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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1940s
Vintage Clear Glass Sculpture of a Classic Volkswagen Beetle, Car Memorabilia
Located in Milano, IT
Little but realistic miniature model of a classic Volkswagen Beetle - most likely a version from the late 1970s/early 1980s. It is made in pressed clear glass, and is rich in details...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Crystal

Le Corbusier Der Modulor Book, 1956
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier Der Modulor book. Le Corbusier published Le Modulor in 1948, followed by Modulor 2 in 1955. These works were first published in English as The Modulor in 1954 and Modulo...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1970's British Yellow Illumination & White AC GMT Co. Classic Quartz Wall Clock
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Quartz sweep seconds / non ticking wall clock finished in Yellow Pantone 13-0647 Illuminating. Rescued from Industrial scrap yards and brought back t...
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1970s English Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Chrome, Steel

WWII Carl Zeiss Anti-Aircraft Kriegsmarine binoculars
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...
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1940s German Other Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum

Complete Set of Vintage Oversized Chess Pieces in Black and Cream Plastic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Uniquely large chess pieces in black and cream plastic, ca. 1970s USA. Full and complete set with no board, though squares would need to be 4" minimum in order to accommodate the dia...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Felt, Plastic

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...
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1940s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plaster

Fuji Meibo 15 x 80 Marine Binoculars
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...
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1940s Japanese Other Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum

Original Program for Nantucket Stage Production Dracula, Signed by Edward Gorey
Located in Nantucket, MA
Original program for the Nantucket Stage Company Production of "Dracula", signed by Edward Gorey, 1973. The Nantucket Stage Company (which became the Stra...
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1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Porsche Turbo Club model car shinsei mini power 1:37 sculpture. rarity
Located in Berlin, DE
Porsche Turbo Club model car shinsei mini power 1:37 sculpture. rarity A beautiful decorative rarity Please refer to the detailed photos for the condit...
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1970s German Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Marble, Metal, Brass

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...
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1940s Other Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum

USSR Cold War Era 10 x 80 Large Anti-Aircraft Binoculars, date stamped 1972.
Located in Canterbury, GB
A superb set of Russian 10 x 80 Large Anti-Aircraft Binoculars, date stamped 1972, manufactured during the Cold War period and originally issued to Soviet forces with outstanding opt...
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1970s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

Giuseppe Rivadossi (Nave, July 8, 1935) Shed, 1974 Wood sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
Opera "historical " by Maestro Giuseppe Rivadossi really of great aesthetic-emotional impact where the shape of the object is emphasized and marked by a series of subtle engravings....
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1970s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Salvador Dalí­ The Ten Commandments 1975
Located in Vienna, AT
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), ''The 10 Commandments'', 5 silver medals each in 2 acrylic glass cases (can be unscrewed), both sides in relief, the commandments 1-10 are depicted in Dalí...
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1970s Spanish Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

MILNE. The 4 Winnie The Pooh books EACH INSCRIBED BY CHRISTOPHER (ROBIN) MILNE !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. TITLE: When We Were Very Young - Winnie The Pooh - House At Pooh Corner - Now We Are Six. PUBLISHER: London: Methuen Children's Books, 1977. DESCRIPTION: INS...
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1970s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

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...
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1940s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1970 Seiko Blue and Tobacco Retro Vintage Industrial Antique Steel Quartz Clock
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Seiko super tanker slave clock original aqua marine green finish A reclaimed and restored maritime slave clock. These clocks were used in great numbers on super tankers, cargo ...
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1970s Japanese Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Cut Steel, Steel

Vintage French Military Academy Officers Hat, Mid Century
Located in South Salem, NY
A rare French Military Academy Officer's hat or cap from the 1970s. These special and unique hats are part of the uniform of students studying to become officers in the French Milita...
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1970s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Felt

Henry Moore Sculptures in Landscape - 1978 Clarkson N. Potter - 1st Edition
Located in Rochester, NY
Henry Moore: Sculptures in Landscape - Photographs and foreward by Geoffrey Shakerly / Text by Stephen Spender / Introduction by Henry Moore - 1978 Clarkson N. Potter Publishers Inc....
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Vintage French Military Academy Officers Hat, Mid Century
Located in South Salem, NY
A rare French Military Academy Officer's hat or cap from the 1970s. These special and unique hats are part of the uniform of students studying to beco...
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1970s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Felt

Don Drumm Cast Aluminum Brutalist Fish Menorah
Located in Garnerville, NY
Don Drumm cast aluminum figural fish Menorah. Wonderfully cast detailed brutalist fish. The menorah holds nine skinny tapered candles for Channukah. Signed on the bottom, Drumm. Good...
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1970s American Brutalist Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum

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...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Modernist Chess Game in Two Colored Travertine, Italy 1970s
Located in Brussels , BE
Very special set of chess made out of solid travertine. Two sets available.
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1970s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Travertine

Vintage French Military Academy Officers Hat, Mid Century
Located in South Salem, NY
A rare French Military Academy Officer's hat or cap from the 1970s. These special and unique hats are part of the uniform of students studying to beco...
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1970s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Felt

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...
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1940s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Vintage French Military Academy Officers Hat, Mid Century
Located in South Salem, NY
A rare French Military Academy Officer's hat or cap from the 1970s. These special and unique hats are part of the uniform of students studying to beco...
Category

1970s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Felt

Thorens Swiss AD 30 Upright Music Box with Ten Discs, circa 1970
Located in Evergreen, CO
A quality fruitwood case with a glass door allows for viewing the metal discs that play on this upright music box by Thorens of Switzerland. The set ...
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1970s Swiss Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fruitwood

American Poster Renaissance 1890-1900 by Victor Margolin
Located in Bradenton, FL
American Poster Renaissance, The Great Age of Poster Design, 1890-1900 by Victor Margolin. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Stated first printing, published in 1975 by Castle Books. 2...
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1970s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

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...
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1940s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plaster

Vintage French Military Academy Officers Hat, Mid Century
Located in South Salem, NY
A rare French Military Academy Officer's hat or cap from the 1970s. These special and unique hats are part of the uniform of students studying to become officers in the French Milita...
Category

1970s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Felt

Romeo Rega Perspex Chess Table, 1970s Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant and beautiful chess table by Romeo Rega. Full chrome base with a thick, heavy, lucite inlay which supports the chess board. Perspex chess pieces are made with lucite bodies a...
Category

1970s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Chrome

1970 Passenger to Frankfurt
Located in Bath, GB
A vanishingly scarce to see signed first edition of this classic Christie mystery, signed by Christie to friend and confidante, Carlo Fisher. The first edition, first impression wit...
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1970s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Vintage French Military Academy Officers Hat, Mid Century
Located in South Salem, NY
A rare French Military Academy Officer's hat or cap from the 1970s. These special and unique hats are part of the uniform of students studying to become officers in the French Milita...
Category

1970s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Felt

Late Century Iron, Brass and Glass Explosion Proof Industrial Pendant
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
This excellent example of an original explosion proof lamp was salvaged from an old Japanese ship. Dated c1975, it has the original ceramic and brass E27...
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1970s Japanese Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Iron

Batman stereo radio bar by Adalberto dal Lago & Adam Tihany for G. Rossi , 1970s
Located in Lasne, BE
Batman record player, radio and bar by Adalberto dal Lago & Adam Tihany for Giuseppe Rossi. The top is in brushed chrome metal with integrated speakers a...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Batman stereo radio bar by Adalberto dal Lago & Adam Tihany for G. Rossi , 1970s
Located in Lasne, BE
Batman record player, radio and bar by Adalberto dal Lago & Adam Tihany for Giuseppe Rossi. The top is in brushed chrome metal with integrated speakers a...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

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...
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1940s American Adirondack Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum

1970s British Bronze and Chrome AC GMT Co. Industrial Wall Clock White 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 ...
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1970s English Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Chrome

Batman stereo radio bar by Adalberto dal Lago & Adam Tihany for G. Rossi , 1970s
Located in Lasne, BE
Batman record player, radio and bar by Adalberto dal Lago & Adam Tihany for Giuseppe Rossi. The top is in brushed chrome metal with integrated speakers a...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Flipper Modello Nautilus Produzione Zaccaria, anni 70
By Zaccaria Cremaschi
Located in Milano, IT
Flipper completamente revisionato e funzionante, struttura in legno, gambe in metallo. Buone condizioni. (una volta avviata una partita è fondamentale finire tutte le palline a dispo...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Haroldo Burle Marx 18K Yellow Gold & Aquamarine "Forma Livre" Necklace
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
Free Form "Forma Livre" style, Brazil, circa 1970s, segmented rectangular panels choker form yellow gold necklace with baton and plaque drops fringe and tab insert clasp, set with ten (10) free-form carved polished aquamarines, necklace measures 15'' in length, stamped "Burle Marx 750 INDBRAS GB 791," total weigh 4.890 troy oz. This exquisite Burle Marx 18 Karat Gold Free Form Aquamarine Necklace, crafted in the early 60s, emanates timeless elegance. Originating from Burle Marx's personal collection until the early 80s, this rare piece, now available for purchase, showcases unparalleled craftsmanship.Unlikely to be replicated in the future. As a testament to its extraordinary status, this necklace is deemed a Museum Piece, embodying the artistic mastery of Burle Marx, a renowned jewelry designer whose clientele included luminaries like Cicely Tyson, Madame Ferragamo, and Placido Domingo...
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1970s Brazilian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold

JVC Pyramid TV Television Video Capsule
By JVC
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Video Capsule JVC analog television pyramid shape. Practically for decoration, we believe that it does not work, the cable is burst, a little discolored by time, there were two, the...
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1970s Japanese Space Age Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

1970s Davidoff Cigar Humidor XL Switzerland
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Extra Large Rosewood Cigar Humidor Box Campaign Brass Handles made by Davidoff Switzerland Luxurious Swiss design 10 h x 19.75 d x 31.5 w Signature on handles. Brass has patina...
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1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Goldstone and Silver Cartier Lighter
Located in New York, NY
Goldstone and silver Cartier lighter. A most handsomely chic objet by Cartier from the Forties. Carved goldstone with smooth varied patterning i...
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1940s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Stone, Silver

Arts Decoratifs 1925: A Personal Recollection of the Paris Exhibition - 1975
Located in London, GB
Published by Academy Editions/St. Martin’s Press, London/New York, 1st edition, 1975. Hardback with English text. This is a book of historical importance, it charted the course of the monumental Paris...
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1970s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

3-Piece Smoking Set in Brass and Enamelled Wood, made in Italy, 1970s
Located in Palermo, IT
3-piece smoking set in brass and enamelled wood, made in Italy, 1970s Consisting of lighter, ashtray and cigar box. The ashtray measures 21 x 21 x 7 cm; The box measures 23 cm x 14.5...
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1970s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Vintage Map of Nantucket Town by Ruth Haviland Sutton, 1946
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Map of Nantucket Town by Ruth Haviland Sutton, 1946, a classic vintage tourist map of Nantucket Island showing historic landmarks and geogr...
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1940s American Other Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Lee's Lieutenants by Douglas Southhall Freeman, Three Vols., First Edition, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Freeman, Douglas Southall. Lee’s Lieutenants: A Study in Command. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1942. First edition. Three volume set. Rebound in ¼ black leather and cloth, with raised bands, gilt tooling and titles to the spine, and an archival slipcase. Presented is a first edition, three volume set of Lee’s Lieutenants by Douglas Southall Freeman...
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1940s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Paper

Large and Heavy Mid-Century Modern Tv-Tower Sculpture, 1970s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Large and Heavy Mid-Century Modern Tv-Tower Sculpture, 1970s
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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Aluminum, Steel

Cecil Beaton Stage and Film Designs - Charles Spencer - 1st edition, 1975
Located in London, GB
Published by Academy Editions, London & St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1st edition, 1975. Hardback with English text. Inspired by the Edwardian beau monde, Beaton’s oeuvre as a stage...
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1970s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1941 Trophy Baseball Radio, Working Condition
By Trophy Radio Company
Located in Milano, IT
This fantastic novelty item is reminiscent of a time when radio was king and radio broadcasts were the most popular way for fans to follow Major League Baseball across the country. E...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Cabine téléphonique insonorisé Française Outelec métal doré Circa 1970, vintage
By Dypout
Located in AIX-LES-BAINS, FR
Cabine téléphonique industrielle des années 1970 ,insonorisée en métal. Elle a quelques marques mais peut facilement être repeinte voir customisée. Décoration très originale
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1970s French Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Chess Set by Marco Celotti Circa 1970
Located in Hudson, NY
A one of a kind chess set by Italian American artist Marco Celotti. Created circa 1970, the set is quit marvelous. Each figure is filled with detail. Even the individual pawns, each...
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1970s American Brutalist Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Pottery

The Lost Weekend
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card number 6 for the 1944 Film Noir The Lost Weekend. This film was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Ray Milland, Jane Wyman and Phillip Terry. This piece woul...
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1940s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Taxidermy Waterbuck, Skull Mount
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Big Game Taxidermy, Waterbuck. This prepared big game trophy skull mount is of a Water Buck, it may not be antique but it is very impressive. The taxidermy ...
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1940s Ugandan Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bone

Large signed brass nautical magnetic compass KELVIN HUGHES DIVISION 1940
Located in Milan, IT
Large brass and glass nautical magnetic compass, signed KELVIN HUGHES DIVISION S. Smith & Son (England) Ltd Manufactured in Great Britain circa 1940, mounted on custom-made wood an...
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1940s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

20th Century Silver Brooch by Matilde Poulat of MATL
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th Century Silver Brooch by Matilde Poulat of MATL A large silver repoussé brooch designed by Matilde Poulat and made by Ricardo Salas, her nephew. ...
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1970s Mexican Tribal Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Sonia Delaunay: Rhythms and Colours - jacques Damase - 1st UK edition, 1972
Located in London, GB
Published by Thames & Hudson, 1st UK edition, London, 1972. Hardback with English text, translated from the original French edition. One of the most definitive monographs on Sonia ...
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1970s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Victor Vasarely Artistic Chess Set
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Victor Vasarely, chess set, plexiglass, France, 1979 Victor Vasarely (1906-1997), one of the important artists of the optical art, designed this chess set in 1979. On a cross-legged...
Category

1970s French Post-Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plexiglass

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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