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Period: Mid-20th Century
Place of Origin: North American
Vintage 1950s Velzy and Jacobs Wooden Surfboard
By Dale Velzy, Hap Jacobs
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...
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1950s Vintage North American 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...
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1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood

Hobie Jeff Hakman 1965 Duke Kahanamoku Wooden Surfboard by Dick Brewer
By Jeff Hakman, Dick Brewer
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...
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1960s Vintage North American 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...
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1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass, Foam, Hardwood, Softwood

Vintage 1960s Hansen Mike Doyle Model Longboard
By Mike Doyle
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Mid 1960s Hansen Surfboards Mike Doyle signature model longboard. A very fine example of a 1960s longboard featuring a triple redwood stringer design and gr...
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1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass, Foam

Dwight Eisenhower Autographed Card with Letter on Personal Letterhead
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is a custom signature collage, celebrating Dwight D. Eisenhower. The collage features Eisenhower's original signature on a card, which is paired with a black and white photograph of the five-star general. The signature appears in dark, bold ink "Dwight Eisenhower...
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1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1960s Vintage Bloomingdale Jetboard Surfboard
By Alfred Bloomingdale
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Vintage Bloomingdale JB100 Jetboard surfboard. This incredible example, serial #0703 was purchased new in the 1960s and was immediately put into d...
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1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum

November Girl - Sam Haskins - Signed 1st Edition, Madison Square Press, 1967
By Sam Haskins
Located in London, GB
Signed First Edition, Published by Madison Square Press, New York, 1967. Arguably his greatest single work, ‘November Girl’ continues to exert a powerful and widespread influence on...
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1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Franklin D. Roosevelt 1936 Campaign Poster: "The Man with a Heart..."
Located in York County, PA
“THE MAN WITH A HEART, THE PARTY WITH A SOUL”: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT POSTER, MADE FOR HIS 1936 PRESIDENTIAL RUN, THE BEST OF ALL KNOWN EXAMPLES ACROS...
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1930s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

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...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Chrome

"The New Museum, Architecture and Display - Michael Brawne, " 1965
By Michael Brawne
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Praeger, New York in 1965. A worldwide survey of museum design and architecture; Brawne offers 50 examples of seminal museum designs from New York's Gu...
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1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

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...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Harry Bertoia Patinated Silver Brooch with Coral and Ebony, USA 1943
By Harry Bertoia
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...
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1940s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Coral, Silver

Harry Bertoia Hand-Forged Silver, Ebony and Silver Wire Pendant, USA 1942
By Harry Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
This early wire wrapped pendant was likely made by Harry Bertoia while he was at Cranbrook.
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Pair of Vintage Fencing Masks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique set of old fencing masks. Cool display piece. Good vintage condition.
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1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fabric

Important Harry Bertoia Silver, Ebony and Coral Pendant, USA, circa 1950
By Harry Bertoia
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 ...
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1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Coral, Silver

Selden Rodman – Conversations with Artists First Edition, 1957 'Scarce'
By Selden Rodman
Located in London, GB
First edition, very scarce hardback, published by The Devin-Adair Co., 1957 35 American painters, sculptors and architects discuss their work and one another with Selden Rodman, d...
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1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

American Toy Childs Automobile Garage
Located in Chicago, IL
American child’s toy car garage in pretty decent condition, considering these were for children to play with. This toy garage is for 1/43rd scale model cars...
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1930s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Virginia House Tour Mainly in the Locale Known as Mr. Jefferson's Country 1st Ed
By William Stevens
Located in valatie, NY
Virginia House Tour: Mainly in the Locale Known as Mr. Jefferson's Country: Historical and Plantation Legends, First edition by William Stevens. Stevens...
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1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

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 Folk Art Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plywood

Navajo Silver Bracelet with Turquoise and Coral
Located in Seattle, WA
Oversized sterling cuff with turquoise and coral nuggets, great for man or woman.
Category

1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

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...
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1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Walnut

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