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1970s British Bronze AC.GMT.Co. Industrial Wall Clock Chrome Bezel Black Dial
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Rescued from Industrial scrap yards and brought back to life in our UK workshop, our expert process allows us to create a high quality clock of luxury standards.
At A.C GMT Co. w...
Category
1970s English International Style Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Chrome
Inuit Walrus Hunting Harpoons, Alaska
Located in Leuven , BE
The harpoon is one of the fundamental hunting weapons of the Inuit. It is used to hunt sea mammals. The harpoon is a spear with a detachable point or head attached to a line. The hea...
Category
19th Century North American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Organic Material
Eskimo Model Kayak, Wood Covered with Seal Skin, Lined with Bone
Located in Leuven , BE
What makes this model so special is that all the hunting devices are still present: spears, harpoons, spear thrower, wood float board, and bladder, paddles and other equipment used f...
Category
1930s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
Early 19th Century Armillary Sphere by Delamarche
Located in Milano, IT
Charles-François Delamarche
Ptolemaic armillary sphere
Paris, circa 1805-1810
Wood and papier-mâché
covered with printed and partly hand-coloured paper
It measures 15.74” in hei...
Category
Early 1800s French Empire Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
1970s Industrial Polished Aluminium Brass & Glass Edison Flameproof Strip Light
By Daeyang
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Reclaimed vintage industrial Korean flameproof striplight made by Daeyang in the 1970's with highly polished finish.
Original item salvaged from supertankers and military vessels t...
Category
1970s Korean Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
17th Century French Baroque Polychrome Madonna and Child
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Extraordinary polychromed 17th century French baroque Madonna and Child sculpture. Large carved statue carved from a single column of wood which was hollowed out in the back for weig...
Category
17th Century French Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Linen, Wood
Italian Virgin Wood Sculpture, Capipota, Dressing Image
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing Italian 19 th century dressing image, Virgin, sculpture in polychromed wood and crystal eyes with the globe and snake. Articulated arms and it has a crown in brass , with thi...
Category
1860s Italian Romantic Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Brass
1980s Citizen Japanese Blue Steel Retro Vintage Industrial Antique Quartz Clock
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Citizen super tanker slave clock original blue finish.
A reclaimed and restored maritime slave clock also called secondary clock of superior build quality.
These clocks were us...
Category
1980s Japanese Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Cut Steel, Chrome
Chinese Wooden Block Printing Set, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese innovations in ink, block printing, and movable type fueled global advancements in printing technology, expanding the range of influence of the written word. These printing i...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Rare Liminaire Filagree Floor Fan Lamp
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a 1920’s Victor Luminaire electric funeral parlor fan lamp. The fan was made by the Cincinnati Victor Co. and for funeral homes and used to display the deceased. The purpose ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
32 Volumes, Charles Dickens, Works of Charles Dickens
Located in New York, NY
32 Volumes. Charles Dickens, Works of Charles Dickens. Bound in 3/4 dark green morocco. Green morocco boards. Raised bands. All edges marbled. Marbled boards. Illustrated Library Edi...
Category
19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Original Antique Map of Ireland, Engraved by Barlow, Dated 1806
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of Ireland
Copper-plate engraving by Barlow
Published by Brightly & Kinnersly, Bungay, Suffolk.
Dated 1806
Unframed.
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Taxidermy Ornithological Showcase "Paradise" by Roland Ward
Located in Leuven , BE
English ornithological showcase containing 34 birds from India, Turkistan, Eastern China and south east Asia. Species preconvention 01/06/1947 can be commercialized in accordance wit...
Category
1880s British Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Organic Material
Vintage Rotating Gambling Chip Holder
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th century
Somewhere in the 1920's / 1930's These were created
Vintage rotating gambling chip holder.
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Dutch Rococo Marquetry Miniature Desk
Located in Essex, MA
With curved lid opening to a fitted interior with three drawers below and bracket feet. Beautifully crafted in a bombe form. Much time and skill went into making this piece. Sometime...
Category
1740s Dutch Rococo Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
The Natural House Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage hardback coffee table book featuring the concept for a natural house by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. By Frank Lloyd Wright, published in 1954. First edition, 223 pages.
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Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Set of Old Bound Books 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nice library. Sizes may v...
Category
19th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Vintage Table Hocker Ball Game, Hockey Game
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Unusual Antique Table Hockey Game.
A boxed parlour Hockey (Hocker-ball) game for four, six, eight or more players. The box contains 22 hockey sticks (11 red and 11 green), one ball,...
Category
1930s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
20thC Japanese Naval Bridge "Big Eye" 15X80 Binoculars By Nikon c.1940
By Nikon
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A rare set of Japanese naval bridge “big eye“ binoculars by Nikon manufactured during WWII by Tokyo Kogaku Kikai (Tokyo Optical Company). They have been expertly cleaned and hand pol...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Steel
Early 20th Century Brass Microscope by Bausch and Lomb
Located in San Mateo, CA
Brass and iron Bausch and Lomb microscope. This microscope has two objectives. Dimensions listed are for the box. The microscope is 4.25 inches deep, 5.75 inches wide and 13 inches t...
Category
Early 1900s American Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Pl. 4 Antique Architecture Print of Doric Columns by Neufforge, c.1770
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Etude contenant l'accouplement des Colonnes Dorique (..)'. Old print showing the design of Doric columns. This print originates from 'Recueil Élémentaire d?Arch...
Category
18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare 'Mg' Pedal Car Made in England, С.1990
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A late-20th Century English made “MG“ model pedal car, red fiberglass molded body with tan vinyl upholstery, mounted on square section steel chassis, treadle pedals to cranked rear a...
Category
20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Large Vintage Wooden Child's Toy Truck
Located in Porto, PT
Large vintage wooden child's toy truck in a wonderful original condition.
Category
1960s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rubber, Wood
'Picasso Posters' Cubism Red Pablo Picasso Large Hardcover Art Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
'Picasso Posters' Cubism Red Pablo Picasso Art Book by Maria Costantino.
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), The pre-eminent artist of the 20th century; huge folio with 295 black-and-white a...
Category
20th Century American Expressionist Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Red Extra-Size Starfish, Océano Pacific, Ophidiaster Ophidianus
By Oceanic Arts
Located in Valladolid, ES
Ophidiaster ophidianus, measures: 495 × 418 × 140 mm, 576 g weight
2018, Océano Pacífico
Red extra-size starfish!
A fantastic specimen of Ophidiaster ophidianus caught in the Solo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pacific Islands Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Rare and Unusual Early 20th Century Taxidermy Fox
Located in Dublin, IE
A rare and unusual early 20th Century stuffed taxidermy fox bentwood umbrella stand. This superb example of a red fox set in rampant pose leaning against a tree stump with bentwood s...
Category
1910s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
Vintage Tube AM Radio in Blue Green and Brown by Coronado Serviced
Located in Framingham, MA
Lovely Coronado AM tube radio Model 05RA37-43-8360A. This radio - a larger tabletop model at 14" wide x 8" deep x 9" tall, has obvious style, is clean and works well. It was serviced...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Stuffed House Sparrow Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Passer domesticus) House sparrow mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet. S. Brog...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper, Feathers, Animal Skin
Stuffed Marsh Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Emberiza schoeniclus) Migliarino of marsh mounted on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cabinet...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers
Henry Hallam, Constitutional History of England, 3 Vols, 1867, Leather Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Hallam, Henry.
Title: The Constitutional History of England From The Accession of Henry VII To The Death of George II.
Publisher: London: John Murray, 1867.
Descrip...
Category
1860s British Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Collection of French Books
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Collection of ninety-six 19th Century books. With wonderful blue book covers and a simplistic presence.
A great decorative collection for all interior settings.
Category
19th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Cristallino Gold Limited Edition Foosball Table with Black Field by Teckell
By Teckell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Cristallino is crafted using avant-garde technology and the skilled hands of Italian artisans who perfect every detail for a unique and exclusive work of art.
Cristallino Gold LE ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
The Judith Neisser Collection: Minimal & Postminimal Innovation by James Rondeau
Located in valatie, NY
The Judith Neisser Collection: Minimal and Postminimal Innovation by James Rondeau and Anne Rorimer. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Publisher Yale University Press, 2011. One of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid-18th Century, Scottish Hunting Sword
Located in Perth, GB
Mid 18th.century hunting sword or possibly pillow sword in very good uncleaned condition. All brass hilt fittings, missing grip wire, unmistakingly Scottish origin as suggested by th...
Category
Mid-18th Century Scottish George III Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Antique Golf Book Half Hours with an Old Golfer
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Golf book, half-hours with an old golfer by "Calamo Currente" McHardy, James.
A first edition (1895) hard bound copy with brown pictorial cloth cover and gilt title to front and spi...
Category
19th Century British Sporting Art Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mimmo Rotella: Selected Works by Mimmo Rotella, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Mimmo Rotella: Selected Works by Mimmo Rotella (Artist) and Germano Celant (Contributor). Publisher Skira Editore, Milano, 2007. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The art of Mimmo R...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1940s Spanish Brass Aquarium on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1940s Spanish brass aquarium. Sitting atop a decorative gilt iron stand, the piece features textured glass siding with minimalist brass framework. The worked iron flourishes and whim...
Category
1940s Spanish Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Lacquered Leather Samurai Helmet Signed: Tsuda Kiyotake Kore O Sei
Located in Milano, IT
Nerikawa kabuto
Lacquered leather samurai helmet
Late Edo period
Signed: Tsuda Kiyotake kore o sei (??????) and dated 1861
The helmet designs popular during the Mur...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Tibet Precious Antique 18K Gold Amulet Necklace "Six Eye Dzi Bead"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Unique
"Most Valuable and Powerful Protection Amulet in Tibet"
A fine authentic old Tibetan or Central Asian six eye agate Dzi Bead dating in the Qing dynasty. This bead has been e...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate
Unootto Leather Poker Game Set Box by Impatia
By IMPATIA
Located in Milan, IT
With each collection, Impatia aims to explore design through different perspectives. Among a strong focus on developing one of kind game tables, it is just as equally important to fo...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Bed as Autobiography A Visual Exploration of John Ransom, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Bed as Autobiography: A Visual Exploration of John Ransom Phillips, by John Ransom Phillips. Published by Clarissa Editions, 2004. 1st Ed hardcover with Broadart covered dust jacket....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Compass with Pocket Sundial, with Case, Bronze, Butterfield, Michael '1635-1724'
Located in Madrid, ES
Compass with pocket sundial, with case. Bronze. BUTTERFIELD, Michael (1635-1724). Paris, circa 1700.
Pocket sundial made of engraved metal, with a gnomon in the shape of a bird wit...
Category
Early 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Other
Antique 19thc French Monumental Solid Silver Figural Centrepiece c.1880
By Christofle
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century French monumental solid silver statue, standing on on a marble base, the statue realistically modelled as a cast figure of Mary with hands open, standing on a se...
Category
19th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Silver
Very Long Racing Scull or Oar from Eton College Windsor
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Very Long Racing Scull or Oar from Eton College Windsor
This is a fine quality extra long oar from Eton College, the spoon or blade has blue chevrons painted on it and the long a...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ash
Antique English Edwardian Sterling Silver Teddy Bear Rattle
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian sterling silver teddy bear rattle. Made by William Vale & Sons in Birmingham in 1909. Seated ursine figure with jangly bells loose-mounted to hind paws. Mother-of-pearl rin...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Barometer
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Late 19th century art nouveau barometer circa 1890.
Unusual aneroid barometer, which means it doesn't contain liquid and measures pressure changes by using air to expand its compo...
Category
Late 19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Paul Louis Gastaud, Telephone Radio/ K7
By Paul-Louis Gastaud
Located in Malaga, ES
Paul Louis Gastaud (20th)
Telephone Radio/ K7
Hi-Fi system embedded in an ABS phone
Signed
Measures: H 126 × Ø 41 cm
Functional
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Chinese Wooden Block Printing Set, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese innovations in ink, block printing and movable type fed the technological push toward expanding the written word's range of influence in the world. This printing push evolved...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Navy Binoculars
Located in Paris, FR
Binoculars Navy with polished steel adjustable tripod base.
With polished aluminium and steel binoculars with glass lens,
magnifying x12. Adjustable height.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Bullfight by Peter Buckley, Hardcover Vintage Book 1958, 1st Ed
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Simon & Schuster, NY, 1958; First Edition; 4to, 192 pages; illustrated. Visual essay on the Spanish bullfight, with photographs and narrative by Peter Buckley. One hundred and nine b...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Expressionist Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Roni Horn Aka Roni Horn by Roni Horn & Briony Fer, 1st Ed, 2 Volume Set
Located in valatie, NY
Roni Horn Aka Roni Horn by Roni Horn and Rdited by Briony Fer. Published by Steidl Verlag, Germany 2009. Over the course of more than 30 years, Roni Horn has developed a body of work...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1940s Jaeger Desk Top Barometer and Thermometer
By Jaeger & Co.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1940s French Jaeger Baromètre and thermometer.
Good vintage condition.
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Buddhist Art of Myanmar by Sylvia Fraser-Lu and Donald Martin Stadtner, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Buddhist Art of Myanmar by Sylvia Fraser-Lu and Donald Martin Stadtner. Published by the New Haven Asia Society Museum, 2015 for an exhibition February 10-Mat 10, 2015. A showcase of...
Category
2010s American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Collection of Four 19th Century Tart Warmers
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Un-usual collection of four 19th century tart warmers.
These pots would have originally been used to keep pies and tarts warm whilst in transportation.
They are of wonderful shap...
Category
19th Century Belgian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Great Hollywood Movies by Ted Sennett Hardcover Book 1st Ed. 1983
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Great Hollywood Movies by Ted Sennett Hardcover Book 1st Ed. 1983.
Large vintage hardcover vintage coffee table.
A celebration of Hollywood's finest films, from the silent screen e...
Category
20th Century American Expressionist Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Stirrup Double Spout Nazca Polychrome Pre-Columbian Vessel
Located in Washington, DC
Wonderful polychrome vessel depicting a human figure possibly a Shaman and various mythical creature on two sides. circa 200-600 CE, Peru.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Brass Circular Whist Score Markers
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Brass Game Score Counters.
A pair of Victorian brass, gun metal, whist game score markers. The top of the circular counter rotates to reveal the score, 0 to 9, in the window. The bl...
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Filotto Classic Player Pool Table by Impatia
Located in Geneve, CH
Filotto classic player pool table by Impatia
Dimensions: D 268 x W 152 x H 82 cm
Weight: 640 kg
Material: Simonis cloth frame and legs in low-iron glass, black nickel components, ...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome, Nickel
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