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Place of Origin: German
Bullitt
Located in London, GB
Original German film poster (1 item).
This artwork was only used on this size original German release poster.
Bullitt is undoubtedly Steve McQueen's most famous film.
This poster is ...
Category
1960s Vintage German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Die Neue Raumkunst in Europa und Amerika Book
By Julius Hoffmann
Located in New York, NY
Important and brilliantly edited survey of early modernist furniture and interiors. Written by Herbert Hoffmann and published by Julius Hoffmann in Stuttgart in 1930. Features work by a who's who of the period's top designers, including Alvar Aalto, Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, Donald Deskey, Maurice Dufresne, Paul Laszlo, Jaques Adnet, Rene Herbst, Eugene Printz, Fritz Brehaus, Andre Lurcat...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Cell Counting Slide, German, Glass, Hemacytometer, Franke and Heidecke
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage cell counting slide. A German, glass hemacytometer and carry case by Franke and Heidecke, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
...
Category
Early 20th Century German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Antique Scientific Visual Aid, Bone Cut of the Human Elbow
Located in Berghuelen, DE
An antique visual aid of a longitudinal bone cut of the elbow. Genuine bone mounted on cardboard with hand-painted structure of muscles, bursae and tendons. With German explanation. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Early Victorian German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone
Rare Leather and Jute Therapeutic Toy Seal by Renate Muller
Located in Berlin, BE
Very rare therapeutic toys Seal in natural jute with colored leather out of the 1970s in excellent collectors condition. The toy is designed by Renate Müller and handmade. The Renate Müller toys...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Jute, Leather
Antique colored stick hemometer in bakelite, Germany, 1930.
Located in Milan, IT
Antique colored stick haemometer. Inside its original box, with ‘Haemometr’ stamped on the lid, two hinges allowed it to be opened. Inside the blue satin padded lid a transverse ribb...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
Jute and Leather Giraffe by Renate Müller for H. Josef Leven Kg, Germany 1960
By H. Josef Leven, Renate Müller
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A rare therapeutic toy giraffe designed by Renate Müller, manufactured by H. Josef Leven Kg in Germany around 1960.
Made of high quality jutte and coloured (red and blue) leather, t...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Jute
Osterloh Botanic Model of a Wheat Flower, Germany, 1900
Located in Milan, IT
A botanic didactical specimen depicting a Wheat flower (Triticum durum), made out of papier mache wood and metal with black wooden base, hand painted. Extremely detailed. Osterloh Mo...
Category
Early 20th Century German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Starburst German Catchall
Located in Charleston, SC
Great minimalist colors in this ceramic ashtray/catchall. This is one from my personal collection, I hope you love it as much as I do. I love the starburst effect made in this on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Roger Pfund "Weight and See" Art Book and Silk Screen, Germany, 1993
Located in Amsterdam, NL
"Weight and See" is the monumental monograph by Swiss graphic artist Roger Pfund, printed by Teunen & Teunen in Geisenheim, Germany in 1993. Complimented by a beautiful wooden framed...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique Wooden Carved Sculpture of a Folksy Countrywoman
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Wooden Carved Sculpture of a Folksy Countrywoman
A large traditional Black Forest style woodcarving of a farmer´s wife. Hand carved in Germany around 1920. A great addition ...
Category
Early 20th Century Black Forest German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wool
Blue Elephant German Blown-Glass Ornament
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Blue Elephant with Golden Colored Ears German Blown-Glass Ornament
Holder on trunk for ornament hook.
Category
Early 20th Century German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mercury Glass
Einzelmöbel und Neuzeitliche Raumkunst Book
By Ludwig Kozma
Located in New York, NY
Seminal 1930 survey of early modernist furniture and interior design projects by known German and other European designers. Approximately 200 different designs featuring about 70 designs by Ludwig Kozma, who designed the striking red and black cover of the hardbound volume. Designers include Augenfeld, Brehaus, Hoffmann, Jeanneret, an early Paul Laszlo in Budapest, Le Corbusier, Sobotka, and Josef Frank, along with a host of lesser-known names. 196 pages, most filled with black and white plates...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Brendel Botanic Model: Taxus-Yew, Germany 1900
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanical model of the Brendel, Taxus N.40a female (Coniferae), Badger. The round base in ebonized wood holds three models: an example of a male Sporophile, a female Aril enla...
Category
Early 20th Century German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
Book.Neu eröffnete Mahometanische Moschea.First German Translation of Quran 1703
Located in CADALSO, ES
Absolutly rare to find.
First German Translation of the Quran from 1703
Author: NERRETER, DAVID.
The book was rebound around 1900.
Category
16th Century Baroque Antique German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Black Forest Fallow Deer Trophy from Salem, Spain, 1979
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Black Forest Fallow deer Trophy from Salem - Spain 1979
A great abnormal Black Forest fallow deer (Dama dama) trophy from the palace of Salem in South Germany. It was shot in Spain ...
Category
Late 20th Century Rustic German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Antler, Wood
Art Deco Brass Bartender Cigarette Holder
Located in Dallas, TX
A rare art deco mechanical bartender. Engraved gold metal figure raises to display contents. Steel and brass. Germany, circa 1930s.
Category
1930s Vintage German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Steel
Silver plated Art Deco Mandalan evening handbag. 1920 - 1930
Located in CADALSO, ES
The item are in a very, very good condition. The close are silver plated. The little colours squares are enameled. The colours are llike the first day.
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate, Enamel
Large Rocking Elephant In Fiberglass Painted By Hand With Inset Resin Jewels
Located in Roma, RM
Eye catching and whimsical, this very limited edition elephant rocker is a spectacular showpiece. Lifelike down to its most minute details, this exquisite piece is equally at home in a child's room, living room or entryway. Made in Germany, between 2000 and 2010, the meticulously detailed elephant is cast in fiberglass which was then been painted by hand. The saddle as well as its straps are also finely detailed. The saddle is gilded, the silver neck and rear saddle straps embellished have a raised scalloped cording painted in antique gold. Inset in each scallop is a large faceted resin jewel alternating red and green. The rendering of the elephant's skin is painstakingly detailed both in the cast of the fiberglass as well as the hand painting. The elephant is mounted on hand forged and hand painted cast iron...
Category
Early 2000s Modern German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass, Paint
18th Century Pastiglia Decorated Baroque Bible Box
Located in Hastings, GB
This truly exceptional 18th century bible box, formed as a book and profusely decorated in pastiglia throughout, in silver and gold gilt, at it's c...
Category
Early 18th Century Baroque Antique German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Pine
German Mignon Portable Typewriter
By Allgemeine Elektricitats-Gesellschaft
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a German Mignon Typewriter. It was made by Allgemeine Elektricitats Gessellschaft. It depicts a black metal frame index typewriter machine attached to a hinged lidded box wit...
Category
20th Century Industrial German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Antique Teaching Aid Modell of an Ear - Somso ca. 1900
By Somso
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Teaching Aid Modell of an Ear - Somso ca. 1900
A folding model of an ear. It was used as teaching material in German schools ca. 1900. It is made of wood and paper mache by ...
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
Howdy Doody Acrobatic Toy, ca. 1950s, Celluloid and Metal, Signed by Maker
Located in Petaluma, CA
This wonderful toy will give anyone joy when they see it in operation. Just pull the lever down on the right side, let it go, and watch Howdy fly around the bar. Please check out o...
Category
1950s Other Vintage German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Pair of Taschens Berlin and Paris Books From the Estate of Christian Audigier
By Angelika Taschen
Located in Waxahachie, TX
From the estate of Christian Audigier
21 May 1958 – 9 July 2015
He was a French fashion designer known for the Ed Hardy and Von Dutch clothing lines.
Chris...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Modern German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Late 19th Century German Silver Torah Pointer
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Torah pointer, Germany, circa 1890.
The handle is made with a knob shape interval engraved with classical ornaments.
The reading end is shaped as a hand with a poin...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Robert Brendel's Botanical Model, 19th Century
By Robert Brendel
Located in New York, NY
A Botanical model by Robert Brendel, famous German botanist, 19th century.
As detailed by the University of Aberdeen Zoology Museum, "In the late 19th century Botanist and model-mak...
Category
1890s Other Antique German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Bavarian Votiv Tablet early 19th century
Located in Wien, AT
Bavarian Votiv Tablet early 19th century.
Jesus on the cross and poor souls in purgatory Oil in wood, early 19th century.
Very nice original condition with...
Category
Early 19th Century Folk Art Antique German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Hand-Colored 18th Century Homann Map of Denmark and Islands in the Baltic Sea
By Johann Baptist Homann
Located in Alamo, CA
An 18th century copper plate hand-colored map entitled "Insulae Danicae in Mari Balthico Sitae utpote Zeelandia, Fionia, Langelandia, Lalandia, Falstria, Fembria Mona" created by Joh...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Leather Medicine Ball
Located in Vienna, AT
Original patinated leather medicine ball from the 1950s. A set of two.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Deer German Blown-Glass Ornament
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Deer German Blown-Glass Ornament
Holder on back of neck for ornament hook.
Made in Germany sticker on bottom
Category
Early 20th Century German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mercury Glass
19th Century Giltwood Baroque Church Altar Vase
Located in Hastings, GB
A deep carved large giltwood altar vase, probably German, in the baroque style, but dating to the latter half of the 19th century. The vase is carved with a...
Category
1890s Baroque Antique German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Teaching Model Stages of the Appendix, Ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great antique hand-painted anatomical model of the appendix in different stages. It is made of plaster and mounted on a wooden base. Manufactured most probably by SOMSO or PHYWE, G...
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
Ceramic tobacco jar/humidor in the form of a shouting suffragette, ca. 1910
Located in Gorssel, GE
Ceramic tobacco jar the form of a shouting suffragette with a removable hat forming the lid.
The woman has large eyes and an open mouth. She is wearing the purple, green, and white c...
Category
Early 20th Century German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Four 18th Century Engraved and Hand-Colored Maps by Weigel
By Christoph Weigel
Located in Copenhagen, K
Small collection of four engraved maps of Italy, Balkan and of Central Asia.
Two are of Italy, one Corsica and Northern Italy and the other of the Southern Italian boot...
Category
18th Century Antique German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A Rare Rosenthal Green Organic Shaped Three Tier Tobacco Jar With Pipe Rest
By Rosenthal
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Rare Mid Century Rosenthal Green Organic Shaped Three Tier Tobacco Jar With Ergonomically Shape Pipe Rest
Perfect Father's Day, Christmas Present.
Made in Germany
Rosenthal Studio ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Foldable Anatomical Wall Chart Depicting Human Musculature
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Foldable Anatomical Wall Chart Depicting Human Musculature
A rare 19th century anatomical wall chart depicting human musculature and internal organs. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Teaching Model of the Adipose Spleen, ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great antique hand-painted anatomical model of the adipose spleen. Made of papier maché and plaster, mounted on a turned wooden base. Manufactured most probably by SOMSO or PHYWE, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
Great Rustic Black Forest Wooden Pulley with Rope
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Great Rustic Black Forest Wooden Pulley with Rope
A great rustic Black Forest wooden pulley with rope. It comes from a Bavarian barn, ca. 1900, ol...
Category
Early 20th Century Black Forest German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
West Africa Entitled "Guinea Propria": An 18th Century Hand Colored Homann Map
By Johann Baptist Homann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a scarce richly hand colored copper plate engraved map of Africa entitled "Guinea Propria, nec non Nigritiae vel Terrae Nigrorum Maxima Pars" by Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
KPM Porcelain Painting of Franz Josef of Austria in Ornate Giltwood Frame
By KPM Porcelain
Located in Savannah, GA
This detailed KPM porcelain plaque features a painting of Franz Joseph and is beautifully accentuated by a wide ornate antique giltwood frame. The porcelain circle measures seven and...
Category
Early 1900s Baroque Revival Antique German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Processional banner with Madonna and child
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
A processional banner from Kevelaar, a well-known pilgrimage site in Germany, near the Dutch boarder. The banner in silk and gold brocade hangs fro...
Category
Late 19th Century Gothic Revival Antique German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Giltwood
Taschens Alex Steinweiss From the Estate of Christian Audigier
By Angelika Taschen
Located in Waxahachie, TX
From the estate of Christian Audigier
21 May 1958 – 9 July 2015
He was a French fashion designer known for the Ed Hardy and Von Dutch clothing lines.
Chris...
Category
2010s Post-Modern German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Cat German Blown-Glass Ornament
By Bimini Glass
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Cat German Blown-Glass Ornament
Holder on back of head for ornament hook
Category
Early 19th Century Antique German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mercury Glass
Pair of Vintage Children's Ski Boots in Leather, Wasserdicht
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Child's waterproof leather ski boots.
A pair of children's German square toe leather ski boots. The brown leather on the boots is in excellent condition, th...
Category
1940s Vintage German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Anatomical Model of the Human Ear by Somso, 1950s
By Somso
Located in Naples, IT
Didactic model of the human ear, materiale plastico, made in 1950s by Somso, a German company active since the second half of the nineteenth century, known as an excellence in the de...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
PVC
East German Map
By VEB Hermann Haack
Located in Baltimore, MD
A brilliantly colourful map of the Leipzig, Karl Marx Stadt and Dresden area in the former German Democratic Republic by VEB Hermann Haack of Gotha.
Category
1970s Vintage German Collectibles and Curiosities
Rosenthal Box with Porcelain Tiles by Bjorn Wiinblad, 1960s
By Bjørn Wiinblad
Located in New York, NY
Rosenthal, Studio Line
Wood cigarette box with four decorative porcelain tiles with gold glaze by Bjorn Wiinblad
with round label Rosenthal Germany at b...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Rainbow Striped Pheasant Blown-Glass Ornament
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Rainbow Striped Pheasant Blown-Glass Ornament
Holder on back for wire ornament hook.
Category
Early 20th Century German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mercury Glass
Scandinavia & Portions of Eastern Europe: 18th Century Hand-Colored Homann Map
By Johann Baptist Homann
Located in Alamo, CA
An early 18th century hand-colored copper-plate map entitled "Regni Sueciae in omnes suas Subjacentes Provincias accurate divisi Tabula Generalis" by Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Teaching Model Longitudinal Profile of the Kidney, ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great antique hand-painted anatomical model of the kidney. Made of papier maché and plaster, mounted on a turned wooden base. Manufactured most probably by SOMSO or PHYWE, Germany ...
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paper
Horse German Blown-Glass Ornament
By Bimini Glass
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Horse German Blown-Glass Ornament
Holder on back for ornament hook.
Category
Early 20th Century German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mercury Glass
Blue Swan German Blown-Glass Ornament
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Blue Swan German Blown-Glass Ornament
Holder on back of neck for ornament hook.
Made in Germany sticker on bottom.
Category
Early 20th Century German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mercury Glass
Crane German Blown-Glass Ornament
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Crane German Blown-Glass Ornament
Holder on back on neck for ornament hook.
Category
Early 20th Century German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mercury Glass
20th Century Terrestrial Globe by Peter J. Oestergaard
By Peter J. Oestergaard
Located in Madrid, ES
Early 20th century antique traditional Columbus earth globe, brass frame, papier mâché sphere and turned, ebonized wooden base.
Gezeichnet & Hergestellt
Peter J. Oestergaard.
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Ashtray US Oberammergau US Army School
By Lladro
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage ceramic ashtray with Imagery of the US Oberammergau US Army School established in Germany in the 1960s. Ashtray is in good condition.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Salesman Sample Bauhaus Three Legged Stool
Located in Hanover, MA
Interesting and unusual miniature Bauhaus 3-leg stool, possibly a salesman's sample or maquette.
Round seat is black lacquered turned wood ~7.5 inches diameter by 1 inch thick.
T...
Category
1930s Bauhaus Vintage German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Pair of Late 18th Century Gold Wood and Gesso Baroque Altar Vases
Located in Hastings, GB
A pair of late 18th Century German baroque altar vases, in carved and gilded wood, small areas of gilt loss and patina as to be expected given their age. These would have been displa...
Category
1780s Baroque Antique German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Botanic Model Brendel, Germany, 1890
Located in Milan, IT
A rare botanical model of the Brendel, Syringa vulgaris N. 37 (Uleaceae). The round base in ebonized wood holds the botanical model which reveals the flo...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique German Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster, Wood
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