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Mid-20th Century Brutalist Iron Hanukkah Lamp Menorah by David Palombo
Located in New York, NY
Large, hand forged, iron Hanukkah lamp Menorah in the style known as “Brutalism”, David Palombo, Jerusalem, Israel, circa 1960.
David Palombo (1920-1966), was a sculptor and painter...
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Mid-20th Century Israeli Brutalist Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - 7 vols. - IN A FINE FULL LEATHER BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WORDSWORTH, William.
TITLE: The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth.
PUBLISHER: London: Edward Moxon, 1842-3.
DESCRIPTION: NEW EDITION. 7 vols., 6-7/8" x 4-1/2", frontis...
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1840s British Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Wild Flowers of New York Vol. I and II by Homer D. House and John M. Clark
By John M. Clark, Homer D. House
Located in valatie, NY
Wild Flowers of New York, Vol. I and II. Albany: The University of The State of New York, 1923. Second printing hardcovers with no dust jacket as issued. 362 pages of text and 264 co...
Category
Early 20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Sterling Silver Snooker, Pool, Billiards Cue Chalk Box
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome English solid /sterling silver cue chalk holder fully hallmarked for Birmingham 1982 in superb unused condition with it's original (plastic) presentation box which has don...
Category
1980s British Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique French Doll Mold in Copper, 1910s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Complete and intact French doll mold in solid copper. Very early industrially used mold for production of rubber dolls. You very rarely see the body and head...
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1910s European Arts and Crafts Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
Early African Cuica Drum, Tribal Sculpture, Hand Carved Wood
Located in Buffalo, NY
Drums are among the most important art forms in Africa, used both as a musical instrument and as a work of sculpture significant in many ceremonial functions, including dance, ritual...
Category
20th Century Congolese Tribal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
Studio 54 Hasse Person 1st ed. 2015 (book)
Located in London, GB
Published by Max Strom 1st edition 2015 Hardback English text
In 1977, at the height of the disco craze, a club opened at 254 West 54th Street in New York City. Studio 54 was - and,...
Category
2010s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Belgian Black Board, Chalkboard
Located in Udenhout, NL
Early 20th Century Belgian Black Board, Chalkboard, in a good state.
Category
1940s Belgian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Slate
Yves Saint Laurent - Forty Years of Creation 1958-1998
Located in London, GB
Published by IFFP - International Festival of Fashion Photography 1st edition 1998 Hardback English and French text.
This gorgeous book is published accompanying an anniversary exhi...
Category
1990s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Iron Worker Hand Forged Vintage Tools Set of 9
Located in Chula Vista, CA
collection handmade Iron Blacksmithing Tools- Set of 9 Antique Iron Worker Tools
forging metal
circa early 1900s
tool total 9
25 the longest x 3...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron, Metal
Hon-kozane ni-mai do tosei gusoku
Located in Milano, IT
Hon-kozane ni-mai do tosei gusoku
Samurai armor in revival style
Edo Period, 17th to 18th century
Signature on kabuto: Jōshū jū Saotome Ietada
Kabuto [helmet]: A russet iron (tetsu sabiji) sixty-two plate kabuto, each mounted with twenty-five small tapered standing rivets (ko-boshi) of decreasing size; the front plate, larger than the others, is fitted with two lines of rivets, while the rear one is left empty, for a total of 1.550 rivets.
The typical "Saotome-byo", an extra rivet which is almost an additional signature of the Saotome armorers, is visible inside.
Maedate [helmet crest]: Kuwagata (stylized horns) with shakudo kuwagata-dai (support) fitted with three hanabishi (flower-shaped family crest) and a large gilt-wood peony
Menpō [mask]: A russet iron (tetsu sabiji) ressei-men (mask with fierce expression)
Dō [cuirass]: Ni-mai dō (made in two parts) with hon-kozane (true scale) construction. Stencilled leather plates with engraved shakudo borders, fine pierced kanamono (application) bearing a hanabishi.
Sode [shoulder guards]: Large type (ō-sode), with fine kanamono and decorations.
Kote [sleeves]: In russet iron, with a hanabishi on the back of the hand (tekko).
Haidate [thigh guard]: Of hakama type (full trousers), made of tied rectangular iron plates.
Suneate [shin guards]: Finished in black urushi lacquer.
Accessories: A saihai (commander’s baton); high-level kara-bitsu (storage box)
With its large sode (shoulder guards) and old-fashioned construction, the style of the armor is reminiscent of the medieval suits...
Category
Late 17th Century Japanese Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Japanese Cinema by Stuart Galbraith IV/Paul Duncan
Located in London, GB
An amazing book exploring the work of the greatest Japanese filmmakers. Until recently, the Western world has viewed Japanese cinema through a very narrow prism. For years, Westerners interested in Japanese film had to content themselves with the collected works of Akira Kurosawa, a spotty sampling of films by Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujiro Ozu...
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Early 2000s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
WILD - Fashioned Untamed by Andrew Bolton
Located in London, GB
Published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2005. Crocodile-embossed hardback with a sturdy hard-plastic dust jacket.
Copiously illustrated with black-and-white and colou...
Category
Early 2000s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Fine Pair of Mother of Pearl Opera Glasses by Dolland, London
By Dolland
Located in Bath, GB
A splendid pair of Edwardian Opera / Theatre glasses professionally re-polished to gleam, making them as good as they would have looked over 100 years ag...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique & Large Black Forest Gun / Rifle Rack w. Hand Carved Deer Head Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Large and impressive Black Forest rack for hunting guns, circa 1870-1890.
If you are looking for the perfect antique to decorate one of the walls in your hunting room, home office o...
Category
19th Century European Black Forest Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
The Decorative Arts in France 1900-1942 1st US edition 1990
Located in London, GB
Published by Rizzoli New York 1990. hardback
The go-to reference on the French Society of Decorative Artists arranged chronologically and featuring the work of Guimard, Ruhlmann, Ch...
Category
1990s Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Table or Desk Top Brass Mounted 7" Double Convex Magnifying Glass
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco desk/table top adjustable magnifying glass. A 7" diameter double convex lens in an open topped brass frame suspended between two vertical posts rising from a stepped two-tie...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Large Antique English Brass Desk / Counter Bell c.1890
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful and highly decorative desk or counter bell, my favourite kind with the more unusual clapper to the side rather than the ones you ring from the top. The hinged clapper is ...
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1900s Brass Bell With Silver Pleated Bear
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful and special brass bell with the handle shaped as a bear with stone eyes. Made in Vienna, Austria in the 1900s.
Category
20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Silver, Brass
ewels of Fantasy - Costume Jewellery of the 20th Century 1st US ed. 1992
Located in London, GB
Published by Harry Abrams 1st English language edition 1992. Hardback
A survey of the finest costume jewelry created by American and European designers an...
Category
1990s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Barbara Kruger Monograph 1st edition 2010
Located in London, GB
Published by Rizzoli 1st Edition 2010 Hardcover. 307ppA seminal volume celebrating the career of influential American artist Barbara Kruger, made in collaboration with the artist. Bo...
Category
2010s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Chaumet from 1804 to the present Timeless Tiaras, Diana Scarisbrick 2002
Located in London, GB
Published by Assouline 2002 written by Diana SacirsbrickA sumptuous selection of jewelry made to adorn the head - tiaras, aigrettes and bandeaux. Emblems of success and happiness, tiaras are some of the most beautifully crafted jewelry pieces of the past two centuries. The House of Chaumet has continuously excelled in this art, from the papal tiara offered by Napoleon to Pius VII, to the hundreds of hair adornments created over the last decades, always reflecting the period's most formidable fashions and decorative arts. An exquisite selection from unknown Chaumet archives representing the most aesthetic portraits of head jewelry...
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Early 2000s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Monogrammed Sterling Silver Inlaid English Lawn Balls c.1900 (FREE SHIP)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A set of English lawn bowls made of Lignum Vitae Wood inlaid with sterling silver. Monogrammed "CH" on one side and "T" on the other side.
CREATOR Unknown. Made in Scotla...
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Early 20th Century Scottish Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at The Frick
Located in New York, NY
American artist Barkley L. Hendricks (1945–2017) revolutionized contemporary portraiture with his vivid depictions of Black subjects beginning in the late 1960s. This book contextualizes Hendricks’s portraits at different stages of the country’s history and places him in the pantheon of innovative twentieth-century artists.
Hendricks developed his signature style at a time of significant social and cultural change in the United States, especially with regard to Black artists, and amid a perceived bifurcation between abstraction and representation. He produced portraits from the late 1960s through the early 1980s. Following a hiatus during which he made landscapes, basketball paintings, works on paper, and photographs, he resumed his portraiture practice from 2002 until his death in 2017. Hendricks’s portrait paintings, often derived from photographs of friends and family, hired models, or figures he encountered on the street, were inspired by the artist’s research, international travels, and visits to museums like The Frick Collection, where he studied centuries-old European paintings...
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21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Brooklyn Arcadia: Art, History, and Nature at Majestic Green-Wood
Located in New York, NY
The New York City treasure, newly photographed, is revealed as garden in the city, repository for memory, and a place for repose, inspiration, and delight.
Green-Wood is a living cemetery that brings people closer to the world by memorializing the dead even as it embraces the art, history, and natural beauty of New York. Founded in 1838 and now a National Historic Landmark, Green-Wood was one of the first rural cemeteries in America. By the early 1860s, it had earned an international reputation for its beauty, attracting 500,000 visitors a year, second only to Niagara Falls as the nation’s greatest tourist attraction. Crowds flocked here to enjoy family outings in the finest of first-generation American landscapes. Green-Wood’s popularity helped inspire the creation of public parks, including New York City’s Central and Prospect parks. Green-Wood is 478 spectacular acres of hills, valleys, glacial ponds, and paths, throughout which exists one of the largest outdoor collections of nineteenth- and twentieth-century statuary and mausoleums. Four seasons of beauty offer a peaceful oasis to visitors, as well as its 570,000 permanent residents, including Leonard Bernstein, Boss Tweed, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Louis Comfort Tiffany.
At once a celebration and an invitation, the book ranges from a consideration of the natural landscape in which it is set to a close look at its architecture, statuary, symbols, typography, birds and fauna, trees, and typography.
About The Author
Andrew Garn is a fine art and editorial photographer whose recent books for Rizzoli include New York Deco...
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21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Keith Haring Love Ball art 1989 (book)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Keith Haring illustration art 1989 (Love Ball centerfold illustration by Haring):
Rare published program highlights the iconic May 10, 1989 Love Ball, a high-end, celebrity-studded c...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Late 18th Century Micromosaic with Parrot on a branch. From a Model by G.Raffael
By Giacomo Raffaelli
Located in Paris, FR
Large micro-mosaic plate representing a parrot on a branch. From a model by Giacomo Raffaelli. The quality and shape of the shards of this micromosai...
Category
1790s Italian Classical Roman Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Art Glass, Cut Glass
Mid-20th Century Israeli Iron Shabbat Candle Holder by David Palombo
Located in New York, NY
Iron Shabbat candle holder crafted in brutalist style by David Palombo. Made for two candles, each of the holders is decorated with petals-like s...
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Mid-20th Century Israeli Brutalist Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Pan American - Grace Airways Airplane Model Advertising Paperweight. c1930´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Pan American - Grace Airways Airplane Model Advertising Paperweight.
circa 1930´s.
Pan American-Grace Airways, also known as Panagra, and dubbed "The World's Friendliest Airline" w...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Brass
Midcentury Gucci Cigarette Cutter
By Gucci
Located in Vienna, AT
This special monogrammed GUCCI piece is a very rare cigarette cutter in horn from the 20th century. A bit of damage on the knife, but otherwise in very good condition.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Oval Tiger-Eye Sterling Silver Cabochon Cufflinks
Located in Toledo, OH
Oval tiger-eye sterling silver cabochon cuff links. Measures: 3 cm x 1.7 cm, marked sterling, stone measures: 1.6 cm x 1.1 cm, 14.8 grams total weight. Overall, in great condition.
Category
Late 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
US Navy Mark 74 Aiming Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
1943 United States Navy Telescope. Used primarily as part of the Mark 16 Aiming System on 50 caliber anti-aircraft gun mounts. Fitted with three sun filters...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
19th Century very small Brass and Gold Watch-Key with Jasper Stones
Located in Delft, NL
119th Century very small Brass and Gold Watch-Key with Jasper Stones
A very small watch key, brass and gold plated with a Jasper stone on both sides. A very small oval shape and the...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Brass
19th C. Nickel Silver Métal Extra Blanc French Adjustable Book Chain Dog Collar
Located in Haarlem, NL
An impressive antique white metal or nickel silver adjustable book chain linked collar, probably from a posh French 'Chateau' dog.
Measures: 49cm (19,3") long, adjustable in 7 holes from 48cm (18.9") to 37cm (14.6") circumference
This antique item would be a perfect addition for an antique dog...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Nickel
Eisenberg pin and earring set
By Eisenberg
Located in Seattle, WA
lovely sapphire and ruby colored pin and earring set by Eisenberg
Category
1950s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
A History of the American People, Signed by Woodrow Wilson, Alumni Edition #29 o
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Woodrow Wilson. A History of the American People. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1902. Alumni Edition #29 of 350 copies. Volume I signed by Woodrow Wilson...
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Early 1900s American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
SEITZ. Paul Jones, His Exploits In English Seas During 1778-1780. FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SEITZ, Don C.
TITLE: Paul Jones, His Exploits In English Seas During 1778 - 1780, Contemporary Accounts Collected From English Newspapers With A Complete Bibliography.
PU...
Category
1910s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Steiff collection Cats, Germany, Mid 20th Century
By Steiff
Located in Delft, NL
Steiff collection Cats, Germany, Mid 20th Century
Five cats, 4 of which are filled with straw. Two Tom-cats (1, the smallest is right hind leg defective) Black with arched back. 17 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
Ammonite group cluster in matrix
Located in BAARN, UT
Lower lias. Approx. 200 million years old.
Category
15th Century and Earlier British Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Flair: Fashion Collected by Tina Chow Book by Richard Martin and Harold Koda
By Rizzoli
Located in Ferndale, MI
The Tina Chow Fashion Couture collection includes some of the finest designers in the industry such as Fortuny, Balenciaga, Chanel, Vionnet, Dior, Lanvin, Poiret, Schiaparelli, Alaia...
Category
1990s North American Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Dressing The Man: Mastering The Art of Permanent Fashion by Alan Flusser 2002
Located in London, GB
Published by Harper Collins 1st edition 2002
Dressing the Man is the definitive guide to what men need to know in order to dress well and look stylish Alan Flusser's name is synonym...
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Early 2000s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Per Lui Special Edition USA Bruce Weber August 1985
Located in London, GB
Per Lui Edizione Speciale Bruce Weber Condé Nast. Mensile del Gruppo Vogue. Per Lui, Edizione Speciale USA by Bruce Weber, nº29, Luglio/Agosto 1985. First Edition. Softcover. 280 Pa...
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1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Our Way Home: Reimagining an American Farmhouse
Located in New York, NY
This title publishes September 5th, 2023 and will ship on or after for early orders.
Author Heide Hendricks and Rafe Churchill, with Laura Chávez Silverman, Foreword by Asad Syrkett, Photographs by Chris Motallini
The glorious Connecticut property of Heide Hendricks and Rafe Churchill (of the architecture and interior design firm Hendricks Churchill...
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21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bruce Weber by Bruce Weber, 1st Limited Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Bruce Weber by Bruce Weber. Published by Twelvetrees Press, Los Angeles, 1983. Stated 1st Limited Edition (1/5000) hardcover with dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated with over 50 full-page photogravure plates of male models and actors, a few tinted with halftone colors. Contains subjects: Brothers, Matt...
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1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Prince John Vintage 1918 Signed Black and White Photograph
Located in Jersey, GB
- Rare photograph of "The Lost Prince", Prince John
- Clear, bold and rare example of his autograph
Prince John (1905-1919) was the youngest son of Q...
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Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Edo Period Spectacular Samurai Abumi, Stirrups Inlayed with Silver
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Spectacular Samurai Stirrups
These spectacular samurai stirrups are a fine example of Japanese craftsmanship. They are made of iron with silver and b...
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Black Colored Metal TV Television Tower of Nuremberg Scale Design Model, 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Scaled model of the Nuremberg television tower also called Nuremberg Egg (because of the Design). A nice architectural sculpture for every living or man’s room. Diameter given in dim...
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1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Antique French Triple Optic Binoculars - Marine / Theatre / Field Dated1890
Located in Bath, GB
These hard-to-find French-made glasses with three lenses are changed by the wheel at the side and indicated across the bridge labelled " Theatre ", " Campagne " and " Marine ". They...
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1890s French Late Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Jacob Hull Large Brutalist Modernist Ring, Denmark, Statement Piece
By Jacob Hull
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Large sculptural brutalist style ring by acclaimed Danish artist, Jacob Hull. Currently a size 8, it is adjustable and signed J Hull on the back. This ring has a wonderful abstract design and makes quite a statement!
Information on Jacob Hull:
Hull designed...
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1970s Danish Brutalist Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Rebuilt Antique Steinway Model A Grand Piano Gloss Black Fluted Barrel Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
Rebuilt, 1895, Steinway Model A grand piano for sale with a black case.
The music desk is in an openwork, arabesque design of stylised foliage with ...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Display Champagne Bottle
By G.H. MUMM 1
Located in Hellerup, DK
Large French vintage fiber glass display model of a G.H. Mumm Cordon Rouge champagne bottle for promoting the brand in a wine shop. Super decorative item for the bar or wine cellar.
Category
1950s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fiberglass
Antique English Rifle Gun Shoot Trophy Award Plaque Silver plate Shield c1910
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique English Rifle Gun Shoot Trophy Award Plaque Silver plate Shield c1910.
Direct from England, just arrived in our most recent container, we have...
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1910s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
Monumental Floor Standing Brass Butcher Scale
Located in Cheshire, GB
A large set of floor standing brass balance scales and graduated weights with bullhead terminal above the circular column, to the platform base with fourteen graduated compartments f...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1920's Deco Marcasite onyx stingray clutch
By Gioia
Located in Westport, CT
Art Deco sterling Marcasite Onyx frame refurbished charcoal stingray clutch Gioia silk interior
Category
Early 20th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities
Prada by Muccia Prada 1st Edition 2009
Located in London, GB
Published by Fondazione Prada, 2009 in slipcase and housed in original box
Prada is the first book that documents three decades of ground-breaking fashion, architecture, film and ar...
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Early 2000s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Three Chiefs, Blackfoot, Montana" by Edward S. Curtis, Platinum Print, 1900
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a rare, platinum Master Exhibition Print of Edward Curtis’ The Three Chiefs. Typical of Curtis’ Master Exhibition Prints, this platinum print is double-mounted, signed, with an embossed copyright credit and date stamp. His numeric notation “52-00” is in the photographic negative.
Curtis photographed The Three Chiefs during his two weeks on a Blackfoot reservation in the summer of 1900. The photograph depicts three Piegan men in traditional dress on horseback, situated next to a small stream with an expansive cloud-filled sky behind them. The Piegans were the largest group in the Blackfoot Confederacy and still retained a majority of their original culture when Curtis visited the tribe. It reportedly took Curtis several days to find the perfect prairie backdrop and riders for this photo, yet his patience paid off. The image was pivotal in enabling Curtis to form his vision for his next project - his ambitious 20 volumes “North American Indian”publication.
This print is believed to be one of only three oversized, platinum Master Exhibition Prints of this image in existence. It was printed by Curtis specifically for his East Coast exhibition tour of 1905-1906. Curtis chose only a small number of what he believed to be his finest negatives to produce prints for the show. He never again mounted an exhibition of his work, nor produced such distinctive, large-format platinum prints.
“The extraordinary rarity of The Three Chiefs becomes clearer when viewed in the context of other Master Exhibition Prints, principally the 108 in the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, the largest collection in existence. The Museum, however, is missing a number of early, iconic images, including The Three Chiefs. It has long been assumed that these missing prints were held elsewhere, possibly in the collection of The New York Public Library. This theory has been substantiated by the Curtis scholar, Bruce Kapson, who unearthed a cache of letters from Curtis to J.P. Morgan and to Morgan's librarian, Ms. Bella da Costa Greene in the Pierpont Morgan Library archives in 2007. The correspondence establishes that 58 of the 100 prints in The New York Public Library's collection are actually Master Exhibition Prints, specifically selected by Curtis for J.P. Morgan as the best examples of his work. A typed letter, dated March 1907, from Ms. Greene to Curtis states: 'I enclose herewith a list of Indian photographs which you sent to Mr. J.P. Morgan'. The letter is accompanied by a handwritten list of 58 photographs, including The Three Chiefs (print number 52.) Morgan donated this group of prints to The New York Public Library in 1912.” (Christie’s Live Auction 1893 Catalog, 2007).
Curtis’ platinum prints make up less than 1/2 of 1% of all of the work he created. Curtis’ platinum prints were created only for exhibition or direct sales to patrons and they were always made by Curtis himself. One significant dealer in Curtis prints...
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Early 1900s American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
From Queen Charlotte, A Rare Miniature Gold Mounted George III Almanac
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A presents from Queen Charlotte given to Ann Dundas, Viscountess Melville, The Viscountess was Queen Charlotte’s Lady of the Bedchamber from 1813 until the Queen’s death in 1818. Lon...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Antique English Dart Game Trophy Award Shield Oak Plaque Silver Plate c1909
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique English Dart Game Trophy Award Shield Oak Plaque Silver Plate c1909.
Direct from England, just arrived in our most recent container, we have several ...
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Early 1900s British Sporting Art Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Silver Plate
Antique and Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities for Sale
Antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities can bring whimsy and wonder to any interior.
Decorating with old scientific instruments, historical memorabilia and vintage musical instruments, as well as other authentic collectibles and curiosities that can be found on 1stDibs, presents an opportunity to create a unique, natural history museum-like atmosphere in your home that can provoke conversation as often as it pays tribute to how far we’ve come in understanding our world.
And bringing collectibles and curiosities into your space is actually on trend — Wunderkammern, or curiosity cabinets, were all the rage in Europe during the 1500s and continued to have adherents there and in the U.S. in the following centuries. Today, however, they’re experiencing a real surge in popularity and influencing how many interior designers are furnishing and decorating homes — combining contemporary with antique, scientific with tribal, earthly with extraterrestrial, Les Lalanne tables with Flemish tapestries.
The original Wunderkammern were entire rooms filled with objects demonstrating their owners’ worldly knowledge: A proper one included artificiala or preciosa (objets d’art); naturalia (such as skeletons, shells, minerals); exotica (taxidermy or dried plants); and scientifica (scientific instruments), frequently alongside religious relics and ancient artifacts.
Pay tribute to a history of rich and diverse musical traditions that have taken shape all over the world by decorating your home with a collection of antique and vintage musical instruments — with a little help from strong hanging wire or some wall hooks, vintage brass instruments such as a gong, French horn or trumpet can help elevate a home office or complement the efforts you’ve made to ensure a welcoming vibe in your home’s entryway. Bells or antique wind instruments can add provocative metallic contrasts to dark woods as tabletop decorative objects.
Create an intriguing focal point with Georgian scientific instruments, such as stick barometers with mahogany cases or lacquered brass telescopes. These items stem from an era named for the monarchies of the four King Georges, who ruled England in succession starting in 1714 (plus King William’s reign, which lasted until 1837). Just as there was beautiful jewelry produced during the period that today is coveted by collectors, there is much to be found in the collectibles and curiosities realm too.
Wanderlust, nostalgia and a shared love of good design are contributing factors to certain trends in decorating — just as vintage trunks and luggage have reappeared as furniture or home accents in a bedroom or foyer, decorating with globes, maps or nautical objects is similarly rooted in the allure of travel and a penchant for the stylish finishing touch that collectibles bring to our homes.
Find a wide range of antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities on 1stDibs.
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Montecito Has Drawn Royalty and Celebrities, and These Homes Are Proof of Its Allure
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Whaam! Blam! Pow! — a New Book on Pop Art Packs a Punch
Publishing house Assouline and writer Julie Belcove have teamed up to trace the history of the genre, from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Jeff Koons.
The Sparkling Legacy of Tiffany & Co. Explained, One Jewel at a Time
A gorgeous new book celebrates — and memorializes — the iconic jeweler’s rich heritage.
What Makes a Gem-Encrusted Chess Set Worth $4 Million?
The world’s most opulent chess set, weighing in at 513 carats, is literally fit for a king and queen.
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Step inside the Storied Mansions of Palm Beach’s Most Effervescent Architect
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