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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Vintage, Antique Style Floor Globe
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Vintage floor globe. The stand is made out of solid wood with a metal detail at the bottom, and is 26 3/4" high and 22.5" wide. The globe is most likely also made oit of wood and com...
Category
20th Century American Baroque Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
18th/19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Painted Wooden Santo Altar Figure
Located in Forney, TX
A lovely antique Spanish Colonial hand carved and painted wood santo altar figure - religious folk art sculpture.
18th/19th century, possibly earlier, most likely depicting Saint F...
Category
18th Century Spanish Colonial Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Creative Interior Solutions
Located in New York, NY
Creative Interior Solutions
Author Vicente Wolf and Margaret Russell, Foreword by Marianne Williamson
Design luminary Vicente Wolf, master of a restrained, elegant, and global aesth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Nicole Hollis: Artistry of Home
Located in New York, NY
Nicole Hollis: Artistry of Home
Author Nicole Hollis, Introduction by David Wiseman, Photographs by Douglas Friedman
Celebrated for her “delightfully el...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Tiffany & Co 'The Paget' Yacht Timer / Stop Watch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This yacht timer was recently serviced and runs beautifully.
Category
2010s American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Mexican Foosball Table with Metal Players, circa 1940-1970
By Gaber
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An early 20th c. wooden foosball table top with distressed, painted metal Mexican soccer players, rubber handles and metal "Gebar" branded ashtrays on each end. Original paint...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
The Works of William H. Prescott - 11 vols. - IN A FULL POLISHED CALF BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PRESCOTT, William H..
TITLE: The Works of William H. Prescott. Ferdinand & Isabella - Philip The Second - Charles The Fifth - Conquest Of Peru - Conquest Of Mexico.
PUBLIS...
Category
1850s British Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Dupont Ligne 2 Lacquer American Art Deco (Chrysler Building) Lighter
By S.T. Dupont
Located in Norwood, NJ
This is a limited edition S.T Dupont Ligne 2 Lacquer American Art Deco (Chrysler Building) Lighter. Since the beginning of the 20th Century, Art Deco has influenced many areas of des...
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Plate
Arts & Crafts Tabernacle with Solid Silver Mary & Archangel Gabriel Panels, 1910
Located in Lisse, NL
Religious artefact with stunning embossed and inlaid silver plaques.
Antique tabernacles are a rare find, so when we got the chance to purchase thi...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Claude Lalanne, a Rare Gilt-Bronze Dragonfly Frame, France, C. 1985
Located in New York, NY
Claude Lalanne (1925-2019) A rare gilt-bronze dragonfly frame, France C. 1985,
Signed on reverse Cl. Lalanne Artcurial 25/450.
Measures: 4" high x 3...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French White Pony Tricycle
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century French velocipede of a white pony, the horse of polychromed wood with horsehair mane and set upon an iron tricycle.
Deaccessioned from the MacLean Collection of Asian...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
The Paris Review No. 87 Spring 1983
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Paris Review No. 87 Spring 1983
Stories by James Baker Hall, Joyce Carol Oates, and Paul West. Poems by Stanislaw Baranczak, Czeslaw Milosz, and C. K. Williams.
Feature include Timothy Tung "Literary Happenings: China: An Interview with Dong Leshan, Part Two."
Artwork reproductions after Jean Michel Basquiat...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Wooden Fake Book Boxes
Located in London, GB
19th Century Wooden Fake Book Boxes
A fine example of late 19th Century hand crafted pine fake book document boxes. Hand crafted individually and painted with dates and the name Roq...
Category
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
Antique Walking Stick with Seat
Located in Vo', Veneto
Antique Walking Stick with Seat
Measurements: H. 90 cm / seat dimensions: 10 x 35 cm - H. 76 cm
Era: late 19th century
Origin: Germany
Wood: oak
Description
Antique walking stick,...
Category
1890s German Rustic Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chestnut
50th Anniversary Gold-Plated Slinky Toy in Wood Box
Located in San Diego, CA
50th Anniversary gold-plated brass Slinky toy in wood box, circa 1995. This item is in very good vintage condition and appears to never have been played with. This Slinky was release...
Category
Late 20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Clairtone Project G1 Hi-Fi Stereo System with Lab 80 Turntable by Hugh Spencer
By Clairtone
Located in Dallas, TX
“Project G epitomized high design, pure form, the perfection of how sacred platonic geometry can bring our banal, everyday products to a higher spiritual art form. It set the trend for stereo equipment to become a composition of extreme pure form, sophisticated materials, and floating sculptural composition for Bang & Olufsen, Brionvega, Telefunken, and others to emulate.” – Karim Rashid
If you are not familiar with the Clairtone project G...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Cigarette Case Art Deco style for Cartier USA in 1980s spring button Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Handbag cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fire enamel. Opening with spring button. Size cm. 6.3 x 9.7 x 1.5. Weight gr. 215. Created in Art Deco style for Cartie...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pleyel Grand Piano, Paris 1870
By Pleyel
Located in Littleton, CO
This Pleyel concert grand piano crafted in Paris in 1870 is a timeless masterpiece that embodies the elegance and craftsmanship of 19th-century French piano manufacturing. Pleyel instruments are renowned for their exceptional quality and rich musicality, representing the pinnacle of piano design in the Romantic era, and this piano – an early example of the technological innovation of cross-stringing that was burgeoning during the period – is one in a series of only six ever produced.
This piano is in extraordinarily immaculate condition with nearly every original part, including the soundboard, pristine ivory keys, and the brass inlay in its beautifully figured walnut cabinet. Candle stands slide forward on either side of the collapsable music desk.
This piano was first purchased by the French Count Charles Étienne Gustave Le Clerc, count of Juigné (1825-1900), one of the wealthiest landowners in Brittany and a member of the French National Assembly, later a member of the House of Representatives, and in late life, the Senate.
The piano was restored in 1997 at Maison Erard by master restorationist Frits Janmaat in Amsterdam, and later conditioned by Edwin Beunk.
In recent years, some of Europe's finest historically-informed musical artists played this Pleyel in PBS concert performances in collaboration with the late Sergiu Luca.
Standing on substantial carved legs and brass wheels, the piano exudes a majestic presence through the graceful lines of its Second Empire style cabinet that embodies the period's aesthetics.
The keyboard, meticulously crafted from ivory and ebony, is a testament to the attention to detail in every aspect. Its 85 keys...
Category
17th Century French Romantic Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Mid-century Novelty "M.V. Queen of Esquimalt" Cruise ship Enameled Lighter
By Sarome
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-century Sarome 'Cruiser' lighter, shaped like a Cruise ship, features a chrome body enameled red and crème accents and "M.V. Queen of Esquimalt" lettering. It includes a thumb st...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Moorish Persian Inlaid Micro Mosaic Backgammon and Chess Board
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Moorish Persian Inlaid Micro Mosaic Backgammon and Chess Board.
Intricately inlaid handcrafted Moorish Persian backgammon and chess checker...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Moorish Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood
1961 Moto Morini Motom 49cc Wall Hanger
Located in Alpha, NJ
This is a beautifully restored 1961 Moto Morini "wall hanger". This piece is meant to be ornamental or decorative memorabilia but can be brought back to running condition. All fluids...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
High Jewelry by Cartier Contemporary Creations Hardcover Large Book 1st Ed.
By Cartier
Located in North Hollywood, CA
High Jewelry by Cartier Contemporary Creations Hardcover Large Book.
1st edition.
A sumptuous tribute to Cartier’s creations with spectacular new photographs of unique pieces, many o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: POEMS on Various Subjects
Located in Middletown, NY
This is the FIRST EDITION of COLERIDGE'S FIRST BOOK OF POEMS. A. S. W. Rosenbach deemed it "An important literary volume." (Rosenbach 29:108). It includes four sonnets by Charles Lam...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Large Antique Toy Polychrome Tin & Wood Model Horse Drawn Carriage C1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
Large Antique Toy Polychrome Tin & Wood Model Horse Drawn Carriage C1930
Measures- 11"H x 9"W x 13.75"D
Category
Early 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
19th Century Miniature Wooden Bookcase
Located in Delft, NL
A 19th century miniature wooden bookcase
An oak miniature bookcase, raised on plinth and 2 charming shelves. (2 loose shelves) Decorated at the fron...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
2 Vols Antique Book, British Sports and Sportsmen, English, Sporting Reference
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is 2 large antique volumes of British Sports and Sportsmen. An English, bound and numbered limited edition sporting reference book, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1920.
...
Category
1920s British Other Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
'Rackham' English Fairy Tales. Retold by Flora Annie Steel, 1918 LEATHER BOUND!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: STEEL, Flora Annie (Arthur Rackham).
TITLE: English Fairy Tales. Retold by Flora Annie Steel.
PUBLISHER: NY: Macmillan Co., 1918.
DESCRIPTION: LARGE PAPER LIMITED E...
Category
1910s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Vintage French Mother-of-Pearl & Brass Opera Glasses with Case by LeMaire Paris
Located in San Diego, CA
Fabulous vintage French mother-of-pearl and brass opera glasses with case by LeMaire of Paris, circa 1950s. #2873
Complete functional glasses with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage 1970s Ludwig Timpani Symphony Model
By Ludwig Drums
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered here is a Ludwig 26" Timpani Symphony Model, was told it's a 1970s vintage (drum inside of chrome band across membrane to inside of chrome band is 26 3/8. Drum is fiberglass ...
Category
1970s Other Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Ornament is Crime Modernist Architecture Matt Gibberd and Albert Hill
Located in New York, NY
An unprecedented homage to modernist architecture from the 1920s up to the present day
Ornament Is Crime is a celebration and a thought-provoking reappraisal of modernist architectu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Most Stylish Antique Carved Crucifix w. Corpus of Christ Sculpture, Maria Laach
Located in Lisse, NL
Amazingly wall crucifix with hand carved corpus from Kunstwerkstätten der Abtei Maria Laach.
Over the decades we have sold a number of unique and interest...
Category
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1960s, Stunning Alabaster Smoking Set by Romano Bianchi
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Stunning alabaster smoking set by Romano Bianchi with ashtray, cigarette box and table lighter, everything is handmade carved. Made in Italy. This smoking set is in excellent c...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Alabaster
Vintage Leather and Horse Hair Boxing Gloves c.1950-1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Vintage reddish brown leather boxing gloves filled with horse hair and an extra padding strip on the palms. The leather is very soft and in good condition.
CREATOR Unknow...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Natural Fiber
Born to Party, Forced to Work, 21st Century Hospitality by Bronson van Wyck
Located in New York, NY
The internationally acclaimed event producer shows his ideas and inspiration for ultimate and intimate celebrations
What defines a truly great party? Most of all: generosity of spi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Mounted Deer Antlers
Located in Buchanan, NY
An exceptional large pair of mounted antlers. This French early 20th century pair of deer antlers mounted on a wooden shield is a stunning piece of art perfect for a lodge or country...
Category
Early 20th Century French Gothic Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Antler
Rare Cigar Striker Bergman Style Cold Painted Art Deco Arabian Carpet Trader
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Unusal Cigar Striker In The Franz Xaver Bergman Style Art Deco Cold Painted Vienna Bronze, Arabian Carpet Trader With Camel Mounted on a Black Glaze...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Spelter
Salimbeni Cigarette Case with Hand-Painted Fired Enamelled Flowers
Located in Firenze, FI
925/1000 Sterling silver cigarette case with hand-painted fired enamelled floral miniatures inserted in frames with hand-engraved borders, above and below. Jugendstil. Spring-loaded ...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Early Eye Glass Trade Stimulator - Test Your Own Eyes Optometer
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is an early eyeglass trade stimulator... TEST YOUR OWN EYES. Its an Optometer that has a dial on the right of the device. Turn the dial and there is a double geared carousel wit...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Rare and Collectible 1960's Horikawa Space Station Toy
Located in Redding, CT
Rare and Collectible 1960's Horikawa Space Station Toy. Perfect for that space age toy collector. Tin Lithograph sphere that says Nasa Space Station on t...
Category
1960s Japanese Space Age Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Pal Kepenyes Bronze/Brass Necklace, 20th Century
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage Pal Kepenyes bronze/brass necklace, 20th century.
This Hungarian born artist worked in Mexico for decades, known for free-form sculptural jewelry...
Category
20th Century Mexican Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique 16th Century Islamic Safavid Al Jazari Combination Locking Brass Casket
Located in Portland, OR
A highly important engraved Islamic combination locking brass casket, based on a design by the 12th Century Arab inventor & artist Ismail Al Jazari. Circa...
Category
16th Century Iraqi Islamic Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Yayoi Kusama Sogetsu Art Museum 1992 (Rare Kusama exhibition catalogue)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Yayoi Kusama Sogetsu Art Museum Tokyo / Committee of the Exhibition of Yayoi Kusama, 1992:
A rare early 1990s Kusama exhibition catalog marking the turning point of Kusama’s interna...
Category
1990s Japanese Bohemian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1965 Triumph Tiger 100 Motorcycle, 500cc
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
1960's Triumph T100 Motorcycle, 500cc.
A great example of Triumph's sporting single-carburettor 500cc, Tiger 100. The 1965 Tiger with frame number H 38918 and an earlier 1961 5TA engine, number H 8670.
This bike has just benefitted from a total engine rebuild with new bearings, oil pump and pistons. It has electronic ignition and starts on 1st or second kick. The engine sounds great and there is no smoke from the exhaust. Reg. JWB 962C.
A great classic in great, usable condition, ready to use. It is road registered at the moment and being run in.
Taken from Wikipedia:-
T 100 motorcycle
The Tiger 100 (T100) was a standard motorcycle first made by the British motorcycle company Triumph in 1939. Production ceased when the Triumph factory was destroyed by German bombing in 1940 during World War II but recommenced in 1946. Several variants were manufactured until 1973.
With the sales success of the Triumph Speed Twin, Edward Turner, Triumph's motorcycle designer, looked further into developing the potential of the new parallel twin motor...
Category
20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Genuine White Cat's Paw Coral (12 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
The Stylophora Coral is a small polyp stony coral commonly referred to as Cat's Paw, Club Finger, Cluster, Brush, or Bird's Nest Coral. It has rounded branches with blunt ends that d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Coral, Other
ALFRED DUNHILL Paris 1960 Short Automatique Rollalite Petrol Pocket Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
An automatic rollalite lighter designed by Alfred Dunhill.
This is a very scarce petrol pocket lighter, created in Switzerland by La Nationale company for the Alfred Dunhill Company...
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
12 Volumes. Jane Austen, The Novels.
Located in New York, NY
12 Volumes. Jane Austen, The Novels. Bound by Blackwell in 3/4 brown morocco with marbled boards. Gilt-tooled decoration on the raised band spines. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers....
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique Victorian Silver Plated Child's Walking Stick Cane 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique Victorian silver plated child's walking stick, circa 1890 in date
The striking stick features an ornate silver crutch handle having a profusely embossed ...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
18th Century Spanish Baroque Period Christ Crucified Altar Sculpture
By Juan De Mesa
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce Baroque Period Spanish altarpiece retablo / reredo, by (attributed) Luis Salvador Carmona (1708-1767), depicting thorn crowned Christ crucified / Cristo crucificado hand carved, polychromed wood with forged iron nails, mounted on later plaque.
This rare antique religious work / object of art, circa 1750, most likely commissioned by the Catholic Church of Spain, destined to be prominently displayed as an altarpiece / retablo or as part of a much larger reredo, directly behind the main altar at a Spanish or Continental European Catholic Church (French, Italian, Iberian, Portuguese)
The Crucified Christ, displayed mounted on a later faded red fabric upholstered shaped backboard plaque with textured gilt border. The exceptional hand sculpted, carved, gessoed, polychrome painted figure depicting bloodied Jesus, with crown of thorns atop his head, only wearing a undulating shaped cloth around his loin, arms extended and feet crossed, spear head form iron nails through both. The verso covered in an old paper printed backing with metal hook hardware at top for wall hanging.
Dimensions (approx):
Overall:
22" High, 14.5" Wide, 3.25" Deep
Figure only:
16" High, 10" Wide, 3" Deep
Historical background:
Artist: (attrib)
Luis Salvador Carmona (1708, Nava del Rey – 1767, Madrid) was a Spanish Baroque sculptor who came from a family of artists, including uncle of Manuel Salvador Carmona. He was sent to be trained in Madrid in the workshop of Juan Alonso...
Category
18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
A. A. MILNE. The Christopher Robin Verses. FIRST EDITION - INSCRIBED - 1932
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. (Alan Alexander).
TITLE: The Christopher Robin Verses.
PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1932.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED. 1 vol., 8-3/8" x 6-...
Category
1930s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
The Story of Art (2024) Luxury Edition
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite cloth-bound edition of the classic art-history text – the ideal gift for every art connoisseur and student
For more than 70 years Sir Ernst Gombrich’s The Story of Art has...
Category
2010s Chinese Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Set of Four Petite Glass Chinese Medicine Bottles
Located in Chicago, IL
A set of four petite medicine vials of hand-blown glass from an early 20th-century Chinese apothecary, likely originally used to store liquid opium known as chandu.
Additional Dime...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Blown Glass
Alfred Dunhill Gold Plated RollGas Cigarette Lighter with Box and Papers
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Alfred Dunhill Gold Plated Briquet Rollagas Cigarette Lighter
Vintage boxed Dunhill lighter with booklet stamped at purchase 1988
Stamped Dunhill and Swiss Made on base.
Category
1980s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Plate
JBL Speaker Model C-38 in the Style of George Nelson
By JBL 1
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A JBL speaker with a medium toned walnut cabinet model # C-38 with cast aluminum legs in the style of George Nelson. Inside the enclosure contains one sing...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Texaco Gas Gilbarco gas pump, model 96
Located in Alpha, NJ
This vintage Gilbarco Texico Gas Pump is in very good condition. This pump has been fully restored. Lighting elements are operational, pump elements have been removed.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Unusual 1920's Art Deco Waddington's Cir Q Lar Round Playing Card Deck
Located in Red Lion, PA
Unusual 1920s Art Deco Waddington's Cir-Q-Lar Round Playing Card Deck – Gilded Edges, Original Box
This rare and unusual 1920s Waddington's Cir-Q-Lar round playing card deck is a fa...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1970s British Bronze AC.GMT.Co. Industrial Wall Clock Chrome Bezel Black Dial
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Rescued from Industrial scrap yards and brought back to life in our UK workshop, our expert process allows us to create a high quality clock of luxury standards.
At A.C GMT Co. we apply new paint finishes or lustrous copper and bronze to the clock case. Our high speed polishing machine restores the chrome bezel, which then frames one of our high definition screen printed dials.
These clocks were originally slave or secondary clocks used on cargo ships and super tankers, they would have been controlled by a master clock...
Category
1970s English International Style Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Chrome
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, E. Fitzgerald transl. – 1889 – Petrus Ruban binding
Located in Middletown, NY
This is the first McCarthy translation of this popular text by the Persian polymath.
London: David Nutt / Chiswick Press, 1889.
12mo, 6 3/4 x 4 1/8 in (170 x 105 mm) pp. lxii + clv...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
A Hermitage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Hermitage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art by William James Williams. A leather bound, hardcover book published by Hammond Inc. of Maplewood, New Jersey. Stat...
Category
1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, 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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