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Aviation Objects For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: Early 1900s
Army Air Forces Poster, "See the Job Through" by Baskerville, WWII Poster, 1945
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This 1945 color poster features an American pilot and a ground crew Staff Sergeant shaking hands and the words “Seeing the Job Through! Enlist in the Regular Army Air...
Category
1940s American Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
Very Rare Pan American World Airways Porcelain / Enamel Aviation Sign
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Rare mid-20th century / vintage Pan American World Airways Porcelain / Enamel Sign. This sign is for Pan American World Airways. The sign’s colors are ligh...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Midcentury MiG-17 High Subsonic Fighter Airplane Model
Located in Weesp, NL
Rare midcentury chrome-plated brass MiG-17 fighter jet airplane model. The MiG-17 was first build in the USSR in 1952.
Though the MiG-17 still strongly resembles its forebear, it had an entirely new thinner and more highly swept wing and tailplane for speeds approaching Mach 1...
Category
1950s Russian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
1950 color print depicting Macchi M5 Macchi-Nieuport Varese hydrocruiser
Located in Milan, IT
Color print on cardboard from the 1950s, depicting a Macchi M5 hydrocock built in Varese by the Anonima Macchi-Nieuport company, which later became Aeronautica Macchi.
Good conditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
Pan American - Grace Airways Airplane Model Advertising Paperweight. c1930´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Pan American - Grace Airways Airplane Model Advertising Paperweight.
circa 1930´s.
Pan American-Grace Airways, also known as Panagra, and dubbed "The World's Friendliest Airline" w...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Aviation Objects
Materials
Marble, Brass
Art Deco 1940´s Desk Fighter Airplane Model
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco 1940´s Desk Fighter Airplane Model
Model airplane mounted on a wooden globe stand. The airplane is made of metal and is depicted in flight with its propeller at the front. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Aviation Objects
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Cruver WWII Plane Recognition Models, 4
Located in Astoria, NY
Group of Four Cruver World War II Plane Recognition Models, black acetate and comprising: German Heinkel 115K, British Vickers Wellington 3, British Blackburn Botha, and a Japanese "...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Other Aviation Objects
Materials
Plastic
$950 / set
Streamline Airplane Propeller Desk Clock
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco, streamline airplane propeller desk clock. Lovely aviation item.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Streamlined Moderne Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage WW2 Era Genco "Four Aces" Military Pilot Pinball Machine Back Glass
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage back glass was made by Genco of the United States for their 'Four Aces" military inspired pinball arcade game. The back glass is presumably silk screened in multiple col...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Aviation Objects
Materials
Glass
1950s color print depicting the Pomilio P.E. biplane of 1917
Located in Milan, IT
Color print from the 1950s depicting the Pomilio P.E. reconnaissance biplane made in 1917 by the aziensa Aeronautica Fabbrica Aeroplani of engineer Ottorino Pomilio and used by the R...
Category
Mid-20th Century Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
Folk Art, Hand Executed Modernist, Art Deco Airplane /Trinket Box
Located in Buffalo, NY
Folk Art, hand executed modernist, Art deco Airplane sculpture with hand built and painted trinket box.
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century American Large Scale Wood Carved C-133A Plane
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Mid-century large-scale wood carved Folk Art Cargomaster C-133A. An actual barn find discovered in Washington State farm country. Hand-carved and painted. Two pieces: wing piece atta...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Aviation Objects
Materials
Wood
Aluminium Fixed Pitch Twin Blade Propeller, circa 1965
Located in London, GB
Polished cast aluminium propeller, circa 1965. Fitted with decorative polished cast aluminium conical central spinner. The propeller comes with a bracket that is fixed to the wall an...
Category
1960s Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Handley Page Victor Cold War V-Bomber scale model
Located in London, GB
A 1-30 scale model of a RAF Handley Page Victor V-Bomber.
The Handley Page Victor is a British jet-powered strategic bomber, developed and produced by the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Aviation Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Color print from the 1950s depicting biplane seaplane SIAI 1919
Located in Milan, IT
Color print from the 1950s depicting a biplane seaplane SIAI S. 13 made by the Società Idrovolanti Alta Itali (Siai).
Mounted on faesite and glass stand with metal hooks.
Good condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
1936s Italian Savoia Marchetti SM 85 Walnut Lamellar Propeller Antique Aviation
Located in Milan, IT
The first and only example of a walnut lamellar propeller of the Savoia Marchetti SM 85 prototype flown for the first time on 19 December 1936 by Adriano Bacula, the company's test pilot.
During the tests some modifications were made, including the change of the propeller from wooden two-blade to metal three-blade.
On the prop it reads:
SAVOIA MARCHETTI 85 B.G.
PIAGGIO VII
DIAM: 2:70
PASS 170 – 2.84
DIS 0599
MN 029252
The S.M. 85 was developed by the Italian company Savoia Marchetti in the 1930s as a dive bomber based on a project by Eng. Alessandro Marchetti for the Regia Aeronautica...
Category
1930s Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Wood
Color print from the 1950s depicting Gabardini 1912 monoplane airplane
Located in Milan, IT
Color print from the 1950s depicting Gabardini monoplane aircraft designed in 1912 by Giuseppe Gabardini and built in Tagliedo in the province of Milan.
Mounted on faesite and glass ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
4 Desk Top Model Aeroplane, KLM, Britannia, EvaAir and Emirates
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
4 Desk Top Model Aeroplane, KLM, Britannia, EvaAir and Emirates
These are 4 pieces of Aeronautical nostalgia
Vintage
KLM Boeing 767-300 KLM
BRITANNIA 757-200
EVA AIR CARGO CARGO
...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Plastic
Rare Vintage Luciline Fuel Cans and Advertising Crate Dating from the 1900s
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Rare Vintage Luciline Fuel Cans and Advertising Crate
Dating from the 1900s, this original Luciline Crate would have held 10 Fuel Cans, we have 8 complete and one with the screw to...
Category
Early 1900s Industrial Antique Aviation Objects
Materials
Pine
Industrial Aluminum Airplane Step Stool, New York Airways
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Industrial, aluminum, airplane step stool features the stamp New York Airways, (1949-1968) on one side, a perforated top and rubber glides with all original, work-worn patina. It's a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Aviation Objects
Materials
Aluminum
1930s Folk Art, Wood and Metal Airplane / Fan
Located in Buffalo, NY
1930s Folk Art, wood and metal airplane / fan... amazing design, working motorized fan blade, hand build and hand painted.
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal
1950 color print of a Maccchi M 8 single-engine hydro reconnaissance bomber
Located in Milan, IT
Color print on cardboard, from the 1950s depicting a Maccchi M 8 single-engine, center-hulled hydro reconnaissance bomber designed by Alessandro Tonini in 1917 and manufactured by N...
Category
Mid-20th Century Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
Vintage 1950s Prop-Spinner
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Vintage Prop-Spinner from an early 1950s navy Neptune patrol plane.
Category
1950s American Craftsman Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Steel
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Propeller Plane in Carved Wood and Metal
Located in Meer, VAN
Art Deco Propeller Plane in Carved Wood and Metal
Sometimes you find a piece that is just right…. This Art Deco propeller plane is a wonderful example of a fun and easthetic object....
Category
Mid-20th Century European Folk Art Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Model of a Boeing 314 Clipper Airplane Circa 1938
Located in London, GB
A superb Art Deco Model of a Boeing 314 Clipper Aeroplane Circa 1938.
The Boeing Clipper was a long range Flying Boat made by the Boeing Aircraft Company i...
Category
1930s American Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Wood
1930s World War II Sterling Silver DC-3 Airplane Pin
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This large silver DC-3 airplane pin dates to the 1930s through World War II, a period when the DC-3 revolutionized air travel and played a vital role in military transport. Shaped to...
Category
1940s American Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
$192 Sale Price
40% Off
Northwest Orient Airlines / Hong Kong, 1960s. Vintage Airline Tourism Poster
Located in Langweer, NL
Beautiful original poster of Northwest Orient Airlines / Hong Kong. 1960s. Vintage airline tourism poster depicting a junk boat. 40 x 25 ¼”. Linen bac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
$1,050 Sale Price
30% Off
Elegant Radiator Emblem, Aero-Club de Cannes, France from the 1930-40s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Very elegant Radiator Emblem, Aero-Club de Cannes, France from the 1930-40s. Made in chrome with gilt details. Number 111 in the Aero-Club de Cannes.
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
1940s French Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Chrome
Rare Mid Century Swiss Air DC 4 Chrome Plated Ashtray
By Buhler
Located in Weesp, NL
Introducing a Collector's Dream: Rare 1960s Swiss Air Chrome-Plated Ashtray with a DC-4 Airplane Model!
Are you ready to own a piece of aviation history that's not just functional b...
Category
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass, Chrome, Iron
1950 color print of single-engine Macchi L3 hydrocracker Macchi-Nieuport Varese
Located in Milan, IT
Color print on cardboard from the 1950s depicting a single-engine Macchi L3 hydrocock, later modified and renamed M3.
Designed in 1916 by Carlo Felice Buzio and built in Varese by ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
1950s color print of a Ni 17 Macchi Nieuport Varese biplane fighter jet
Located in Milan, IT
Color print on cardboard from the 1950s depicting single-engine biplane fighter jet Ni 17 manufactured in Italy by Macchi Nieuport of Varese.
Good condition, a few stains. Measures...
Category
Mid-20th Century Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
A Royal Air Force P10 Aircraft Compass No. 23145 T M
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Royal Air Force P10 Aircraft Compass No. 23145 T M
The compass has a brass body finished in black, it comes in its battleship grey painted wooden ...
Category
1930s Industrial Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
Brass and aluminum aviation compass complete with azimuth circle 1940 U.S.A
Located in Milan, IT
Brass and aluminum aeronautical compass complete with azimuth circle, supplied to U.s: Army Air Force aircraft during the world War II. Good condition and functioning. Compass diame...
Category
1940s Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Bussola da rilevamento magnetico Medium Landing Compass N 1738 Inghilterra 1940s
Located in Milan, IT
Bussola da rilevamento magnetico, firmata Medium Landing Compass N. 1738 H Inghilterra anni quaranta. Sulla Rosa dei venti, completa di cerchio goniometrico è raffigurato lo stemma ...
Category
1940s Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Brass
Prototype Design for an Aircraft Propeller Hub
Located in London, GB
A laminate mahogany prototype design for an aircraft propeller hub, circa 1935.
Measures: Height: 31.5 cm - 12 inches.
Diameter: 23 cm - 9 inc...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Aviation Objects
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Poster of Japan Air Lines Depicting Singapore River and Raffles, ca.1960
Located in Langweer, NL
Japan Air Lines / Singapore. 1960s. Color photo-offset poster depicting Singapore River and Raffles Place. 39 x 24 ½”. Linen backed. Excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Aviation Objects
Materials
Paper
$1,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Decorative German Suitcase Set
Located in Delft, NL
Mid 20th Century decorative German suitcase set
A German suitcase set from the 1950s and 1960s, flown with the Royal Dutch Airlines, SAS, Tee, among ot...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Aviation Objects
Materials
Leather
$1,526 / set
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Bush Plane Model on Custom Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful and charming early 20th century American bush plane model constructed with painted canvas stretched over a wooden skeleton, and mounted on a custom steel mount.
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Canvas, Wood
1960s Steel Industrial Airplane Sculpture
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s Steel Industrial Airplane Sculpture.
Category
1960s Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Steel
Large Polished Aluminium Lockheed Super Constellation Model, circa 1951
Located in London, GB
A wonderful cast aluminium model of a Lockheed Super Constellation airplane; circa 1951. Mounted on a newly made aluminium stand, all polished to a mirror finish.
Dimensions: 52.5 c...
Category
1950s American Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Art Deco Wood Propeller Barometer
Located in Queens, NY
Art Deco wood propeller with barometer.
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal
Aviation Lockheed Super Constellation Vintage Desk Airplane Model, circa 1940s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Aviation Lockheed Constellation vintage aluminium desk top display airplane model. The model has movement, you can change the position of the airplane...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Aviation Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Midcentury Advertising Mirror "Airliner" San Telmo Cigar Co Bay City Michigan
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
Midcentury advertising mirror "Airliner" San Telmo Cigar Co. Bay City Michigan on a chain
Some wear on the edges.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Mirror
old airplane propeller, origin Canada
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
old airplane propeller, origin Canada
Category
1930s Canadian Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal
Mk1A Pilots Helmet Raf 'Bone Dome" 1971 Squadron Leader, Issued 1950's.
Located in Canterbury, England
Originally Issued to RAF Squadron Leader Dick Woodhead, who was a highly successful pilot, later to become head of aptitude testing for future pilots at RAF Cranwell, and featured on screen in Jeremy Clarkson's 2001 Speed television series, (one series, episode three). This helmet is medium sized, with serial and customised by the original owner who is named and date stamped 1/ 1971 M A&B and complete with throat set microphone. This is a RAF Pilots...
Category
1950s Other Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Steel
Model of an Early Communications Satellite
Located in London, GB
A cased model of an early British Hawker Siddeley Dynamics satellite concept, relating to the ELDO Europa rocket, circa 1966.
The model is accompanied by a Royal Aircraft Establis...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Aviation Objects
Materials
Plastic
$3,006 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Original Midcentury Metal Airplane Propellor with Nosecone
Located in Pemberton, NJ
A wonderful original midcentury metal airplane propellor with nosecone. This piece was the prized possession of a retired Vietnam Air force officer ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Little America by Richard E. Byrd, First Edition, 1930
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Byrd, Richard E., Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, The Flight to the South Pole. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First edition. Octavo. Presented in quarter royal blue Moroccan leather and cloth binding, with gilt titles and stamps to the spine, and a new archival slipcase.
Presented is the first edition printing of Richard E. Byrd's book, Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, The Flight to the South Pole. It was published in New York by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in 1930. The book has been handsomely rebound in quarter royal blue Moroccan leather and cloth binding, with gilt titles and stamps to the spine, and a new archival slipcase.
Rear admiral Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957) was an American naval officer and recipient of the United States Medal of Honor. Byrd was also known as a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer...
Category
1930s American Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Leather, Paper
1950s Yatch/Aircraft Compass Bubble Torpedo Table Sculpture Art War Relic
By Bendix Corporation
Located in Hyattsville, MD
For use as Prop not functioning. No break, and no cracks to molded forms or aluminium base plate. Sits flat.
Measures: W 24 x D 9 x H 14 in.
Category
1950s American Industrial Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Plastic
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Cast Model Of The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy Xn 824 Transport Plane c.1960
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A superb mid 20th Century painted cast model depicting a British post-war transport plane, the Argosy XN 824 that served from 1959 to 1978 with the RAF. Following its military service, the aircraft continued flying in the private sector until its retirement in 1991. Crafted in cast metal, and beautifully painted in original flying livery, this model of the XN 824 was intended for display in the officers' mess or the flight crews' quarters. An extraordinary piece of aviation history, ideal as a gift for enthusiasts or collectors of model aircraft...
Category
1960s British Other Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal
Large Airport Light Bulb, Italy, circa 1930
Located in Milan, IT
A Large airport light bulb of the RA (Regia Aereonautica).
Mounted on a round painted wooden base. Italy circa 1930.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal
WWII PB4Y Patrol Bomber Tail Tip
Located in San Francisco, CA
A WWII Horizontal Tail Tip is from a U.S Navy PB4Y Patrol Bomber.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Craftsman Aviation Objects
Materials
Steel
$1,040 Sale Price
62% Off
Decorative Sculpture of a Goddess Holding a Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Located in Milano, IT
Coming from the house of an Italian WW2 Veteran, the present object is a decorative desk sculpture representing a goddess, possibly Minerva, holding in her hand a faithful reproducti...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Aviation Objects
Materials
Metal
$1,131 Sale Price
20% Off
United Airlines Wing Tip
Located in San Francisco, CA
The United Airlines Wing Tip serves as a remarkable statement piece, adding a touch of aviation-inspired sophistication to any space. It can be displayed in various settings, such as...
Category
Mid-20th Century Aviation Objects
Materials
Steel
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique, New and Vintage Aviation Objects
Indulge in the thrill of flight without leaving your home. Find a collection of antique, new and vintage aviation objects on 1stDibs that will unquestionably elevate your interior design.
Whether you’re drawn to scale models of airplanes or detailed technical drawings that depict 20th-century aircraft engineering in general, vintage aviation collectibles are bound to stir conversation and add character to any shelf space or barren wall in your home. As decorative flourishes or sculptural statement-making additions to your home office, living room or elsewhere — from desktop trinkets to authentic fighter-plane propellers positioned as conspicuous wall art that demands attention — aviation objects pay homage to a long history of innovation as well as to the childlike excitement and sense of wonder that persists every time we board a plane.
We’ve trained our eyes on the sky, dreaming of flight, for centuries. While history shows that pioneering aviator duo the Wright brothers wouldn’t leave the ground for a sustained flight in a powered aircraft until the early 1900s, inventors, venturesome industrial designers and artists all over the world were ready for one much sooner.
During the 16th century, Renaissance painter Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook drawings of birds as well as human mechanical flight and famed blueprints for a “flying machine” captured imaginations and inspired future artists. Modern-day aviation fans might take to framing technical drawings and sketches of aircraft for a salon-style hang as a tribute to the history of air travel in their home. The breathtaking mid-century artwork of Italian aviation advertising draftsman Riccardo Cavigioli also makes for rich vintage aviation wall decor, telling stories of human ingenuity in watercolor paintings and pencil sketches.
On 1stDibs, find vintage aviation collectibles made from wood and metal in all shapes and sizes to meet any furniture style and decor plan that you may already have in place.
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