Collectibles and Curiosities

Mid-20th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

52 Star American Flag Cloth Jacket Emblem with Peace Symbol Configuration, circa 1964-1975: This unusual flag image is great for two reasons. One is the rather obvious fact that i...

Assouline Publishing

21st Century and Contemporary Books

Shaker Function, Purity and Perfection is an homage to the traditional Shaker values of grace and simplicity. Featured are 28 essential pieces that highlight the defining elements of...

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture

Amazing work of African American folk art. Very detailed and many layers of original paint surface. Found in the southern United States. Great storage box on top of the alter with a ...

Romeo Rega

Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Games

Brass, Stainless Steel, Chrome

This ultra chic and modern signed Italian Romeo Rega checkers game has sculptural components. It is great just even as a decorative object or for real playing checkers. It is from th...

21st Century and Contemporary Chilean Other Taxidermy

Wood, Feathers

Full sized taxidermy Chilean flamingo specimen, excellent condition.

Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Maps

Aluminum, Iron

We proudly offer this outstanding pair of very large wall-mounted modernist globes / world maps with an incredible diameter of 95 inches each. Unique one-of-a-kind sculptures depicti...

Nobuyoshi Araki

1990s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Books

Paper

The works of Nobuyoshi Araki Book collection complete 1-20 published in Japan in 1996 by Heibonsha Limited, Publisher. 20 books complete collection Limited edition. Nobuyoshi Araki...

Vintage 1910s Austrian Jugendstil Tobacco Accessories

Brass, Wood, Mahogany

Very beautiful Viennese smoking table 1910s Polished mahogany wood Brass parts polished and stove enamelled cut-glass.  

Early 20th Century Collectible Jewelry

Gold

14-karat yellow gold Muff chain, circa 1920. The chain with oval belcher intertwining links, rose gold sapphire and pearl knot design slider, terminating with swivel fastener. Length...

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Wall-mounted Sculptures

Aluminum, Steel

Sculpture made from a radial aircraft engine, the nine-cylinder '' R-985 Wasp Jr '' manufactured by Pratt and Whitney in 1945. After flying several years on a Max-Holste MH-1521 B...

Vintage 1950s American Steampunk Toys and Dolls

Copper, Iron

Vintage Bronx toy factory industrial doll head mold. Awesome screw eyes. Fantastic patina and layered surface from exposure to various chemicals and high heat during the manufacturin...

Antique Early 17th Century French Models and Miniatures

Bronze, Enamel

Emaille de Limoges Plaquette, frame bronze with emaille. Depicting Maria Magdalena, 17th century or earlier.

Antique 1850s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

33Stars, Medallion Configuration, pre-civil war through war period, 1859-1861 33 star American national parade flag, printed on coarse, glazed cotton. The stars are arranged in a...

Dunhill

Vintage 1950s English Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories

Gold Plate, Lucite

We are delighted to offer for sale is this very rare original 1950s handmade in England oversized Dunhill Aquarium table lighter with gold-plated metal work I have another four of...

Melvin Lindquist

Vintage 1970s American Vases

Wood

Melvin Lindquist began turning in the 1930s as a vertical turret lathe operator for the General Electric Company. In his shop at home, he began an exploration of the vase form throug...

Unknown

Antique 19th Century French Primitive Toys and Dolls

Wood

19th century French painted carousel horse mounted on a wrought iron base. The size of actual horse is 42" W x 30" H x 10" D. The iron base and pole measure 12" x 24" x 74" H.

Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Taxidermy

Feathers

Pair of gouaches on paper. Leaves and branches painted in water colors in pastel . The birds sitting on branches are formed of real feathers in luminous colors. Framed in wood with s...

Industrial Design

Vintage 1970s Japanese Industrial Floor Lamps

Aluminum, Brass, Stainless Steel, Glass

Cast brass and stainless steel searchlight and cast aluminium stanchion post. The lamp itself is a very substantial fixture with all wiring replaced with our in-house wiring syste...

Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Busts

Acrylic

Cute little 1950s mannequin child, shop display child, store window doll. Made in the style of Kathe Kruse, a well known German Doll Company. The boy has low hanging cheeks and fin...

Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe

1990s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Collectible Jewelry

Sterling Silver

Necklace, designed by Torun Bülow-Hübe, Sweden, 1998. Unique work sold with a letter from Torun Bülow-Hübe. Sterling silver and leather.

Antique 1890s British Scientific Instruments

English oak wooden apothecary cabinet, rectangular base, end of the 19th century. It has an high space with cover, divided in partitions with sever small glass bottles and other smal...

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware

Metal

Syphons, commonly known as "seltzers", are glass bottles with the function of dispensing soda water. These items were widely used in the most fashionable Italian bars in the 1950s to...

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Aluminum, Stainless Steel

Coffee table made from an aircraft radial engine, the 9-cylinder ''R-985 Wasp Jr '' manufactured by Pratt & Whitney in 1945. After flying for several years on a Max-Holste MH-1521...

E. A. Séguy

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Books

Paper

'Insectes' by E.A. Seguy (1877-1945), Paris Published by Edition Ducharte et Van Buggenhoudt, Paris, 1925 20 plates (Pochoirs in Color) (Complete) 12 3/4'' wide by 17 3/4'' high ...

Giorgetti S.p.A.

2010s Italian Modern Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Leather

White saddle leather punching bag with black powder coated suspension chain and hardware. Measures: Diameter 13” x 43” long.

Early 20th Century Swedish Books

Leather, Paper

This beautiful collection of very attractive leather-bound Swedish Literature books is in a group of 8 books, in warm rich tones of dark reddish brown with gold leaf embossing and pa...

Roycroft

Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Garden Ornaments

Copper

Large Arts & Crafts / Art Nouveau copper Architectural Baptismal, holy water, garden ornament, 47 inches high, wonderful patina, surface. Amazing design and proportion, missing one d...

J. Wyld

Antique 1830s English Neoclassical Maps

This oversized map of Napoleon’s Empire at the time of 1811 was published in London. The cartographer is J. Wlyd and features charts of the French department to the left. It is hand ...

Daeyang

Late 20th Century Korean Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

Aluminum, Brass, Glass

Korean flameproof strip light made by Daeyang circa 1978 with restored marine blue/green and white colours. An awesome example of vintage industrial lighting that you just don't see...

Mid-20th Century French Other Mounted Objects

Resin

Very decorative pair of cast resin faux red coral on integral black oval bases. Great scale at 20 inches high by 10 wide, these really make a statement, mid-20th century.

Jung Koch Quentell

Mid-20th Century German Country Maps

Canvas

Vintage Wall School Chart theme Raptorial Birds. By Jung-Koch-Quentell - the trio who designed these Wall School Charts / Maps. Published by Hagemann Düsseldorf. This pull down char...

Mid-20th Century Central American Art Deco Collectible Jewelry

Silver Plate, Enamel

This has to be one of the most iconic of the Art Deco Ladies power compacts made by the Woodworth Company. This particular compact was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company in 19...

Antique 19th Century Collectible Jewelry

Gold

Gold portrait brooch with pearls en diamonds.

Vintage 1920s French Scientific Instruments

Prothestic blown glass eyes, presented in a cardboard box with individual compartments. Right or Left prothesis. Box length 27cm, width 17cm, height 3 cm.

Early 20th Century Swedish Books

Leather, Paper

This beautiful collection of very handsome leather-bound Swedish books contains 9 books, in warm rich dark brown leather with detailed gold leaf embossing. Aside from a few books tha...

Late 20th Century French Industrial Table Lamps

Steel

Table and/or desktop lamp created from the turbine axis of a 1980s CFM-56 reactor. This reactor manufactured by CFM International was the most popular reactor of the 1990s. Mounted o...

Hermès

Vintage 1980s French Mid-Century Modern Collectible Jewelry

Brass, Leather

Original Hermès 'Sac à Dépêches' briefcase, made in France for Bonwit Teller, circa 1980s. Sliding locker fastener on flap with three interior pockets, includes original keys. Perfec...

U.S. Government

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Historical Memorabilia

In 1961 this mannequin was featured in a Life Magazine cover story. After Khrushchev scared the world by setting off a hydrogen bomb 1n 1961 the US wanted to know its long term effec...

Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures

Bronze, Onyx

Stylish Art Deco green onyx stone ashtray with a little bronze cold-painted French bulldog figurine - statue, dates from the 1920s. Great antique desk ornament - paper weight - desk...

Industrial Design, Daeyang

Late 20th Century Korean Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants

Aluminum, Brass, Glass

Korean flameproof strip light made by Daeyang circa 1978 with bright polished finish. An awesome example of vintage industrial lighting that you just don't see these days, in fact...

Vintage 1960s American Posters

Original US film poster from (1966) This poster would have been used outside the cinema at the films release. Two different style posters used in this size and this the style B pos...

Levi & Salaman

Antique 1870s English Victorian Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver, Crystal

Unusual, Victorian, sterling silver-mounted, footed, crystal match striker, Birmingham, England, 1878, Levi and Salaman - makers. Measures 2 1/4 inches high x 2 inches diameter. Matc...

Antique Late 19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, MADE DURING THE PERIOD WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889, WITH PENCILED INSCRIPTION FROM THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY ...

Evans

Mid-20th Century Central American Art Deco Collectible Jewelry

Leather

This stunning museum quality bag with all of its accessories is sensational. The Evans Elegance handbag is extraordinary and in near mint condition. Smartly tailored quality black le...

Late 20th Century Industrial Carts and Bar Carts

Chrome

A bespoke piece, using two original 1970s chrome porthole windows with new rivets put back in (the original rivets pop out when ship's are dismantled), and then fashioned into a bar ...

Bruno Foucart & Jean-Louis Gaillemin

1990s French Modern Books

Paper

An excellent reference book on the major French interior designers from the 1940s. Included is work by Jacques Adnet, Andre Arbus, Rene Drouet, Maxime Old, Rene Prou, Jules Leleu, Je...

21st Century and Contemporary North American Industrial Mounted Objects

Aluminum, Stainless Steel

Sculpture made from an aircraft radial engine, the "cyclone" nine-cylinder Wright R-1820 manufactured by Curtiss-Wright in the 1950s. After a long time set a DC-3 "Dakota", this exce...

Georg Jensen

20th Century Collectible Jewelry

Georg Jensen oval cufflinks, #44B. Sterling oval dome cufflinks with silver bezel surround design #44B by Harald Nielsen. Size: 16.70 x 12.70 mm. Total item weight: 13.90 gm.

Pauly et Cie

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Rococo Revival More Furniture and Coll...

Wood

A suite of hand-carved, silvered and gilt-varnished green painted Grotto Furniture. Compromising a settee with three seats in the form of open scallop shells interspersed with conch ...

Antique 1750s English Rococo Historical Memorabilia

Stoneware

An antique salt-glazed teapot made in Staffordshire England in the mid-18th century. The salt-glazed teapot is beautifully painted. Made in the pectin shape with fine relief molded s...

Antique 1870s British Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Trinity College, Cambridge University, Beagle Committee Photograph. A wonderful framed photo of '1875 Beagle Committee' from Trinity College, Cambridge. The original 'Hills & Saunde...

Baccarat

Vintage 1910s French Glass

Glass

Vintage golf Baccarat glass pin tray. An original glass Baccarat pin tray, ashtray, with relief golfer in the base. The golfer is in full backswing and the piece is marked with the ...

Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Scientific Instruments

Brass, Iron

An attractive Art Nouveau era iron scale by the maker Falcot, French, circa 1890. The iron base has a wonderful patina, molded bottom edges and light gadrooning along the top rim. Bo...

Antique Mid-19th Century Indonesian Nautical Objects

Wood, Wood

Prau- a type of sailing boat originating in Malaysia and Indonesia that may be sailed with either end at the front, typically having a large triangular sail and an outrigger. Green ...

Liam Gillick

2010s Architectural Models

Plexiglass

Liam Gillick Recessed Discussion Stream, 2015 Plexiglass and MDF 20 in. x 8 in. x 5 in. Edition: 30

Antique 1890s American Scientific Instruments

Rare mahogany wood binnacle compass. Inside there is a liquid compass mounted on a universal joint signed D. Baker Melrose Mass Pat. 22 Sept 1896 and marketed by the Chas Company. C....

Riccardo Cavigioli

Vintage 1910s Italian Aviation Objects

Pencil drawing represents a two-seat biplane for reconnaissance Brandenburg C I of 1916. Measure with frame cm 58 x 31, inch 23 x 11.8.

François-Thomas Germain, Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier

Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Arms, Armor and Weapons

Silver

This remarkably rare silver gilt presentation sword was a personal gift from Louis XV, King of France, to the Captain of the Corsairs, Alain Porée. Adorned by a myriad of gilt marine...