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Period: Late 20th Century
Place of Origin: American
Brass and Lucite Magazine Holder by Charles Hollis Jone
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1970’s Magazine holder by renowned American designer Charles Hollis Jone. Constructed of clear lucite and polish brass. We also have a chrome one in a different listing. It’s in ...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

David O Selznick's Hollywood by Ronald Haver, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
David O Selznick's Hollywood by Ronald Haver. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York City, 1980. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Spectacular book d...
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1980s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

The People's Choice A History of Albany County in Art and Architecture, Signed
Located in valatie, NY
The People's Choice: A History of Albany County in Art and Architecture by Allison P. Bennett. Albany County Historical Association, Lane Press, Albany, 1980. Inscribed by the author...
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1980s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Joan Miro by Carolyn Lanchner, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Joan Miro by Carolyn Lanchner. 1st Ed softcover catalog. Published by Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 1993. Henri Matisse, 1st Ed softcover catalog. Published in conjunction with...
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1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Looney Tunes All-Stars
Located in London, GB
Original drawing Pencil on paper for Looney Tunes All-Stars C1990. This drawing was done by the American artist, cartoonist, and animator Virgil Walter R...
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Late 20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Paintings of Paul Cezanne A Catalogue Raisonne by John Rewald, 2 Volumes 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Paintings of Paul Cezanne: A Catalogue Raisonne by John Rewald, a 2 Volume set. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. The two 1st Ed hardcover volumes are slipcased. This encyclopedic, lo...
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1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

The Empire Strikes Back
Located in London, GB
Original American Special Coca Cola tie-in poster for “The Empire Strikes Back” also known as (Star Wars: Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back) t...
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1980s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Sotheby's: Property from the Collection of the Late Gilbert Verney, 1979
Located in valatie, NY
Property from the Collection of the Late Gilbert Verney: At Bennington, New Hampshire, Including Property Removed from His Residence on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Softcover fir...
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1970s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

1980s Ceramic Blue Christian Fish Plate Pisces Decorative Display
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage religious art Christian faith fish symbol Pisces decorative dish display etched ceramic plate in cobalt blue Measures: 5.25" in diameter x 1" hei...
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1980s Modern Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Ceramic

Sixty Years of Interior Design The World of McMillen Book, 1st Ed
Located in Stamford, CT
Sixty Years of Interior Design: The World of McMillen by Erica Brown. Hardcover, 1st edition. Binding is tight and and there is no visible wear.
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1980s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

American Mid-Century Modern Woodworking & Cane Handwoven Doll, Teddy Bear Bench
Located in Miami, FL
Doll or Teddy Bear Bench Mid-Century Modern American craftsman woodworking toy. All handmade designed in Wood and Cane, simply lovely. This is a f...
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Late 20th Century Rustic American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Cane, Wood

Beaton In Vogue 1st Edition Hardcover Book
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Stamford, CT
Beaton In Vogue 1st Edition hardcover book. Beaton in Vogue By Josephine Ross. Published by Clarkson N. Potter, First American Edition, 1986. 24...
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1980s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Rochester, a Pictorial History by Ruth Rosenberg-Naparsteck
Located in Bradenton, FL
Rochester, A Pictorial History by Ruth Rosenberg-Naparsteck. Published by The Donning Company of Norfolk/Virginia Beach in 1994. Hardcover with dust jac...
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Late 20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Lucio Fontana, Guido Ballo, 1971
Located in London, GB
Lucio Fontana By Guido Ballo Praeger Publishers, New York. 1971. Charting the career of one of Italy's most celebrated twentieth century artists from futurism to spatialism....
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Masterpieces of Painting in the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Masterpieces of Painting in the J. Paul Getty Museum. Published by J. Paul Getty Museum, 1980. 1st Ed softcover. Rooted in a passion for the Italian Renaissance as well as Dutch and ...
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1980s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Colonial Williamsburg by Phillip Kopper, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Colonial Williamsburg by Phillip Kopper. Harry N. Abrams/The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, New York, NY, 1986. Philip Kopper follows the history of the magnificent restoration of...
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1980s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

The Concerned Photographer 2, Cornell Capa, Editor, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Concerned Photographer 2, Cornell Capa, Editor. Published by Grossman Publishers, New York, 1972. 1st Ed softcover. A collection of the work of six photographers (Werner Bischof,...
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1970s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Picasso and Portraiture, Representation & Transformation Edited by William Rubin
Located in valatie, NY
Picasso and Portraiture, Representation & Transformation, Exhibition Catalog at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in Collaboration with the Musee Picasso, Paris, in April 1996. Edi...
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1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Picasso and the War Years, 1937-1945 Exhibition Catalog by Steven Nash 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Picasso and the War Years, 1937-1945 Exhibition Catalog by Steven Nash. Published by Thames & Hudson, 1998. 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog with dust jacket. In collaboration with the Solo...
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1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Crosscurrents: Masterpieces of East Asian Art from New York Private Collections
Located in valatie, NY
Crosscurrents: Masterpieces of East Asian Art from New York Private Collections, with contributions by Richard M. Barnhart and Christine M.E. Guth Photography by Amy G. Poster. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket and a personal note from the author. Some of the finest private collections of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean art are found in New York City. This illustrated book explores the riches found in these collections, which include some of the world's finest and most important paintings, calligraphy...
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1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Vintage California Historical Landmark Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Interesting vintage California highway sign for Adobe Rios-Caledonia. This is a California historical landmark and on the National Register of...
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1970s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Steel

Robert Motherwell Signed Catalogue with Lithograph- Selected Prints, 1961-1974
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
First edition from an edition of 4000, published by Brooke Alexander, 1975. Untitled 1974. Lithograph with collage printed on Rives B.F.K. parer 10 x 24 inches This rare catalogue...
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1970s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Richard Lawless Bronze Brutalist Necklace
By Richard Lawless
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This is a bold solid bronze choker style necklace by the renowned modernist Richard Lawless. It is signed 'Lawless' on the rear of the pendant. Truly a piece of wearable artisan art.
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1980s Modern Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Bronze

Masterpieces of German Expressionism at the Detroit Institute of Arts 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Masterpieces of German Expressionism at the Detroit Institute of Arts by Horst Uhr. Published by Hudson Hills Press LLC, 1982. Stated 1st Ed ...
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1980s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Picasso and the Age of Iron by Carmen Gimenez, Curator, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Picasso and the Age of Iron by Carmen Gimenez, Curator; Essays by Dore Ashton and Francisco Calvo Serraller. Published by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1993. 1st Ed Exhibit...
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1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Jugendstil Art Nouveau: Floral and Functional Forms, by Siegfried Wichmann, 1st
Located in valatie, NY
Jugendstil Art Nouveau: Floral and Functional Forms, by Siegfried Wichmann. New York Graphic Society, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1984. !st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. With...
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1980s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

By George: The Autobiography of George Foreman 1st Trade Ed Signed by Foreman
Located in valatie, NY
By George: The Autobiography of George Foreman First edition signed by George Foreman. Villard, U.S.A., 1995. Signed, Stated 1st Trade Ed hardcover with...
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1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Set of 5 Hand Carved and Painted Shorebird Decoys
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Flock of Wayne Baker (Virginia) shorebird decoys. Painted wood consisting of two schematic swans and three flying egrets painted in the round. Each is ...
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1980s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

Presenting Stefano Della Bella Stefano Della Bella, by Phyllis Massar, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Presenting Stefano Della Bella by Stefano Della Bella, by Phyllis Dearborn Massar. Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 141 pp. Profusely...
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1970s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Collector's Encyclopaedia of Half Dolls by Norma Werner, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Collector's Encyclopaedia of Half Dolls by Norma Werner and Frieda Marion. Collector Books, Kentucky, 1979. First Edition hardcover with dust jacke...
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1970s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Wind Ups Tin Toy Dreams T. Kitahara Collection, Teruhisa Kitahara, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Wind Ups: Tin Toy Dreams T. Kitahara Collection by Teruhisa Kitahara. Chronicle Books, 1985. Paperback. first Edition softcover. Contains hundreds of full color and black and white illustrations of toys from Kitihara's collection. The collection consists of antique Japanese wind...
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1980s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

George H. W. Bush Signed and Inscribed 1989 Inaugural Photograph
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a wonderful inscribed color photo of the inauguration of George H.W. Bush as the 41st President of the United States held on January 20, 1989. The inauguration marked the commencement of the four-year term of George H. W. Bush as President and Dan Quayle as Vice President. The photograph is signed and inscribed to Ron Wade, who once served as a White House page for President Nixon. Inscription reads, "To Ron Wade/ Sincerely /George Bush" Mr. Wade then scripted a note on the verso of the photo, stating "Signed as President, week of 6-1/-89". The inauguration of George H. W. Bush as the 41st president of the United States was held at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 51st inauguration. Chief Justice William Rehnquist administered the presidential oath of office to Bush and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor administered the vice presidential oath of office to Quayle. Bush was the first sitting vice president to be inaugurated as president (not due to his predecessor's death or resignation) since Martin Van Buren...
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1980s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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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...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Vintage 5 Draw Brass Telescope
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage brass 5 draw extendable hand telescope. Comes with original cap to cover glass end and brass eyepiece cover that slides in and out of place. Unusually long telescope at just ...
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1970s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Being There by Jerzy N. Kosinski, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Being There by Jerzy N. Kosinski. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, NY, 1970. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 142 pages. hardcover. Dust ja...
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1970s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

The Town House American Design Series by Chippy Irvine, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Town House: American Design Series by Chippy Irvine. Random House Publishing Group, 1988. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A look at townhouses, both stately and modest, from a...
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1980s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Contrasts of Form, Geometric Abstract Art, 1910-1980, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Contrasts of Form. Geometric Abstract Art, 1910-1980, From the collection of the Museum of Modern Art Including the Riklis Collection of McCrory...
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1980s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Monumental Leather Football
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fun oversized leather Wilson football measuring 30" long. Massive version of "The Duke." Likely a store display piece. Rare find. Great object and display piece.
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1980s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather

Sotheby's: The Breitbart Collection of Antiquities & Ancient Glass, 6/1990
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The Breitbart Collection of Antiquities & Ancient Glass, 6/1990. 145 lots, Ancient Glass; Egyptian, Western Asiatic, and classical antiquities...
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1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

1985 Think Big!, Huge Safety Pin
By Think Big
Located in Weesp, NL
Huge safety pin 1985 Think Big! This rare Pop Art piece is in great condition. No cracks or damage. Think Big! was a retail store originally established in New York City in 1979. It...
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Stainless Steel

Masterpieces of English Furniture, The Gerstenfeld Collection, 1st Edition
By Edward Lennox-Boyd
Located in valatie, NY
Masterpieces of English Furniture: The Gerstenfeld Collection by Edward Lennox-Boyd. Christies books, 1998 1st Edition thus hardcover with dust jacket. A unique collection of 18th ce...
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1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Christie's Important 20th C Design Including Arts & Crafts & Cowboy High Style
Located in valatie, NY
‘Christie's Important 20th Century Design Including Arts and Crafts and Western Cowboy High Style’ 6/96. Christie's NY, 1996. First Edition softcover with dust jacket. This auction c...
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1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Artists Design Furniture by Denise Domergue
Located in valatie, NY
Artists Design Furniture by Denise Domergue. Harry N Abrams Inc. 1984. Hardcover with dust jacket. 176 pp. with 230 illustrations, 74 in full color. Describes a variety of chairs, so...
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1980s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Bicentennial Cast Iron Still Bank, American, Circa 1976
Located in Incline Village, NV
Shaped like a pyramid this cast iron penny bank was made to commemorate the 200 year anniversary of America; thus inscribed at the top (see image) 1776-1976. It is painted in white (...
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1970s Folk Art Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

Kenneth Lane Gold Dipped Vintage Costume Necklace with Earrings
By Kenneth Jay Lane
Located in Miami, FL
Kenneth Lane gold dipped vintage necklace with matching clip on earrings. Marked under each ornament, Kenneth Lane, made in the USA.
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Late 20th Century Art Deco American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Kazak Carpets of the Caucasus by Raoul Tschebull
Located in valatie, NY
Kazak: Carpets of the Caucasus by Raoul Tschebull. Near Eastern Art Research Center, 1971. 1st Ed paperback. Illustrated with 23 color plates and 17 b/w. With an introduction by Jose...
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1970s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Inventing Acadia Artists and Tourists at Mount Desert
Located in valatie, NY
Inventing Acadia Artists and Tourists At Mount Desert, Essay by J. Gray Sweeney; Foreword by John Wilmerding. Rockland, Maine: The Farnsworth Art Museum, 1999. A catalogue that accom...
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1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Extra Large Yukon Moose Taxidermy Mount
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
72" Boone and Crockett scoring Yukon moose. 52"vertical, protrudes 42". Absolutely stunning size, great condition. Perfect for large rooms, cabins, rustic decor. Period: last quart...
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Late 20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Animal Skin

Deliverance by James Dickey, First Edition
By James Dickey
Located in valatie, NY
Deliverance by James Dickey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. Deliverance is widely considered as Dickey's best novel and was ...
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1970s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Morgan American Financier by Jean Strouse, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Morgan : American Financier by Jean Strouse. Published by Random House Publishing Group, NY, 1999. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Jean Strouse is an American biographer, cultural administrator, and critic. She is best known for her biographies of diarist Alice James and financier J. Pierpont Morgan. She was an editorial assistant at The New York Review of Books from 1967 to 1969 and a book critic at Newsweek magazine from 1979 to 1983. She won a MacArthur Fellowship in September, 2001. John Pierpont "J. P." Morgan (April 17, 1837 - March 31, 1913) was an American financier and banker who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation. In 1892, Morgan arranged the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric Company to form General Electric. He was instrumental in the creation of the United States Steel Corporation, International Harvester...
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1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Christie's, Contents of Benjamin Ginsburg Antiquary, October 1983
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Contents of Benjamin Ginsburg Antiquary, October 1983. NPT Books, a division of N.P. Trent Antiques, has a large collection of used and out of...
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1980s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Vintage Raven Taxidermy on Root Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
This unique sculptural composition beautifully pairs the naturalism of taxidermy with an abstract 19th century Chinese wooden scholars' root. The raven is poised as is mid-caw, ready...
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Late 20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

In Good Hands, 25 Years of Art in the Life of a Dealer, by Achim Moeller, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
In Good Hands, 25 Years of Art in the Life of a Dealer, by Achim Moeller. Published by Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York, 1997. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Achim Moeller is a German-American art dealer, adviser, art historian, scholar and curator. He is the founder and head of Moeller Fine Art and the Achim Moeller Art Advisory. Color and black and white plates, includes works by; Jackson Pollock, Paul Klee, Otto Mueller, Paul Gauguin, Feininger, Kandinsky, Marc Chagall, Alexej von Jawlensky...
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1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

American Wicker Woven Furniture from 1850 to 1930 by Jeremy Adamson, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
American Wicker: Woven Furniture from 1850 to 1930 by Jeremy Adamson. Rizzoli International Publications, 1993. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 176 pp. Beautifully illustra...
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1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Cotton Comes to Harlem
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1970 film starring Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, and was directed by Ossie Davis. The art work is by the American artist ...
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1970s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Seven Assorted Catalogues from Chinese Porcelain Company, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Seven catalogues from the Chinese Porcelain Company on Oriental Porcelain, Export Porcelain and French Furniture. Chinese Ceramics and Wo...
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1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

1970s Vintage Natural Design surfboard by Midget Smith
By Midget Smith
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Early 1970s vintage natural design single fin surfboard shaped by Midget Smith. Featuring a "sting" shape which was made famous by iconic Hawaiian surfer ...
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1970s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Fiberglass, Foam

The Andy Warhol Collection Americana & European & American Paintings & Prints
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The Andy Warhol Collection Americana and European and American Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Vol. V, Friday, April 29 and Saturday,...
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1980s Vintage American Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

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