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Greece and Rome Metropolitan Museum Of Art, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 2, Greece and Rome. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1987. With introduction by Joan R. Mertens. The art created in Greece during...
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1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Brass Boat Compass in Varnished Wood Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic early twentieth century boat compass by American Maker. The gimballed compass has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This classic marine instrument is fitted to its or...
Category
1940s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Mallett Catalog 1995, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Mallett catalog from 1995. Hardcover catalog with dust jacket illustrated in color with all the objects fully described. Typical Mallett catalog showcasing important furniture, porce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Yamaha Casette Deck Mario Bellini
By Mario Bellini, Yamaha
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Yamaha casette deck designed by Mario Bellini in 1974. Working with 100V or DC12V.
Historical audio equipment which is one of MOMA permanent collection.
Inclined body has control panel...
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1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Art Deco 1928 Ladies Compact by Richard Hudnut
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this virtually mint condition Art Deco ladies combination compact dating to 1928. This is a classic Art Deco Richard Hudnut Le Debut Cloisonné Powder, Rouge...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Heavy Twelve Spoke Ships Wheel
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique five-foot ships wheel built to an exceptional standard of girth and strength. Massive brass hub with wide keyhole. Varnish finish on the hardwood wheel. Circa 1870. As heavy ...
Category
1870s European Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Black Forest or Austrian Antler Trophy
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a hand carved German Black Forest Hunting Trophy. The Board has been made from Austrian nutwood and displays a set of beautif...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone, Nutwood
Arthur Tress: the Dream Collector, John Minahan, 1st Edition, Westover, 1972
By Arthur Tress
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Westover, Richmond, Virginia, 1972.
The wonderful staged surrealism of Arthur Tress’s black and white photographs, bordered in white on a black page, are set opposite the words of novelist John Minahan, guiding us through the images, dreams and encounters that inform each page. Shot amidst the urban decay...
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1970s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Metropolitan Museum of Art: the Renaissance in Italy and Spain, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Renaissance in Italy and Spain. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1987. 1st Ed hardcover with dust j...
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1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Set of 3 Sotheby's Catalogs: the Jaime Ortiz-patiño Collections of Silver
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Set of 3 Sotheby's Catalogs: The Jaime Ortiz-Patiño Collections of Silver: 17th Century English Chinoiserie Silver, 18th Century French and English Silver, May 21, 1992 and Silver by...
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1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Iliad & the Odyssey of Homer. 8 Vols. Large Paper Edition 1905 Leather Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HOMER (William Cullen Bryant).
TITLE: The Iliad - and - The Odyssey of Homer.
PUBLISHER: Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1905.
...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique Asian Bamboo Opium Pipe China Tobacco Accessory Curiosity
Located in Leuven , BE
Old Bamboo Opium Pipe, with visible Knot of the Bamboo. The Mouthpiece and Furnace are in Bronze. The Piece comes from South China.
French Private Collec...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Modern Black Ring with Glitters
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Unusual young ring in argal and anticorodal, that's aluminum and antimony with little brilliants: devised and made in the famous town of Valenza (Piemonte), famous all over the world...
Category
2010s Italian Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
20th c. Nautical Hand-Painted Trinket Pottery
Located in Clermont, FL
A hand-painted trinket dish by ceramic pottery artist.
Category
20th Century South African Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pottery, Ceramic, Paint
Brass Boat Compass in Varnished Wood Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic early twentieth century boat compass by Star Compass of Boston. The gimballed compass has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This classic marine instrument is fitted t...
Category
1940s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1930s Wrist Military Compass in the Shape of a Watch Antique Surveyor Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Wrist military compass in the shape of a watch in brass, bakelite and leather strap.
English manufacture from the 1930s used by English army officers...
Category
1930s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
1920s Tribal Antique Moroccan Silver Bracelet
Located in Plainview, NY
A lovely handmade Moroccan Berber tribal pure silver bracelet. This beautiful and one of a kind piece of jewelry made around 1920's in the Atlas M...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver
circa 1930s-1940s Oceanic Motif Beaded Evening Bag
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1930-40s seaweed oceanic motif beaded evening bag. A woven strap with frayed ends is loose in the bag. Some minor bead losses.
Bag excluding handle: 7 3/4" x 5 1/2".
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Beads
11 Piece Antique Sterling Silver & Blue Guilloche Enamel Ladies Dresser Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique ladies dresser or vanity set is hallmarked by an unknown maker, and presumed to have originated from the United States and da...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Metal "Family Scale", circa 1899-1903
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique 24 pounds "Family Scale" with original decals and dates listed on the front: "Mar.14 '99-Mar.28 '03".
All metal. Scale works.
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Swiss Nema Cipher Machine
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Swiss-engineered cipher machine is a fascinating piece of 20th-century military and engineering history, and this particular example is one of the ...
Category
20th Century Swiss Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths by John Adair
Located in valatie, NY
The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths by John Adair. 1962, University of Oklahoma Press. Hardcover with dust jacket. Probably no Native American handicraft are more widely admired than Navajo weaving and Navajo and Pueblo silver work. This book contains the most important and complete account of Indian jewelry fashioned by the Navajo, the Zuni, the Hopi, and other Pueblo peoples. The author has told the story of his several years' investigation of jewelry making among the Southwestern Indians. With the use of decorative plates the narrative is has a very visual experience. John Adair is a trained ethnologist who has lived and worked among these Indians. He has done an exhaustive examination of the principal museum collections of Navajo and Pueblo silver work, both early and modem, in Santa Fe, Colorado Springs, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia. He visited trading posts in the Indian country and examined and photographed silver on the pawn racks and in important private collections. He lived for a time among the Navajo, watched them make their jewelry, and actually learned to work silver himself under one of the leading artisans, Tom Burnsides. Many of the photographs he made at the time are used as illustrations in this book. As field worker for the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, he studied the economics of Navajo and Pueblo silversmithing; and still later he became manager of the Navajo Arts and Crafts Guild, a tribal enterprise. The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths provides a full history of the craft and the actual names and localities of the pioneer craftsmen who introduced the art of the silversmith to them. Despite its present high stage of development, with its many subtle and often exquisite designs, the art of working silver is not an ancient one among the Navajo and Pueblo Indians. There are men still living today who remember the very first silversmiths. Mr. Adair gives full details of the methods and techniques of a primitive forge with homemade tools. He tells both of the fine pieces made for trade among the Indians themselves and of the newer, cheaper types of jewelry produced for sale to tourists. He discusses standards and qualities of Indian silver and describes the work of the Indian schools in helping preserve traditional design in the fine silver of today. His excellent photographs of some of the most notable pieces, old and new, provide examples for evaluation. This book will serve the layman, the ethnologist, and the dealer alike as a guide to establish proper values in Indian silver jewelry...
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1960s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Real Toscana Sheep Truffle Fur Rabbit Toy
By JG Switzer
Located in Sebastopol, CA
Design commissioned by JG SWITZER from a Ukranian plush toy artist, and sewn in our workshop from fluffy fur scraps, LITTLE JG RABBIT is for Bigs AND Littles. Created from our re-purposed, real Toscana...
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2010s American Arts and Crafts Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fur
Finding Home The Houses of Pursley Dixon
Located in New York, NY
Author Ken Pursley and Jacqueline Terrebonne, Foreword by Suzanne Kasler
In their first book, acclaimed architects Ken Pursley and Craig Dixon explore how to create gracious homes with welcoming entryways, soulful interiors, inviting porches, and ebullient gardens.
Founded on the simple principle “Build beautiful things,” the architectural team of Pursley Dixon, like populist architects Bobby McAlpine and Jeff Dungan, is known for blending elements of tradition with a modern lifestyle. In Finding Home, they share 15 stunning houses in three distinct styles: rustic mountain escapes, dreamy retreats by the water, and elegant houses in town. Each house has its own thoughtful visual narrative, but all are connected on an innate and authentic level by their sense of proportion, attention to detail, and a marvelous affinity with nature, displayed in their soothing neutral palettes, oversize windows that bring the outdoors in, and natural materials such as rough-hewn stone and unfinished wood. Little touches of humanity await discovery, such as a sleeping nook perched right out into the highest branches of a tree. These eccentricities and secrets add to the distinctly Southern sense of warmth and refuge these homes provide, homes whose open interiors and majestic porches easily accommodate family and gatherings.
Featuring their own interior design work as well as that of acclaimed decorators such as Suzanne Kasler, Phoebe Howard, and Circa Interiors...
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21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Alabaster French Powder Vanity Jar, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For you consideration is this stunning Art Deco ladies powder bowl made in alabaster. Originating from France and dating to the 1930's is this beautifully coloured and beautifully hand painted ladies...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Alabaster
Brass Boat Compass in Varnished Wood Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic twentieth century boat compass by American maker Wilcox Crittenden of Middletown Connecticut. The gimballed compass has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This classic...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Mallett Catalog 2010, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Mallett catalog from 2010. Softcover catalog in color with all the objects fully described. Typical Mallett catalog of great furniture, porcelain etc. Published after the closure of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Metropolitan Museum of Art: the Renaissance in the North, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Renaissance in the North. Published by
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1987. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. At roughly the same time that Italian art was beginning to reflect a reawakening of the classical spirit—an epoch and style we call the Renaissance—the arts of Northern Europe were experiencing their own efflorescence. Painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts were pursued with a new vigor in the Netherlands, in Germany, in France, and in England, and resulted in a vast body of work that constitutes one of the glories of Western civilization.
During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the masters of the North developed styles quite distinct from those in the South: an attention to minute detail, particularly with regard to landscape, but also in domestic interiors; and an emotive piety that dramatized the sorrow and suffering of the Passion. Jan van Eyck's Crucifixion and Last Judgment present a horrific vision of the death of Christ and the damnation of sinners, set against a deep and distant landscape, sensitively and realistically rendered. The Lamentation by Petrus Christus...
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1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Carved Wood Model of a Locomotive in Black Lacquered and Glass Case
Located in New York, NY
Carved Wood Model of a Locomotive showcased in a glazed and painted wood case. This intricately crafted piece captures the essence of a locomotive with stunning attention to detail. ...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood
Cool Empire Cast Iron Tobacco Box from Hellefors Bruk, Sweden
Located in Knivsta, SE
A cool Empire cast iron Tobacco Box from Hellefors Bruk, Sweden. Made in Hellefors Bruk during the 1820s. Beautiful patina with the weight left to keep the tobacco fresh.
Wear con...
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1820s Swedish Karl Johan Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
DS-2878 Boxing Handstitched Leather Punching Bag by De Sede
By De Sede
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Leather punching bag DS-2878/60 by De Sede. Matching to the re-edition of the DS-2878, De Sede boxing fans can get their hands on a very special a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Mallett Catalog 1997, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Mallett catalog from 1997. Softcover catalog photographed in color with all the objects fully described. Typical Mallett catalog of important furniture, porcelain etc. Always a great...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Brooch by Line Vautrin, Black Talosel Encrusted with Red Mirrors
By Line Vautrin
Located in Brussels, BE
This Brooch in black Talosel encrusted with red mirrors in the shape of flower petals represents a very characteristic aesthetic of the work of Line Vautrin.
This organic shape is d...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mirror, Talosel
Art at Auction: the Year at Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1977-1978
Located in valatie, NY
Art At Auction: The Year At Sotheby Parke Bernet 1977-1978. Sotheby Park Bernet Publication, London, 1977. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annua...
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1970s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid-19th Century French Gun Powder Flask, circa 1856
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
A Mid-19th Century English gun powder flask wrapped in leather with silver spout and monogrammed silver plaque "ALAN". The spout has a lever that opens the interior to pour ...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Brass Track Trophy with Bakelite Base, circa 1950 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original brass plated track trophy with a Bakelite base. Engraved solid brass sleeve.
CREATOR Nobel Trophies for Champions.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE circa 1950.
MATERI...
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Mid-20th Century Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Mustang P51 Aircraft Model in Aluminium Foil
Located in Paris, FR
Aircraft Model Mustang P51 in aluminium foil and
silver polished. Scale model with detailed sliding
cover cockpit and with retractable main wheels.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Silver
Sotheby's Collection Léon Levy: Important Mobilier Et Objets D'art, 1st Ed
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Collection Léon Levy: Important Mobilier et Objets d'Art. Sotheby's Paris, 2008. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. pp. 281. French and English text. Catalog for the sale of the coll...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mallet at Bourdon House, London March 9, 2007, Sotheby's
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Mallet at Bourdon House, London March 9, 2007, Sotheby's. 1095 lots photographed in color and described. The sale follows Mallett’s review of the company’s future in the light of the...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Stanley Kubrick, Drama & Shadows: Photographs 1st Edition
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Phaidon, London & New York, 2005. Text in English. Text by Rainer Crone and introduction by Jeff Wall.
The first book to present the previously unpubli...
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Early 2000s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Eden Revisited, A Garden in Northern Morocco
Located in New York, NY
Author Umberto Pasti and Ngoc Minh Ngo, Foreword by Martina Mondadori Sartogo
A lovingly photographed tour of internationally renowned writer Umberto Pasti's famous hillside garden in Morocco.
Italian writer and horticulturist Umberto Pasti's passion for the wild flora of Tangier and its surrounding region led him to create his world-famous garden, Rohuna, where he has transplanted thousands of plants rescued from construction sites with the aid of men from the village.
Planted between two small houses is the Garden of Consolation: a series of rooms and terraces with lush vegetation, some rendering homage to the paintings of Henri Rousseau, others inspired by invented characters. Surrounding the Garden of Consolation are the Wild Garden and a hillside devoted to the wild flowering bulbs of northern Morocco, where indigenous species of narcissus, iris, crocus, scilla, gladiolus, and others bloom. With its stunning vistas and verdant fields, Rohuna is a garden of incomparable beauty with the mission to preserve the botanical richness of the region. Captured here in detail by celebrated photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo, the poetic beauty of this special and unique place is lovingly rendered for all the world to see and share.
About The Author
Ngoc Minh Ngo is a celebrated photographer and the author of two books. Ngoc's images have been published in publications such as T Magazine, Architectural Digest, Cabana, and House & Garden UK.
Umberto Pasti is a well-known Italian writer and horticulturalist.
Martina Mondadori Sartogo is the founder of Cabana magazine...
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21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Scandinavian Modern, Bjorn Weckstrom Silver Ring, for Lapponia, Finland, 1969
Located in London, GB
Bjorn Weckstrom scuptural sterling silver ring, Lapponia, Finland, 1969
Category
20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Calcolatrice Addizionatrice Merchant, Anni 20
Located in Felino, IT
calcolatrice addizionatrice. Marchant mod hs8-36961 del 1920 c.a in ottimo stato di conservazione. pare funzionare, ma non ne garantisco l'utilizzabilita' totale. i meccanismi comunq...
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1920s European Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
The Travel Sale: Natural History and Maps. November 2001: Sotheby's London
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
The Travel Sale: Natural History and Maps. November 2001: Sotheby's London. 1st Ed softcover. Lots 1-16; New Zealand 17-22; China Trade and Far East Asia 23-51; India 52-74; Africa 7...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Elizabeth Arden " Ardenette" Black And Silver Octagonal Powder Compact
Located in Devon, England
Original Art Deco Black and chrome enameled ladies powder compact. Produced by Elizabeth Arden sometime in the late 1920's - 1930's. Inside t...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
fishing float buoy green black clear glass sea nautical
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
RARE, LARGE COLLECTION OF GREEN, BLACK & CLEAR GLASS & FISHING FLOATS OR BUOYS WITH THE MAKERS MARKS FOR SMALL NETS c.1910
Displaying a variety of makers marks and symbols such as a...
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1910s English Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Blown Glass
Bobby Charlton's Childhood Bible with Certificate of Authenticity
Located in Jersey, GB
Bearing the address of his childhood home, 114 Beatrice Street, Ashington in Northumberland, where his family lived for many years.
Inscribed inside the front and back covers, and...
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20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
PH Grand Piano Vintage Model 'mid 1930's' by Poul Henningsen, Modern, Sculptural
Located in Copenhagen, DK
This PH Grand Piano, from around the mid 1930's is an excellent-conditioned vintage instrument. It was in 1930 that this instrument was first designed b...
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1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Paris + Klein, William Klein, 1st US Edition, D.A.P., 2003
Located in London, GB
First US Edition, published by D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers, New York, 2003. Text in English.
This first US edition of William Klein's dynamic and influential portrait of t...
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Early 2000s American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1960s Modernist Silver Green Stone Brooch Pin or Pendant Mayan Revival Mexico
By Los Castillo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Modernist silver green stone pin brooch or pendant Mayan Revival Mexico
Measures: .25 d x 1.75 w x 1.5 h
Vintage silver pin or pendant. Made...
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1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Silver
Chrome Midcentury Leather Wrapped Letter Opener Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original midcentury leather wrapped letter opener lighter with a blank monogram.
The lighter comes fully functional with fresh flit and fluid ready for use.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
1970s Modernist Style of Pal Kepenyes Abstract Silver and Stone Ring Mexico
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Modernist Style of sculptor Pal Kepenyes, Abstract Silver and Stone Ring from Mexico
1.25 tall x 1 w x 1.5 d
Brown polished stoned mount...
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1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Silver, Chrome
20th Century Edwardian Solid Silver Pipe Shaped Table Lighter, Sheffield, c 1906
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 20th century Edwardian solid silver table lighter, in a shape of a pipe on a rectangular stepped stand, the top with a wick and two lighters. Hallmarked English Silver ...
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20th Century English Edwardian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Dreams Through the Glass Windows from Bergdorf Goodman by Linda Fargo, Signed
Located in valatie, NY
Dreams Through the Glass: Windows from Bergdorf Goodman by Linda Fargo. Assouline, NY, 2003. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Each window is a fantastic tableau, a narrative, a piece of theater inviting the viewer into rich imaginary worlds of fashion and surrealistic luxury. Window design is a vanishing metier, but it remains an enduring art form providing rare views through the glass into fantastic realms of dreams and fantasy. In these pages, Linda Fargo, the renowned window artist for Bergdorf Goodman, opens up her portfolio of magical tableaux created especially for this crown jewel of the retail world. Her palette is wonderfully rich and eclectic, juxtaposing relics of the past and the present, symbols of art and literature, western culture and exotic lands, moving easily between the marvelous and the everyday. These windows continue to astonish and delight all who flock to them for the traditional annual Christmas displays...
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Early 2000s American Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
David Anderson Modernist Geometric Enamel and Sterling Bracelet
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful Modernist abstract panel link bracelet featuring green enamel
and sterling geometric squares. It is a vintage bracelet in beautiful condition.
It has a sturdy working ...
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1970s Norwegian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Christie's the Nigel Bartlett Collection Chimneypieces & Architectural Elements
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's London: The Nigel Bartlett Collection Chimneypieces and Architectural Elements 9/14/05. Softcover 1st Ed auction catalog with results. This catalog consists of 225 pages w...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Marine Antiques by Marian Klamkin, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Marine Antiques by Marian Klamkin. Published by Dodd, Mead & Co., 1975. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The world of marine antiques for the collect...
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1970s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Art At Auction 1974 - 1975, The Year at Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Art At Auction 1974 - 1975, The Year at Sotheby Parke Bernet. Viking Press, NY, 1974. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Numerous color photos of importan...
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1970s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
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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