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Place of Origin: North American
Exquisite Taxidermy Rosellas on Handcrafted Wooden Base
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite taxidermy piece features two mounted Rosellas, beautifully preserved to capture their vibrant plumage and natural elegance. Each parrot is intricately arranged on a ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Victorian North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Feathers
Jade Green Ruba Rombic Ashtray
By Reuben Haley
Located in Red Lion, PA
The Ruba Rombic ashtray, produced by the Consolidated Glass Company, stands as an iconic example of Art Deco design. Crafted in Jade green cased glass, this stunning piece features b...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Sears Tower Constellation Portable Typewriter W/Metal Case. Circa 1960s.
By Sears, Roebuck & Company
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Sears Tower Constellation Portable Typewriter W/Metal Case. Circa 1960s.
Manufactured for SEARS is the equivalent of a Smith-Corona Classic 12.
Features a stylish mid century...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Miniature Salesman's Sample Victorian Bureau Chest, American, circa 1890
Located in Incline Village, NV
This late 19th century miniature 3-drawer dresser with original mirror mounted above, was likely used as a salesman's sample by an itinerant sales person who traveled the countryside promoting his articles, usually by seeking out merchants to take orders based on this scaled down miniature bureau, or by leaving it on display in a merchant's establishment to take orders from that merchant's customers.
This American bureau...
Category
1890s Victorian Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Christie's: Property Formerly in the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Jack Warner, 1990
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Property Formerly in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Warner, October 1990. 319 lots, 192 pp., fully illustrated in color. Includes a wide s...
Category
1990s North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Voltaire's Candide, Illustrated by Clara Tice
Located in Middletown, NY
This edition, enriched by Cara Tice's racy and whimsical illustrations, is an "Exact reprint of the earliest English text" and was printed in Holland by the Johann Ecnchedé en Zonen ...
Category
1920s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sotheby's, The Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Softcover, New in Wrapper
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's; The Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. New York: Sotheby's, 1996. First edition softcover, new in wrapper. 584 pages. A catalogue of the Sotheby's auction for the estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Pieces include Jack Kennedy's oak rocking chair, a study for the White House portrait of Jackie, a collection of Lettuce Ware...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Wooden Jaymar Toy on Wheels, circa 1930
By Jaymar
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Classic Jaymar Wooden Pull Along Toy from the 1930's. The toy features a boy sitting atop four wheels. This vintage child's toy is a wonderful piece to add to a current collection or...
Category
Early 20th Century American Classical North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
26 Volumes. Robert Louis Stevenson. Complete Works.
Located in New York, NY
26 Volumes. Robert Louis Stevenson. Complete Works. Vailima Edition. Bound in 3/4 black morocco with marbled boards. Covers and raised band spine are gilt-tooled. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Limited to 1,030 copies of which this is 7. Portrait of author...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Oriental Art, First Edition
By Jan Fontein, Pratapaditya Pal
Located in valatie, NY
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Oriental Art. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1969, First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 195 pp. A large book ...
Category
20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Ronson Newark 1929 Art Deco Steel RonDeLight Table Lighter Black & Blue Lacquer
By Louis Vincent Aronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
A ball table lighter designed by Ronson.
Very beautiful RonDeLight Junior desk lighter, created in Newark United States by Art Metal Works Inc. for The Ro...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Black Wooly Chaps by Henry L. Kuck
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Black wooly chaps by Henry L. Kuck, Th Dalles, Oregon. Stamped on the belt by the cowboy Sam Rudder. Floral tooled belt, inside pockets. Used in the ...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hide, Leather
Woman In All Ages and In All Countries
Located in New York, NY
10 Volumes. Various Authors. Woman In All Ages and InAll Countries. Limited to 25 lettered sets, this copy if L, printed for Mrs. L. Bartlett. Bound in the publisher's pale blue crus...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Dramatic Works of Moliere, 3 Vols. 1880, in a Fine Leather Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Moliere (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin).
Title: The Dramatic Works of Moliere.
Publisher: NY: R. Worthington, 1880.
Description: new edition revised. 3 vols., 8-11/16 x 6-...
Category
1880s Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie Illustrated by A Rackham First Edition
By Wagner
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a fabulous first edition book, namely, The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie Illustrated by A Rackham First Edition.
The Rhinegol...
Category
Early 20th Century Bohemian North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1960s Vintage Hansen classic longboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Vintage 1960s Hansen classic longboard made in the early 1960s. Features beautiful aqua blue and red color scheme with matching pinstripes. Incredible 21 piece redwood/balsawood with...
Category
1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Hardwood, Softwood
Pre-Columbian Art, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Pre-Columbian Art, New York: Phaidon Publishers, Inc., 1957. First edition hardcover with skip case. 285 pp. A vintage book cataloguing Robert Woods Blis...
Category
20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rustic Painted Wooden Canoe Model
Located in Queens, NY
American Country Rustic style mid-century dark blue painted model of a canoe with a ribbed interior.
Category
20th Century Country North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Chips and Shavings: Stories of Upstate New York by George Walter, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Chips and Shavings: Stories of Upstate New York by George Walter. Heritage Press, 1966. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Loaded with interesting stories about the early days of ups...
Category
1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Quilled Sioux Native Authentic Child's Dress
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Lakota Sioux child's dress quilled on buffalo hide; collected and entered into the Maryland Academy of Art and Science prior to 1880. It was deaccessioned...
Category
1860s Native American Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Great Houses, Modern Aristocrats
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
Author James Reginato, Photographs by Jonathan Becker, Foreword by Viscount Linley
This stunning book presents the intriguing stories and celebrated...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Marching Military Soldiers Mechanical Toy
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Antique mechanical toy ambitiously crafted with a metal mechanism moved by a crank in the back, sending civil war union soldiers, carved in pine...
Category
Early 20th Century Campaign North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Keith Haring Iconic Pop Shop Magnets, c. 1985 — Set of 6
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in Chicago, IL
Keith Haring Iconic Pop Shop Magnets, c. 1985 — Set of 6
Sold at the Pop Shop in New York, c. 1986 (dated 1985). New and unopened, still sealed in the original plastic wrapping. Feat...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
19th Century Arapaho Large Panel Tobacco Bag
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Arapaho large panel, tobacco bag with old collection tag "tobacco bag" white seal #450. Brain tanned buffalo calf. All original, remains soft and supple. S...
Category
Late 19th Century Native American Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hide
Large 1950s Driftwood Table Lamp
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large 1950s driftwood table lamp.
Harp and finial can be sourced if needed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Driftwood
19th Century Shakespeare 10 Volumes, circa 1894
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century Shakespeare 10 volumes, circa 1894
Edited by William Aldis Wright
Macmillan and Co., London and New York
Each volume measures 7" wide x 10.5" high
Offered as...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Atwood, Margaret, The Edible Woman, First American Edition Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: ATWOOD, Margaret.
TITLE: The Edible Woman. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1969.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., publisher's original pink cloth backed boards, gilt lettered spine, inscribed by Atwood on the half-title "For Bart & Roby best wishes Margaret Atwood...
Category
1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
Northwest Coast Totem by Marlin Alphonse
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Colorful Alaskan three figure winged totem. Carved and painted by Marlin Alphonse. Noted on back "purchased by Brad and Hazel Ritter on board Royal Princes, Sitka, Alaska 1986. His name heavily carved on back.
PERIOD: 1986
ORIGIN: Alaska
SIZE: 13"H x 12"W x 3 1/2"D
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Native American carvings & totems native American Indian native American totem poles n.
Category
1980s Native American Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cedar
Vintage 1970s Dick Brewer Surfboards by Bob Ricard
By Dick Brewer
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Late-1970s Dick Brewer surfboard made by Bob Ricard. Features a yellow tint with swallow tail winged shape design. Central pinstriping with pinstriped...
Category
1970s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Hardwood, Softwood
Mid-Century Painted Wooden Sailboat Model
Located in Queens, NY
American Country style Mid-Century wood model of a pond sailboat on stand with a white painted hull
Category
20th Century Country North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Regina Upright Music Box
By Regina Company
Located in New Orleans, LA
An extraordinary and rare coin-operated Regina Sublima upright music box crafted by the Regina music box company, one of the most recognized music bo...
Category
19th Century Other Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
The Mills Double Deluxe Violano Virtuoso
By Mills Novelty Company
Located in New Orleans, LA
One of only a handful ever made, this Double DeLuxe Violano Virtuoso, created by the Mills Novelty Company, is an extremely rare example of American musical automata, featuring not one, but two brilliantly tuned violins. Singled out by the U.S. government in 1909 as one of the eight greatest inventions of the decade when it was introduced at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, the Mills DeLuxe Violano-Virtuoso stands as one of the most important and incredible musical devices ever made. The “Double Mills,” as it was nicknamed, plays classical, operatic and popular music. It can play on a single or up to 15 nickels and has the ability to run for approximately an hour. It produces exceptional sound with a crisp tonal quality and melodious notes. Housed in a beautiful quarter-sawn oak case, each violin produces 64 notes and is accompanied by a 44-note piano.
It is truly rare to find a historical musical mechanism so complete, with such remarkable sound quality and in excellent condition. This particular Violano has been updated with a digital player system that allows song selections to be made over a WiFi connection. This gives the user a choice between digital downloads or traditional paper rolls for added convenience.
Perfected and patented in 1912 by Henry K. Sandell, the Violano-Virtuoso was produced in limited quantities until 1929 and could be found in the very finest restaurants, hotels and oceanliners. In fact, the Violano-Virtuoso was one of the few American-made mechanical musical devices to be distributed worldwide to the most exclusive international clientele.
The below testimonial was sent to the Mills Company by the Governor of Idaho, aptly describing the incredible music produced by the Violano-Virtuoso.
Dear Sir, Have just had the pleasure of listening to your wonderful Automatic Violin and Piano on exhibition at the Government Building here. This marvelous instrument certainly far surpasses anything that I have eve heard in automatic music. The tone and expression of the violin and the piano are so perfect and clear that is really hard to believe but that there is the human hand playing..."
Indeed, for the price of a nickel, the Mills Violano...
Category
20th Century Art Deco North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1980s Keith Haring Silk Tie Black Burgundy Vintage Commissioned Playboy Archives
By Keith Haring
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A limited edition Black and Burgundy silk tie created from a commissioned design by Keith Haring for Playboy Magazine in 1986. Without issues, the colors are burgundy and black, both...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
It Happened at the World's Fair
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1963 musical comedy film It Happened at the World's Fair.
This film starred Ellen Elvis Presley and was directed by Norman Taurog.
This poster is cons...
Category
1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Scrap Book and Photograph pertaining to Ogden College, Bowling Green, KY
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT Original Scrap Book and Photograph of Major WA Obenchain, pertaining to Ogden College, Bowling Green, KY.
The photograph is ‘new’ to the market and has never left family ownership until NOW!
It is a previously, unseen image, of a significant historical figure, Major William Alexander Obenchain, who served on General Robert E. Lee’s Staff during the Civil War and was President of Ogden College in Bowling Green, Kentucky between 1883 – 1906.
We are of the opinion that the photo was taken, whilst, Major Obenchain was President of Ogden College, and circa 1890-1900. It bears the stamp on the bottom right for “McClure of Lexington, KY”.
Framed and under glass.
The Scrap Book is his personal Collection of numerous and various newspaper article cuttings, letters, speeches and other historical items of memorabilia, MAINLY, relating to Ogden College (now part of Western Kentucky University), from the 1870’s up to 1918.
Signed in ink, by the Major, on the inside of the front cover and hand-written annotations by him, throughout.
It also includes newspaper article cuttings and other historical items of memorabilia personally relating to Major Obenchain and his family, including: Articles relating to the ‘Stone’ Criminal Trial in Dallas, TX in 1876 for the almost fatal shooting of his brother, James T Obenchain , Merit Certificate for distinguished academic achievement by Major Obenchain, from the Buchanan Collegiate Institute dated July 6th 1849, et al.
Over 53 Pages of content!
An EXCEPTIONAL and UNIQUE Collection that is ‘new’ to the market, has never been seen by the public before and has never left family ownership until NOW!
A UNIQUE HISTORICAL RECORD OF OGDEN COLLEGE/WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY and BOWLING GREEN!
William Alexander Obenchain. Born April 27, 1841 at Buchanan, Botetourt Co., Virginia.
Parents: Thomas Jefferson Obenchain and Elizabeth Ann Sweetland.
Entered VMI on July 18, 1859 as a member of the VMI (Virginia Military Institute...
Category
Late 19th Century American Classical Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1 Volume. John Brown, The Self-Interpreting Holy Bible.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. John Brown, The Self-Interpreting Holy Bible. Bound in full black morocco with the covers and raised bands displaying gilt-tooled detailing. All edges gilt, gilt-tooled den...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
14K Gold Three Diamond Ring
By G. None
Located in Bronx, NY
This stunning sparkling ladies diamond ring features three brilliant cut round diamonds prong set in a 14K white gold setting mounted on a 14K yellow gold band. The center diamond is...
Category
1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
25 Vols. George Eliot. The Writings and Life
Located in New York, NY
25 Volumes. George Eliot. The Writings & Life by J.W. Cross. Large Paper Edition, limited to 750 copies, this is #82.Bound in 3/4 brown morocco, marbled boards and endpapers, top edg...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Vintage Brass Looped Hunter's Horn Bugle Made into a Table Lamp by Robert Abbey
By Robert Abbey
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage brass looped hunter's bugle made into a table lamp.
handcrafted Robert Abbey table lamp.
Vintage decorative brass hunting horns, British horn bugle, or military brass Instr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Wrightsman Collection, 1st Ed. signed by Charles and Jane Wrightsman, 1966-1973
By F.J.B. Watson
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Wrightsman collection, Vols.I-V, New York, The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, 1966-1973. First Edition, hardcovers with dust jackets. Inscribed by
the Wrightsmans, incl. a Christ...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Van Teal Lucite Tic Tac Toe Set, Circa 1970
By Hivo Van Teal
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Van Teal style lucite Tic Tac Toc set from the 1070´s.
Thick lucite set with curved edges. Perfect gaming and conversation piece for your coffee table or play room.
Sizewise...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Lucite
1970s Green Abstract Enamel Pendant Taxco Mexico
By Taxco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Green Abstract Enamel Pendant
Taxco Mexico
1.5 w x 2.38 H
Preowned original vintage, refer to images listed.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel
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...
Category
1980s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Japanese style Raku Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
A refined chess set with pieces that were individually handcrafted and fired in a raku kiln.
Raku refers to a type of low-firing process that was inspired by traditional Japanese ra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone
19th C. John Byrne Brass Telescope with tripod
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
19th C. John Byrne brass telescope with tripod. Marked John Byrne New York 1882. 3.5 inch refracting telescope with 43.5 inch main tube. A wonderful piece of history, Optics are not ...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
From the Land Backen, Gillam, & Kroeger Architects Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
From the Land: Backen, Gillam, & Kroeger Architects Hardcover Book.
October 8, 2013 by Erhard Pfeiffer (Photographer), Stanley Abercrombie (Afterword), Diane Keaton.
Elegant rustic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Classical North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Frederick Weinberg Black Wire Framed & Stitched Parchment "Guitar" Wall Light
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Frederick Weinberg Guitar Illuminating Wall Lamp Sculpture - Wall Hanging, 1950's. Featuring an abstract Black Wire Banjo framework and handle, warm ha...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Iron
A Large & Unique Collection of Vintage Trout Flies & Lures, Canada Circa 1965
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A large & most unique collection of approximately 275 vintage hand-tied wet & dry trout flies, all mounted & described with typed labels, suitable for framing and would an attractive...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass
1970s Bell System by Western Electric Barbie Pink Desk Rotary Telephone USA
By Western Electric
Located in Miami, FL
Western Electric had been producing telephones for the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (ATT) and the Bell System since 1927.
During the 50's, new line of type 500 sets were int...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Cézanne Watercolors by Acquavella Galleries, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Cézanne Watercolors by Acquavella Galleries, introduction by William Rubin. New York: Acquavella Galleries, 1999. 1st Ed Softcover. 128 pp. 21 b&w...
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1990s North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Journey of the Magi by T. S. Eliot, with drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Faber & Gwyer Ltd., 1927.
First Edition.
12mo, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 (183 x 120 mm). Cover title, 4 pp, including one color illustration by E. McKnight Kauffer. Stab-stitched yello...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pair of American Brass Double Stacked Maritime Beacons Mounted on Bases. C. 1880
By Lovell Manufacturing Company
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American brass double stacked maritime beacons with carrying handles, makers stamps, original red and blue 360 degree Fresnel lenses, and mount...
Category
1880s American Craftsman Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition of Colonial and Early Federal Furniture, 1st Ed 1929
Located in valatie, NY
Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition of Colonial and Early Federal Furniture, Portraits and Glass 1929. Published by American Art Galleries, New York, 1929. 1st Ed s...
Category
1920s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Aphrodite; Ancient Manners by Pierre Louÿs, illustrated by Clara Tice
Located in Middletown, NY
Aphrodite; (Ancient Manners) Translated into ENGLISH - LIMITED EDITION - ILLUSTRATED by CLARA TICE
Privately Printed, 1925
8vo; 7 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches (193 x 132 mm); xiii, 252, (1) p...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paper
1847 Ornamental Map of the United States & Mexico by H. Phelps
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is an original 1847 ornamental map of the U.S. entitled "Ornamental Map of the United States & Mexico" by Humphrey Phelps. The map was issued as an act of Congress by Phelps on Fulton Street, New York. The broadside is elaborately hand-colored.
This is a very detailed and graphic propaganda map of the United States expressing U.S. dominance of the North American continent. The hand-colored map proclaims the Manifest Destiny, with the recent acquisition of Upper California and Texas at the conclusion of the Mexican-American War. The newly acquired land is boldly colored, standing in stark contrast to the rest of the U.S. The map details a potential route for a railroad running from New York City, to Buffalo, to Chicago, then west along the Oregon Trail to Oregon City. This route anticipates the construction of the transcontinental railroad by nearly 20 years.
The map includes elaborately detailed renderings of George Washington, Hernan Cortez, and Montezuma at top to represent European expansion to the Americas. At bottom are four inset designs with text showing the following: a chronological history of the U.S. beginning from settlement to the U.S. victory in the Mexican-American war; an illustration of General Zachary Taylor with details on the Oregon Territory; an illustration of the Aztec Temple of the Sun in Tenochtitlan and a chronology of the Conquest of the Aztec Empire under Cortez; a portrait of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna...
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1840s Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Martin Logan Ascent Speakers Pair
By Logan
Located in Madrid, ES
Martin Logan Ascent Speakers Pair
Year of manufacture: 2005/2006
good condition, very lightly used
Frequently Asked Questions
35–22,000 Hz ± 3 dB
Recommended amplifier power
20–400 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Judith Leiber White Cream Lizard Leather Clutch or Handbag
By Judith Leiber
Located in Plainview, NY
This Judith Leiber clutch exudes timeless sophistication and elegance. Crafted from luxurious ivory or cream white lizard snakeskin-like leather, the bag showcases Leiber's meticulou...
Category
20th Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Art of Biedermeier Viennese Art and Design 1815-1845 by Dominic R Stone
Located in valatie, NY
The Art of Biedermeier Viennese Art and Design 1815-1845 by Dominic R Stone. Published by Chartwell Books Inc, Edison, NJ, 1990. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 128pp. Color photo...
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1990s North American Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
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