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Period: 20th Century
Vintage Sensenich Wooden Propeller, circa 1945
By Sensenich
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a beautiful wooden Sensenich propeller, dating to 1945. The propeller is stamped "H 3668" on the rear of the hub. Given its construction and designation, it is likely this propeller was flown at the very end of WWII. The Sensenich Propeller Company was established in 1932 to manufacture fixed-pitch wood aircraft propellers for the growing aviation market. The company started in Pennsylvania by two brothers. Their first experiments included pushing propeller-driven farm wagons down the narrow dirt roads of Lancaster County and, in the winter, strapping an engine and their wooden propeller to an ice sled, which they tethered by a hundred-foot hawser to a stout stake set...
Category

American Modern Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Wood

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

American Craftsman 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Steel

Mid-20th Century Twa Trans World Airlines Airplane Model on Chrome Base
Located in Burton, TX
This vintage TWA (Trans World Airlines) airplane model rest on a semi flexible chrome stand. The plane itself is constructed of metal and the style of the ...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Vintage 1950s Prop-Spinner
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Vintage Prop-Spinner from an early 1950s navy Neptune patrol plane.
Category

American Craftsman Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Steel

Quirky Stick Stand, made with a WW1 Propellor
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Quirky Stick Stand, made with a WW1 Propellor This an attractive piece of early nostalgic memorabilia, the propeller is made in wood and originates from an early aeroplane, it is silver at the tip, it stands on a teak plinth...
Category

Folk Art 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Bentwood

Vintage 1980s U.S. Air Force Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Stealth Airplane Jet Model
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A vintage 1980s large desktop 1/72 scale model of the fastest plane in the world, at that time, the SR-71 Blackbird. This model is 18 inches long on wooden base.
Category

Philippine Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Resin

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

Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Wood

Art Deco Wooden Airplane Aviation Model, France 1930s
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stylish Art Deco wooden airplane model mounted on a geometric wood and metal display. This Art Deco model airplane is in solid wood with a lovely warm patina. It has one large Lucite...
Category

French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal, Copper

Cold War Era Hand Cranked Air Raid Siren
Located in London, GB
A cold war era Secomak hand cranked air raid siren. Type 447, designed and manufactured by Secomak during WWII and the Cold War. Secomak (Service El...
Category

English 20th Century 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

Italian 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal

Dunhill Mid-Century Modern Chrome Stylized Sabre Jet Airplane Table Lighter
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This chrome table lighter was made by the renowned Alfred Dunhill Company of England and dates to 1960 and done in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The lighter is made in the lik...
Category

English Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal, Chrome

20th Century Polished Metal Model of an Airplane, c.1950
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A Stunning mid-20th century polished metal model of a late 1950’s Airliner on a polished metal stand. Condition In Great condition - No damage, just general wear. Size Height...
Category

20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal

Vintage Shuron Aviator, Pilot Sunglasses
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Aviator, Pilot Sunglasses. A very good pair of aviator sunglasses, the frames are engraved on the bottom of the nose bar with 'Shuron, FUL-VUE...
Category

American 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Gold

Aviation Motoring Goggles In Original Case. Triplex "A3"
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Rare Triplex "A3" Aero - Motor Goggles In Original Case. An excellent and scarce pair of early aviation or motoring glasses made by Triplex. The goggles come in their original hard case with a paper label "Triplex "A3" Goggles, Clear" and embossed in gilt "Triplex Safety Glass, STG, Aero-motor Goggles". The tinted oval goggles with metal frames are backed with fur-trimmed 'sprung' soft fabric and an elastic headband...
Category

British Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Glass

Vintage Japanese Fuji Meibo WWII 15 X 80 Binoculars
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A large pair of Japanese ex-navy observation binoculars mounted on a vintage adjustable wooden tripod. The WWII marine binoculars with 4º incline eyepieces are marked 'FUJI, Meibo, -...
Category

Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

Original Concorde Design Drawing, England, c. 1960
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
An extremely rare and original design drawing of the world renowned and much loved Concorde Aircraft. Concorde memorabilia is becoming more and mo...
Category

English 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Paper

20th Century British Caledonian Dc10 Fibre Glass Airplane Model, c.1970
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Stunning 20th century British Caledonian DC10 aircraft model, this wide body aircrafts became available for global travel in the early 1970's. Condition In good condition - just ...
Category

British 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal

Royal Air Force P10 Aircraft Compass No. 10489 T
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Royal Air Force P10 aircraft compass No. 10489 T The compass has a brass body finished in black, it comes in its battleship grey painted wooden ...
Category

British Colonial Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Brass

WW1 Curtis Flying Boat Hand Carved Wood Propeller
Located in New York, NY
Genuine rare 1917 hand carved WW1 wood propeller with brass tips. Manufactured by Matthew Bros MFG. Co. in Milwaukee, WI. These propellers were often seen on the US Navy's H16 Flying...
Category

American Industrial Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Mahogany, Wood

Art Deco Dewoitine Wooden Counters Desk Model Airplane 1930s French
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Dewoitine Wooden Counters Desk Model Airplane 1930s French. The Dewoitine was a Art Deco 1930s French eight-passenger airliner built by Dewoitine. The Airplane was an all-metal cantilever low-wing monoplane. The pilot and co-pilot were seated side by side in a cabin located forward of the wing leading edge. A radio operator station was located behind the pilots, and it had a passenger cabin for eight passengers. The landing gear had trouser-type fairings on the main gear legs. The aircraft first flew on 11 July 1933 powered by three Hispano-Suiza 9V radial engines...
Category

French Art Deco 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Marble, Brass

Supermarine Spitfire Airplane Model, Desk Sculpture, U.K. 1930´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Supermarine Spitfire Airplane Model, desk / counters / sculpture. Made in United Kindom 1930´s. Perfect Gift for any pilot or aviation fan. The Supermarine Spitfire is a British ...
Category

British Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum

1960's Scale Model of a Boeing 720
Located in London, GB
A aluminium scale model of a Boeing 720 circa 1965. 1/60 scale. On original stand. The Boeing 720 is a narrow-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, a 707 derivat...
Category

Dutch 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum

Bookend Pair Royal Air Force Badge Pilot Squadron 341 FreeFrenchFlight Spitfire
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
One oak bookend with a polychrome Badge of the Royal Air Force and bearing the motto : Per Ardua ad Astra" (Latin) - Through Adversity to the Stars The other bookend with a polychrome badge or shield of three crowns of Alsace the badge of no 341 Squadron, formed in 1943 out of the Free French Flight, who had been operating in the Western Desert. Its French name was Groupe de Chasse III/2 “Alsace”. provenance : collector of war memorabilia...
Category

English Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Oak

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

American Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Leather, Paper

20th Century Polished Aluminium Model Of A Bomber Airplane, c.1950
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A Stunning mid-20th century model of an bomber airplane, made of polished aluminum, standing on an elegant art deco style stand. CONDITION In Great condition - No damage, just gener...
Category

British Art Deco 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum

Four Blade Wood Propeller
Located in Chicago, IL
Fantastic four blade wood propeller in great condition.
Category

Argentine Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Wood

Air Combat Paintings of Robert Taylor, by Robert Taylor, 1987
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Taylor, Robert, with Robert Weston. The Air Combat Paintings of Robert Taylor. St. Catherines: Vanwell Publishing Limited, 1987. First edition printing. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine. Original dust jacket. Presented is a first edition printing of Robert Taylor Air Combat Paintings by Robert Weston and Robert Taylor. Published in 1987 by Vanwell Publishing Limited in St. Catherines, Ontario, this book features a foreword by Air Vice Marshal ‘Johnnie’ Johnson, CB, CBE, DSO, DFC, DL. The book is volume one, of six total volumes, of Taylor’s dramatic aviation paintings. This was the first book published featuring a comprehensive selection of Robert Taylor’s aviation...
Category

British Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Paper

Art Deco Mid-20 Century Airplane Fighter over the World Paperweight, 1930s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco / mid-20 century airplane fighter over the world paperweight, 1930s aluminium Art Deco / streamlined aviation paperweight. Lovely desk size. A perfect gift.
Category

American Art Deco 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum

Pan American World Airways Porcelain / Enamel 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

American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Rare English Hand Painted Railway Sign
Located in London, GB
Rare English hand painted railway sign. An extremely rare example of an English hand painted on pine board railway sign. Naïve yet highly decorative in...
Category

British Folk Art 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Pine

Aviator, Pilot Sunglasses
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Rimless Aviator, Pilot sunglasses. A very good pair of rimless eye glasses by the American Optical Company (AO). The frames are engra...
Category

American 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Gold

20thC Model Of An American Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomber Airplane, c.1970
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A Stunning 20th Century model of an American 1940's Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, made of polished aluminium, standing on an elegant stand. This item makes for a fantastic conver...
Category

Unknown 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum

Aircraft Target Binocular
Located in Paris, FR
Binocular Aircraft Target on tripod, with adjustable height. An exceptional and unique pair of WWII 25 x 105 binoculars by Jos. Schneider & Co, Optische Werke KG, Göttingen. circa...
Category

German Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Chrome, Nickel

Phantom Fighter Ejection Seat
Located in Paris, FR
Ejection seat phantom fighter made by Martin & Baker, 1972. Ejection seat from Phantom II fighter, Royal Air Force, and from Mc Donnel Douglas F-4. With e...
Category

French Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Stainless Steel, Chrome

Fokker 1938 Trimotor Model Airplane
Located in Hudson, NY
Metal model airplane with articulating control surfaces and propellers.
Category

German 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal

Mid Century Aviation Vintage Desk Airplane Over Globe Model, 1940s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Aviation Model. Vintage aluminium display airplane model. The model is a mixture of Art Deco and midcentury design. It is mounted over a silvered ball...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal

20th Century Soviet 'Donkey Ears' Binoculars on Telescopic Stand, c.1950
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Stunning mid-20th century soviet pair of 10x45 'Donkey Ears' field binoculars. The binoculars are mounted on polished wooden telescopic tripod stand with metal fittings. Exceptional piece of military...
Category

Russian 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal

20thC Mahogany Model Of A Hawker Siddeley Nimrod Airplane c.1960
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A Stunning mid-20th Century large model of the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod made in the late sixties, model on a metal stand. This item makes for a fantastic conversation piece, suitable f...
Category

British 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal

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

20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Paper

Apollo 17 Crew Signed Photo
Located in Jersey, GB
An Apollo 17 colour NASA crew-signed photo The 1972 Apollo 17 mission was the last manned Moon flight to date. As such, this photo is signed by the last men...
Category

Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Paper

Handles Brass 1930 Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Handles brass 1930 Italy.
Category

Italian Art Deco 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Brass

1960s Steel Industrial Airplane Sculpture
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s Steel Industrial Airplane Sculpture.
Category

Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Steel

Mid-Century Modern Cast Aluminum Stylized Airplane Model or Sculpture & Stand
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This airplane model or sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from the United States and dating to approximately 1945 and done in the period streamlined Mid-Century M...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Art Deco French Caudron, Renault Desk Airplane Model, Late 1930´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
French Caudron - Renault Desk Airplane Model. Late 1930´s. Made of Lacquered Wood and Polished Aluminium The C.710 were a series of light fighter aircraft developed by Caudron-Re...
Category

French Art Deco 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum

1900s Brass Bakelite Magnetic Topographer Compass Surveyor Measurement Instrumen
Located in Milan, IT
Magnetic topographer compass from the early 1900s, brass and bakelite base; instrument consisting of a magnetized needle free to rotate on a horizontal plane, marking with its tip th...
Category

European Antique 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Brass

Apollo 15 Crew Signed Photo
Located in Jersey, GB
Apollo 15 colour signed photo Apollo 15 (July 26, 1971 – August 7, 1971) was the fourth manned mission to land on the Moon. The mission was notable for the...
Category

Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Paper

Decorative Vintage Oak Airplane Middle Section Propeller Hub Plant Stand
Located in STOKE ON TRENT, GB
Vintage propeller hub Vintage oak airplane middle section propeller hub This vintage aviation piece is available for sale as a decorative item...
Category

British 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Oak

Large French Chrome Desktop Model of Douglas DC3
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large French chrome desktop model of Douglas DC3 A super piece and a great desk ornament for the desk that has everything else This model was displayed b...
Category

Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum

Pan Am Boeing 707 Model Aircraft, circa 1958
Located in London, GB
An exceptional large scale vintage fiberglass and resin composite promotional model of a Boeing 707 in Pan Am’s iconic livery on original steel and cast iro...
Category

American Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Steel, Iron

Antique 20th Century Laminated Mahogany Propeller, circa 1925
By Avro
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th century Avro 504K laminated mahogany propeller bearing stamped date 11/25 (November 1925) and original manufacturer’s proof marks, havi...
Category

English 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Propeller Blade
Located in Praha, CZ
Original state with a pleasant patine of age, gently cleaned and delicately re-polished with shelack finish.
Category

Austrian 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Iron

Historic photo depicting Blackburn R-1 Blackburn in flight made in 1920s British
Located in Milan, IT
Historic photo on cardboard depicting Blackburn R-1 Blackburn in flight. Good condition. Cardboard measures 37.5 x 30 cm. The Blackburn R-1 Blackburn was a 1920s British single-en...
Category

Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Paper

Scale Model of the KLM DC-8 Know as the The Flying Dutchman
Located in London, GB
A scale model of the KLM "The Flying Dutchman" Douglas DC-8 by Verkuyl of the Netherlands. On original stand. Made by Matthys M Verkuyl - B...
Category

European Industrial 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum

Early 20th Century French Antique Aviation Collage Composition
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Early 20th century French antique collage composition. Images of different aviation's models. By unknown artist. In original condition, with minor ...
Category

French Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Vintage Original Aviation Drawing Depicting Three Different Biplane WWI Aircraft
Located in Milan, IT
Watercolor, pastel and pencil depicting three different biplane airplanes, drawn by Riccardo Cavigioli in the early 1920s. Lower half 1= two-seat biplane for reconnaissance Lloyd C I...
Category

Italian Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Paper

Folk Art Model of a Lockheed Constellation Airliner
Located in San Mateo, CA
Large model of a Lockheed Constellation made by Charles Long. The airplane is made of redwood. The propellers are pine. Charles was a captain in...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Wood

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

American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum

Mid-Century Remote Control Model Airplane
Located in New York, NY
American (1950s) hand made model airplane with working engine and remote control.
Category

American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Paper

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