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Antique Architectural Print of Palazzo Dei Conservatori by De Rossi, c.1710
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Finestra che serve per Nichia nel ripiano della scala del Palazzo (..)'. Old print of a window in Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome. This print originates from 'St...
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18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Pl. XIV Remise De Locomotives, Chabat, c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Remise de Locomotives'. This print depicts the design of locomotives and a station. Originates from 'La Brique et La Terre Cuite' by P. Chabat. Artists and Engr...
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20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Pl. XLII Villa a Fontenay-Sous-Bois, Chabat, C.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Villa A Fontenay-Sous-Bois, Mr. Ed. Jandelle-Ramier, Architecte'. This print depicts the design of a villa in France. Originates from 'La Brique et La Terre Cui...
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20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Pl. XV Dépendances, Chabat, c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Dépendances Mr. Simonet, Architecte'. This print depicts the design of a building in France. Originates from 'La Brique et La Terre Cuite' by P. Chabat. Artists...
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20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Pl. XXI Antique Print of a Building in France by Chabat, c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Villa mon Caprice Villers-Sur-Mer. Mr. E. Macé, Architecte'. This print depicts the design of a building in France. Originates from 'La Brique et La Terre Cuite...
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20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Pl. XLI Villa A Villemonble, Chabat, c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Villa A Villemonble'. This print depicts the design of a villa in France. Originates from 'La Brique et La Terre Cuite' by P. Chabat. Artists and Engravers: P. ...
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20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Pl. xi Châlet D'ambricourt, Chabat, c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Châlet d'Ambricourt Villers-Sur-Mer, Mr. Feine Architecte'. This print depicts the design of a building in France. Originates from 'La Brique et La Terre Cuite'...
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20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Pl. XIII Remise de Locomotives, Chabat, c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Remise de Locomotives'. This print depicts the design of a building for locomotives. Originates from 'La Brique et La Terre Cuite' by P. Chabat. Artists and Eng...
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20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Pl. X Villa au Vésinet, Chabat, c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Villa au Vésinet (Seine et Oise) Mr. Héret Architecte'. This print depicts the design of a villa in France. Originates from 'La Brique et La Terre Cuite' by P. ...
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20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Monuments of Herculaneum Engraved by Bayardi, 1762
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print originating from 'Le Antichita di Ercolano Esposte'. A vast survey of the bronzes, statues, wall-paintings, and monuments of Herculaneum. This monumental work was the f...
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18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Print of the Residence of Christian Friedrich by Stieglitz, c.1800
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Erlaucht dem Grafen und Herrn, Herrn Christian Friedrich (..)'. Old engraving of the residence of Christian Friedrich, count of Stollberg. This print originates...
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19th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Remarkable Decorative Rare Antique Print of Figures and Vases, c.1780
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print with two small views of a figure reaching for a vase. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: Anonymous.
Artist: Anonymous.
Condition: Good, general ...
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18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Wegner 100 YEARS Auction Catalogue 2014 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Very clean inside and out. Text in English. This is a sale catalogue for an auction held in Copenhagen at Bruun Rasmussen...
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20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of Sumatra by Bellin, 1764
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map Sumatra titled 'Carte de l'Isle de Sumatra'. Old map of Sumatra, Malaysia and the Straits of Malacca, including Singapore. This map originates ...
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18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Map of the Island of Java by Van Der Aa, 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Map: 'L'Ile de Java'. (The island of Java.) This map shows the Indonesian island of Java. With compass rose and scale. This plate originates from the very scarse:...
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18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Print of Duncombe Park by Campbell, 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Duncomb Park in Yorkshire (..)'. Old engraving of Duncombe Park, Yorkshire. Duncombe Park is the seat of the Duncombe family whose senior members assumed the ti...
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18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Rare Fish Print of the Norway Redfish 'Sebastes Viviparus' and the Sculpin, 1842
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'Poissons Plate 9 - La Sebaste du Nord (Sebastes septentrionalis) - Le Cotte Scorpion (Cottus scorpius).' - This rare plate shows the Norway redfish (Sebastes ...
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1840s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
How to Create Your Own Painted Lady
Located in Bradenton, FL
How to Create Your Own Painted Lady, a comprehensive guide to beautifying your Victorian home, by Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larson. Stated first editio...
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1980s Victorian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Architectural Print of Cobham Hall in Kent, England, 1717
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Elevation of Cobham Hall in Kent (..)'.
Elevation of the entrance facade of Cobham Hall, Kent. This print originates from 'Vitruvius Britannicus' by Colen...
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18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Old Original Hand-Colored Print of a Peasant of Little Russia, 1804
Located in Langweer, NL
Old print of a peasant of Little Russia.
This print originates from 'The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria' by William Miller....
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Early 1800s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Modern Authentic Handmade Turquoise Hookah/Shisha/Sculpture
Located in Lisbon, PT
Hooka handmade hookah, turquoise glass, Designed by Karim Rashid for GAIA&GINO.
Hooka is inspired by whirling Dervishes in Turkey. It is a working h...
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2010s Czech Organic Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
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Metal, Brass
Antique Map of the Maluku Islands by Van der Aa, 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Les Iles Moluques (..).' (The Moluccan Islands, Maluku, Moluccas, Spice Islands, Indonesia.) Extremely rare in this edition. This plate originates from the very s...
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18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Original Hand-Colored Antique Costume Print of a Peasant from Hungary, 1804
Located in Langweer, NL
Old print of a Hungarian peasant. This print originates from 'The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria' by William Miller.
Artists and Engravers: Engraved by William Ellis.
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Early 1800s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Handmade Houses A Guide to the Woodbutcher's Art by Art Boericke
Located in valatie, NY
Handmade Houses: A Guide to the Woodbutcher's Art by Art Boericke. Scrimshaw Press, California, 1973. 3rd printing hardcover with dust jacket. The book is a photo-journey through the...
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1970s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Seascape with Portrait of a Schooner-Rigged Yacht, Signed and Dated 1937
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early Vintage Seascape with Portrait of a Schooner-Rigged Yacht, signed and dated Carl Schroeder, 1937, an un-tutored oil on canvas seascape painting with a port side view of a large schooner rigged racing yacht with all canvas aloft including topsails and staysails, smartly uniformed crew, captain and first mate visible on deck, a lookout posted on the foremast crosstrees, a burgee, pennant and flag flying on the fore and main peaks, with a one design class designation A-1 on the mainsail; a low-lying spit of land with red and white cottages is visible near in background beyond the bowsprit; signed and dated Carl Schroeder, 1937 in the lower right.
The painting is in near excellent condition, with only a stretcher line visible down the left side and one small pin hole on the right side. The painting is mounted in a contemporary carved an gilded frame.
The artist has not been identified, but the style and subject is consistent with either the American or Danish schools. The 1930s was a golden age decade for the J-Boats and other great ocean racing yachts. The A class designation suggests very large...
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1930s Danish Other Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
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Canvas
Sotheby's: Property from the Collection of the Late Gilbert Verney, 1979
Located in valatie, NY
Property from the Collection of the Late Gilbert Verney: At Bennington, New Hampshire, Including Property Removed from His Residence on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Softcover fir...
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1970s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Print of a Swiss Guard for the Pope in The Vatican, 1850
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique costume print titled 'Sergent Suisse de la Garde du Pape'.
Old print depicting a Swiss sergeant of the Pope's guard. This print originates from 'Costumes Mod...
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1850s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
7 Candle Menorah Arc Sculpture Blue Sea Fused Glass & Bronze
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Jerusalem Sea seven candle Jewish Menorah in blue fused glass
Signed by artist.
Art glass and bronze
25.25 T x 16.5 W x 4 D inches
Very good original c...
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Early 2000s Mexican Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
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Bronze
Finishing the Hat Collected Lyrics '1954-1981' Comments, by Stephen Sondheim
Located in valatie, NY
Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes by Stephen Sondheim (March 22, 1930 -November 26, 2021). Published by Knopf, 2010. Hardcover with dust jacket. The winner of seven Tonys, an Academy Award, seven Grammys, a Pulitzer Prize and more, Stephen Sondheim's career has spanned more than half a century; his lyrics have become synonymous with musical theater and popular culture. In Finishing the Hat--titled after perhaps his most autobiographical song, from Sunday in the Park with George, Sondheim has not only collected his lyrics for the first time, he is giving readers a rare personal look into his life as well as his remarkable productions. Along with the lyrics for all of his musicals from 1954 to 1981 including: West Side Story, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music and Sweeney Todd, Sondheim treats us to never-before-published songs from each show, songs that were cut or discarded before seeing the light of day. He discusses his relationship with his mentor, Oscar Hammerstein II, and his collaborations with extraordinary talents such as: Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, Ethel Merman, Richard Rodgers...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Gorgeous Blue Sellier Silk Scarf by Erre France
By Hermès
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gorgeous Erre Paris silk scarf in mint pristine condition.
Erre Foulards 100% Silk Square 34" x 34” Scarf.
Designed by Terry Pheto and Princess Charlene of Monaco.
Great gift 100 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
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Silk
National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition
National Geographic
This is a beautiful large library or hardcover coffee table book.
Title: National Geographic Atlas of th...
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Early 2000s Maltese Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Henri Fugere, Bronze Figure, 'Bebe Tapin' Boy Playing His Drum
By Henri Fugère
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Henri Fugere, bronze figure, ' Bebe Tapin ' signed in the bronze.
French Boy playing his drum. Henry Fugere, a well listed artist. Mr. Fugere was born in...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Collectibles and Curiosities
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Marble, Metal
Antique Child's Tricycle From Burma
Located in New York, NY
An adorable antique Burmese child's tricycle with parcel carrier and original blue paint. The embossed Burmese characters on the back and side of the carrier add authenticity and int...
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Early 20th Century Burmese Collectibles and Curiosities
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Metal
Nicely Antique Hand-Coloured Print of a Jewish Lady from Algiers, ca.1845
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique print titled 'Jüdisches mädchen aus Algier'.
Original antique print of a Jewish lady from Algiers. This print originates from 'Die Volker des Erdballs (..)' ...
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1840s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Old Handcolored Print of an Inhabitant of the Lowlands of Moravia, 1804
Located in Langweer, NL
Old print of an inhabitant of the Lowlands of Moravia.
Moravia, traditional region in central Europe that served as the centre of a major medieval kingdom, known as Great Moravia, before it was incorporated into the kingdom of Bohemia in the 11th century. In the 20th century Moravia became part of the modern state of Czechoslovakia and subsequently of the Czech Republic. The region is bounded by Bohemia on the west and northwest, by Silesia on the northeast, by Slovakia on the east, and by Lower Austria on the south.
This print originates from 'The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria' by William Miller.
Artists and engravers: Engraved by William Ellis.
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Early 1800s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Original Antique Print of Arab Men and Women Praying Towards Mecca, 1827
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print depicting Arab men and women praying towards Mecca.
This print originates from 'Il Costume Antico e Moderno ...' , by Giulio Ferrario, published in Milan in 21 volum...
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1820s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Joan Mitchell: At the Harbor and in the Grande Vallée 10/29-12/18, 2015, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Joan Mitchell: At the Harbor and in the Grande Vallée, October 29 – December 18. Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York, 2015. 1st Ed hardcover. Joan Mitchell: At the Harbor and in th...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Print of a Great Hall by Campbell, 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Section of the Great Hall of my Invention being a Cube of 40 feet'.
Section of a Great Hall. This print originates from 'Vitruvius...
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18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Original Hand-Colored Antique Print of a Jesuit Missionary in China, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Jesuite Missionnaire a la Chine'. Print of a Jesuit Missionary in China.
This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'.
Artists ...
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1840s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Hand-Colored Print of an Armenian Nun, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Religieuse Arménienne'.
Print of an Armenian Nun. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'.
Artists and Engravers: Author: ...
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1840s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Original Antique Hand-coloured Fish Print of the Whiting, Merling & Saithe, 1842
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print, titled: 'Poissons Plate 6 - Le Merlan Commun (Gadus merlangus) - Le Gade Verdatre (Gadus virens).'
This rare plate shows the Merlangius merlangus, commonly known a...
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1840s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Ciclotte Bike in Blue Steel by Luca Schieppati
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ciclotte Bike is an innovative exercise bike, designed and made in Italy, that combines idea, form and technology rethinking the traditional aesthetic an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
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Steel
Concise Encyclopedia of American Antiques
Located in valatie, NY
The Concise Encyclopedia of American Antiques. New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1958. First edition, fifth printing, hardcover with dust jacket. 848 pp....
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20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Print of a Design for The Great Temple in Eastbury Park, England, 1725
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Plan and Elevation of the great Temple in the garden at Eastbury'.
Design for Eastbury Park, England. This print originates from 'Vitruvius Britannicus' by ...
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18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Vintage French Cartier Panther Bracelet Silk Scarf Blue Green Irish Linen Pillow
By Cartier
Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Katie Larmour Studio is the original vintage scarf pillow maker. Gaining notability for her unique idea and creations back in 2013 - featured in ...
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Late 20th Century French Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
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Linen, Silk
Fine Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Spoon, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A delicate example of the time-honored practice of blue-and-white ceramics, this 19th century porcelain soup spoon was likely used as an everyday ...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Porcelain
White Heat
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card number 5 for White Heat 1949. This film was directed by Raoul Walsh, and stars James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien. Cagney...
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1940s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Yves Tanguy & Alexander Calder Between Surrealism and Abstraction, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Yves Tanguy & Alexander Calder: Between Surrealism and Abstraction, by Yves Tanguy, Alexander Calder, and Susan Davidson. Published for an exhibition April 21-June 12, 2010, by L&M A...
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2010s Dutch Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Print of Warriors from Ombai Island, Alor, Archipel, Indonesia, ca.1845
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Bewohner von Ombai, Habitans de l'isle de Ombai'.
This print depicts natives from Ombai, Indonesia. Originates from 'Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen des Men...
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1840s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Rene Lalique Electric Blue Coloured Glass 'Graines' Pendant
By René Lalique
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique electric blue coloured glass 'Graines' Pendant. This pattern features a branch with berries. Threaded tassles and necklace. Engraved makers mark, 'Lalique'. Book referen...
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1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
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Glass
Antique Map of Gorée Island ‘Senegal’ by J.N. Bellin, 1764
Located in Langweer, NL
Nautical antique chart of Gorée Senegal including a letter key to the island's fortifications. Gorée is known as the location of the House of Slaves built by an Afro-French Métis fam...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Interieurs 50, Apogee de la Geometric Curviligne, 1983
Located in London, GB
Interieurs 50
Apogee de la Geometric Curviligne
Published by Edition Synergon, Brussels 1983. Hardback first edition in illustrated dust jacket.
A wonderful Exhibition cata...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Uncommon Rare Map Showing The Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, ca.1798
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de la Partie Septentrionale de l'Archipel de la Louisiade'.
Uncommon map showing the area around the Louisiade Archipelago, named for Louis XV by Louis ...
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1790s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Important Teddy Roosevelt Letter from White House June 1907
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting A Very Important Teddy Roosevelt Letter from White House June 1907.
On ‘The White House’ letterhead. Typed and personally signed and amended by President Theodore Roosevelt.
With it’s original White House envelope, stamp and postage marks.
Dated June 14th 1907.
What makes this letter so important is the author, the office and the content.
It refers to the beliefs and opinions of the then President and First Lady (Edith) towards the women’s sufferage and empowerment movement that was the ‘hot topic’ of the time.
It is addressed to Eliza Calvert Obenchain who was a well known author at the end of the 19th Century and Early 20th Century. In 1905, Teddy referred to her book “Aunt Jane of Kentucky’ in a speech and recommended that every man in America should read it to understand ‘the plight of their womenfolk’. He regularly corresponded with her and we have a number of those letters in our collection. It appears that both he and Edith became big fans of Mrs Obenchain who was also heavily involved in the Suffragist movement.
The letters also provide a fascinating and historic record of Roosevelt’s personal beliefs and feelings on female empowerment.
The Letter Reads:
The White House
Washington
Oyster Bay, N.Y.,
June 14, 1907
Personal
“Dear Mrs. Obenchain:
I gladly accept the autographed copy of “Aunt Jane” which you have been so kind to send me. But Aunt Jane is so good and so wise that she must not (amount “race (illegible)) fall into the terrible mistake of the self-indulgent, selfish, shortsighted women, cold in heart and in temper, who shirk the duties of mother-hood and then try to cover up to themselves and to others their cowardice or self-indulgence by making believe they are actuated by wise or lofty motives. *
With great regard, believe me,
Sincerely yours,
Theodore Roosevelt
*And she must not give aid and comfort to unsexed or sexless creatures by a jest which they may take for earnest !
Mrs. Eliza Calvert Obenchain,
Bowling Green, Kentucky.“
The envelope is From: The White House.
Addressed to: Mrs. Eliza Calvert Obenchain, Bowling Green, Kentucky and marked ‘Personal’.
It is stamped on the front as posted from Oyster Bay, New York Post Office on June 16 1907.
It has a red 2 Cent...
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Early 20th Century American American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Old Original Engraving Showing an Arabian Men and a Muslim Imam, 1827
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print depicting an Arabian / Muslim Imam and other men.
This print originates from 'Il Costume Antico e Moderno ...' , by Giulio Ferrario, published in Milan in 21 volumes...
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1820s Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Rare Starling Burgess & Morgan Yacht Blueprint No. 52-06
Located in Norwell, MA
Rare starling burgess yacht blueprint of a fifty four foot ketch dated March 1930. Construction plan showing hull framing, stubbed masts, hatches, cabins, skylights, etc. One can spe...
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1930s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Vintage Airline Poster of Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown, New Zealand, ca.1960
Located in Langweer, NL
Vintage poster of New Zealand / Go There by NAC.
Wellington: R.E. Owen, ca. 1960s.
Photographic lithograph of Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown.
...
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Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Antique Print of a New Building Design in Dorset, England by Campbell, 1717
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'The Elevation of one end of a new design for a person of quality in Dorset-Shire (..)'.
View of new building design in Dorset (formerly known as Dorsetshire...
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18th Century Antique 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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