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1950s Napcoware Lady Head Vase Adorable 1950s Blonde Lady Head Vase with Long Eyelashes, Pink Coat, Pearl Earrings, Gold Accents on Blouse, and Black ...

Rare Authentic Hermès Card Games Specially manufactured for the liner Lydia, the back of each card is decorated with the design of the liner The box includes 2 complete sets of 54 cards and 5 dices The box is signed "CASINO DU LYDIA JUIN 1974" Mixed liner built in 1931 in Denmak, it was firstly named Moonta and sailed in the South Seas under the Australian flag...

This elegant Gucci Tom Ford Era Keyring features a light gold-tone metal frame, masterfully adorned with multi-hued enameling and the iconic interlocking logo emblematic of the brand...

2000s Gucci Gun Metal Stainless Steel Luggage Padlock with Key Set, a versatile and durable product, this lock is crafted from high-grade gun metal stainless...

1950s Lady Head Vase with Pearl Earrings by Relpo, Japan. Adorable 1950s lady head vase with dangling pearl earrings and elaborate collar. She stand...

Rare and Beautiful Authentic Hermès Ashtray Print: 3 magnificent designs featuring a horse's head and 2 zooms on the eyes and harnesses Made in France Made of printed porcelain, b...

1950s Vintage Lady Head Napcoware Vase with Pearl Earrings and Necklace Adorable 1950s lady head vase with dangling pearl earrings and pearl neckla...

Rare Ruth Berridge (1921 - 2004) hair pin from the 1950s Ceramic hand-glazed bead on sterling silver pin Marked Berridge Hand Made Sterling Measuring 4 inches in length and 1 inch in...

1950s Teen Head Vase with Yellow Bow 1950s Napcoware Teen Head Vase with Yellow Bow and Pearl Earrings. In good vintage condition but not pe...

Exceptional Authentic Hermès Letter Opener Absolutely stunning, a rare collector item Dachshund Dog shaped Vintage Item ! Super Rare, a Grail Made of...

Art Deco Faux Watch Compact from the 1920's. Made to look like a watch in chrome with enamel accents. It opens to reveal both powder and rouge compartments. Marked "Sene", Paris NY. ...

Fashion and music collide in this rare 1988 Sotheby’s Elton John book collection! Dive in to the fashion history of rock legend Elton John with this amazing collection of books that ...

Exceptional Authentic Hermès Ashtray Print: Komondor Very rare vintage item Made in France Made of printed porcelain Colorways: white, black, green, blue-grey Back covered with green blue leather "HERMÈS - PARIS" and "Made in France" in golden letters on sides Measurements: 19,8 cm Length / 16,2 cm Width / 4 cm Height (7,8 x 6,38 x 1,57 inches) Condition: Excellent. No trace of use. Drawing in mint condition. Trace of a tag and slight discoloration on the leather at back No Hermès packaging...

Beautiful and Rare Authentic Hermès Ashtray Print: Sailing ships, boats Probably vintage Made in France Made of printed porcelain Golden edges Colorways: White, shades of Green, Brown Grey Leather at back "HERMÈS - PARIS" and "Made in France 329" in golden letters on sides Measurements: 19,2 cm Length / 15,6 cm Width / 3,5 cm Height (7,56 x 6,14 x 1,38 inches) Condition: Good. No crack, no loss, no burns. Drawing in mint condition. A few signs of wear on the golden edges. Leather at back shows dirt, stains, rub marks No Hermès packaging...

Rare opportunity to get 2 drawings from the Hermès Collection Prints: Carriages First one: "n°.118. Calèche bas de berline derrière col de cigne de...

CHRISTIAN DIOR Home Collection vintage silver plated wicker style basket with handles. Embossed CHRISTIAN DIOR. Indicative measurement...

Made In: France Measurements: Length: 2" Width: .1" Height: 3.5" OVERALL GOOD CONDITION ( 7/10 or B ) Signs of Wear: Exterior Leather and Trim: Little to No Darkening Interior:...

Chanel - (Made in France) Keychain in gold metal. Fall/Winter 1996 collection. Additional information: Dimensions: Height: 12 cm Condition: Very good condition Seller Ref numbe...

Gorgeous and Rare Authentic Hermès Powder Compact Print: "Brise de Charme" designed by Julia Abadie in 1991 Pattern: a fan with bird, flowers, ...

Abercrombie & Fitch New York, Vintage, Patinated Fine Smooth Blue Calf Leather Covered Locking Jewelry Box, c1950. The top has the original handle. ...

Rare Authentic Hermès Key Ring In shape of a Tennis Ball Vintage item Made of silver Colorways: silver "HERMES PARIS" engraved on each side of the chain Measurements: - Ball i...

Made In: France Measurements: Length: 43.5" Width: 1.75" Height: 43.5" Shortest to Longest Strap Length: 28"-43.5" OVERALL VERY GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION ( 7.5/10 or B+ ) Accessori...

Vintage Sterling Strawberry Pillbox from the 1950's, Mexico. Hand raised and beautifully crafted. Twist to open and close. 2" long x 1.25" wide x 1.25" high.

The 1960s Gucci Metal Logo Pendant Keyring brings a timeless elegance to any look. Crafted with high-quality gold-tone brass, it features a classic ch...

Much of Marie Zimmermann’s jewelry is institutionally owned, with the bulk belonging to the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Here is a rare example on...

Beautiful Art Deco cream celluloid box. Measuring length 14.3 cm / 5.6 inches by width 9.6 cm / 3.77 inches, and depth 2.7 cm / 1 inch. The lid has a lov...

Gucci Italy Rare sterling silver lipstick vanity mirror case c 1970s The sleek sterling silver art deco inspired lipstick case is designed with impressed stripes The case slides open to reveal an elongated small vanity mirror Makes an elegant dressing table accessory The case is stamped: Made in Italy Gucci 925...

Amazing Carved Bakelite Art Deco Elephant Dress Suite from the 1930's. Huge pair of hand carved elephant heads set with jet eyes form a buckle with a set...

This 1980S Fendi Zucca Address Book is a sophisticated and timeless piece from the exemplary Italian house. Crafted with exquisite attention to detail, th...

Beautiful and Rare Authentic Hermès Ashtray Print: Florida Caerulea / Blue Egretta of Florida Vintage Item Made in France Made of printed porcelain Colorways: white, blue, red, ...

As conceptual art while he transitioned to Hermes Creative Director in 1998, Belgian Martin Margiela--whose creations today debut in the setting of a contemporary-art gallery priced at upwards of EU$150,000--created this stenciled or block print. Conceived by arguably the most culturally influential contemporary fashion designer since Gabriel "Coco" Chanel, it is part of a limited-edition-of-two white-boxed set that includes the couture Maison Martin Margiela "Artisanal Line 0" body-harness lingerie in its maker's signature color white for Spring 1998. The same lingerie--one white and the other black--starred in a film made by Margiela among the five that he screened to present his Spring/Summer 1998 "Flat Collection" in Paris at the Conciergerie. In that film titled "4", which begins with a view of the iconic topless tabi "boots", the hands of Margiela's white-labcoat-clad assistants enter the frame to manipulate different garments on a model who initially wears the exterior lingerie (see our photos) as if jewelry. A simple dark collared coat, a white collared button-down shirt, and a dark button-down cardigan--all with the "displaced neckline" or "displaced shoulder" of the flat-hanging clothes--are transformed into new collarless plunging v-neck garments, which appear to be ruched when folded under the harness of the lingerie. Both black versions of the lingerie are in museum collections. In Martin Margiela's home-country, the ModeMuseum (MoMu) archived its collected piece as OBJ7660. In the 2018 Parisian retrospective exhibition at Musee de la Mode/Palais Galleria when its artistic director was Martin Margiela (working with Curator Alexandre Samson), the second black lingerie was featured on a mannequin and collected the same year by the Vogue Paris Foundation. Other conceptual designs from this same 1998 collection of jewelry were acquired by TheMet museum in Manhattan. Without the restriction of the use and function of clothing, the small uncreased print--on a card that can be removed from the interior-box bottom that it loosely spans--shows the buyer how to endlessly fashion unique tops using the structural-elastic lingerie as an undergarment for their own pre-worn button-down shirts. This is a more obvious example of the once avant-garde concept of anti-fashion upcycling that Martin Margiela introduced to challenge social and fashion-industry norms by the 1990s, which echos the revolutionary anti-art of Marcel Duchamp. Essentially, valuable art/fashion can be made from everyday vintage objects. While Duchamp did so in 1917 with a men's porcelain urinal titled "Fountain" attached to a gallery exhibition wall, they both made the point that it is the way that such items are reassembled that can make the result a progressive statement. What makes the print so special and worthy of framing for display is that, without words, the three numbered images on a single white card encapsulate the before-its-time fashion manifesto of Martin Margiela to recycle fashion in remarkable new wearable ways, such as harnessed by his unique lingerie. According to The New York Times in its 2021 feature-story that reflected on his radical fashion design and delved into his crossover art, Margiela "changed how we dressed in the 1990s", while his art embodies "the visionary man he has always been." At a turning-point shortly after Margiela designed this couture set in 1997, his personal manifesto became more difficult to accomplish in his fashion career as the new leader of France's historic luxury fashion-house Hermes, for which his first womenswear collection was presented for Autumn/Winter 1998. Frustrated by the limitations of the industrialized luxury trade and conglomerate conflicts with his closely guarded privacy, the famously "invisible" designer pre-maturely retired from the fashion industry in 2009 to independently build on his clever artistry in other mediums. Margiela continues to demonstrate what he often told his fashion teams: "The less you have, the more creative you are as a designer." This minimal finely-crafted lingerie without size or gender restriction--composed of adjustable "polya-elasthanne" straps with a clear anti-slip strip on the underside and three silver-plated metal double-rings--can be worn either as a concealed structural undergarment or as a visible jewelry-like body harness in appreciation of its meaning as a foundation for recycling fashion, pure form, and meaningful color. While the initial Maison Martin Margiela ready-to-wear brand tag until the late 1990s was a distinct corner-sewn unbranded white label accompanied by tags for origin and materials/care, the couture version for this lingerie is a single tiny white unbranded tag stitched in a line near the end of the waist strap, noting in English, "Made In France," with succinct material/care identification. The set's original white unbranded box and its white black-typed couture-identification sticker complete the "invisible-brand" aesthetic. We interpret the black-type codes on the aged box-sticker (“E98 ST HAUT; Struct Elas Blanc; 02; TU"): Spring 1998 Haute Couture; white structural-elastic garment; Artisanal Line 0 edition of two; one size only. The print, lingerie and box are in very good condition as shown in the photos with only one mark on the rear edge of the exterior box-lid. Although initially tried on by the sole owner to realize a restructured shirt, the lingerie body-harness was never worn. It was collected in Belgium at the Brussels boutique where Martin Margiela initially sold his brand with his founding business-partner Jenny Meirens since 1988. Prior, Margiela worked for several years as a fashion-design assistant to Parisian Jean Paul Gaultier. Both designers have since received independent museum retrospectives internationally--from Paris' Grand Palais and Musee Palais Galliera (The City of Paris Fashion Museum) to NYC's The Brooklyn Museum and Antwerp's MoMu. While others continue to try, Martin Margiela (b.1957) is the only leading fashion designer to have made a full-time transition to the commercial contemporary-art world with such highly valued works. As a rare revealing piece of both fashion and art history, the increasing value of this Maison Martin Margiela 1997...

Super Cute Authentic Hermès Padlock In shape of a Paper Lantern Made in France Made of non-precious metals Vintage Item, from 1991 Colorways: Silver-Tone and Golden "HERMES" an...

Art Deco Textile from The New Yorker Hotel which was probably a souvenir in the period. Great graphics suitable for framing now. 1930's USA. 16" x 15" on cotton bark cloth.

Schiaparelli guest soaps shaped as bon bon hearts in a candy box, a salute to Schiaparelli's surrealist wit. 1950's USA. Excellent condition. L9", W 5" I gave to pink, the nerve of the red, a neon pink, an unreal pink, Shocking Pink" Yves Saint Laurent: Schiaparelli's pink was "an aggressive, brawling, warrior pink” Elsa Schiaparelli's "Shocking" Pink was a color which derived from a 17.27 carat rose colored Cartier diamond known as the Tete de Belier, belonging to her friend and client, Daisy Fellowes. Shocking Pink was used for the eponymous perfume "Shocking", which was launched in 1937. The packaging was designed by artist Leonor Fini and the bottle was based on Mae West's curvaceous figure. Her first shoe-hat, designed for her autumn 1937 collection, had a Shocking Pink heel. Salvador Dali loved the color so much he used it for one of his own works, “an enormous stuffed bear...

Goyard Vintage Brown & Grey Monogram Mini Wardrobe Features three pull out drawers inside along with hangers and railing for hanging garments Color: Br...

- Bordeaux - Lather - Cartier logo embossed - Gold tone hardware - Includes: 2 sets of Cartier paper with lines, original box and paperwork

Cartier's wonderfully whimsical sterling silver bottle opener and set of Perrier bottle caps comes in original signature box. The bottle caps measures 1 2/8 inches in circumference e...

Lovely Victorian Sterling Etched Match safe from the late 1900's UK. Hand etched with ornate scroll patterns with a cartouche which was added for initials....

Roberta di Camerino print linen placemat set of 2, brown/orange/white design, the set comes with 2 matching napkins, Made in Italy, crafted from premium materials, this set is design...

This Buccellati 1970s sterling silver shot glass is begging to be added to your barware collection! A classic shot glass has a vintage twist with ...

Vintage Cartier mini salt & pepper shakers in sterling silver. One of the shaker has a gold wash lid. Presented in red case. Measurements (height): 1.25 inches - 3.2 cm / (length):1 ...

Beautiful and Rare Authentic Hermès Ashtray Patterned with columns Made in France Made of Printed Porcelain Colorways: Brick Orange-Red, Green, Purple, Golden "HERMÈS-PARIS" and...

This vintage Tiffany & Co silver plate is the perfect addition to your kitchen sets! Spice up your kitchen cabinets or desk area with the perfect touch of vintage with this amazing T...

🖤Super RARE Vintage Gucci Mug🖤 EXCELLENT CONDITION! Sometimes we all need something beautiful to start the day. Very Chic and cool collectors piece that ...

The best-known writing instrument of all Montblanc collections, this Meisterstuck Classique features six gilt rings and clip on the black-resin rollerball pen with a pull-off cap, un...

Extremely Rare Authentic Hermès Set of 2 shoe trees Vintage items Made of leather Colorway: brown "HERMÈS - PARIS" in golden letters on each shoe tree ...

Rare Vintage Desk Clock by Gucci. Gold -tone & Silver-tone metal. Round- shaped. Quartz Movement. Roman numbers. 'GUCCI - Italy' engraved on the bac...

HERMES vintage solid silver stirrup design ashtray featuring a gorgeous guilloche pattern. Embossed HERMES Paris. RAVINET D'ENFER hallmark (R D initals with a clover). French MINERV...

Stunning and Beautiful Authentic Hermès Stand Rack for 6 Tobacco Pipes Rare vintage item Can be used for anything else Made of non precious metal Colorway: Silvery "HERMÈS PARIS" and craftman hallmark engraved at back 2 animal heads at top of the stand Measurements: - 15 cm high (5,91 inches) - 16 cm at longest (6,3 inches) - 11,5 cm at widest (4,53 inches) Condition: Excellent. Original shape. No missing part. Clean and shiny. Scratches on the base No Hermès packaging...

Astrakhan Mink Ambassador Cossack Hat 1960´s 100% Real Astrakhan Fur from Karakul Breed of Sheep. Mink Cossack Style Hat Real Mink Hair - Ranch Raised, Incredibly Luxurious Mink hair...

Extremely rare original Schläppi Bonevari mannequin. Collector's Piece and high-end display item for Couture Fashion. Probably from the 11960s / 1970s. These dolls are almost consi...

Gorgeous and Rare Authentic Hermès Powder Compact Pattern : « Tigre Royal » (Royal Tiger) Square box opening onto a compact and a mirror. Ple...

Adorable and Rare Authentic Hermès Ashtray Pattern: 2 cute monkeys on a branch in a bamboo decor Made in France Made of Printed Porcelain Colorways: Pale Yellow Background, Brown...

Art Deco Bakelite and Carved Bone Cigarette Holder with Case. Bone carved cigarette holder with bakelite station in the Egyptian Revival style in its own b...

Chanel 31 Rue Cambon Cuff Circa 1990s {VINTAGE 20 Years} Gold plated 31 Rue Cambon Address & Telex Engraved Pin closure 7.75" x 1.25" Made in France

Beautiful Authentic Hermès Ashtray Print: 6 seashells and their latin name Made in France Made of Porcelain Colorways: Light blue, Yellow, Brown Beige suede leather at bottom, "...

Extremely Rare Authentic Hermès Chainmail Coin Purse The purse is made of flowing mesh, enhanced with a retractable opening that closes with a lid 2 small rings on the sides Made...

Vintage shoe shaped sterling silver and faux tortoise shoe horn complete with a sensible heel, 'slingback' handle and decorative buckle. Hallmarked on the underside. CONDITION Good ...