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Mid-Century Modern Oak Flat File Cabinet with Japanned Hardware
Located in Dekalb, IL
Vintage wooden flat file cabinet.
This piece features a unique numbering system, opting to use large carved numbers in place of more traditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Cabinets
Materials
Copper
Late 19th Century Eastlake Victorian Walnut Dresser with Mirror and Marble Top
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique Victorian dresser and mirror.
Crafted from walnut, this vanity dresser hearkens back to a time of superior American craftsmanship. Features a curved marble top with twin jew...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Eastlake Dressers
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Budweiser Clydesdale Team Embossed Plastic Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1988; Santa Anita Park - Arcadia, California
Plastic promotional sign for the West Paddock Gardens at Santa Anita Racetrack.
This colorful sign features a stylized and dimension...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Signs
Materials
Plastic
Les Maîtres de l'Affiche #151 - Eugénie Buffet Late 19th C. Stevens Poster
By Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens
Located in Dekalb, IL
Artist: Léopold Stevens (1860-1935)
Date: 1897
Medium: Lithograph
Style/Movement: Art Nouveau
Dimensions: 17.5" W x 21" H
Additional Details: Art Nouveau concert poster advertising ...
Category
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Prints
Materials
Paper
Esqueleta de Ginecológico Contemporary Articulated Oaxacan Calaca
Located in Dekalb, IL
Artist: Unknown
Date: Late 20th Century
Medium: Paint on copal
Style/Movement: Mexican Folk Art
Dimensions: 11.5" H
Additional Details: This hand-carved wooden figure depicts a skel...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Other Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Mid-Century Standing Lamp with Milk Glass Shade
By Majestic Lamp Company
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1950s; (likely) Majestic Lamp Co. - Los Angeles
Mid-century modern floor lamp with tiered fiberglass shade.
A striking example of atomic-era lighting, this floor lamp features a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Mid-Century Tulip Lamp with Red Shade
By Majestic Lamp Company
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1950s; (likely) Majestic Lamp Co. - Los Angeles
Atomic-era table lamp.
This sculptural table lamp, attributed to Majestic, features a dramatic atomic design characteristic of po...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Sacred Heart Framed Tin Litho Christ Print
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1920s-1940s; (likely) Catholic Art and Book Co. - St. Louis, MO
Framed chromolithograph of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
A classic devotional image of Christ displaying the Sacred ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Renaissance Revival Religious Items
Materials
Tin
Vintage Neoclassical Quatrefoil Parlor Table
Located in Dekalb, IL
Burled maple table on curved saber legs.
Featuring a clover-shaped top in richly figured burled maple veneer, this mid-century center table balances decorative flair with architectu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Center Tables
Materials
Maple
Set of Nine Gothic Revival Dining Chairs
Located in Dekalb, IL
Upholstered Victorian-inspired dining chair set.
Have you ever hosted a vampire family for dinner and realized you didn't have appropriate seating? Well these Gothic Revival chairs ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Gothic Revival Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Vintage Model E-53X Radio by Canadian General Electric
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1930s; Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd. - Toronto, ON
Simple and traditional tabletop radio with Art Deco embellishments.
• Model Type: Tabletop broadcast receiver
• Main Circ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Antique "Masterpiece" 6F6 5-Tube Table Radio by Freshman
Located in Dekalb, IL
1926; Charles Freshman Co. Inc. - New York
Nearly antique table radio with a gorgeous brass faceplate and original brass knobs and levers.
• Model Type: Tabletop broadcast receiver...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
Vintage Model 6S254 Console Radio by Zenith
By Zenith
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1930s; Zenith Radio Corp. - Chicago, IL
Incredible and gorgeous prewar radio by Zenith with impressive contrasting woodwork. We truly don't know which is more impressive, however...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Pre-Prohibition Old Pepper Whiskey Litho Ad Tray
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1900s/1910s; James E. Pepper & Co. - Lexington, KY
Antique tin litho bourbon advertising tray.
This piece features a central graphic depicting a group of 18th century men (a ref...
Category
Early 20th Century American Platters and Serveware
Materials
Tin
Vintage Musky Taxidermy
Located in Dekalb, IL
Vintage Northwoods musky taxidermy with attached hook for wall-mounting.
38.5" W x 11" H
Please refer to photos regarding condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Taxidermy
Materials
Animal Skin
"Blown Away Guy", 1979 Steve Steigman Framed Gallery Print
Located in Dekalb, IL
Artist: Steve Steigman (1942 - 2004)
Date: 1979
Medium: Serigraph
Style/Movement: B&W Photography
Dimensions: 36" W x 24" H
Notes: You'd be hard-pressed to find someone who isn't fa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
Antique Salesman Sample Adjustable Box Spring
Located in Dekalb, IL
Early 1900s; Unbranded
Early box springs were a pretty simple concept, lifting the mattress off the ground and providing additional support to settling and lumpy mattresses. What ma...
Category
Early 20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Steel
Antique NOS Reed Vise Tin on Cardboard Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1920s; mfd. by The H. D. Beach Co. (Coshocton, OH) for Reed Manufacturing Co. - Erie, PA
Antique new-old-stock tin-over-cardboard (TOC) advertising sign.
This piece advertises R...
Category
Early 20th Century American Signs
Materials
Tin
Vintage Model 6S632 Radio by Zenith
By Zenith
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1940s; Zenith Radio Corp. - Chicago, IL
Streamline Moderne-inspired tabletop radio. Features robust tone control and local radio pushbuttons.
• Model Type: Tabletop broadcast re...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Streamlined Moderne Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Vintage Model R-1131 with Magic Eye Tube by Delco
Located in Dekalb, IL
1937; United Motors Service - New York
Streamline Art Deco console radio with wooden tuning knobs.
This piece features a solid state Magic Eye tube, an inexpensive way to do the sa...
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
$2,340 / item
Late 19th Century Eastlake Victorian Walnut Commode Wash Stand with Marble Top
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique Victorian commode washstand.
Crafted from walnut, this piece hearkens back to a time of superior American craftsmanship. Features a marble top, optimal storage, and classic ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Eastlake Vanities
Materials
Marble
Early 20th Century Silkworm Industrial Nature Cabinet
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1910s/1920s; A. J. Tiffany, Publisher - Chicago
Vintage silkworm education tool.
This piece was part of a series of "Industrial Nature Cabinets" produced for American schools by...
Category
Early 20th Century American Taxidermy
Materials
Silk, Glass, Wood
Vintage Critic Quality Feeds Heavy Metal Litho Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1950s; Beardstown Mills Company - Beardstown, IL
Vintage litho livestock feed sign.
This piece advertises Critic Quality livestock feeds from Beardstown Mills, a now-defunct flo...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Signs
Materials
Metal
Vintage Stainless Steel Salesman Sample Kettle
Located in Dekalb, IL
Vintage jacketed kettle salesman sample.
Being under 10 inches tall makes this stainless steel salesman sample much easier to carry around than the 50 or 100-gallon tank it represen...
Category
Early 20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century John Broadwood & Sons Upright Piano Salesmans Sample
By John Broadwood & Sons
Located in Dekalb, IL
Early 1900s; John Broadwood & Sons - North Yorkshire, England
This piano salesman sample comes from one of the oldest continuous piano manufacturers in the world. Originally establi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century French Cast Iron Salesman Sample Plow by Morcrette
Located in Dekalb, IL
1860s-70s; François Morcrette - Cugny, Aisne, France
Morcrette (sometimes spelled Morcrétté) was a blacksmith and plow manufacturer based in the small town of Cugny in the mid-to-la...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Models and Miniatures
Materials
Steel, Iron
Early 20th Century Reverse-Painted IOOF Skull and Bones Glass Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
Early 1900s; Independent Order of Odd Fellows
This reverse-painted glass "Caution" sign comes with the scull and crossbone, a symbol of mortality to the fraternity, and a reminder o...
Category
Early 20th Century American Signs
Materials
Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century Butchers Products Co. Painted Tin Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
1910s-20s; Fulton Meat Market district - Chicago, IL
The property at the northeast corner of Peoria and Fulton streets in Chicago was most recently a burger joint, but in the late 1...
Category
Early 20th Century American Signs
Materials
Tin
Vintage Hobart Crescent Dishwasher Salesmans Sample
Located in Dekalb, IL
1930s; The Hobart Manufacturing Company - Troy, OH
Hobart was originally founded in 1897 by engineer Charles Hobart. When the company bought out The Crescent Washing Machine Company...
Category
Early 20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass, Steel
Antique Pennsylvania Railroad Stock Car Model
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique handmade railroad stock car model.
As a model of the railroad cars designed to haul livestock like cattle, this exquisite replica delivers some remarkable details including ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Tin
Diamond Tool and Horseshoe Company Product Display
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1930s/1940s; Diamond Tool Horseshoe Co. - Duluth, MN
Vintage horseshoe point-of-sale display.
This piece was used to advertise and showcase horseshoes made by Diamond Tool, esta...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Late 19th Century Eastlake Victorian Walnut Bedframe
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique ornate Victorian bed frame.
Crafted from walnut, this piece hearkens to a time of superior American craftsmanship. Features ornate, dimensional floral adornments on the head...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Eastlake Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Tufted Leather Chesterfield Barrel Chair
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1940s/1950s; barrel is sourced from Continental Baking Co. - Wheeling, WV
Vintage tufted leather armchair set in a rustic wooden barrel.
Sometimes referred to as a "tub chair," ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Armchairs
Materials
Iron
$1,595 / item
Early Walnut Step-Back Apothecary Cabinet
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique walnut apothecary with glass cabinet doors.
This extravagant piece features a multitude of uniform drawers, ensuring plenty of storage space. Across the top are a series of ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Columbia Bikes Framed Parts Display
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1920s/1930s; Columbia Bikes/The Westfield Manufacturing Co. - Westfield, MA
Antique historical bike parts wall-mounted display.
This piece serves as a salesman sample-type displ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Steel
Early 20th Century Medical Display Case by Clark & Roberts
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1900s; Clark and Roberts Co. - Indianapolis, IN
Antique steel medical cabinet with glass walls.
This unique piece was once utilized in a medical or dental setting. It is compris...
Category
Early 20th Century American Cabinets
Materials
Steel
Antique Steel Dental Cabinet
Located in Dekalb, IL
A white dental or medical storage cabinet on wheels with locking door. This product is 58" H x 22" L x 17" W and has has four glass shelves that measure 19" L x 14" W. The cabinet is...
Category
Early 20th Century American Cabinets
Materials
Steel
Vintage Double-Sided Chesterfield Couch in Brown
Located in Dekalb, IL
Vintage double-sided tufted leather sofa.
This seat offers all the range of a standard Chesterfield, doubled. A central removable backrest separates the two "halves" of the sofa, al...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Sofas
Materials
Leather, Oak
Vintage Salesman Sample Rip Saw with Conveyor Belt
Located in Dekalb, IL
Vintage (possibly verging on antique) German industrial salesman sample.
This piece, from an unknown manufacturer, is a scale model version of a rip saw and conveyor belt system. Th...
Category
Early 20th Century German Models and Miniatures
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Early 20th Century Cast Iron Coat Tree
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique cast iron coat tree.
Despite its appearance, this coat rack not japanned copper, although it gets marks for accurately recreating the look. It sits on a quartet of splayed l...
Category
Early 20th Century American Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Mercantile Rolltop Grain Counter
Located in Dekalb, IL
1909; possibly Charles K. Fox Co. or Parnall & Sons, Ltd.
Antique oak seed or grain counter with rolltop doors.
This piece was designed to allow customers in general and feed store...
Category
Early 20th Century American Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Quarter Sawn Oak Dental Cabinet
By American Cabinet Company
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1910s/1920s; The American Cabinet Co. - Two Rivers, WI
Large, antique quarter sawn or "tiger" oak dental cabinet with pull-out writing surface.
This extravagant piece hails from...
Category
Early 20th Century American Late Victorian Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Antique Oak 12-Drawer Document Cabinet
Located in Dekalb, IL
This antique wooden cabinet can likely be attributed to the Arts & Crafts movement, featuring 12 uniform drawers housed within a solid oak frame.
Constructed from solid oak, the cab...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Large Antique Tiger Oak Flat File
Located in Dekalb, IL
This towering and visually arresting antique wooden flat file cabinet was likely used in a drafting office, print shop, or architectural firm. With its 22 large flat drawers, this pi...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Industrial Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Antique Industrial 90 Drawer Hardware Store Cabinet
Located in Dekalb, IL
This impressive antique 90-drawer hardware cabinet was originally used in a workshop or general store, this towering piece was built to keep countless small components—such as nuts, ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Antique Gray, Dunn & Co. Bakery Display Case in Blue
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1920s; mfd. by Parnall & Sons for Gray, Dunn & Co. - Glasgow, Scotland
Antique rolling bakery display case with gilt banner sign.
This piece was used to sell baked goods from Gr...
Category
Vintage 1920s Scottish Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Wood
MCM Lounge Height Saarinen Table by Knoll
By Knoll
Located in Dekalb, IL
Mid-Century Modern Circular Dining Table – c. 1960s (Attributed to Knoll Inc., East Greenville, PA)
This striking circular Danish-style dining table dates to the 1960s and is stylis...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Metal
Late 19th Century Oak Baker's Rack and Table
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique Adjustable Baker’s Rack & Folding Serving Table – c. 1880s–1890s (Attributed to Boeckh Brothers Company, Toronto, ON)
A rare and versatile example of late 19th-century Canad...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Industrial Tables
Materials
Iron
Vintage Butcher Block Table With Large Steel Drawer
Located in Dekalb, IL
Featuring a solid 3-inch thick hardwood butcher block top, this piece is both visually striking and built to handle years of heavy use. The wood has been carefully cleaned and treate...
Category
Vintage 1940s Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Wood
Vintage Motor Rythm Tin Litho Advertising Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1940s; R. M. Hollingshead Corp. - Camden, NJ
Vintage tune-up fluid advertising sign.
This piece advertises Whiz's "Motor Rythm", a now-defunct line of tune-up fluids. The sign m...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Signs
Materials
Tin
Vintage Chart Rack with Four Denoyer-Geppert Anatomy Charts
By Denoyer-Geppert
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1960s; Denoyer-Geppert Co. - Chicago, IL
Vintage metal chart rack with four original four-color Denoyer-Geppert anatomy posters.
Each is in remar...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Signs
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Vintage Mueller Electric Point-of-Sale Advertising Display
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1940s/1950s; Mueller Electric Co. - Cleveland, OH
Vintage advertising store display.
This piece features an assortment of offerings produced by Mueller, an electrical component ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Signs
Materials
Metal
Vintage Tufted Leather Ottoman By Drexel Heritage in Brown
By Drexel
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1980s; Drexel Heritage Furnishings, Inc. - Morganton, NC
Vintage tufted leather Chesterfield-style ottoman.
Leather Ottoman shows signs of scuffs and wear from typical family us...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Ottomans and Poufs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Early 20th Century Star Threads POS Display Case
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique oak mercantile display for the American Thread Co. "Star" Threads line of products. This piece features individual cubbies for different colors of spools that are housed in t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Hartmann Wardrobe Trunk
By Hartmann Trunk Company
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1920s; Hartmann Trunk Co. - Racine, WI
Antique wardrobe steamer trunk with cushioned top. This piece features many inclusions you'd find in a full-size home wardrobe such as draw...
Category
Early 20th Century American Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Metal
B and B Stinger Lighted Glass Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1950s/1960s; Le Palais Bénédictine - Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, France
This piece advertises a drink known as a "B and B Stinger", which is Benedictine & Brandy, mixed with crème de...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Signs
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Pharmacist Figural Trade Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique figural copper and tin trade sign.
This piece takes the form of an antique mortar and pestle, one of the most important tools used by practitioners of medicine for centuries...
Category
Early 20th Century Signs
Materials
Copper, Wrought Iron, Tin
Early 20th Century "J-E" Storage Battery Flange Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique flanged service station sign.
This piece advertises Jelly-Electrolyte, or "J-E" storage batteries. The "jelly" eliminated the need for refilling water (a task required with ...
Category
Early 20th Century Signs
Materials
Metal
Vintage Industrial Steel Rolling Die Cart
Located in Dekalb, IL
Vintage cast iron rolling industrial cart.
This piece features three tiers of storage, with an adjustable-height top surface that can raise and lower by way of a hand crank. The car...
Category
Mid-20th Century Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Steel, Iron
Vintage Painted Tin Tex Tan Western Wear Sign
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1950s/1960s; Kids Korral, Inc. - Lakeville, IN and Tex-Tan Western Leather Co. - Yoakum, TX
Vintage painted tin children's western wear sign.
This sign advertises Tex Tan leathe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Signs
Materials
Tin
