grève and co. This Vintage Sign can stand as a Counter Display Sign ( standing system has never been used before ) or can be hung as Wall Decoration - Wall Art It's a New Old Stock Sign, so in very good condition. Only the left upper corner has a small trace due storage through the time. Tobacco collectables - vintage signs - retro wall decoration...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Signs

Materials

Paper

Putaway, Vintage Toy Chest in Lacquered Metal, circa 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Putaway, vintage toy chest in lacquered metal, circa 1960.
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Toys

Materials

Metal

"The Second World War, " by Winston Churchill
By Houghton Mifflin & Co.
Located in Austin, TX
The Second World War by Winston Churchill from Houghton-Mifflin Company, Boston. A vintage edition of Winston Churchill's six-volume memoir, The Second World War, for which he was a...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Books

Materials

Paper

Think Big Giant Matches and Matchbox
By Think Big
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic set of oversized matches and matchbox, made by Think Big NYC in 1984. Set contains all 8 original matches. Box slides open as a normal matchbox...
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Vintage 1980s American Signs

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Felt, Wood, Paint, Plastic, Paper

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4 Volumes. J.A. Spencer, History of the United States.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. J.A. Spencer, History of the United States. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco, bordered in gilt-tooling. Raised band spine with gilt-tooled detailing. All edges marbled with marb...
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Books

Materials

Leather

Antique Carved Wooden Deer's Head Wall Decoration, Germany, ca 1920
Located in Barntrup, DE
Antique Carved Wooden Deer's Head Wall Decoration, Germany, from ca. 1920 A beautiful antique wall decoration - entirely from linden wood carved dee...
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Vintage 1920s German Black Forest Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Eat or Tea Large Scale 1950s American Porcelain Enameled Steel Letters Sign
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Superb large scale American 1950s porcelain enameled metal letters, over 24" high, originally used as exterior signage from Chicago. EAT or TEA or ETA or ATE, 3 individual heavy gauges pressed and folded cold-rolled steel letters...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Signs

Materials

Metal

Old Hickory Side Table with Old Hickory Co. Tag
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The lamp table has an oak top and flared hickory pole legs with spoke stretchers and an Old Hickory Bruce tag. Made by the Old Hickory Company in Martinsville, Indiana .The table is ...
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