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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Period: Early 2000s
Period: 1920s
Gaetano Pesce, "Ribbon" series bracelet, prod. Fish Design 2004
Located in Rivoli, IT
"Ribbon" series bracelet, designed by Gaetano Pesce and produced by Fish Design on 10/11/2004
A unique and original piece, it is the result of a manufacturing process where design, ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Resin
Enamel Silver Tabacere by Alexander Sturm
Located in Wien, AT
Alexander Sturm, enamel silver tabacere.
In excellent original condition, circa 1925.
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Silver
Seated "Cat with a Bow" Still Bank, American, circa 1922
By Grey Iron Casting Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Cat with a Bow Seated" cast iron still bank is a difficult bank to acquire and is listed in Andy Moore's "The Penny Bank Book" as #364 and rated a "D" (A to F rarity scale--A most c...
Category
1920s American Folk Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge Collection, by Christie's 2009
By Christie's
Located in San Francisco, CA
A collection of historic documents of the greatest, most secret and legendary
collections formed by private collectors in the 20th Century.
The set of Auction Catalogs also includes a DVD of the entire collection.
For fifty years, the couturier Yves Saint Laurent and his friend and partner
Pierre Berge...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Joan Didion The Year of Magical Thinking Mint First Edition, Signed
Located in Southbury, CT
From the personal 1st edition collection of famed memoirist, Augusten Burroughs comes this pristine copy of Joan Didion's iconic memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking. The book is sle...
Category
Early 2000s American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Golf Poster, Coq Sur Mer, De Haan, Belgium, 1897
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique golf poster.
A large continental advertising poster for Coq sur Mer, De Haan, Belgium, 1897. The image is in a faded condition, but this is an ext...
Category
1920s Belgian Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Ship Model of the Whaleship Wanderer
Located in Norwell, MA
Primitive model of the American whaleship Wanderer of New Bedford. Details include a winch, whaleboats, hatches, companionways, barrels, tryworks, etc. Six whaleboats hang from davit...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
The Flag of the United States by Harrison S. Kerrick, First Edition, 1925
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Kerrick, Harrison S. The Flag of the United States: Your Flag and Mine. Columbus: The Champlin Printing Co., 1925. First Edition, Second Printing. In original blue cloth boards, with gilt embossed title to the front board. New archival cloth slipcase.
Presented is a first edition, second printing of The Flag of the United States: Your Flag and Mine by Harrison S. Kerrick. This book was published by The Champlin Printing Co. in Columbus, Ohio. The first edition, first printing of this title was issued in February of 1925; this second printing was issued in April of 1925.
This book is a culmination of lifelong passion and respect for the American flag by the author Harrison S. Kerrick. The book begins by detailing the acts of continental and national Congresses, presidential proclamations, and Executive Orders that established the United States flag and Great Seal. He discusses the state laws pertaining to the American flag and argues the importance of a national flag code. Kerrick delves into the past history of flag design, including which European flags were popular in the early colonies, the early banners of the colonies, and the design elements that make up the stars and stripes as we know it today. He spends two chapters covering the facts and fictional myths surrounding our national flag. He then details how best to use the flag for personal and public use, inclduding how to create a flag, care for a flag, and the codes of conduct surrounding the proper display of the flag.
Lieutenant colonel Harrison Summers Kerrick (1873 – 1939) was an United States Army officer, teacher, and author. Kerrick was born in 1873 in Bloomington, Illinois, and attended Illinois Wesleyan University. In 1898, he enlisted in Company C of the 2nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving in the Spanish–American War, during which he was promoted to captain. He served as a field artillery officer in the Philippine–American War and in WWI, he served in the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps from December 1917 to February 1918.
A lecturer and teacher, Kerrick was also the author of two books, Military and Naval America and The Flag of the United States. Passionate about American history and the symbolism of the American flag, Kerrick created the code of conduct on the proper handling and display of the United States flag, which was later adopted by the United States Congress...
Category
1920s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century hand carved huge pine architectural angled roof model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century hand carved huge pine architectural angled roof model
A well modelled early 20th century hand carved huge pine architectural model of an angled rooftop. Showing na...
Category
1920s British Late Victorian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
Rare Circa 1920’s Woman’s Rolex Watch Box Presentation Case
By Rolex
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage 1920’s intricate designed pressboard watch box is in excellent condition and is made with meticulous craftsmanship. Beautifully embossed top, reminiscent of tooled leath...
Category
1920s Swiss Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood
Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1925 - IN A FINE FULL BINDING!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
TITLE: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
PUBLISHER: London: Oxford University Press, 1925.
DESCRIPTION: 1 vol., 912pp., 7-1/4" x...
Category
1920s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
2008-09 The Millennium Trilogy
By Stieg Larsson
Located in Bath, GB
The first impressions in English of Stieg Larsson's popular crime trilogy set in Sweden.
The first edition, first impressions, of these works in English.
In the original unclipped ...
Category
Early 2000s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century hand carved huge pine architectural model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century hand carved huge pine architectural model
A well modelled early 20th century hand carved huge pine architectural model of a rooftop. Showing natural age and minor...
Category
1920s British Late Victorian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
Solid Brass Ships Binnacle Stand
Located in Norwell, MA
Early twentieth century ships binnacle with mushroom top, gimballed compass, three legged stand, etc. Meticulously polished and lacquered. Hinged door on the hood. Interior has been ...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet by C. Collodi, Illustrated by Kirk, Deluxe Ed.
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Collodi, Carlo. Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet. Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott, 1920. Illustrated by Maria L. Kirk. Deluxe Edition. In the publisher's original green cloth front board stamped with gilt titles and Pinocchio illustration, the original tan cloth spine lettered in gilt, rebacked in green cloth. With 14 color plates and numerous border illustrations and decoration throughout. Presented with a new archival slipcase.
Presented is a charming English edition of Carlo Collodi’s children’s tale, Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet. This book was published in Philadelphia and London by J. B. Lippincott, as a special "Deluxe Edition," in 1920. It features 14 full color plates by illustrator Maria Kirk and charming green borders and chapter decorations throughout the whole book. It is presented here in its original green cloth front board, stamped with gilt titles and Pinocchio illustration, the original tan cloth spine with gilt titles, newly rebacked in green cloth. The book is protected by a new custom archival slipcase with an inlay of Pinocchio in a forest.
Collodi’s La Storia di un Burattino (trans: The Story of a Puppet) first appeared in serial form in the Italian weekly publication for children, Giornale per i bambini. The first installment was published on July 7, 1881 and continued for nearly four months and 15 chapters. Following the mischievous adventures of an animated marionette named Pinocchio, the original series was written as an educational tale of warning to Italian children, stressing the importance of morality, responsibility, and obedience to one’s parents and authority. In the original, serialized version, the flawed and irresponsible Pinocchio is penalized and hanged for his numerous poor decisions and faults of character at the end of Chapter 15.
At the request of his editor and by the demand of his many readers, Collodi resumed his serialized story in February of 1882. In these later chapters, Chapters 16–36, the Fairy with Turquoise Hair rescues and revives Pinocchio and eventually transforms him into a real boy. Pinocchio acquires a deeper understanding of himself and his moral responsibilities, making the story more palatable for children. In February 1883, the story was published in Italy as a single book, illustrated by Enrico Mazzanti. It was a huge publishing success.
The Adventures of Pinocchio is the world's third most translated book, after the Bible and The Little Prince. Pinocchio was first translated into English by Mary Alice Murray in 1892, whose translation was added to the widely circulated Everyman's Library in 1911. The first US edition was published in 1901, translated and illustrated by Walter S. Cramp and Charles Copeland...
Category
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Ed Ruscha Make New History 2009
By Ed Ruscha
Located in CA, CA
Ed Ruscha multiple published on the occasion of the Gala of the 30th Anniversary of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Printed in an edition of approximately 1000 copies ...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
ANTIQUE CIRCA 1920 ART DECO LEATHER CLAD CASE PLAYiNG CARDS SET BRASS CARDS TOp
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very nice and highly collectable Art Deco brown leather card case with brass cards plaque to the top an...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Wall Plaque Sculpture Medallion Three Putti and Eagle, circa 1920
Located in Labrit, Landes
Terracotta medallion representing three putti on an eagle flying,
Wall plaque
Good condition with good patina due to age.
Good condition
Shipping:
D 43 H 6 cm 3 kg.
Category
1920s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Terracotta
1920s Rare Levi Strauss & Co. Belt Buckle
By STRAUSS
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Brass belt buckle marked "San Francisco, CAL." Original riveted quality clothing. Patented May 20, 1873 trademark. With original black leather belt which has seen wear but complete. ...
Category
1920s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
John RUSKIN - Unto This Last - THE DOVES PRESS - 1907 - JOHN DRINKWATER'S COPY
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: RUSKIN, John.
TITLE: Unto This Last. Four essays on the first principles of political economy.
PUBLISHER: Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1907....
Category
Early 2000s British Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1920 Red Enamel Lift Arm French Table Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original late 1920s red enamel tabletop lighter features a classic lift arm design Made in France. This large tabletop lighter is in working order and is sure to add class to any roo...
Category
1920s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Doerr & Co American 1925 Lacquered Art Deco Smoking Station In Chromed Steel
Located in Miami, FL
Wall smoking station created by the Doerr Company.
This is an amazing piece of American history, created during the art deco period, back in the 1925. Crafted with industrial machin...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
The Shuberts Present 100 Years of American Theater Book by Maryann Chach
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Shuberts Present: 100 Years of American Theater Book by Maryann Chach.
Looks at theater palaces owned by the Shubert Organization in New York City and shows how their history fits into the history of American theater during the twentieth century.Entrepreneurs and impresarios, the Shubert Brothers (Sam, Lee, and J.J.) produced some 600 plays, revues, and musicals from A Chorus Line to Cats and championed stars from Sarah Bernhardt and Ethel Barrymore to Al Jolson, Carmen Miranda, Judi Dench...
Category
Early 2000s American Classical Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Works of William Shakespeare, Mayfair Edition Bound in English Niger Leather
By Albert Maurin
Located in Morristown, NJ
The Works of William Shakespeare - The Definitive Text, With Notes and Glossary, The Mayfair Edition, New York Three small octavo volu...
Category
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
1926 Ulysses
By James Joyce
Located in Bath, GB
An attractively rebound eighth printing of James Joyce's modernist masterpiece, 'Ulysses'.
First published by Shakespeare & Company in 1922, this is the May 1926 eighth printing of ...
Category
1920s French Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
'Robert Frost', Memoirs of the Notorious Stephen Burroughs, Signed by FROST
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: BURROUGHS, Stephen (Robert Frost)
Title: Memoirs of the Notorious Stephen Burroughs of New Hampshire.
Publisher: NY: The Dial Press, 1924.
...
Category
1920s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
The Sleeping Beauty, by C. S. Evans, Signed by Arthur Rackham, Limited Edition
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Evans, C.S. (editor). Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). The Sleeping Beauty. London and Philadelphia: William Heinemann & J.B. Lippincott Co., 1920. F...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
German Art Deco Sterling Silver& Mahogany Cigar Box by Dunhill
By Dunhill
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Deco sterling silver and mahogany cigar/trinket box by Dunhill Features a large unused monogram engraving area along the top lid with a mahogany interior. The box features an ear...
Category
1920s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Otis Adelbert Kline, The Planet of Peril, 1929, First Edition
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Kline, Otis Adelbert.
Title: The Planet of Peril.
Publisher: Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co.,1929.
Description: First Edition. 1 vol., hardbound, original brown stamp...
Category
1920s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
Saunders 'Maxfield Parish', the Knave of Hearts, First Ed. Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SAUNDERS, Louise (Maxfield Parish).
TITLE: The Knave of Hearts.
PUBLISHER: NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDIT...
Category
1920s American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
Art Deco Photographs from The Strand Theatre in Times Square, Broadway, New York
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Five original photographs from live Broadway performances at the historic Strand Theater. The Strand Theatre was originally an early movie palace locate...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Charles Lemoyne Art Deco Bronze The Finish Runner Sports Sculpture, circa 1920
By Lemoyne a Paris
Located in Atlanta, GA
French artist Charles Lemoyne designed this stunning, tall sports memorabilia sculpture. The figurine boasts a cast bronze finish line runner. The typical Art Deco model is detailed ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Marble, Bronze
1923 R.U.R. Rossum's Universal Robots
By Karel Capek
Located in Bath, GB
A signed copy of the fifth edition of Karel Capek's science-fiction play, an important work of twentieth century science fiction, remarkable for introducing the word 'robot' to moder...
Category
1920s Czech Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Treasures of Rembrandt Book by Michiel Roscam Abbing Art Gallery Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Treasures of Rembrandt Book by Michiel Roscam Abbing Art Gallery Book in slip case.
Celebrating the 400th anniversary of the birth of one of the wo...
Category
Early 2000s Belgian Baroque Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Ships Wheel that is Six Feet Round
Located in Norwell, MA
Very large ships wheel with polished brass outer ring and large brass hub. This is a twelve spoke giant of a wheel. Great old oiled finish. Very heav...
Category
1920s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Chinese Silver Coin Opium Tool Set
Located in Chicago, IL
A small Chinese chatelaine tool set strung with a petite white brass tools, including a spoon, a scraper and a pair of tweezers. The small tools hang from short chains linked to a si...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Brass
2000s Italian Moss Green Gold Murano Art Glass Cactus Plant with White Flower
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Italian highly collectible potted glass cactus of limited edition, entirely handcrafted in Murano, with modern Minimalist design blown by Fornace Mian, in a lifelike org...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Minimalist Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Antique George V Sterling Silver Torah Breastplate
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare, antique English sterling silver Torah breastplate; an addition to our Judaica silverware collection.
Th...
Category
1920s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Austrian Deer Antler Mount on Black Forest Carved Wood Plaque
Located in Vienna, AT
Deer trophy from the 1920s. Mounted on a wooden plaque.
Category
1920s German Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Antique Toy Wind-Up Double Decker Bus by Ferdinand Strauss Toy Co. Circa 1925
By STRAUSS
Located in Incline Village, NV
Antique Wind-Up Double Decker open air bus by the Ferdinand Strauss Toy Company, New York; circa 1925; is quite a large and substantial toy resembling ver...
Category
1920s American Folk Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
A taxidermy Humboldt Pinguin
Located in Schellebelle, BE
An exceptional Taxidermy of an Humboldt Pinguin,
who lives at the coasts of Peru and Chile,
there are now living between 32;000 and 35,000 species in the wild,
very good quality Taxi...
Category
Early 2000s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin
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...
Category
Early 2000s Maltese Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Paul Emile Brandt 1928 Paris Art Deco Enameled Cigarette Box with Eggshell
By Brandt
Located in Miami, FL
Enamelled cigarette box designed by Paul Emile Brandt (1883-1952).
Extraordinary cigarette case, created in Paris France during the Art Deco ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Camera Gilles-Faller 'Paris' Studio with Easel, France, circa 1925
By Gilles-Faller
Located in Madrid, ES
Study camera with bellows in very good condition, two objectives and mounted on easel on casters for professional use that has crank for the adjustment of the camera in height and in...
Category
1920s French Modern Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Blackfoot Native American Dress
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Blackfoot dress of red Stroud. Estimated 1920s. Beads on panels both sides carried over from 19th century.
Period: 1920s
Origin: Blackfoot
Size: 40" x 40".
Family Owned & Operate...
Category
1920s American Native American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Beads
The Adventures of Pinocchio by C. Collodi, Illustrated by F. Richardson, 1927
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Collodi, Carlo. The Adventures of Pinocchio: The Story of a Marionette. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1927. Illustrated by Frederick Richardson. First edition thus. Octa...
Category
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Paper
1920s Dental Paperweight Sculpture Glass Slab Temperature Gauge Thermometer
By Honeywell, S.T. Dupont
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare item from the L.D. Caulk Co. of Milford Delaware. New old stock, New in box. A true Relic from yesteryears building technics. A beautiful desktop sculptural object. Temp rises w...
Category
1920s American Industrial Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Audrey Werner, 24-Karat Plated Brass and Coral Earrings, US, 2001
Located in New York, NY
Seamlessly mixing influences from around the world, Werner works with oft-overlooked materials--including her signature black iron--to create bold pieces of striking beauty. "I am am...
Category
Early 2000s American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Coral, Brass
Ship Model of the Bark W.S. Cook
Located in Norwell, MA
Rigged model of the American sailing bark W.S. Cook. Early twentieth century model with built up cabins, winch, capstan, stove pipe, etc. Three masts with standing and running cords....
Category
1920s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
"Women Photographers at National Geographic" Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
"Women Photographers at National Geographic".
Hardcover book, September 1, 2000
Celebrating the women who have helped make National Geographic one ...
Category
Early 2000s American Arts and Crafts Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Solid Brass Ship Rifle Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Brass telescope appropriate for use on land or sea. This has been meticulously polished and lacquered. We just restored a great collection of these. This fine instruement has a four ...
Category
1920s European Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Boxing Dummy
Located in Praha, CZ
Leather punching dummy on a heavy metal stand. Handmade in Czech Republic. Very good condition - no deffects.
Category
Early 2000s Czech Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Argy Rousseau enameled chrysanthemum pendant C1920
Located in Devon, GB
Argy Rousseau enameled chrysanthemum pendant C1920
Enameled in Lilac with a black outline and green center
Signed G.A.R for Gabriel Argy Rousseau
Hung o...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Early 20th Century Pair of Italian Holy Water Font for Nightstands Bedside Table
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Art Decò age pair of Italian Holy Water font for nightstands in Bakelite, images in silver-plated brass and glass font.
Category
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Bronze Figure of a Lady Golfer
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Jose Dunach Bronze Lady Golf Figure.
A very nice French Art Deco style sculpture of a lady golfer mounted on a round naturalistic base, the golfer ...
Category
1920s French Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Ornate Sterling Silver and Marcasite Ring
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This is a large and ornate sterling silver and marcasite ring. It's sure to make an impression on its beholders. The center stone is fantastic and mysterious. It's boho-chic and clas...
Category
1920s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage 925 Sterling Silver Mexican Lady In Hat Letter "V" Initial Pin Brooch
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This is a vintage brooch pin crafted from 925 sterling silver, depicting a lady wearing a hat. The brooch also features the letter "V" initial. It measures 1.75 inches in size and or...
Category
1920s Mexican Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Vintage Golf Book, How to Putt
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Wilson Athletic Library - How To Putt
Relevant today as it was then, an instructional booklet on 'How to Putt'. A paper back booklet, new edition by John Duncan Dunn illustrated by s...
Category
1920s American Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
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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Medal-Worthy Memorabilia from Epic Past Olympic Games
Get into the games! These items celebrate the events, athletes, host countries and sporting spirit.
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Moroccan Artworks and Objects Take Center Stage in an Extraordinary Villa in Tangier
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Montecito Has Drawn Royalty and Celebrities, and These Homes Are Proof of Its Allure
Hollywood A-listers, ex-pat aristocrats and art collectors and style setters of all stripes appreciate the allure of the coastal California hamlet — much on our minds after recent winter floods.
Whaam! Blam! Pow! — a New Book on Pop Art Packs a Punch
Publishing house Assouline and writer Julie Belcove have teamed up to trace the history of the genre, from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Jeff Koons.
The Sparkling Legacy of Tiffany & Co. Explained, One Jewel at a Time
A gorgeous new book celebrates — and memorializes — the iconic jeweler’s rich heritage.
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The world’s most opulent chess set, weighing in at 513 carats, is literally fit for a king and queen.