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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Period: 1980s
Period: 1940s
B-17F Bomber Plane Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a B-17F bomber plane. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Beautiful burnished silver color with intricate details. Cool tobacco ac...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Paul Poiret et Nicole Groult: Maître de la Mode Art Déco - 1st Ed., Paris, 1986
Located in London, GB
Published by Musée de la Mode et du Costume, Palais Galliera, 1st edition, Paris, 1986. Softcover with French text.
Paul Poiret and Nicole Groult bought...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage 1980s Christian LaCroix Bijoux Splatter Set Brooch Earrings Costume
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Made in France, c.1980s. LaCroix designed matching set; brooch pin and pair of clip-back earrings. Brutalist, Abstract Biomorphic forms. Sold with the original box.
Brooch Dia 3 ...
Category
1980s French Brutalist Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Luggage Trunk Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a luggage trunk with straps and bag tags. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Light patina giving this piec...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
USAF Strategic Air Command Task Force Metal Sign, 1980's.
Located in Canterbury, GB
A very rare US Air force base metal sign, with reflective red paint and white reflective lettering to read 'USAF Strategic Air Command Task Force' with dimensions of 114cm by 71.5cm....
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Li'l Abner Tin Lithograph Mechanical Wind-Up Piano Band Toy
By Unique Art Manufacturing Co.
Located in Fulton, CA
Unique Art Manufacturing Toy Company. Circa. 1940’s. Tin Lithographed Windup “Li’l Abner and his Dogpatch Band” . In excellent, original working condition. Tin wind up toy...
Category
1940s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
Vintage FAMAS Assault Rifle Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a FAMAS (Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne) assault rifle. Made of metal and stands up on its own via bipod arms wh...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Harley Davidson AMF Motorcycle Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage table lighter in the shape of a AMF Harley Davidson motorcycle. In 1969, the AMF corporation (American Machine and Foundry) took over production of Harley-Davidson moto...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Microphone Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage table lighter in the shape of a microphone. Just over 7 inches long. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Light patina giving this piece a classic silver color....
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
B&O Cona Passive Subwoofer (in MOMA) and Speakers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Beovox Cona, designed in beautifully austere fashion by David Lewis and now permanently in the Moma collection, was the first B&O subwoofer loudspeaker. It was specifically inten...
Category
1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Prada Milano, Fotografata Da Albert Watson - Milan, 1988
Located in London, GB
Published by Idea Milan 1988. Softback in printed slipcase. Italian and English text
In 1988 Prada commissioned Albert Watson to create a book interpreting the past and present. Wat...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Nautical Signal Flag In Shadow Box Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Maritime signal flag representing the letter “O”, oscar. The flag has red and yellow stitched panels with canvas hoist. Manila rope and wood toggle. Shadow box frame.
Weight: 8 lbs....
Category
1940s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen
Volkswagen 'Bug' Beetle Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fun, vintage table lighter in the shape of a Volkswagen Beetle. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Great silver color with nice details throughout and finished off with thi...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Brighton Rock
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1947 Crome thriller Brighton Rock.
This film was directed by John Boulting and starred Richard Attenborough, Hermonie Baddeley, William Hartnell....
Category
1940s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Fire Engine Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a fire engine. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Beautiful burnished silver color with intricate details. Cool tobacco accessory...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Golf Club Head Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a golf club driving head. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Beautiful black body with silver and gold face plate with a grooved ...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Bugatti 57 SC Atlantic Crystal Model Car, same as the Ralph Lauren Collection
Located in Milano, IT
The Bugatti 57SC is universally recognized as one of the most beautiful expressions of automotive design ever. Penned by Ettore Bugatti's son Jean and pro...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
GUERLAIN - Colette Fellous - 1st English Edition, Paris, 1989
Located in London, GB
Published by Denoël, 1st English edition, Paris, 1989. Hardback with English text, translated from French by Elizabeth Thomas.
Like perfume itself, this book plays on a multitude of levels, quotations from articles, novels and handbooks on good manners are set out alongside 150 years of images - relating to the tenuous world of Guerlain perfume...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Belgian J. Cortes cigar counter display cabinet, smoking cabinet
Located in Hoogeveen, NL
Beautiful Belgian vintage counter display for cigars / smoking articles, compartments for different sizes of cigars. Neat condition with plexiglass cover. Belgian brand J. Cortes si...
Category
1980s Belgian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood
A Decade of Champions by Richard Stone Reeves and Patrick Robinson, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
A Decade of Champions by Richard Stone Reeves and Patrick Robinson. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Published by Fine Arts Enterprises, NY, 1980. Drawings and paintings of winning...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Les Bijoux des Années 50 - Melissa Gabardi - 1st French edition, Paris, 1987
Located in London, GB
Published by Éditions de l'Amateur, 1st French edition, Paris, 1987. Hardback with French text, translated from the original Italian publication. Renowned historian and specialist on 20th century Melissa Gabardi has produced a simply stunning book detailing the characteristics of 1950s’ fine jewellery...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
LECSON AP1 Power Amplifier and AC1 Pre-Amp, hi-fi quad 33/303 braun dieter rams
By Donald Judd
Located in London, GB
Lecson AP1 Power Amplifier and AC1 Pre-Amplifier
Designed 1972 by Allen Boothroyd, this design won the 1974 Design Council Award.
Good condition, fully working and ready to enjoy -...
Category
1980s British Minimalist Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Important Orientalist Paintings: Collection of Coral Petroleum - 1985 Sotheby's
Located in Rochester, NY
Important Orientalist Paintings from the Collection of Coral Petroleum Inc. - May 22, 1985 Sotheby's, New York. Hardcover cloth book w/ gilt lettering and decorated dust jacket. Sixt...
Category
1980s Moorish Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Smoke Set in Black Enamel and Gold Leaf Signed by Jonson & Marcius 80's
Located in Ft Lauderdale, FL
Art Deco Smoke Set in Black Enamel and Gold Leaf Signed by Jonson & Marcius 80's
This set is comprised of two pieces; a lidded cigarette box with a heavily-sculpted, lacquer enamel, ...
Category
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Gold Leaf
Lamborghini Countach model car in clear crystal, decorative piece, made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Lamborghini is well known for its bold, high-performance supercars. During the 1980s the flagship model, called the Countach, received an extensive body treatment that turned the ori...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
Jaguar XK 120 model car in clear crystal, decorative object, made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Victorious on track and outrageously elegant on the road, the Jaguar XK-120 is both one of the most famous and versatile cars ever made by the legendary British manufacturer. Produce...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
Thonet Bentwood & Other Furniture : The 1904 Illustrated Catalogue
Located in valatie, NY
Thonet Bentwood and Other Furniture : The 1904 Illustrated Catalogue and Supplements, by Thonet Co., Softcover Published by Dover Publications, Incorporated, 1980. Michael Thonet (17...
Category
1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Cassettiera portacucito, italiana metà secolo, Filofort di Tre Cerchi ISC 1940s
Located in MIlano, IT
Cassettiera portacucito Filofort con struttura in legno chiaro, con maniglie in tinta noce.
Prodotta da Filofort di Tre Cerchi ISC. e cucirini Cartoni Coat nel 1940 ca.
Buone condizi...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
BMW Cafe Racer Motorcycle Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a BMW cafe racer motorcycle. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Beautiful burnished silver color with intricate details. Cool tob...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Matisse: Le rythme et la ligne - Jacqueline & Maurice Guillaud - 1st ed. 1987
Located in London, GB
Published by Guillaud Editions, 1st edition, Paris, 1987. Hardback with French text.
This monograph presents the full range of Matisse’s oeuvre, from his early oil paintings, to et...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Honda Cafe Racer Motorcycle Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage table lighter in the shape of a Honda CA 750 Dream. This great cafe racer style body is made completely of metal with a hollow body. Light patina giving this piece a classic silver color. Cool tobacco accessory and conversation piece. Working lighter. Very unusual piece.
Other motorcycle...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Mount Lebanon Shaker Collection by Charles L. Flint, 1st Ed, 1/3000
Located in valatie, NY
Mount Lebanon Shaker Collection by Charles L. Flint, 1st Ed, 1/3000. Published by Mount Lebanon Shaker Village, New Lebanon, New York, U.S.A., 1987. A great reference on Shaker furni...
Category
1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Paul Outerbridge: A Singular Aesthetic - Elaine Dines - 1st ed, 1981
Located in London, GB
Paul Outerbridge, A Singular Aesthetic, Photographs & Drawings 1921-1941, A Catalogue Raisonné.
Published by Arabesque Books, Santa Barbra, 1981, 1st edition.
Edition of 1500.
Thi...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Polished Chrome Adult Size Tricycle Trike style of Bowden, 1940
By AMF, Inc. 1
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Circa 1940 is polished to chrome steel with walnut-finished handlebars in the style of Bowden Tricycle.
This large tricycle with easy fit a small adult 5' 6". Feel to message me wi...
Category
1940s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Chopper Motorcycle Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a two seat chopper motorcycle. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Beautiful burnished silver color with intricate details. Tip of...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Baier German 1947 Army Truck Lighter Cigarette Holder And Ashtray In Aluminum
Located in Miami, FL
Army Truck Lighter, Cigarette case & ashtray by Walter Baier Company.
Beautiful large sized aluminum lighter by Baier in the shape of a jeep with a ...
Category
1940s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Enamel
ORIENTAL CARPETS - Charles Grant Ellis - 1988 Philadelphia Museum of Art
Located in Rochester, NY
Oriental Carpets - In The Philadelphia Museum of Art - 1988 by Charles Grant Ellis Harcover blue cloth book w/ gilt lettering / decorated dust wrapper w/ protective mylar covering. 3...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Thomson System Azimuth Nautical Navigation Instrument Circle & Case
Located in Dayton, OH
WWII Era Thomson System Azimuth Instrument and wooden storage / carrying case.
An azimuth circle is a navigation instrument in the form of a ...
Category
1940s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Lot of 149 Disney Comic Books Donald Duck Mickey Uncle Scrooge Magazine
Located in Dayton, OH
1980s - 1990s Walt Disney comics. 19 Donald Duck, 29 Donald Duck Adventures, 13 Donald and Mickey, 23 Comics and Stories (featuring Donald), 30 Uncle Scrooge, 16 Uncle Scrooge Advent...
Category
1980s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Harley Davidson Motorcycle Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a Harley Davidson Motorcycle. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Great dark patina on the silver metal with great details. Cool tobacco accessory and conversation piece. Made in Japan in the 1980s. Working lighter.
Other motorcycle lighters...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
WWII Carl Zeiss Anti-Aircraft Kriegsmarine binoculars
By Carl Zeiss
Located in Telluride, CO
This is an exceptional 20th century WWII German 12x60 Kriegsmarine binocular, presented on an adjustable wooden or chrome Tripod. The binoculars were manufactured by the company Carl...
Category
1940s German Other Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Plaster Cast for Coin by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Plaster reproduction of an ancient coin is a work by Aurelio Mistruzzi, created in the 1940s.
Cast of a medal of the Papal States from 1833, Gregory XVI An.III Wishes of Peace.
"Petri inopiam Chiristiani stipe svstentant" - Antiqua pietas revocata.
4,5 x 4,5 cm.
Good conditions, edge slightly damaged.
Aurelio Mistruzzi (Villaorba, 7 February 1880 – Rome, 25 December 1960) was an Italian sculptor and medalist. Born in Villaorba di Basiliano in 1880, he attended the Udine School of Art at the courses of the sculptor De Paoli...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Honda Gold Wing Motorcycle Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a Honda Gold Wing motorcycle. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Beautiful burnished silver color with intricate details. Cool to...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Fuji Meibo 15 x 80 Marine Binoculars
By Fuji Meibo
Located in Telluride, CO
Fuji Meibo 15 x 80 marine binoculars on an Original Wild GST20 Heerbrug tripod .15 x magnification with 80 mm objective lens. Stamped Fuji Meibo and Serial numbered 2564. These optic...
Category
1940s Japanese Other Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Thirty-Five Works by Le Corbusier: 1987 Sotheby's, London - Auction Catalog
By Le Corbusier
Located in Rochester, NY
Thirty-five Works by Le Corbusier - December 8, 1987 Sotheby's, London - Softcover Auction Catalog w/ card - Sotheby's International Realty & Le Corbusier - Les Maisons Jaoul, Neuil...
Category
1980s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Zeiss German Jumelles World `War 2, 12 x 60 Binoculars. Exceptional Optics.
By ZEISS
Located in Canterbury, GB
Zeiss German Jumelles WW2 12 x 60 Binoculars .
These Zeiss Binoculars were primarily used by Luftwaffe Flak Artillery ground crews for spotting and identifying enemy aircraft and directing the crew served Rangefinders, Searchlights and Flak Cannons of the Anti-Aircraft batteries based around many German and occupied ports, cities and industrial centres. Due to their superb optics they naturally also proved useful on the battlefield for tactical observation and from the outset of 1939 were used in many theatres of war by the German Army.
Presented here are a very high quality set of binoculars, manufactured by Zeiss bearing the marker of 'Jumelles 12 x 60' , indicating that they would have been made between 1942 and 1944 in occupied France. This set are unpolished in original dark grey with red stripe and are fitted to a polished cradle. They are fitted with adjustable and variable light shades (marked farbglasser) for use in all daytime and darker light conditions and have the later war style rain shield...
Category
1940s Other Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
A Philip Johnson Townhouse: 1989 Sotheby's - Important 20th C. Furniture
Located in Rochester, NY
A Philip Johnson Townhouse - Important 20th Century Furniture Collection - May 6, 1989 Sotheby's, New York. 1st Edition. Dark gray cloth hardcover book with silver lettering and dust...
Category
1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Alfred Dunhill Briquet Engine Turned Rollagas Cigarette Lighter With Dunhill Box
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Alfred Dunhill Briquet Engine Turned Rollagas Cigarette Lighter With Original Blue Dunhill Box
Stamped Dunhill and Made in Switzerland to Base
US Pat RE24163
Category
1980s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
1946 Come, Tell Me How You Live
Located in Bath, GB
A vanishingly scarce signed first edition of this evocative travel memoir by Agatha Christie. Signed and dedicated to her secretary and friend, Carlo Fisher.
The first edition, firs...
Category
1940s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Wood and Chrome Airplane SeaPlane Aviation Model, France 1940s
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fantastic French Art Deco chrome and wood airplane/seaplane model mounted on a stylized wood plinth. A superbly crafted rendering of the legendary quadri-propellers seaplane, strik...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Chrome
MIMMO PALADINO Etchings Woodcuts and Linocuts 1983 - 1986 - Exhibition Catalogue
Located in Rochester, NY
MIMMO PALADINO - Etchings Woodcuts and Linocuts - 1983-1986 Waddington Galleries, London - Exhibition Catalogue. Copyright Waddington Graphics 1986. 1st Edition. Oblong soft cover ...
Category
1980s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
From Bauhaus to Our House by Tom Wolfe, 1980s, Coffee Table Art Book
Located in Brugge, BE
From Bauhaus to Our House, Tom Wolfe
Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1981
Hardcover
14cm x 20.5cm
Good condition
Category
1980s American Bauhaus Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Iconic Limited Edition Fred Stein Photo of Albert Einstein
Located in New York, NY
Stunning large gelatin silver limited edition photograph; one of the most iconic images of the 20th century. One of only 450 in the edition.
“In 1946, when Albert Einstein was in residence at Princeton University, Fred Stein...
Category
1940s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Italian modern Heidi board game by Clementoni, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Heidi board game by Clementoni, 1980s
Heidi board game with rectangular box, containing the pieces necessary for the game. On the top there is an image depicting the c...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic, Paper
Think Big Giant Matches and Matchbox
By Think Big
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic set of oversized matches and matchbox, made by Think Big NYC in 1984. Set contains all 8 original matches. Box slides open as a normal matchbox...
Category
1980s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Felt, Wood, Paint
Plaster Cast for Coin by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Plaster cast for coin is an artwork realized by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1940s.
Slightly damaged plaster.
Written in Latin not completely visible.
4 x 4 cm.
Aurelio Mistruzzi (Villaorba, 7 February 1880 – Rome, 25 December 1960) was an Italian sculptor and medalist. Born in Villaorba di Basiliano in 1880, he attended the Udine School of Art at the courses of the sculptor De Paoli...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Quad Esl 63 Speakers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Introducing the Quad ESL 63 Speakers: Timeless Elegance, Unrivaled Sound
Key Features:
Electrostatic Purity: Immerse yourself in sound like never before. The ESL 63 employs advance...
Category
1980s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Leather Cowboy Saddle by Simco
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Real cowboy basic well made and used leather saddle. Stamped Simco. In excellent vintage condition with normal wear and tear, no damage and the le...
Category
1940s American Adirondack Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
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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