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Period: 1930s
Monumental W.P.A. Plaster Sculpture "Young Abe Lincoln" by Frank Romanelli
By Frank Romanelli
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large W.P.A. plaster sculpture, depicting a young Abraham Lincoln. Done by Frank Romanelli, born Farenza, Italy 1909, died 1974. Amazing detail, retains orig...
Category
American Other Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Antique Industrial Factory Work Table on Iron Castors
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Industrial factory work table on iron castors, simple design, handmade, heavy duty construction, hand delivery avail to New York City or any...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Hunter Carving, circa 1930s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Hand-carved wooden Folk Art hunter with a sheet metal hat. Original red, white and black paint surface.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
Solid Primitive Mesquite Stool
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this stool made in Mesquite hardwood, Circa 1930. Made in Mexico hand carved using machete and chisel. Fully restored. Clear markings showing age and heavy use, ready to use...
Category
Mexican Primitive Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$750 Sale Price
25% Off
James Vullo Oil on canvas .. W.P.A. /ASHCAN Portrait of a Man 1930's
By James Vullo
Located in Buffalo, NY
James Vullo Oil on canvas .. W.P.A. /ASHCAN Portrait of a Man 1930's ..Powerful image.. retains original frame, original label Albright Knox Art Gallery (A.K.G.) Buffalo NY
1938, ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
1930's Woven Bark Fibre Panel
Located in London, GB
This 1930's panel, from the Mbole culture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been woven from bark fibre. Dark-coloured strands of fibre, dyed with the roots of a banana tre...
Category
Congolese Tribal Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Splendid Seven rams Ntomo Mask, Bamana Population, Mali, 1930-1940
Located in Paris, FR
The Ntomo mask is used during initiation rituals in West Africa. It is identifiable by its horns, which range from three to eight. The Bamana, also known as the Bambara, live in Mali...
Category
Malian Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Wood
Large Hand Painted Double Sided Arrow "Radio Trade In" Folk Art Trade/Store Sign
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Hand Painted, Double Sided Arrow "Special" Radio Trade In sale,,,,Folk Art Trade/Store Sign,,Wonderful size,,amazing crackle paint, patina..Great subject.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Vintage Carved Wood Articulated Clown Figure
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Chunky hand carving with simple facial detailing a pointed hat. Found in the southern US. Presented on a custom museum stand.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Cock in Wood by R.J Lakin from Streatham Workshop in London, Carousel, 1930
Located in Paris, FR
Cock in wood by R.J Lakin from Streatham Workshop in London.
Unique piece from Carousel 1930. Devided piece of Beam
in sculpted wood hand-painted with optical illusion, 1930.
Rare...
Category
British Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Early 20th century Palethorps Pictorial Enamel Sausage Sign
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Early 20th century Palethorps Pictorial Enamel Sausage Sign
Very Rare old sign with a mouth watering picture of Palethorps Royal Cambridge sausages
The sign is made in ceram...
Category
Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
Paul Ami Bonifas Signed Large Early Mid-Century Swiss Studio Pottery Art Bowl
By Paul Bonifas
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly gorgeous and wonderfully crafted large art bowl by Swiss American sculptor/artist/ceramicist Paul Ami Bonifas (1893-1967). The glaze on this par...
Category
Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
1930's Depression Era Oil on Canvas Lilly in Vase signed Velpha
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Signed Velpha 1920/30's era oil on linen depicting a Lilly in a vase with abstract backdrop in multi colors with geometric design attributed to the deco era.
Lovely still life found ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Two Mounted Mbole Woven Bark Fibre Panels, DRC
Located in London, GB
Woven panels such as this would have decorated the walls of a traditional meeting house.
The panels are made from woven bark fibre decorated with striking geometric designs. The da...
Category
Congolese Tribal Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Richard Rohac Austrian Vienna Bronze Stylized Wading Bird Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish Austrian Art Deco stylized bronze figure of a wading bird by Richard Rohac (Austrian, 1906-1956) made in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Rohac ...
Category
Austrian Art Deco Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Antique Folk Art Cambodian Carved Wood Princess Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-660 hand carved hardwood Cambodian princess.
Category
Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
$475 Sale Price
51% Off
Time Clock Bell from the Moto Guzzi Factory
Located in Round Top, TX
Bronze, iron, and pine time clock bell from the Moto Guzzi factory.
Category
Italian Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Art Deco Pottery Vase Charles Greber, circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
Art Deco pottery vase Charles Greber, circa 1930.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Model Canoe by Native North American Indians, C.1930
Located in Incline Village, NV
Displayed on a custom made metal stand designed especially for this boat, this is a typical model dugout canoe carved by the Nootka or Makah Indian tribe of the Pacific Northwest...
Category
Canadian Native American Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Copper Ships Port and Starboard Lanterns
Located in Norwell, MA
Pair of solid copper ships port and starboard ships lanterns from the Steamship Cyrena. With makers badges from William Harvie of Birmingham. Both are fitted...
Category
Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Philips Radio Enamel Advertising Sign Wall Plaque, 1930s
By Philips
Located in Vienna, AT
An enameled advertising sign / wall plaque "Philips Radio", dating from around 1930. It was produced for the Dutch brand Philips to promote their radios in the early 20th century. Th...
Category
Dutch Art Deco Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Iron
Turn of the Century Metal Bowler
Located in Riverdale, NY
Turn of the Century Metal Bowler of molded sheet metal, possibly a salesmans sample or display item. 1930s. Marked ELTON. 10.5" x 9" x 4.
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
1930s Navajo Ganado Pictorial Rug with Bow and Arrow, Hubbell Trading Post
By Navajo
Located in Denver, CO
This exceptional vintage Navajo rug, woven in the 1930s, is a rare and striking example of Ganado pictorial weaving. Handwoven by a Diné (Navajo) art...
Category
American Native American Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
American Folk Art Workshop Wrench Wood Trade Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic and substantial wood and iron wrench tool sign. Hand written fractions and original yellow paint. Very sturdy and well made. Great industrial workshop turned folk art. The ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Papago Indian Baskets, Collection 3
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Indian baskets in fine condition. Selling as a collection.
Small Papago measures - 3 inches in diameter by 4 inches tall
large papago measures - 10 ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Willow
$1,356 Sale Price
20% Off
8 Old Fairground Art Panels circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
8 old fairground art panels circa 1930
probably panels of an old carousel.
These panels are slightly curved from origin and the base is in pine.
Ther...
Category
French Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Pine
$3,575 / item
Small propeller bronze bipalas, British manufacture of the 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Small propeller bronze bipala, British manufacture of the 1930s.
Width 19 cm - 7.5 inch, height 8.5 cm - 3.4 inch, depth 4.5 cm - 1.8 inch. The propeller is mounted on a custom-mad...
Category
Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Hubley Puppies Door Stop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original painted Hubley cast iron door stop in great condition.Minor chips in the paint.
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Art deco Double Ball Dumbbels, 1930s.
Located in Praha, CZ
Made of Metal
With aged patina
Weight circa 9kg
Beautiful decoration
Original condition
Category
Czech Art Deco Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Set of Art deco Double Ball Dumbbells, 1930s.
Located in Praha, CZ
Made of Metal
With aged patina
Weight of one dumbbell circa 5kg
Beautiful decoration
Original condition
Category
Czech Art Deco Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Pair of Industrial Bench Made "Westport" Style Factory Task Chairs, 1930s
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual handmade factory task chairs, late 1920s, early 1930s. Retain original gray painted surface. Wonderful patina. Nice design.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Collection of Five Papago Indian Woven Baskets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This wonderful collection of fantastic and unusual Papago Indian baskets come from a estate in California. They are all in very good condition and all have geometric designs. Sod as...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Straw
$2,560 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of 3 Antique Wood Golf Clubs, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of three antique traditional Jack White's sports wooden golf clubs. Made in London, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserv...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$858 Sale Price
60% Off
Solid Copper Port and Starboard Ships Lanterns
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished copper and brass ships lanterns by Anderson and Gyde of England. With clear glass fresnel lenses, removable red and green filters, brass bezels and hinges, mounted to...
Category
Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Hand Carved Cowboy One Piece of Wood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed hand carved cowboy from a private folk art collection.The condition is very good.
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Alabama Folk Art Pottery grouping Montgomery area pre-WW2 anonymous craftsman
Located in Mobile, AL
Bark decorated folk pottery grouping. These are believed to be tourist ware made by an unidentified couple in the Montgomery area before and about the time of WW2. To date, their nam...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th C Cast Iron Toy Sedan by A C Williams Original Red with Nickel Wheels
By A. C. Williams Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and classic cast iron toy from the early thirties. In what looks like to the original Red with Nickel Wheels and the right amount of wear to th...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Iron, Nickel
1930's Navajo Indian Weaving Eye Dazzler Runner Rug
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Navajo Indian Weaving runner rug.This eye dazzler has been prof. cleaned and in pristine condition.
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Pond Model made in 1930 of a yacht used to navigate ponds
Located in Milan, IT
Model made in the 1930s of a yacht used for sailing in ponds. Original masts, rigging and sails, beautiful wooden hull with original paint, plumbed keel, wood and brass support tai...
Category
Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20thc Hand Carved Pig
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20thc hand carved pig or hog with amazing patina. This is most unusual and found in the mid west.
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Unusual Art Deco Limed Smoking / Planter Stand
Located in Riverdale, NY
Unusual Art Deco limed smoking stand from the 1930's. Originally designed for ashtrays, can now be used for snacks or plants. Folk Art and Art Deco vibes mixed in this hand made piec...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
"COO COO CAR" Vintage Wind-up Toy; "Crazy Car" Series by Louis Marx Co. Ca. 1932
Located in Incline Village, NV
"COO COO CAR" is the name of this "crazy car"; one of a series manufactured by the Louis Marx & Company iconic toy designer circa 1932; the company having been established in New Yor...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Art Deco Sideboard Around 1930 with Two Carved Paintings
Located in Greven, DE
This sideboard from France was previously completely made of oak. We painted the body in black piano lacquer. The curves with the light reflections already come into their own and fr...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Large Folk Art Outsider Art TOTEM 42"H
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This massive TOTEM pole is an incredible example of outsider Folk Art. The pole was carved by Lair Forster in Ottawa in 1938 and is an eccentric interpretation of one of the iconic Thunderbird TOTEM Poles of Alert Bay. The painting on the wings is bold in yellow and red, and the designs are fascinating and recall modernist paintings of the period. The eyes of the thunderbird...
Category
Canadian Native American Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Vintage Iron Milk Can Side Table, Powder Coated Bright Blue
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large antique 20th Century heavy iron milk container with handle and lid. Great Folk Art to use in a farm or country rustic decor. Large, traditional, heavy pot, freshly powder coated bright metallic blue with an original removable lid. Keep your house organized by placing this beautiful, antique milk...
Category
Industrial Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
20th Century French Still-Life Oil on Canvas Signed Roux-Abougit, 1930s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice 20th century French still-life oil on canvas Signed roux abougit from the 1930s.
Roux-abougit is a French painter from Lyon (south-east of France).
This painting represen...
Category
French Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
$429 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Santon de Provence French Clay Doll Figurine Old Woman Holding Clay Pot
By Warranty Paris JB Depose
Located in New Orleans, LA
This highly collectible and fascinating figurine represents the santon of Provence.
The santon is made of terra-cotta (head, body, legs, forearms, hands, feet,). The base is made of wood. The arms are connected to the body and allow articulation (simultaneously lift both arms)
Traditional dress of lovely provincial fabrics and delicate lace representing french Provence.
Series of French santons...
Category
French Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Fabric, Wood
$111 Sale Price
60% Off
English scale model of recreational sloop with mainsail mast and jib 1930
Located in Milan, IT
Scale model of a recreational sloop equipped with a mast with mainsail and jib.
Early 20th-century English manufacture, made of wood, brass, rope, and cloth on wooden base, dark wood...
Category
Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Painted Folk Art Americana Sideboard
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Painted Americana sideboard. Sidboard measures 48" wide, 16.5" deep and 72" high. The top portion is 52" wide. There are 2 shelves inside and one of them is original. Great patin...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Stunning handmade circa 1930 Childrens Rocking Horse of a Dachshund Sausage Dog
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this one of a kind hand made in England rocking horse in the form of a Sausage dog.
What a charming period piece of children’s folk art...
Category
English Art Deco Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$697 Sale Price
25% Off
Charming 1930s Art Deco Woven Wicker Child’s Chair - 2Y335
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This delightful 1930s Art Deco children’s chair is crafted from woven wicker, showcasing beautiful craftsmanship with classic Art Deco style. Its petite size and woven design make it...
Category
French Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wicker, Wood
$421 Sale Price
70% Off
1930s Red, White and Blue Doll Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1930s red, white and blue doll quilt in mint condition and wonderful geometries.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$379 Sale Price
77% Off
1930s Jointed Betty Boop Fleischer Doll
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1930. We offer this Jointed wooden Betty Boop doll by Fleischer in a green dress.
This is one of the first Betty Boop dolls that were created in...
Category
Mexican Industrial Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Set of Two Antique Traditional Spanish Rag Doll, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique early 20th century pair of hand painted rag dolls of two women.
Manufactured circa 1930 in Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, prese...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
Pair of 1930s Tlingit Totems
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Tlingit culture is divided into two moieties, or groups: Eagles and Ravens. These groups, also called clans, are exogamous – which means they marry out to the other group – and are m...
Category
American Native American Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
$8,250 / set
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Inkwell on Black Marble - 2Y581
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This is a handmade vintage inkwell set from the 1930s, a classic example of the Art Deco period. The piece features a hexagonal metal inkwell holder with a hinged lid, mounted on a s...
Category
French Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Marble, Metal
20Thc Collection of Mini Stone Fruit -12 Piece W/ Alabaster Compote
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20Thc Original painted miniature stone fruit collection of twelve pieces of fruit with white alabaster compote.Sold as a collection.
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Marble
$1,036 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Antique Tin Toy Wind-Up Toy Cowboy "Whoopee Car" by Louis Marx Co N.Y.C. C.1935
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is one of the more popular "crazy car" toys and was designed by the iconic New York City Louis Marx Toy Company, Circa 1935, with the fascination of the American West and the st...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Tin
1 of 3 Signed Period Roger Guerin 1896-1954 Ceramic Stoneware Pottery Vase Pots
By Roger Guerin
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this one of a kind, fully signed, original circa 1930 Roger Guerin ceramic pots of large proportions.
I have three posts for sale, one has a stitched detailing, another, fler de lis and lastly one with handles and Deers, this sale is for the pot pictured alone, the others are listed under my other items and not included in this sale
Roger Guèrin (1896-1954) was one of the leading Belgian ceramists in Bouffioulx near Charleroi. Typical was his use of flowing glazes in his decorations. He was true to the history of this region, often working on a type of hard ceramic (fired to over 1250 degrees Celsius) which was made there since the late Middle Ages. He exhibited at the Paris expos...
Category
Belgian Art Deco Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
$1,446 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Pre-War Wind-Up Toy "Boy on Motorcycle Delivery Truck" by Marx
Located in Incline Village, NV
This brightly lithographed tin wind-up toy in colors of red, yellow, and blue, with a driver dressed in appropriate motorcycle clothing, depicts a young man driving a delivery cart with "Speed Boy Delivery" printed on each side of the wagon. The manufacturers logo is clearly marked on both sides of the stake wagon and on the right shoulder of the driver "MAR" with a circle around it and "Made in The United States of America, New York, N.Y." around the circumference (see images). The license plate number is "268", which, along with the red painted inside of the drivers arms (as it should be!) indicates this earlier version and authenticity.
Nearly 100 years old, it still operates fine and, upon winding the attached wind-up key a few times and placing the toy on the ground, the motorcycle and driver move across the floor on the way to their deliveries; do not over wind. (see video attached to this listing).
The toy is completely original and in very good condition, with no repairs or restorations of any kind and no touch up or repaint. The arms and steering handle bars are also original (sometimes replaced) and they have the appropriate paint and markings.
This would make a welcome addition to a collection of pre-war Americana.
Dimensions: 9 7/8" long x 5 7/8" wide x 5 3/4" high
After 40 plus years of dealing and collecting toys, I am justly qualified to guarantee and present the authenticity of antique and vintage toys...
Category
Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Tin
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