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Period: 20th Century
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

Folk Art Wooden Hand Carved and Painted WW2 Lancaster Bomber Model Airplane
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This handcrafted Folk Art model of a Lancaster Bomber is signed on the base, but the artist could not be identified so is posted as Unknown. This wooden airplane model...
Category

Canadian Folk Art 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Softwood

Vintage U.S. Air Force Sterling Silver Pilot Air Wings Shirt Pin
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice mid-century U.S. Air Force sterling silver pilot air wings shirt pin, circa 1940s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with a nice patina and measures 3"W x .75"D...
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American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Sterling Silver

Vintage Airline Poster of Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown, New Zealand, ca.1960
Located in Langweer, NL
Vintage poster of New Zealand / Go There by NAC. Wellington: R.E. Owen, ca. 1960s. Photographic lithograph of Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown. ...
Category

20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Paper

1970s Airplane Model in Lacquered Resin of the House Micro West INC
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Airplane Model in Lacquered Resin of the House Micro West INC
Category

American 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Resin

Pastel and Pencil Aviation Drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli Depicting an Albatros
Located in Milan, IT
Pastel and pencil drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli depicting a single-seat biplane fighter Albatros DV A, employed since July 1917 and produced in numerous exemplars till May 1918. Airc...
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Italian Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Paper

Vintage Original Aviation Pencil Drawing Depicting an Albatros CIII WWI Aircraft
Located in Milan, IT
Pencil drawing depicting a two-seat biplane airplane for reconnaissance Albatros C III produced in 1916, by Riccardo Cavigioli. Measure with frame cm 53.5 x 31.4 - inches 21 x 13. ...
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Italian Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Paper

World War II Air Crewman's Seat.
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Rare aircrew seat by Aircraft Mechanics Inc. with swivel base. The body is riveted, galvanized, and well patinated. Adjustment levers have faded bright yellow spherical knobs. Ready ...
Category

American Industrial Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum

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

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

American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Paper

Art Deco Spitfire Wooden & Aluminum Airplane Desk Model, Asprey, ca 1940's
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco / Cubist Spitfire wooden & aluminum airplane desk model. Asprey London- ca 1940´s. RAF Supermarine spitfire aluminum airplane desk model, mounted over a display stand. Airpl...
Category

British Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum

Antique Mahogany and Oak Propeller from the Engine of a 1919 Avro 504 Airplane
Located in London, GB
A historic propeller from the Le Rhone Rotary engine of an Avro 504 airplane. This fine early, large laminated, mahogany and oak propeller, made circa 19...
Category

English Art Deco 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Mahogany, Oak

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

American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Marble, Brass

Nautical water color print 1966 Currier & Ives Panam Airline Menu Cover
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 1966 nautical portrait is of the clipper ship "Sweepstakes". Originally intended as a menu cover for Pan Am Airlines, this piece has never been us...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Paper

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

American Art Deco 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

20th Century Large Boeing 757 With British Airways Landor Livery By Space Models
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A late-20th Century vintage fibreglass and plastic composite model of a Boeing 757 in full British Airways livery mounted on a tripod stand by Space Models, circa 1990. This 1:25 sca...
Category

British Other 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

Color print from the 1950s depicting a Macchi M5 1917 hydrocracker
Located in Milan, IT
color print from the 1950s depicting a Macchi M5 hydrocracker built in Varese by the Anonima Macchi-Nieuport company, which later became Aeronautica Macchi. Mounted on faesite and gl...
Category

20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Paper

British Tornado Fighter Jet Fuel Tank
Located in Norwell, MA
British Tornado fighter jet center fuel tank. Incredible military relic , this is the center drop tank from a British fighter jet. Twenty two feet in length and 56 inch diameter....
Category

North American 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum

Early 20th Century Model of Navy Dirigible Airship
Located in Palm Springs, CA
We were fortunate and acquired this rare Pressed Tin Toy Dirigible. It depicts the U.S. Navy’s L-2 Dirigible.These early Navy Dirigibles were made for the United States in Germany by...
Category

Unknown 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal

DC-3 ‘Dakota’ Wingtip Desk
Located in London, GB
The Douglas DC-3 was designed in the mid-1930s as a passenger and freight aircraft, but built during the war years 1941-1945 in large numbers, as the DC-3 (C47) Transport Plane known...
Category

American Modern Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum

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

Aereo modello Francesco Baracca SPAD S.XIII in legno dipinto a mano
Located in modena, Emilia-Romagna
Francesco Baracca (Lugo, 9 maggio 1888 – Nervesa, 19 giugno 1918) è stato il principale asso dell'aviazione italiana durante la prima guerra mondiale, nel corso della quale gli venne...
Category

Italian Modern Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Brass, Wrought Iron

Art Deco Brass Airplane desk Model, U.K. 1930´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Brass Airplane desk Model, 1930´s. Lovely Aviation Desk model, made in United Kingdom 1930´s. Excellent restored conditions. The airplane can be...
Category

British Art Deco 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Brass

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

American Industrial 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum

Large French Chrome Desktop Model of Douglas DC3
Located in Godshill, 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

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

20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

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

American Industrial Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Plastic

Large Model Tristar Jetplane With A British Airways "Landor" Livery, England
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A stunning vintage fibreglass and plastic composite model of a Concorde in full British Airways livery mounted on a tripod stand by Space Models, circa 1990. This 1:36 scale aircraft model would have been presented to one of BA's top travel agents...
Category

English 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Plastic, Fiberglass

WWI and WWII Air Force Captains, Original Signatures
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is a unique collage featuring signatures from some of the greatest captains in history: Claire Chennault, Henry “Hap” Arnold, Hoyt Vandenberg, Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, William “Billy” Mitchell and Edward “Eddie” Rickenbacker. These men are some of the most influential figures in U.S. Air Force history. Each captain was involved in WWI and/or WWII, some were aces who proved the usability and effectiveness of airpower, and others were brilliant leaders who paved the way for U.S. victories and the development of the U.S. Air Force. This framed collage includes original signatures on cards, a letter, and a photo. A photo of a biplane is featured at bottom and includes signatures from Claire Chennault, Hap Arnold, and Hoyt Vandenberg. There is also a letter, dated 1942 and featured prominently in the center of the collage, that is written to Elwood Maurer and signed by Carl Spaatz. Two cards appear on either side of the letter, with signatures from Eddie Rickenbacker and William Mitchell. Complimentary black and white photographs accompany the signatures elements as well as a decorative pair of WWI pilot wings...
Category

American 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Paper

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...
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Russian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Brass

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

Italian Art Deco 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Brass

Official British aviation pocket compass signed E. KOEHN Geneva, 1915
Located in Milan, IT
British aviation officer's pocket compass signed E. KOEHN Geneva Switzerland V 1915 brass in the shape of an onion clock. The compass has a snap-lock cover with release button insid...
Category

Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Brass

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

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...
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American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal, Enamel

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...
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American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Glass

Scale Model Sterling Silver Boeing 757-200 Jet Aircraft by Garrard and Co c1984
Located in London, GB
Exceptionally rare hallmarked silver Boeing 757–200 jet aircraft model; London 1984. With makers mark for Garrard and Co., who at the time, were the Crown...
Category

English Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Silver

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

American Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Paper

Stunning high end set airplane propellers aviation sculptures with model no, USA
Located in Wien, AT
Exceptional pair of airplane propellers, which have been given a base and are now displayed as sculptures. The propellers were used - they are original airplane parts, they have a m...
Category

North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Chrome

Vintage Learjet 16" Model Airplane Desk Plane Painted Metal on Acrylic Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Learjet 16" Model Airplane Desk Plane Painted Metal on Acrylic Stand. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 6.5" H x 16" W x 15" D.
Category

Modern 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal

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

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

Streamlined Moderne / Mid Century Aviation Desk Paperweight
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Streamlined Moderne / Mid Century Aviation Desk Paperweight. Fantastic gift for any Airplane Fan. Silvered Brass Futuristic Airship, mounted over a green...
Category

American Streamlined Moderne 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Airplane Sculpture of the Boeing 314 Clipper Cast Aluminium
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Art Deco Airplane Sculpture of the Boeing 314 Clipper Cast Aluminium. Aluminum desk model inspired by the Art Deco era of the 1930s and 1940s, showcasing the iconic Boeing 312 Pan Am Flying Clipper Boat design. This metal airplane...
Category

American Art Deco 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

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

20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Paper

Color print from the 1950s depicting the single-engine biplane SAML S 2 1917
Located in Milan, IT
Color print from the 1950s depicting the SAML S 2 single-engine biplane, produced in 1916 by the Italian company Società Anonima Meccanica Lombarda (SAML). It was a training and reco...
Category

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

Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Wood

Streamline Airplane Propeller Desk Clock
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco, streamline airplane propeller desk clock. Lovely aviation item.
Category

Unknown Streamlined Moderne 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Brass

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

American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Wood

Art Deco Ford Trimotor Desk Airplane Wooden Model, ca. 1925
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Ford Tri-motor desk airplane wooden model - ca. 1925. Fantastic desk / counter airplane, made of polished wood and polished aluminium. Fully Restored and ready to display. Some History: The Ford Trimotor...
Category

American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum

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. We have special...
Category

American Art Deco 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum

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

European Folk Art 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal

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
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French Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Chrome

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

Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Aluminum

Propeller Sculpture for Hartzell Propeller Co., 1970
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An actual airplane propeller in brushed aluminum mounted on a thick base.
Category

American 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Metal

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...
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Industrial Antique 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Pine

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

American Folk Art 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Wood

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 ...
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Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Aviation Objects

Materials

Plastic

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