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Period: Mid-20th Century
Hitchcock 'Marnie' Original Vintage British Vertical Quad Movie Poster, 1964
Located in Devon, GB
An exceedingly rare vertical format British Quad for Alfred Hitchcock's 1964 psychological sex thriller "Marnie," starring Tippi Hendren and Sean Connery. Not present on the conventi...
Category
British Post-Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Art Deco 1930s-1940s Stylish Pyramid Shaped Box Bag
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this superbly stylish and rare 1930s Art Deco pyramid box bag, a beautiful design. I can't sing the praises of this bag enough, it's an absolute delight. Th...
Category
English Art Deco Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
'Easy Rider' Original Vintage Movie Poster, American, 1969
Located in Devon, GB
A touchstone of the American counterculture movement, Dennis Hopper's 1969 revolutionary road drama 'Easy Rider' defined a generation of disillusioned youth, marking a turning point ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Linen, Paper
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Bakelite
Italian Mid-Century Floor Electric White Metal and Plastic Popcorn Machine, 1960
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century floor electric white metal and plastic popcorn machine, 1960s
Floor standing electric popcorn machine with square base in cream wh...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Black & White Movie Theatre Poster, 1956
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, black & white movie theatre poster, 1956
A rare poster, color versions are available, black and white p...
Category
North American Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Plywood, Paper
Vintage Israeli Enamel Street Sign – "Rehov HaGaon Eliyahu" (1948)
Located in New York, NY
This enamel-on-iron street sign, produced in Israel in 1948, features Hebrew and English text in a classic blue-on-white design. It marks "Rehov HaGaon Eliyahu," a street named in ho...
Category
Israeli Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Enamel, Iron
'Cool Hand Luke' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1967
Located in Devon, GB
An uber cool Australian Daybill for the 1967 American prison drama 'Cool Hand Luke' starring Paul Newman in an Oscar nominated performance as the titular anti-hero, a free spirited prisoner who refuses to conform to the system, as indicated by the poster's tagline "The man... and the motion picture that simply do not conform." Acclaimed as one of the key movies of the 1960s, the film's anti-establishment ethos touched a nerve during a time of growing opposition to the Vietnam War. The Australian Daybill was printed using stone lithography based on US artist James Bama...
Category
Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
'To Kill a Mockingbird' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1964
Located in Devon, GB
A scarce original stone lithograph poster for the first Australian release of the 1962 American film adaptation of Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize winning ...
Category
Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Linen, Paper
Mid-Century Investiture Chair Designed by Lord Snowden for Prince Charles 1969
By Remploy
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This chair was designed by Lord Snowden in 1969 and produced by Remploy for the Investiture ceremony of Prince Charles, and done in the period Mid-Cetury Modern style. The chair is made of ash with a bentwood back and painted in a bright red with Prince of Wales styled feathers on the back in gilt. These chairs are known as 'investiture chairs...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wool, Bentwood
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wool
West Germany Hand Blown Elephant Christmas Tree Ornament Decoration
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is an unusual ornament, not expected to find and elephant ornament but he is festively dressed for the occasion. He does have some finish imperfections as I have tried to show i...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Blown 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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Plastic
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Blown Glass
Antique Leitz Wetzlar Slide Projection Machine
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Leitz Wetzlar slide projector. With case for storage and transport. The black plastic frame features a functional design with a ventilated base and four small metal feet for stabilit...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Mercury Glass
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Blown Glass, Paint
Post War 1953 Very Unusual Trencher Art Bookends In Bronze And Aluminum
Located in Miami, FL
Bookends with 1953 US Navy AER-53 Dummy Artillery Rounds
Elusive and historical pair of bookends, created during the post WWII period and the Korean war, back in the 1953-1955. They...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Bronze, Aluminum
"Let 'Em Have It. Buy Extra Bonds" Vintage WWII 4th War Loan Poster, 1943
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II poster, dating to 1943. The poster reads "Let 'Em Have It" and “Buy Extra Bonds” in bold yellow and white block letters. The poster's composition features a soldier throwing a grenade on the battlefield. Black and blue smoked filled skies and barbed wire are seen behind him. The 4th War Loan Shield is illustrated prominently at center left. The poster was illustrated by Bernard Perlin...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
1950s Danish Staved Teak Quaich Midcentury Winged Viking Bowl Centrepiece
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Denmark, circa 1950s. Staved teak bowl designed by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk. A midcentury re-interpretation of the traditional wooden Quaich. Measures: 10 5/8 inches high, 10 inches...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Teak
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
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 Mid-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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Plastic
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Mercury Glass
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Enamel
North by Northwest
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster from the first release of this Classic Hitchcock film.
This film starred Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The art work on this poster is uniq...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Maple
'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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
'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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper, Linen
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Bakelite
Italian Flat Ball Hand Painted Village Blown Red Glass Christmas Tree Ornament
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
What a fantastic large shiny red mercury glass flattened ball Christmas tree ornament with a sweet snow covered village, including a bridge, hand painted on the front and swirls of g...
Category
Italian Folk Art Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Blown Glass
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Enamel, Gold Plate
Czechoslovakia Blown Glass Glittery White Church Christmas Tree Ornament
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
Here is a quaint traditional style church made of glass blown into a mold and covered in shiny, aurora borealis glitter. It would make a fun, glittery white addition to your seasonal...
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Blown Glass
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Snow Cover Cottage/House Blown Glass Christmas Tree Ornament Decoration Lot of 3
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is an adorable set of three blown glass cottage or house Christmas tree ornaments with fun snow made of shiny glitter on the rooftops and ground and a decorated tree in front of...
Category
Unknown Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Blown Glass
James Bond 'You Only Live Twice' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Australian, 1967
Located in Devon, GB
The fifth film in EON Productions' James Bond series and the last of Sean Connery's first stint starring as the suave secret agent, it was announced during filming of 'You Only Live ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper, Linen
Red Mercury Glass Flattened Ball Hand Painted Christmas Tree Ornament Lot of 4
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
Here is an impressive lot of four red mercury glass flattened ball Christmas tree ornaments, one of which is painted with gold paint and applied gold glitter. These would brighten up...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Blown Glass, Mercury Glass, Paint
'Hold Your Man' Original Vintage Movie Poster by Eric Rohman, Swedish, 1933
By Eric Rohman
Located in Devon, GB
A splendid stone lithograph poster with bold Art Deco artwork by noted Swedish designer Eric Rohman for the Swedish release of MGM's 1933 pre-Code rom...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper, Linen
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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Tin
"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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
James Dean 'Rebel Without a Cause' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Finnish, 1956
Located in Devon, GB
A rare poster for the first Finnish release of the Classic 1955 teenage drama "Rebel Without A Cause," with artwork by Engel. Starring James Dean in his most celebrated role as a tro...
Category
Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper, Linen
'Please, Not Now!' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1963
Located in Devon, GB
A sultry Brigitte Bardot sizzles on this striking stone lithography poster for the French screwball rom-com 'La Bride sur le cou,' released in Australia and the UK as 'Please, Not Now!' and in the US as 'Only For Love'. Bardot starred as the saucy young model who enlists a handsome doctor in a zany plan to make her boyfriend jealous when he goes off with an American heiress. Directed by Bardot''s former husband Roger Vadim...
Category
Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Linen, Paper
Art Deco Black Grosgrain Handbag
Located in Devon, England
This wonderful vintage handbag was made in the 1930s-1940s for Saks Fifth Avenue in New York. The body of the bag is constructed from black grosgrain, ...
Category
Central American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Vintage Hardcover Book: a Treasury of Gilbert & Sullivan 1941
Located in San Diego, CA
Title: A Treasury of Gilbert and Sullivan
The words and music of one hundred and two songs from eleven operettas
Edited: Deems Taylor
Publisher...
Category
American Expressionist Vintage Mid-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 Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Oak
'An American in Paris' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1951
Located in Devon, GB
Printed in stunning stone lithography, this scarce Australian Daybill poster joyfully declared the original Australian release of MGM's 'An American in Paris' as "the gayest, the most gorgeous, the greatest musical ever." Inspired by a 1928 orchestral composition by George Gershwin, the classic 1951 musical starred Gene Kelly as an American ex-GI who remains in Paris after the war to become an artist and falls for a gamine Parisienne played by a nineteen year old Leslie Caron, who Kelly had spotted performing with the Ballets des Champs-Élysées two years previously. Following the devastation and trauma of the Second World War, producer Arthur Freed...
Category
Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Linen, Paper
West Germany Mercury Glass Santa Head Christmas Tree Ornament
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
Here he is The Man himself, Santa!! I have four of these cute Santa heads available and I have listed them individually. He has bright blue eyes, adorable pudgy cheeks, red lips on his silver face which is surrounded by a snowy white beard and hat band and topped with a shiny red hat.
All of these ornaments are in good condition but have some imperfections that were in the making and are age related. The plastic cap is signed West Germany, Ges Gesch...
Category
German Folk Art Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Mercury Glass
James Dean 'East of Eden' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Romanian, 1968
Located in Devon, GB
A dark and moody photomontage teases the love triangle at the centre of the drama on this rare poster for the first Romanian release of Elia Kazan's 1955 adaptation of John Steinbeck...
Category
Romanian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Linen, Paper
'The Jungle Book' Original Vintage British Double Crown Movie Poster, 1967
Located in Devon, GB
An incredibly rare and charming British Double Crown poster for the 1967 Walt Disney animated classic 'The Jungle Book,' based on Rudyard Kipling's 1894 book of the same name, and th...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper, Linen
Antique sword stick with carved head
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Antique sword stick with carved head
Wear consistent with age and use
Antique decorative weapon
Measures : Socle 5,5cmx45cm - Sword stick 2,5cmx43cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Hardwood
'I Married A Monster From Outer Space' Original US One Sheet Movie Poster, 1958
Located in Devon, GB
With a kitschy schlock-horror title and eye-catchingly vibrant artwork featuring a young bride dramatically recoiling in horror at the alien shadow lurking behind her, B movie sci-fi doesn't get much better than this! Released in black and white by Paramount as a double feature with 'The Blob,' 'I Married A...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Italian mid-century modern Sunglasses in green glass and metal, mid 1900s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern Sunglasses in green glass and metal, mid 1900s
Vintage and fantastic sunglasses with green colored glass lenses and metal profile. The thin metal rods have...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
