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Desk Accessories For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1980s
Silver Plated Bowl by Gabriella Crespi / Signed
Located in Munich, DE
Walnut style.
Category

1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver Plate

Rolex Grey Marble Bowl 1970s
Located in Munich, DE
Marble bowl marked with golden letters by Rolex in excellent vintage condition made in the 1970s.
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1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble

Sikorsky Helicopter Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a Skiorsky SH-3A/D Helicopter. Made in Japan, 1980s. This piece has great balance and details like pro...
Category

1980s Japanese Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Vintage French Ceramic Vase by Raymonde Leduc 'circa 1970s', Small
Located in London, GB
Vintage ceramic vase (or pencil holder if you prefer) by Raymonde Leduc (circa 1970s). Sandstone coloured small vessel with plant motifs inlaid on all four sides. In good overall con...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic

Signed Decorative Leaf Shaped Daum Crystal Vide-Poches, France, 1970's
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Elegant leaf shaped etched vide-poches or paperweight by Daum Nanct France. In pristine condition. This piece wlll ship from France and can be returned to either France or to a LIC...
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1970s French Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal

Olivetti Divisumma 28 Mario Bellini Design Years '70
Located in Biella, IT
Olivetti divisumma 28 Mario Bellini design years '70, perfect working and very good condition.
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic, Acrylic

Vintage Sculptural Pawn Shape Brass Paperweight Made in England
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and whimsical brass paperweight that adds personality and style to your office or décor. The weighty piece is signed “Made in England” and adds style to any place. A great ...
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1980s British Post-Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Brass

19th Century Nyon Porcelain Letters Holder, 1890s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very beautiful mail holder in Nyon porcelain (fish on the back) dating from the 19th century. In good condition. Beautiful flower decoration. Very elega...
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1980s French Vintage Desk Accessories

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Porcelain

Rare Large Lucite Cube Paperweight-Red and Clear
Located in Houston, TX
Rare mid-century paperweight cube executed in red and white Lucite or acrylic. This beautiful, one of a kind modernist piece has many facets and bevels all-over. The inside has red ...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Acrylic, Lucite

Lalique Crystal Female Figurative Sculpture, from Paris, France, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A French Lalique crystal female figurative sculpture piece, circa 1970's, France. A nude crystal female figure sculpture on black glass ba...
Category

1970s Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal

Midcentury Typewriter/Consul, Type 2224, 1980s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia Made of Metal, Steel, Plastic, Re-polished With aged patina Original condition.
Category

1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal, Steel

English Wedgwood Jasperware Scallop Seashell Teal Blue & White Box, circa 1980s
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful English Wedgwood Jasperware small oval box with scallop seashell design, circa late-20th century, 1980s, England. This piece is a...
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1980s English Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Stoneware

1980s F-1 Fighter Jet Lighter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a F1 Mirage fighter jet. Made in Japan, 1980s. This piece has great balance and details. Cool tobacco accessory ...
Category

1980s Japanese Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Vintage Art Glass Bird by Oiva Toikka for Nuutajarvi
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A lovely art glass bird, made by Nuutajärvi Notsjõ, designed by Oiva Taikko. This bird has a beautiful composition of colors. Signed on the bottom an...
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1980s Finnish Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Art Glass

Gorgeous Large Murano Italian Art Glass Fish Aquarium Paperweight, Italy, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown aquarium Italian art glass paper weight. Showing some multicolored fishes, floating on controlled bubbles. Colors are a blue, orange and clear. A beautifu...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Murano Glass

Train Locomotive Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a train engine. Made in Japan, 1980s. This piece has great balance and details. 'Japan' sticker on the...
Category

1980s Japanese Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Olivetti Synthesis Portalettere Design Sottsass - Design - Olivetti
Located in Milano, MI
OLIVETTI SYNTHESIS portalettere Design Sottsass - design - olivetti OLIVETTI SYNTHESIS SISTEMA 45 - Portalettere Design Ettore SOTTSASS ( 1917 ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic

Presse papier coquillage nautile en inclusion époxy
Located in PONT-AUDEMER, FR
Coquillage Nautile en inclusion epoxy. Dans le style des créations de Pierre Giraudon. Bel état d'usage. Quelques marques minimes et particulier sur le dessous.
Category

1970s French Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Shell, Epoxy Resin

White 4909 Bookends by Giotto Stoppino for Kartell, 1970s, Set of 2
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of bookends, Fermalibro 4909, white from kartell, perfect condition. There are 2 pairs available.
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic

Gucci Leather and Velvet Desk Set, 1980s Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Gucci desk set made of Black leather and emerald green velvet. Five pieces include: 2 Stunning leather and brass bookends, a pen holder, steel ruler in black and a large de...
Category

1980s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

1970s Tarnished Brass Post-Modern Desktop Tape Dispenser Disco Nightclub Era
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Good working order, warm tarnish brass, a natural time-worn patina. Loaded up with a roll of clear tape.
Category

1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Frank Stella Abstract Artist Metropolitan Museum of Art Book, 1970, New York
Located in New York, NY
A hard-cover book with dust-jacket on abstract American artist Frank Stella, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970, New York, NY. This book presents a decade of Sella's work from 1959 - 1...
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1970s American Vintage Desk Accessories

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Paper

Vintage Hermes Note Paper, 1980s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original and unopened Hermes note paper with gold gilded edge paper. Hermes logo on the top of the stack of sheets. Hermes logo on box. Great piece for the...
Category

1980s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Paper

Monumental Metal Paper Clip
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Giant metal paperclip slightly under 1.5 ft tall. Quirky accent piece or wall art. Good weight to object. Slight wear to metal exterior. Good vintage condition. Two available. Priced...
Category

1980s Taiwanese Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Vintage Michael Elkan Studio Burlwood Valet
Located in Vallejo, CA
A beautiful vintage carved wood valet by Michael Elkan Studio. Walnut toned wood components nest neatly into a lighter toned burlwood base. Features circular letter and pen holders on each side. In the center is a small storage compartment for stamps and a larger hinged storage...
Category

1980s Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Giant Bayer Pill Pop Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental vintage Bayer pill in cream plaster/ceramic. 7" diameter. Likely used as a store display. Whimsical desktop object or paperweight. Black felted bottom. Great piece of art ...
Category

1970s American Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Plaster, Paint

Gucci Vintage Golf Ball Money Clip, 1970
Located in Munich, DE
Money Grab or envelope holder in gold and silver plated, signed Gucci Italy on the bottom.   
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Gold Plate, Silver Plate, Steel

Decorative Glass Desk Accessory Bowl Plus Flowers Container, 1970s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Decorative glass desk accessory bowl plus flowers container 1970s.
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Game of Checkers produced by Rede Guzzini for Krizia, Design
Located in Foggia, FG
Gioco di Dama prodotto da Rede Guzzini per Krizia - Design - Anno: 1980 Materiale: Plastica Condizioni: Buone come da immagini pubblicate Misure: Cm 38 diametro ...
Category

1980s Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic

1970s Stunning Pair of Big Italian Marble Dices, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s. Stunning pair of big Italian dices in white marble, in very good conditions. Made in Italy. Dimension: 2,75 x 2,75 x 2,75 inches 7 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm H.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble

Gucci Maple Wood Tidy Tray, Italy, 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Gucci maple wood desk accessory or tidy tray, original, 1970s.
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Swiss Modern Desk Organizers, Pencil Holders by Pentex, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A red and a black pencil-holder in cast acrylic. 1970s Modern architectural styling. Designed and manufactured by Pentex in Switzerland. Each with 6 cylindrical compartments for uten...
Category

1970s Swiss Space Age Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Acrylic

Vintage Turquoise Ashtray, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage turquoise ashtray is an original decorative object realized in the 1970s. A vintage hand made ceramic ashtray turquoise colored. Mint ...
Category

1970s European Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic

French Gilded Bronze Table Lamp by Pierre Casenove for Fondica, 1980s
Located in Salzburg, AT
A fantastic 1980's sculptural gilt table lamp by Pierre Casenove for Fondica, signed. Heavy, cast bronze object, fire-gilded. The electrics have been completely reworked, 2 transver...
Category

1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Foil, Bronze

Set of Five Crystal Querandi Glasses and Two Bottles, Argentina, circa 1970
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Set of five crystal Querandi glasses and two bottles. Argentina, circa 1970. Bottles dimensions: 35,5 cm height, 10 cm width, 10 cm depth. Glasses d...
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1970s Argentine Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal

Brass Gazelle Antelope Sculpture Decorative Object, Tall
Located in New York, NY
A brass animal Gazelle antelope bust sculpture decorative object with tall antlers, circa late-20th century, 1970s. Dimensions: 21.5" Height.
Category

1970s Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Hermès Ink Blotter by Dupre-Lafon, 1970s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Hermès ink blotter by Dupre-Lafon. Made with thick tanned cowhide and finished with a thick brass ring on top with the words Hermès Paris imprint...
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1970s French Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Orange Pen Holder by Royal Haeger
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Mid-Century Modern ceramic orange pen holder / desk accessory by Royal Haeger. Measures: Height: 2 7/8 in. Width: 9 in. Special Characteristics...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic

Mid-Century Ball Sculpture Paperweight in Steel and Travertine, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury sculpture / paperweight in steel and travertine in the shape of a ball in the style of Italian designer Enzo Mari. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Travertine, Metal, Steel

Italian Desk Box in Leather and Cut Glass, 1970s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Beautiful desk box or casket made of leather and cut glass. Made in Italy of the 1970s. The box is trimmed with smooth leather, a fine black leather edge and finely finished stitc...
Category

1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather, Glass, Cut Glass, Wood

Chrome Bull and Pen Holder Statue Decorative Desk Accessory, Italy 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic 20th century Bull statue on a marble base with a pen holder. Desktop accessory, made of metal, chrome and marble. Nice addition to your wri...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble, Metal, Chrome

Andy Warhol Diaries, Hard-Cover Library or Coffee Table Book, 1989
Located in New York, NY
'The Andy Warhol Diaries' book is hard-cover, first edition, May 1989. The Andy Warhol Diaries is the dictated memoirs of the American artist, Andy Warhol, posthumously published, May 1989, USA. It was edited by his frequent collaborator and long-time friend, Pat Hackett...
Category

1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Paper

Midcentury Square Lucite and Brass Pocket Emptier, Dior Style, France, 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning midcentury lucite and brass squared valet tray. This wonderful item was produced in France in the style of Christian Dior in 1970s. This vide-poche features a gorgeous pi...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Midcentury Bottle-Shaped Sculpture in Travertine, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Beautiful bottle shaped sculpture made entirely of travertine marble. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Travertine, Marble

Lucite Copper Penny Paperweight Decorative Object, 1980s
Located in New York, NY
An '80s modern or Postmodern period Lucite and copper U.S. penny paperweight, 1980, USA. All pennies are of the year 1980. A great desk accessory or ...
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1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Copper

Fermacarte Bacarat Vetro - Vintage - Deco - Interiors - Desk Accesorize
Located in Milano, MI
fermacarte bacarat vetro - vintage - deco - interiors - desk accesorize bellissimo fermacarte BACCARAT con certificato e scatola.
Category

1980s European Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Hermès Brass and Leather Shotgun Shell Pen Holder, 1970s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic leather cup with brass bottom made by Hermès. In the shape/style of a shotgun shell. Stamped Hermès Made in France on underside of brass. Good vint...
Category

1980s French Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Seguso 1980 Italian Silver Navy Blue Apple Green Murano Glass Hen Bird Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to Archimede Seguso Italian Mid-Century Modern Design blown Murano glass rooster sculpture, high quality of craftsmanship with the overlaid body in chartreuse lime green Murano...
Category

1980s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

Curtis Jere Enameled Butterfly, Wire and Marble Sculpture Blue, Green Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This unusual and rarely found vintage signed Curtis Jere sculpture has enameled butterflies coming from 3 wire points that sit in the original marble base. The colors of shades of se...
Category

1970s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble, Enamel, Wire

Pair of Faux Malachite and Brass Obelisks
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Faux malachite and brass obelisks. Fantastic pair of vintage faux malachite and brass obelisks. This beautiful pair of midcentury obelisks are a pair but in the spirit of na...
Category

1980s Unknown Neoclassical Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Vintage Blue Glass Ashtray, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Glass blue ashtray is an elegant glass decorative object, realized during the 1970s. Very elegant glass ashtray round shape and brilliant blue colored. Good conditions.
Category

1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Italian Handmade Ceramic Vase by Flavia Montelupo
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Unique Italian glasses vase with beautiful colors by Flavia Montelupo.
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic

5 Foot Tall Pop Art Wood Pencil
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive vintage display pencil. Made of one solid piece of wood and a machine engraved metal ring wrapped around the end by the eraser. Size: 60" long. Marked ARTIST GRADE - GRAPHITE...
Category

1970s American Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Two Brutalist Solid Patinated Bronze Paperweights by Monique Gerber
Located in New York, NY
Two Brutalist solid patinated bronze paperweights by Monique Gerber, France, 1970s signed.>     
Category

1970s French Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Beautiful Cherry Blossoms in an Apple Murano Glass Paperweight Italy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown Italian art glass paper weight. A beautiful nice addition to your desktop.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Murano Glass

Mid-Century Functional Tesla Phone 1974, Československo
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good original condition with signs of use - Fully functional. - Tesla manufacturer.
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1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic

Cognac Leather Medicine Ball Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
Cognac leather weighted medicine ball. Table top size to use as a decorative object or paperweight. Hand stitched high quality supple leather.
Category

1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

Gucci Vintage Leather Solid Silver Rider Crop, 1970s
Located in Munich, DE
Gucci vintage rider crop in embossed brown leather and a 800 silver jockey cap. Leather and jockey cap signed with Gucci and a silver hallmark. Excellent...
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

Antique, New and Vintage Desk Accessories

Whether you’ve carved out a space for a nifty home office or you prefer the morning commute, why not dress up your desk with antique and vintage desk accessories? To best tiptoe the line between desk efficiency and desk enjoyment, we suggest adding a touch of the past to your modern-day space.

Desks are a funny thing. Their basic premise has remained the same for quite literally centuries: a flat surface, oftentimes a drawer, and potentially a shelf or two. However, the contents that lay upon the desk? Well, the evolution has been drastic to say the least.

Thank the Victorians for the initial popularity of the paperweight. The Industrial Revolution offered the novel concept of leisure-time to Europeans, giving them more time to take part in the then crucial activity of letter writing. Decorative glass paperweight designs were all the rage, and during the mid-19th-century some of the most popular makers included the French companies of Baccarat, St. Louis and Clichy.

As paper was exceedingly expensive in the early to mid-19th-century, every effort was made to utilize a full sheet of it. Paper knives, which gave way to the modern letter opener, were helpful for cutting paper down to an appropriate size.

Books — those bound volumes of paper, you may recall — used to be common occurrences on desks of yore and where there were books there needed to be bookends. As a luxury item, bookend designs have run the gamut from incorporating ultra-luxurious materials (think marble and Murano glass) to being whimsical desk accompaniments (animal figurines were highly popular choices).

Though the inkwell’s extinction was ushered in by the advent of the ballpoint pen (itself quasi-obsolete at this point), there is still significant charm to be had from placing one of these bauble-like objets in a central spot on one’s desk. You may be surprised to discover the mood-boosting powers an antique — and purposefully empty — inkwell can provide.

The clamor for desk clocks arose as the Industrial Revolution transitioned labor from outdoors to indoors, and allowed for the mass-production of clock parts in factories. Naturally, elaborate designs soon followed and clocks could be found made by artisans and luxury houses like Cartier.

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