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Period: Mid-20th Century
Material: Wood
Art Deco Champagner Cooler by Fritz Brauhaus de Groot for Zeppelin
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Zeppelin wine cooler by Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot, 1925/1935, Bauhaus Stil Part of the dinnerware used in the Zeppelin LZ 129. Design and ...
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1930s German Art Deco Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum

Vintage 1967 Greg Noll Miki Dora Da Cat longboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Vintage 1967 Greg Noll Miki Dora Da Cat longboard. Features gorgeous fire engine red panels with matching fin, slot bottom, and signature wide square-tail.. ...
Category

1960s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood

Mid-Century Modern Cabinet Speaker
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Philips brand, it has no audio speakers inside, it's just the cabinet already professionally restored on the outside, the previous fabric we couldn't rem...
Category

1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mahogany

1960s Box with 14 Dismounplate Geometric Solids Oak Wood Signed Vallardi Milano
Located in Milan, IT
Box containing 14 dismounplate geometric solids of oak wood, height 20 cm, inch 7.9 in their original wooden box complete with illustrative leaflet for calculating surfaces and volumes. Made for educational purposes for schools by Antonio Vallardi publisher in 1963. Box 48 x32 H 12 cm, inches 18.1 x 11.7 H 4.8. The origins of the publisher Vallardi date back to 1750 when founder Francesco Cesare (1736-1799) acquired a small craft in the heart of old Milan. In the early nineteenth century, the publishing house was noted for the production of works of art, geography and science, including a "Tour of Italy" which took twenty-two printings between 1819 and 1835. The complete works of various maps and directions for travel, including timetables and fares for transportation of the time, can be considered the first modern tourist guide. The firm "Vallardi" was born in 1843 and the company became industrial, with the opening of branches on national scale...
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1960s Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

1960s Box Containing 14 Dismounplate Geometric Solids Of Oak Wood
Located in Milan, IT
Box containing 14 dismounplate geometric solids of oak wood, height 15 cm, inch 5.75 in their original wooden box complete with illustrative leaflet for calculating surfaces and volumes. Made for educational purposes for schools by Antonio Vallardi publisher in 1963. Box 28x36 h 10 cm, inches 11 x 14 h 4. The origins of the publisher Vallardi date back to 1750 when founder Francesco Cesare (1736-1799) acquired a small craft in the heart of old Milan. In the early nineteenth century, the publishing house was noted for the production of works of art, geography and science, including a "Tour of Italy" which took twenty-two printings between 1819 and 1835. The complete works of various maps and directions for travel, including timetables and fares for transportation of the time, can be considered the first modern tourist guide. The firm "Vallardi" was born in 1843 and the company became industrial, with the opening of branches on national scale.
Category

1960s Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Mid Century Style Illuminated Floor Globe by Scan-Globe A / S Denmark
Located in San Diego, CA
Large luminous globe, created in the 1980s by the Danish label Scan-Globe A / S. Made in plastic and wood, this piece depicts the representation of land and political geography at a scale of 1: 32,000,000. The world ball...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Marvelous Aviation Design Solid Walnut Art Deco Style Mantel or Desk Clock
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautifully handcrafted and practical size, airplane theme table clock. Over the years we have sold a number of striking (no pun intended) clocks, but never one as decorative and co...
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Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Metal

1960s Vintage Gordie Surfboards Longboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Early-1960s Gordie surfboards longboard “The Only Way to Travel”. Features a Classic 60s longboard shape with vibrant blue stripes and fixed black sing...
Category

1960s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood

1960s Vintage Hobie Surfboards Longboard
By Hobie Surfboards
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Mid-1960s Hobie Surfboards longboard. Features beautiful red panels with redwood stringer and fixed single fin. A gorgeous example of an all original c...
Category

1960s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood

Rare 1930s Alcoa Aluminum Double Bass / Fiddle / String Bass
By John Burdick, Alcoa Aluminum
Located in Buffalo, NY
Extremely rare aluminum string bass, circa 1930s, bass was originaly wood grain painted, has been stripped and polished.. restrung and set up, new bridge and custom (alcoa) tail piece, original ebony fret board, Sounds amazing. If purchasing to play, wonderful decorative sculpture, Pfretzschner aluminum bass In 1928, The Aluminum Company of America manufactured 50 aluminum double basses...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

Eames Mahogany Leg Splint for Evans Products Plywood Division
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Must have for the Eames addicts a leg splint in mahogany plywood. Produced and signed by Evans Products Company, Molded Plywood division. Very good original condition and in an uncom...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plywood

1960s Vintage Duke Kahanamoku Hawaiian Surfboard
By Duke Kahanamoku
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Mid-1960s Duke Kahanamoku Hawaiian style 9’9 classic longboard made in the mid 1960s. Features attractive red panels, single wood stringer design, and ...
Category

1960s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Softwood, Fiberglass, Foam, Hardwood

Vintage 1960s David Nuuhiwa Lightweight Model Surfboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1967 Bing David Nuuhiwa light-weight model longboard shaped in 1967, serial #8375. Features a beautiful deep blue tinted bottom/wrapped rails with pinlin...
Category

1960s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass, Foam, Hardwood, Softwood

1960s Vintage Dave Sweet Custom Longboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Early 1960s Dave Sweet custom longboard made in Santa Monica, California. Shaped by the late surfing Pioneer, Dave Sweet, (1929-2015). Features beautiful se...
Category

1960s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass, Foam, Hardwood, Softwood

1930s KookBox Hollow Wood Antique Surfboard
By Tom Blake
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Late-1930s KookBox hollow wood surfboard. Purchased initially by a WWII veteran stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii who was later killed in action during the war. Upon his death, the soldier's belongings, along with this surfboard was mailed from Oahu, Hawaii to his family in Northern California. This antique wooden surfboard features a hollow ribbed construction, inspired by designs used to construct the wings of airplanes. The invention of this method of surfboard construction was patented by renowned inventor and water man, Tom Blake...
Category

1930s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Hardwood, Softwood

Early 1960s Hobie Surfboards Longboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Hobie surfboards longboard shaped in the early 1960’s, serial #7496. Features beautiful bright turquoise panels with a redwood single fin. A fantastic example of an early 1960s shaped Hobie longboard...
Category

1960s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood

Large Folky Handmade Caboose-Form Toy Box
Located in New York, NY
Charming handmade toy storage box. The roof opens to revel space for toy, or whatever you'd like to store. Minor wood elements missing ( one step platform ).
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1950s American Folk Art Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plywood

1960s Vintage Hansen Waimea Bay Big Wave Surfboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1963 Hansen Surfboards Waimea Bay big wave surfboard. Features black panels with red rails, redwood/balsawood t-band stringer, and unique low-profile ...
Category

1960s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Softwood, Fiberglass, Foam, Hardwood

Unique & Hand Crafted Vintage 1960s Soccer Ball / Wooden Football Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Handcrafted soccer ball of many woodtypes. This rare and beautifully made soccer ball is in excellent condition and it is made in the same size as a real one. This fine example from...
Category

Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Huge Wooden Toy Soldier by Kay Bojesen
Located in San Diego, CA
Huge Royal Guardsman Standard-Bearer designed by Kay Bojesen. Includes the original Danish flag. Incredibly rare at this scale, Denmark, 1950s.
Category

1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

1960s Vintage Jacobs Pintail Surfboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Late 1960s Jacobs surfboard, serial #4438. Features a pintail shape design with rare Jacobs logo variant. This is a transitional era surfboard shape, ...
Category

1960s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood

Vintage 1960s "The Personal" longboard surfboard by South Coast
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Mid 1960s “The Personal” longboard by South Coast. Features a redwood double stringer design, lime green tinted rails and bottom, and black fin with white halo. A great example of a ...
Category

1960s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Softwood, Fiberglass, Foam

Vintage 1960s Tamarack Paisley Longboard Surfboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Late 1960s tamarack longboard surfboard. Features a balsa and redwood T-band stringer design with black rails and dark paisley pattern on b...
Category

1960s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Softwood, Fiberglass, Foam

Vintage 1960s Tamarack Pintail Longboard Surfboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Late 1960s tamarack pintail longboard surfboard. Features a pintail design with beautiful ruby red vintage wave set fin. An especially low ...
Category

1960s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood

Vintage 1950s Nelson La Jolla Wooden Longboard Surfboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Early 1950s wooden longboard shaped by Al Nelson in La Jolla, California. Features a solid balsawood shape with gorgeous redwood fin. A great example of a 1950s wooden surfboard made in Southern California. Al Nelson was a Windansea local who rode waves alongside surfing pioneers such as Pat Curren, Butch Van Artsdalen and Mike Diffenderfer. Nelson was a very skilled craftsman and as a result shaped surfboards for nearly all of the major California labels including Hobie, Bing, G&S, Hap Jacobs...
Category

1950s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass, Hardwood, Softwood

Vintage 1950s Velzy and Jacobs Wooden Surfboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Mid-1950s vintage Velzy and Jacobs solid wood longboard surfboard. Features a balsawood shape with redwood fin and rare Velzy & Jacobs logo variation. Dale Velzy...
Category

1950s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass, Hardwood, Softwood

Vintage 1968 Bahne La Jolla Longboard Surfboard
By Bill Bahne
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Vintage 1968 Bahne La Jolla longboard shaped in 1968. Features a red acid splash design on rails and bottom with a matching red fin. A great example of an all original late 1960s California Classic longboard. Bill Bahne got his start shaping wood surfboards in the 1950s before foam and fiberglass were used. By the early 1960s Bahne Surfboards became a thriving business, producing some of the most highly sought after surfboards. Bahne also made skateboards, single skis for snow, and snowboards. Bahne was inducted into the International Surfboard Builders Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Skateboard Hall of Fame in 2017. The very first skateboard Tony Hawk...
Category

1960s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood

Hobie Jeff Hakman 1965 Duke Kahanamoku Wooden Surfboard by Dick Brewer
By Dick Brewer, Jeff Hakman
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Hobie Jeff Hakman 1965 duke meet replica big wave gun surfboard. Shaped by the legendary Richard "Dick" Brewer in 2005. This historic wooden surfboard is composed of a balsawood shape with 5 redwood stringers, 5-piece wood tail block, and sleek jet-black fin with white halo. This collectible surfboard has never been ridden. One of just 25 balsawood surfboards shaped by Dick Brewer to commemorate Jeff Hakman’s victory at the 1965 Duke Kahanamoku...
Category

1960s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass, Hardwood, Softwood

Vintage 1960s "The Personal" longboard surfboard by Mike Richardson
By Mike Richardson
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Mid 1960s vintage "The Personal" longboard shaped by Mike Richardson aka "Electric Duck". Features a groovy hot pink nose patch, burnt orange tint on rails and bottom, and a balsawoo...
Category

1960s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass, Foam, Hardwood, Softwood

Univox Hollow Body Electric Guitar
Located in Ferndale, MI
Univox hollow body electric guitar in fine condition with case. Appears to be zebra wood body with maple neck. Complete and plays well. 1 5/8 nut on th...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Chrome

Extremely Rare 1954 Alamo Electrical Musical Amplifier, Model 6A
Located in Buffalo, NY
Extremely rare 1954 Alamo Electrical musical amplifier, model 6A, mint original showroom condition, retains original canvas cover, complete with operating inst...
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Harry Bertoia Patinated Silver Brooch with Coral and Ebony, USA 1943
Located in New York, NY
An unusual piece of Bertoia's jewelry with a figurative quality. This brooch was included in an exhibit, "In Nature's Embrace: The World of Harry Bertoia" at the Reading Public Museu...
Category

1940s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Coral, Silver

Harry Bertoia Hand-Forged Silver, Ebony and Silver Wire Pendant, USA 1942
Located in New York, NY
This early wire wrapped pendant was likely made by Harry Bertoia while he was at Cranbrook.
Category

1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Important Harry Bertoia Silver, Ebony and Coral Pendant, USA, circa 1950
Located in New York, NY
Bertoia stopped producing jewelry in the late 1940s except for rare occasions when he would barter a piece in exchange for materials from his metal supplier. This piece has remained ...
Category

1950s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Coral, Silver

Rare Presentation Box of Eero Saarinen's GM Tower
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Heavy mirror-finish chrome lid is scale model of Saarinen's GM Tech tower, over carved walnut case. The composition of the box wonderfully demonstrates the connection between the you...
Category

1950s American Vintage Wood Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Walnut

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