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Period: 20th Century
20th Century English Racing Wood Pond Yacht, c.1960
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Registered as A K800, this pond yacht with a plank on frame hull, made in mahogany and cream painted plank lined deck. This classic A Class yacht would have been made in the 1960's b...
Category
British 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Vintage Persian Bakhtiari Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Bakhtiari pictorial rug from the mid-20th century.
Measures: 3' 10" x 6' 8"
Category
Persian Folk Art 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wool
Antique Wooden Hat Block By W. Plant & Son, Manchester, England
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Made in two parts with a broad thick brim. Several marks including W. Plant & Son, Rochdale Road (location of plant from 1850 to 1947) Manchester, 6 Happ St. and numbers 27 and 25 (p...
Category
English Industrial 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
John F. Kennedy Signed Senate Menu Collage
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a John F. Kennedy inscribed and autographed United States Senate Restaurant menu. Kennedy signed the menu on April 10, 1957, when he was a Senator representing the state of Massachusetts...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
1930 Royal Automobile Club Associate British Enameled Radiator Cap Car Badge
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Royal Automobile Club Associate car badge was made by the Patent Die Assoc. Co. of London in presumably 1929 in London England in the period...
Category
English Art Deco 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Vintage 1940s Store Gas Station "No Smoking" Porcelain Advertising Display Sign
Located in San Diego, CA
A great original vintage porcelain over metal sign reading "No Smoking" and dates from the 1940s. Was hung up in a bar, restaurant, gas/service station or store. Would go great in an...
Category
20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Porcelain
Ericsson Cobra / Ericofon, analogue telephone in green plastic. 1960s.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Ericsson Cobra / Ericofon, analogue telephone in green plastic.
1960s.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: H 21.0 cm x W 10.0 cm.
Category
Swedish Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Plastic
West Germany Silver Mercury Glass Icicle Christmas Tree Ornament
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is a decorative silver mercury glass ornament intended to be Christmas decor but is appropriate for any time of year. I think it is repres...
Category
German Folk Art 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Mercury Glass
Czechoslovakia House/Cottage Hand Blown Mercury Glass Christmas Tree Ornament
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
So, so sweet! This is a little silver mercury glass hand blown ornament in the shape of a cottage with a snowy glitter roof and ground and green doors and windows. The ornament is in...
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Life Magazine President Johnson, December 1964
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Vintage LIFE Magazine from December 1963. This piece is in a wonderful vintage condition consistent with age and use. We think this would be a great gift for the political junkie per...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Chinese White Brass Opium Lamp Tweezers, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of white brass tweezers once used to advance the wick of an opium lamp. The antique tweezers are simply shaped and feature a bell-shaped scrape...
Category
Chinese Qing 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Dutch Je Maintiendrai World War Two Peace Biscuit Tin
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce vintage Dutch ‘Je Maintiendrai’ ( I will maintain) WWII peace commemorative large biscuit tin dating from around 1945. The tin of large, tall cylindrical shape has its origi...
Category
Dutch Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Tin
Antique Oak Wall Phone
Located in Pasadena, TX
Antique Hand Crank Wood Box Wall Mount Phone Unit Modern Converted
Great Wall Hanger, Would Make a Great Addition to Anyone's Collection
19"x12"
Category
Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Oak
Mercury Glass Santa Holding Tree Christmas Tree Ornament
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is an adorable little
This is an adorable little Santa holding tight to his miniature Christmas Tree. He is bright shiny red on his coat and hat but the red darke...
Category
Unknown Folk Art 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Mercury Glass
Una Lettera all'alba / Letter at Dawn / Cocaine
Located in London, GB
Original Belgian film poster for the 1948 Italian drama film about a cocaine trafficker.
This film was released in Belgium with the title changed to Cocaine.
The film was directed ...
Category
Belgian Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Large Weird, Creepy, Perfectly Patinated Plastic Clown Head
Located in Kansas City, MO
It's strange and freaky, but so cool. Vintage Ronald McDonald plastic clown head sculpture. By the way, it is hollow inside and can be put over ones head an...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
The Beatles 'A Hard Day's Night' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Japanese, 1964
Located in Devon, GB
A rare and sought after Japanese B2 poster for The Beatles' first full-length feature film 'A Hard Day's Night,' which followed the fab four over an anarchic 36 hours in London at th...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
'Marihuana' Original Vintage US One Sheet Movie Poster, 1930s
Located in Devon, GB
Claiming to be a "Daring Drug Expose!", this early exploitation film evaded strict censorship of its lurid content ("Weird Orgies, Wild Parties, Unleashed Passions!") by claiming to ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
"The Kent Regiment" Folk Art Walking Stick Cane
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
World War Two era Folk Art carved walking stick with figural head, twigspur shaft and The Kent Regiment ferrule bearing the Latin motto "Usque Ad ...
Category
Canadian 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Metal Rescue Stretcher from the French Alps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unusual metal stretcher from the French Alps, circa 1960. Thick metal bars with wire frame. Great piece for a winter home. Good vintage condition.
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Antique Casin FM-135 Camera
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Casin FM-135 Camera. labeled as "Fashion Camera", it is a 35 mm camera, produced in the 1980s/1990s, in an attempt to combine simplicity, modern design and accessibility. Made of bla...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Plastic
Orange Blown Glass Hand Painted Church Flattened Ball Christmas Tree Ornament
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
Absolutely adorable hand blown orange glass flattened ball Christmas tree ornament with a church complete with a steeple hand painted on the front. The snow covered ground and roofs ...
Category
Unknown Folk Art 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Blown Glass, Paint
'E.T. The Extra Terrestrial' Original Vintage Japanese Movie Poster, 1982
Located in Devon, GB
Steven Spielberg's timeless tear jerking tale of a young boy's friendship with a stranded extraterrestrial was both widely critically acclaimed and enormously commercially successful...
Category
Japanese Modern Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century English bronze letters
Located in London, GB
“SUMMER”
A cool collection of early 20th Century English bronze letters that spell “SUMMER”. Still in place these letters have their original support screws which have bent over ti...
Category
British Victorian 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Bronze
Pair Of Cherry Smash Fountain Syrup Jars
Located in Essex, MA
Cherry Smash was a fountain syrup made from cherry syrup which soda jerks mixed with carbonated water. Founded in 1901 by John E. Fowler of Richmond Va. In...
Category
American 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Antique WW1 Era Brass Trench Art Engraved Shell Casing Dinner Bell or Gong
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very unique and interesting engraved shell casing is unsigned with respect to its maker, but presumed to have been made in possibly Kuwait or Turkey in circa 1917 in a Folk Art style. The shell casing is from an enormous solid brass artillery shell that has been cut and fashioned into a well tuned bell or gong. The shell has been engraved with various panels or vignettes such as doves, palm trees, a landscape and a central crest identifying the years it commemorates. The dinner, meeting or prayer bell...
Category
Kuwaiti Folk Art 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Fargo
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the Coen brothers 1996 crime thriller staring Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, and Steve Buscemi.
The poster is unfolded ...
Category
American 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
History of Muhlenberg County Kentucky by O.A. Rothert 1913
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an extremely rare first edition and signed hardback copy of the History of Muhlenberg County by Otto A. Rothert from 1913.
This rare book is in super condition for its ...
Category
American Country 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Modernist Matching Pair of Enamel Gents Cufflinks, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
Extremely stylish and totally original are these matching pair of English 1930s Art Deco modernist enamel gents cufflinks. Fabulous geometric patterning and color, with a slight mode...
Category
English Art Deco 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Enamel
1940s Maple Conveyor Belt Room Screen
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Industrial 1940s conveyor belt room screen made up of wood slats with rounded ends. Entire screen connected with canvas and rivets. Stands up very easily...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Maple
Art Deco Brown Genuine Cord Ladies Handbag, 1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this super stylish "Arvey" Genuine Corde bag in chocolate brown with original change purse. Three gold tone bars across the front f...
Category
American Art Deco 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
West Germany Blown Silver Mercury Glass Crown Shaped Christmas Tree Ornament
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
Here is a sweet ornament that is very regal looking with a 3-D crown shape of bulbous ridges each has an alternating red and blue large dot with small gold dots above and below them,...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Blown Glass, Mercury Glass
Dawes Black Horse Brewery Large Cast Advertising Horse Sculptural Lamp Base
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large horse sculpture was done by Ross Butler to advertise and prooste Black Horse brand beer for Dawes Brewery of Montreal Canada. The det...
Category
Canadian Art Deco 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Plaster
West Germany Mercury Glass Santa in Fireplace Large 5" Christmas Tree Ornament
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
Such a cute and hard to find large Christmas Tree ornament with the embossed image of Santa with his gold bag on his back coming through the fireplace. This ornament is in good condi...
Category
German Folk Art 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Mercury Glass
Large, very fine, and unique Indian gilt-metal and silver sporting shield
Located in London, GB
Large, very fine, and unique Indian gilt-metal and silver sporting shield
Indian, c.1927
Depth 13cm, diameter 68.5cm
Awarded as a polo trophy to a team wh...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
'One Hundred and One Dalmatians' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Hungarian, 1984
Located in Devon, GB
Twenty one colourful pups perch playfully in four rows on this jolly poster by Hajnal Gabriella for a 1984 Hungarian re-release of Walt Disney's animated adventure 'One Hundred and One Dalmatians.' Based on the 1956 novel 'The Hundred and One Dalmatians' by Dodie Smith, Disney's seventeenth animated feature film followed the dognap of a litter of Dalmatian puppies by the fur-crazed Cruella de Vil...
Category
Hungarian Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Frost King Early 20th Century Ice Box
Located in Alpha, NJ
This early piece of 20th century Americana is in fair-good condition. This oak Frost King shows wear commensurate to use and age.
Category
20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
'Moulin Rouge' Original Vintage Movie Poster by Lucjan Jagodzinski, Polish, 1957
Located in Devon, GB
Based on the novel by Pierre La Mure, the 1952 British film 'Moulin Rouge' is a fictionalized account of the life of street artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as he pursues his art in ...
Category
Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
French Rally Cast Iron Trophy Car by Artist Rodolphe Mariotti
Located in Miami, FL
A fine quality and delightfully heavy sculpted iron motoring trophy car.
Automobile depicted is circa 1920s.
Collectible and Commemorative of the ‘Rally U.C.O.L. Challenge - Driver...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass, Iron
Genealogies and Sketches of Some Old Families of VA and KY by BF Van Meter 1901
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an extremely rare first edition hardback copy of Genealogies and Sketches of Some Old Families Who have taken Prominent Part in the Development o...
Category
American American Colonial 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Vintage Texas Cowboy Hand Wrought Cattle Branding Iron
Located in Stamford, CT
Here it is, that unique gift you have been looking for for the cowboy or cowgirl in your life. A genuine vintage Texan wrought iron cattle branding iron. ...
Category
American Primitive 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wrought Iron
"The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" Original Vintage Movie Poster, 1977
Located in Devon, GB
An adorable US One Sheet poster for a feature-length compendium of three previously released Walt Disney animated shorts based on A.A. Milne's beloved 'Winne-the-Pooh' books. 'The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' brought together 'Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Hand Painted Ceremonial Masonic Plate Signed Moustiers
Located in Miami, FL
Hand painted Masonic ceremonial plate signed Moustiers.
In perfect condition, signed Meret a Moustiers.
Measurements: 10" Diameter x 1" High
Category
French 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Porcelain
"Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson" Signed by Herbert Hoover, Sixth Printing, 1958
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hoover, Herbert. The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1958. Signed and inscribed by Herbert Hoover. Sixth printing. Original dust jacket...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Vintage Table Top Apothecary Scale in Walnut & Brass, c. 1940's
Located in Deland, FL
A great design piece to round out your space. Vintage, unique and a rare find. Make it yours today!
Category
Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Oak
"Men Wanted For the Army" Vintage WWI Recruitment Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a vintage U.S. Army recruitment poster, dating to World War I. The poster depicts an Army officer conferring with a soldier. They stand next to an artillery battery, manned by two soldiers. Their fort looks over a cliff, with water and clouds completing the background. The text "Men Wanted for the Army" is printed in bold red letters at the top of the poster. The bottom margin of the poster includes a cartouche where the name of the recruiting station can be filled in.
The color lithograph was illustrated by Michael P...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
1971 Folies Bergère Starring Hélène Martini Vintage Cabaret Pamphlet by Erté
Located in Van Nuys, CA
French artist Erté (Romain de Tirtoff, 1892-1990) created this poster for the latest stage production presented by Helene Martini, the owner of Folies Bergère. This iconic French cab...
Category
European Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
'An Ideal Husband' Original Vintage Movie Poster by Wiktor Gorka, Polish, 1956
By Wiktor Gorka
Located in Devon, GB
Although Western films were shown during the Soviet era in the Communist Bloc, American publicity materials were banned, allowing the state-commissioned artists to operate with total creative freedom from the demands of the big Hollywood studios...
Category
Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper, Linen
Memento of Bruce Goff Professorship for Creative Architecture
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Rare numbered printing of Bruce Goff's "Le Mar." Printed as a memento of appreciation for friend of Mr. Goff's who helped to establish the Bruce Goff Profes...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
From the Personal Collection of Audrey Hepburn, Photo by Vincent Rossell, 1962
Located in Devon, GB
Audrey Hepburn on the set of 'Paris When It Sizzles'
Vintage gelatin silver print by Vincent Rossell
Photographer's credit stamp, Audrey Hepburn ...
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Vintage French Military Academy Officers Hat, Mid Century
Located in South Salem, NY
A rare French Military Academy Officer's hat or cap from the 1970s. These special and unique hats are part of the uniform of students studying to become officers in the French Milita...
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Felt
American Tramp Art Hermitage Boxes
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Four pivoting elongated rectangular boxes by the Hermitage artists from upstate New York. Bottom stamped. Fantastic display of American Tramp Art.
Per...
Category
American 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Pink Floyd 'The Wall' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Australian, 1982
By Gerald Scarfe
Located in Devon, GB
Based on Pink Floyd's 1979 narrative concept album of the same name, "The Wall" follows the descent into madness of Bob Geldof's troubled rock star Pink as he constructs a metaphoric...
Category
Australian Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Modernist Matching Pair of Enamel Gents Cufflinks
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration are these wonderful and original 1930s Art Deco three toned gents cufflinks. Slightly staggered and raised three toned enamel cufflinks on a rolled rose gold b...
Category
English Art Deco 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Enamel, Gold Plate
Art Deco Black Grosgain and Bakelite Bag
Located in Devon, England
Wonderful Art Deco black grosgrain handbag with a real geometric feel. Dating to the 1930s and in great condition especially considering its age. This bag has an unusual shape being ...
Category
Central American Art Deco 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Bakelite
Antique Military Hat & Fitted Metal Box of Brigadier General Lawrence Drummond
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique military hat and fitted hat box was made by W. Cater of London England for the Brigadier General Lawrence Drummond in approximately 1...
Category
English Edwardian 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
1940s Isamu Noguchi Black+White Train Clock Modernist Japanese Industrial Design
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Sale includes both, and both clocks are untested, thus graded DISTRESSED, despite being cosmetically good.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Bakelite
Rare Suite of Antique Royal Horse Artillery 1 Cannon, 1873-1901 Coat Buttons
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very nice suite of antique military officer Royal Horse Artillery (1 Cannon - 1873-1901) 18mm ball button with Queen Victoria's Crown brass Mi...
Category
British High Victorian Antique 20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
