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Period: 1930s
Oli painting Made On Canvas With Gilded Frame Signed By Kai Drews From 1930s
By Kai Drews
Located in Lejre, DK
Oil painting framed in a gilded wooden frame with motif forest landscape in warm colors signed by Kai Drews from the 1930s
Measurements: L:45cm W:57cm
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
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
Art Deco Marx Tin Litho Charlie McCarthy Mortimer Snerd Reversible Coupe 1933
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous tin litho car toy from Louis Marx, circa 1930. Fabulous paint with some paint chips and scrapes but no rust or dents. Clockwork mechanism works ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Tin
$1,895 Sale Price
36% Off
English Early 20th Century Amazing Scratch Built Locomotive
Located in London, GB
Amazing scratch built locomotive
We are proud to offer one of the best examples of English early 20th century scratch built Folk Art examples. Modelled on an English steam locomot...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Folkart Pair Oak Hand Carved Figural Bookends
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual Art Deco folkart pair of hand carved oak bookends with figures dating from around 1930. The bookends have been carved from a single block of wood with a flat polished book...
Category
English Art Deco Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Vintage Tin Wind Up Toy "Tumbling Monkey" by Louis Marx Toy Co., American C.1938
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is an all tin vintage wind up toy and a very strong example of "Tumbling Monkey" by the Louis Marx Toy Company of New York City; manufactured circa 1938. Quite remarkably, it in...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Tin
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
Big Spanish 'Hachero' Traditional Ancient Stained Wood Candleholder, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish 'Hachero' traditional ancient stained wood candleholder. By unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and u...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$621 Sale Price
72% Off
Candlestick in Golden Iron, France, 1930
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Candelabra
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal.
Pushing the button that r...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Early Original Paint Decorated Children's Shovel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This wonderful original painted snow scene shovel has a metal blade with the original wood handle. Great just in time for the holiday season. Wonderful wall ornament. Fantastic patin...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Folk Art
$550 Sale Price
20% Off
Fantastic and Colorful Mounted Hand-Hooked Rug from Lancaster, PA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful variations of PA. Dutch colors and typical of Lancaster Co. colors. Super geometric hand-hooked rug sewn on linen stretcher frame. The colors of salmon, orange, tan and gre...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,356 Sale Price
38% Off
Stunning Wood Carved Sun Face Sunburst Wall Sculpture Decoration 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful wooden handcrafted Sun Face Wall Decoration Sculpture. Made in Germany by a wood worker in the 1930's or older. For safe and better shipping options the Sunbeams can be rem...
Category
German Hollywood Regency Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Tall Art Deco Pottery Vase Charles Greber, circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
Tall Art Deco pottery vase Charles Greber, circa 1930
Primitive style with handles.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Folk Art Chair from Finland ca 1930
Located in Farsta, SE
Folk Art chair from Finland ca 1930s
Made of Acid-stained Pine Wood
Consistent with age and use.
I call it mini Sauron throne.. One of a kind!
Height: ...
Category
Finnish Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Spanish 'Hachero' Traditional Ancient Wrought Iron Candleholder, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish 'Hachero' traditional ancient wrought iron candleholder. By unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and us...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
$1,119 Sale Price
79% Off
2x Art Deco 15kg double ball dumbbells, 1930s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
2x Art Deco 15kg double ball dumbbells
Super decorative.
Will be sent in 2 packages because of the weight.
Category
German Bauhaus Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$1,065 / set
Mr. Dooley at His Best, by Finley Peter Dunne Edited by Elmer Ellis
Located in valatie, NY
Mr. Dooley at His Best. Edited by Elmer Ellis at the University of Missouri. With a Foreword by Franklin P. Adams. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First edition, 1st printing, one of 520 copies with one page of the author's original manuscript. Frontispiece portrait. 291 pp. Buckram and decorated boards with a leather label. Finley Peter Dunne (1867- 1936) was an American humorist and writer from Chicago. In 1898 Dunne published Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War, a collection of his nationally syndicated Mr. Dooley sketches. Speaking with the thick verbiage and accent of an Irish immigrant from County Roscommon, the fictional Mr. Dooley expounded upon political and social issues of the day from his South Side Chicago Irish pub...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Traditional Spanish Wood Cutlery Holder, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional Spanish wood cutlery holder, circa 1930 Made by unknown manufacturer in Barcelona, Spain, circa 1960. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,480 Sale Price
50% Off
Art folk painting " le rendez vous des chasseurs "
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Folk art painting " le rendez vous des chasseurs " oil on wood probably From Swiss alp circa 1930
Category
Swiss Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1930s Original Gilbeys Invalid Port Enamel Advertising Pub Garden Bar Sign
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
For sale we have a very striking, original 1930s/40s advertising sign in red and white enamel on black-ground for ‘Gilbey’s Invalid Port’. The enamel sign has the most amazing patina...
Category
British Industrial Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Enamel
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
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
Patrick McAllister Tugboat Sign
Located in Norwell, MA
Wheelhouse ship's nameboard for the McAllister Towing Tug Patrick R. McAllister. This wrapped around the wheelhouse. As you can see this is very distressed. APPROXIMATELY EIGHT F...
Category
Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Monumental Room Size Braided Rug
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental braided rug from the 1930s. Sunrise colors, but yet muted.
Beautiful accent rug in a living room.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,160 Sale Price
37% Off
Set of 3 La Belle France Magazines – October, November, December 1938 - 3Y03
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Explore the charm and history of 1930s France with this set of La Belle France magazines, featuring issues from October, November, and December of 1938. Known for its rich black-and-...
Category
French Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Hand Hooked Room Size Log Cabin Rug
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine room size log cabin hand hooked American rug is in fine condition with a couple tiny small fabric losses that are not noticeable. The backing has a new linen or muslin back...
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$4,716 Sale Price
20% Off
Painted Tin Letter of Luminous Signs U, Rewired with Bulbs, USA, 1930
Located in Milan, IT
Painted tin letter of luminous sign (U) red color, rewired with bulbs, USA, circa 1930. The Letter U has been rewired for the US.
Category
American Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Vintage Kurt Naef Bauhaus Style Building Blocks Toy Wood Mid-Century
By Naef Spiele
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Huge lot of 67 Bauhaus style wooden blocks. Architectural pattern making toys. Sold as found, unrestored condition. 1 1/16 inch cubes.
Category
Swiss Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$236 Sale Price
20% Off
Tall Carved Wooden Oracle or Divination Tapper "Iroke Ifa", Yoruba People, 1930s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Tall hand-carved wooden oracle or divination tapper "Iroke Ifa" statue, showing a kneeling woman holding her breasts. Yoruba, Nigeria, circa 1930s.
Yoruba belief specifies that each ...
Category
Nigerian Tribal Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Spanish 'Hachero' Traditional Ancient Light Wood Candleholder, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish 'Hachero' traditional ancient light wood candleholder. By unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$728 Sale Price
77% Off
1930 Art Deco Engraving "Tiger" by George Lucien Guyot – Signed - 2Y294
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This stunning 1930 Art Deco engraving by acclaimed French artist George Lucien Guyot features a majestic tiger in meticulous detail. The piece embodies the elegance and power charact...
Category
Unknown Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$325 Sale Price
44% Off
1930 Annuaire des Beaux-Arts et Bibliophilie by Adolphe Lion - 2Y281
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This 1930 original edition of Annuaire de la Curiosité des Beaux-Arts et de la Bibliophilie, authored by Adolphe Lion, is a unique treasure for art and bibliophilia enthusiasts. It p...
Category
Unknown Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$124 Sale Price
65% Off
Signed and Dated 1935 Pastel Indian Chief
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This original framed pastel, hand-painted Indian chief is signed E. Summer 35 and is in wonderful condition.
Category
American Adam Style Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Original Painted Iron Elephant Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 1930s original painted cast iron elephant bookends. The condition is very good and are unsigned.
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$460 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Ashanti Mother and Child Maternity Figure Carved by Osei Bonsu, Ghana
By Osei Bonsu
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Ashanti maternity figure by the master carver Osei Bonsu. The mother figure is seated on a simple backless chair. An infant lays calmly in her la...
Category
Ghanaian Tribal Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mural, Oil on Canvas, P. Comstock, "Linger Longer Bar, " 1935
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fantastic and extraordinary artwork with historical and artistic importance. Mural titled "Linger Longer Bar" signed and dated by artist P. Comstock on bottom right. Depicting a multitude of well known cartoon characters of the era including Mickey and Minnie, Popeye and Olive Oyl, Little Orphan Annie and a virtual Who’s Who of early 20th Century Cartoon...
Category
American Hollywood Regency Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Ceremonial dance MARKA mask, Mali circa 1930’s. Collection Agogue, Paris, France
Located in Encino, CA
Tribal Art - African Art
Ceremonial dance MARKA mask, Mali, Africa, circa 1930’s ,ex Jean Paul Agogue, Paris -France.
H.14" x W.5" x D.4" without the stand
...
Category
Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Horse & Rider Hand Hooked Rug Mounted & Framed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine hand hooked horse & rider rug is in a black frame and mounted ready to hang in your home. It is wired for hanging and in pristine condition. Its been prof. cleaned.
Category
English Adirondack Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$2,316 Sale Price
20% Off
1930s Folk Art, Wood and Metal Airplane / Fan
Located in Buffalo, NY
1930s Folk Art, wood and metal airplane / fan... amazing design, working motorized fan blade, hand build and hand painted.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Soivet Era Vladimir Lenin Oil on Canvas Portrait, Russia
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original oil painting of Vladimir Lenin former Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union 1917-1924. This painting was often seen hung in government buildings...
Category
European Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Folk Art Hand Made Twig Lantern
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-1025 Folk Art hand made twig lantern.
Take one 60 watt Edison based bulb
Measures: Height to top of loop 16"
Rewired supplied with 16" of metal chai...
Category
Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
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
Pair of Navajo Indian Striped Saddle Blanket Weaving Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a vibrant yet simple striped pattern Indian weaving saddle blanket pillows. Sold as a pair. Great condition.
Category
American Navajo Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Linen, Wool
$1,160 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Rare Amish Bars Doll Quilt
By Amish Quilts
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1920-1930 s bars doll quilt with corner blocks in very good condition.Machine quilted pieced & quilted.Published on page 30 in "Amish Doll Quilts " by...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Vintage Central Asian Felt Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Felts are among the first woolen structures made by mankind. Some of the earliest we know date from the 5th century B.C. and were found under ground in the frozen kurgans of Siberia....
Category
Kyrgyzstani Tribal Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Mexican-American Serape Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This neutral tan background Indian weaving is in wonderful condition and made a great statement as a bolster pillow. The backing is in tan cotton linen backing. Insert is down and fe...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$380 Sale Price
57% Off
Early 20th century barbers point of sale hair comb and brush
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century barbers point of sale hair comb and brush
We share what we love, and we love this rare example of an oversized point of sale barbers hair...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Plastic, Wood
1930s Amish Wool Doll Quilt in Plexy Frame in a Zig Zag Pattern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a very interesting pattern wool doll quilt. It has the zigzag pattern or streak of lighting within a black and grey one patch through out. The entire quilt is made from the s...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Other
$1,000 Sale Price
39% Off
Set of Seven Vintage Trench Art Brass Goblets with Bakelite Card Suit Bases
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique set of seven diminutive trench art goblets in brass (circa 1930s, USA).
Formed from artillery shell stems supported by black bakelite bases.
Bases are both card suit-forms (tw...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Ceremonial Camel Cover Rug
Located in New York, NY
Ceremonial camel cover rug. A large animal trapping, most probably a ceremonial cover for a camel made of felted wool and decorated with embroidered motif...
Category
Turkmen Tribal Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Felt
$1,400 Sale Price
28% Off
C1930 Impressionist Ashcan Original Painting of a Cafe Scene Oil on Canvas
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Impressionist view of a interior cafe with a chef and patrons. Colorful palette with a Ashcan style in the Painting created about 1930. Unsigned. Framed in what appears to be the ori...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Hardwood, Paint
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
1930s Navajo Wool Weaving with Aniline Dyes, Ivory, Brown & Red, Trading Post
Located in Denver, CO
This exquisite vintage Navajo rug, dating back to the Trading Post era circa 1930, showcases the skill and craftsmanship of a Native American weaver. Handwoven from native hand-spun ...
Category
American Native American Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
German Carved Wooden Figure of Shepherdess with a Sheep
Located in Barntrup, DE
Beautiful hand carved wooden figurine of an adorable girl - shepherdess with a sheep.
Dimensions: Height 35.5 cm / in, width 13 cm / in, ...
Category
German Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Double Sided Metal Boot Makers Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century double sided metal boot makers trade sign.
A highly decorative double sided hand painted metal French boot makers trade sign, Still attached to its original hin...
Category
French Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
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
Early 20th Century Apprentice Shoes
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Apprentice Shoes
A rare and delightful pair of leather early 20th Century hand crafted apprentice shoes. One of the smallest examples we have seen to date.
...
Category
British Victorian Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Pair of Vintage Sculptural Primitive Hand Weights/Dumbbells
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of circa 1930s American hand-carved dumbbells, each from one continuous piece of wood retaining its original deep mahogany stain.
Perfectly aged with rich patina and finish loss...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Brown Tribal Persian Kurd Rug
Located in New York, NY
1930s Persian Tribal Kurd rug in predominant brown tones
Measures: 4'9'' x 9'10'''.
Category
Tribal Vintage 1930s Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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