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Place of Origin: North American
Martin Airlines Holland MD-11Jumbo Jetliner Airplane Contractor Desk Model
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool Martin Airlines Holland MD-11 jumbo jetliner airplane contractor desk model, circa 1980s. The model measures 10.5" wingspan x 12.5"D x 5.5"H and sits on a nice marked st...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Saunders 'Maxfield Parish', the Knave of Hearts, First Ed. Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SAUNDERS, Louise (Maxfield Parish).
TITLE: The Knave of Hearts.
PUBLISHER: NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDIT...
Category
1920s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
Spiritually Moving: A Collection of American Folk Art Sculpture - Geismar - Kahn
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: Geismar, Thomas H., Kahn, Harvey, Sessions, Ralph, Hoffman, Dave
TITLE: Spiritually Moving: A Collection of American Folk Art Sculpture.
PUBLISHER: Harry N Abrams, 1998.
D...
Category
1990s North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th C The Albino Family Barums Museum New York Sideshow Fairground Circus
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Currier and Ives hand coloured lithograph print of The Albino Family circa 1860
“They have pure white skin, silken white hair and pink eyes,Rudolf Lucasie, Wife and Child
who have ...
Category
19th Century Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Oak, Paper
Diamond and Gold Victorian Necklace, circa 1895
Located in Incline Village, NV
14-karat white gold diamond necklace comprised of five drops on gold chain.
There are 13 diamonds on each drop.
Each drop is 7/16" long (3/4" including chain section.)
Original ne...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card for the 1969 classic western staring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katherine Ross.
This lobby card shows Butch and Sundance with the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang.
Th...
Category
1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Wonders of the World Hardcover Book by Claudia Martin
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wonders of the World Hardcover Book by Claudia Martin.
From the ancient world to the present day, from the natural world to man-made structures, Wonders of the World explores the mos...
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Otis Adelbert Kline, The Planet of Peril, 1929, First Edition
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Kline, Otis Adelbert.
Title: The Planet of Peril.
Publisher: Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co.,1929.
Description: First Edition. 1 vol., hardbound, original brown stamp...
Category
1920s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
My America: Paintings and Comments by Oscar De Mejo 1983 Hardcover
By Oscar De Mejo
Located in North Hollywood, CA
My America: Paintings and Comments by Oscar De Mejo Hardcover Book.New York: Abrams, 1983. Hardcover. 1st Edition.Teal blue cloth boards with red stamped lettering. Glossy color-illu...
Category
20th Century Expressionist North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Per Qualche Dollaro in Piu / For a Few Dollars More
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still for Sergio Leone's classic Spaghetti Western "For a Few Dollars More" staring Clint Eastwood.
The piece is conservation framed with UV plexigla...
Category
1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Remembering Jackie: a Life in Pictures Hardcover, January 1, 1994
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Remembering Jackie: A Life in Pictures Hardcover – January 1, 1994 by Life Magazine.
Uses photographs to trace the life of the former first lady, including her childhood, marriage, ...
Category
20th Century American Classical North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sterling Silver Art Deco Cigarette Case w/ 18k Gold Inlay by Marathon
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Stunning 1930s Art Deco silver cigarette case with Gold inlay by Marathon, straight out of the golden age of Hollywood! It features gold pin stripes on a silver body with geometric p...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Silver
Native American Southwest Pow Wow Drum
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Southwest Pow Wow drum out of cottonwood log. Hide has a brand. Perfect for a coffee table with or without glass. Aged patina.
Period: Mi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Native American North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Great American Art American Art Deco, Impressionists, Watercolors
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Great American Art. American Art Deco, Impressionists, Watercolors.
Oversize 3 Book Set in Slip Case.
3 Books with dust jackets in good condition.
No markings or writing. tight spine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Workbook Single Image #17 By Alexis Scott
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Workbook Single Image #17 By Alexis Scott softcover magazine.
Discover a stunning collection of photography and illustrations by a diverse group of talented photographers, showcasing...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Decorate Like a Decorator: All You Need to Know to Design Like a Pro
Located in New York, NY
From FREDERIC magazine, the best – and most unexpected – decorating pro tips and tricks of the trade in one accessible guide
Decorate Like a Decorator highlights the decorating tricks that only experienced designers know how to pull off – until now! Culled from FREDERIC magazine’s educational columns, this book shares with readers more than one hundred decorator pro moves: like how to use...
Category
2010s North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1950s American Studio Craft Iron Triangle Dinner Bell
By Russel Wright
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Hand-forged dinner triangle, delicate swan head, in the manner of Early Russel Wright designed Iron Works, very reminiscent of the deer andirons.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Surgical instrument: a scalpel, late 19th century, United States 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
A surgical instrument from the late 19th early 20th century. An iron scalpel. With brass handle. Tiemann & Co, American manufacturing. New York, United States circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
1980’s Ivanko 22 Karat Gold Plated Weight Set
By Ivanko
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A limited edited Ivanko weight set plated in 22-karat gold made in a limited run in the early 1980s. There are four 5-pound weights, four 2.5-pound weights,...
Category
1980s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
British Tornado Fighter Jet Fuel Tank
Located in Norwell, MA
British Tornado fighter jet center fuel tank. Incredible military relic , this is the center drop tank from a British fighter jet. Twenty two feet in length and 56 inch diameter....
Category
1990s North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
The Passions of the Mind a Novel of Sigmund Freud by Irving Stone 1971
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Passions of the Mind a novel of Sigmund Freud by Irving Stone.
Vintage book, 1st edition: 1971
Biography of Sigmund Freud
In the 1880's, Vienna was Europe's glamour capital. It was in that brilliant city that Sigmund Freud began his long struggle to free people...
Category
20th Century Expressionist North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Anne Geddes until Now Photo Folio 1st Edition 1997
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Anne Geddes Until Now Photofolio.
Large heavy coffee table hardcover book.
Anne Geddes is the world's bestselling photographer. UNTIL NOW was a major ret...
Category
20th Century Expressionist North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Opal and Diamond Art Deco Ring, circa 1930s
Located in Incline Village, NV
Opal is natural and ring itself is palladium with nicely appointed floral pattern engraving around the entire band.
There are 22 small diamonds set around the opal for a total of 1.3...
Category
20th Century Art Deco North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Opal
Pleasures of the Porch: Ideas for Gracious Outdoor Living Hardcover Book First E
By Daria Price Bowman, Maureen LaMarca
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pleasures of the Porch by Daria Price Bowman & Maureen LaMarca First Edition.
New York: Rizzoli, 1997. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 144 pp.
Idea book for making the perfect porch no matter the style or location.
Includes ideas for areas of solitude, outdoor rooms for parties, and the essentials for relaxation.
For every type of house and for every family's style, there is a perfect porch. Whether you want a quiet outdoor niche where family members can lounge with a good summer read, or a casual front porch that encourages passing neighbors to stop and chat, over the years porch styles have developed that foster these very activities.
This beautifully photographed volume details the porch's illustrious past, from its origins as the portico, or covered entryway, of ancient Greece to its glory days as the elaborate outdoor sitting room of Victorian times. A discussion of different types of porches follows, with notes on the particular character of each.
Suggestions for creating an area for solitude and respite as well as ideas for converting the space into an elegant room for a party include tips on planning for alfresco meals, decorating for festive occasions, and providing the essentials for relaxation.
Pleasures of the Porch also introduces you to the furnishings and accesories of this most romantic of rooms. Bentwood rockers and white wicker settees, string hammocks and wide-striped awnings, floral-washed pillows and heavy Mexican glassware...
Category
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
'Marihuana' Original Vintage US One Sheet Movie Poster, 1930s
Located in Devon, GB
Claiming to be a "Daring Drug Expose!", this early exploitation film evaded strict censorship of its lurid content ("Weird Orgies, Wild Parties, Unleashed Passions!") by claiming to ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Jamie Drake's New American Glamour, First Edition Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Jamie Drake's New American glamour.
Designer hardcover Coffee table book.
New York: Bulfinch Press, 2005.
Stated first edition hardcover with no dust ja...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Classical North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Important Teddy Roosevelt Letter of January 1918
By Theodore Roosevelt
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a very important Teddy Roosevelt letter of January 1918.
On ‘Sagamore Hill’ letterhead. Fully handwritten and personally signed by President...
Category
Early 20th Century American Classical North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Northern Plains War Club
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northern Plains war club with stylized stone buffalo head. Raw hide wrapped adorned with brass tacks. Much patina from use, blood, grease and sweat. Mu...
Category
Mid-19th Century Native American Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Our Threatened Inheritance Natural Treasures of the United States Book R Fisher
Located in North Hollywood, CA
America's national parks, forests, and wildlife refuges, Bureau of Land Managemnt holdings, and other Federally owned areas encompass more than 700 million acres. This volume covers ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Classical North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Deco 1940´s Desk Fighter Airplane Model
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco 1940´s Desk Fighter Airplane Model
Model airplane mounted on a wooden globe stand. The airplane is made of metal and is depicted in flight with its propeller at the front. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Tin & Wood Open Touring Hill Climber Toy Car by Clark, circa 1903
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous early toy example by the Clark co. This hill climber works great, and is almost totally complete. It's missing it's passenger in the back. Cast iron...
Category
Early 1900s Industrial Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron, Tin
Alien
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for Ridley Scott's Classic 1979 Science-Fiction movie,
Starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt. This poster was de...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
RONSON 1935 Elephant Touch-Tip Striker Lighter Black Cast Steel & Chromed Steel
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
Desk elephant Striker Lighter designed by Ronson.
The striker lighters made by Ronson are famous under collectors. This extremely rare desk Striker Lighter was created in New Jersey United States by The Art Metal Works for The Ronson Co. during the art deco period, back in the 1935. Designed in the shape of an Elephant made in polished solid chromed steel attached to a oval black base. The colored plastic tusks were named Ïvoroid” by Ronson.
Weight: 597.5 Grams, (1.32 Pounds).
Measurements: 82.55 mm by 91.44 mm by 116.84 mm (3.25 x 3.60 x 4.6 Inches).
Marks: Signed with the maker's mark label, "FASHIONED BY RONSON".
Ronson
The Ronson lighter company started as The Art Metal Works in 1897 and was incorporated on July 20, 1898, by Max Hecht, Louis Vincent Aronson and Leopold Herzig, in Newark, New Jersey. Louis V. Aronson was a huge creative driving force for the company; and, with a few business adjustments, including the addition of Alexander Harris (1910–11) as Business Manager, the company soon became World Famous. In the 1910s The Art Metal Works were producing very good quality Hood Ornaments and gained a reputation as a dependable supplier of same. All accounts state that Louis Aronson was a gifted man, who at 16 years old set up a money-making shop in his parent's home - before receiving a U.S. patent for a commercially valuable metal-plating process he developed when he was 24 years old, and he sold half the rights while retaining the Right to Use. "His experiments, which he has been conducting since his early youth, resulted in 1893 in the discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the process... and has been of great practical value to the whole industry. Retaining its rights, he sold half the patent rights, and later used part of the proceeds to open the Art Metal Works in Newark, N.J. Soon the company was producing a variety of high-quality Lamps, Book ends, Art Statues and other decorative items, prized today for their detail in the collector marketplace.
Literature: Urban K. Cummings, Ronson, the World's Greatest Lighter : Wick Lighters...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Chrome
General William Tecumseh Sherman Autograph
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A RARE and FULLY AUTHENTIC General William Tecumseh Sherman Autograph.
Last page of a hand written letter, circa 1885-1890.
P...
Category
Late 19th Century American Classical Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Fallingwater Frank Lloyd Wright's Romance with Nature Signed by Lynda S Waggoner
By (after) Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fallingwater Frank Lloyd Wright's Romance with Nature Signed by Lynda S. Waggoner author.
Frank Lloyd Wright was once asked if he went to church. He responded that his church was Na...
Category
Late 20th Century Organic Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Victorian Magnifying Glass, Mother of Pearl, 18k Gold Filled, ca. 1890
Located in Petaluma, CA
This magnifying glass is top of the line. The body is mother of pearl with segments of 18k gold filled decorations. There is a small marking on the body that reads "18GF. 18K Gold ...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Brass
Brass Boat Compass in Varnished Wood Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic early twentieth century boat compass. The gimballed compass has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This classic marine instrument is fitted to its original hardwood bo...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
'Robert Frost', Memoirs of the Notorious Stephen Burroughs, Signed by FROST
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: BURROUGHS, Stephen (Robert Frost)
Title: Memoirs of the Notorious Stephen Burroughs of New Hampshire.
Publisher: NY: The Dial Press, 1924.
...
Category
1920s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
American Country Painted and Carved Wooden Rocking Horse
Located in Queens, NY
American Country (20th Century) carved and painted double sided rocking horse.
Category
20th Century Country North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint, Wood
Whitman, Walt, Song of the Open Road, Limited Editions Club, Signed, 1990
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Whitman, Walt.
Title: Song of the Open Road.
Publisher: NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1990.
Signed Limited Edition. 1 vol., fo...
Category
1990s North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Hayden, J. J.. A Letter to Mars, First and Only Edition, Denver, 1892
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HAYDEN, J. J.
TITLE: A Letter To Mars. A Novel.
PUBLISHER: Denver, CO: Baxter Printing Co., n.p., (1892).
DESCRIPTION: FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 1 vol., 7-1/4" x 5-3/8...
Category
1890s Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Gertrude Stein, Mrs. Reynolds. Inscribed by Alice Toklas, First Edition 1952
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: STEIN, Gertrude.
Title: Mrs. Reynolds and Five Earlier Novelettes.
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1952.
FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY ALICE TOKLAS. 1 vol., volume 2 of the Yale Edition of the unpublished writings of Gertrude Stein, inscribed by Alice in her tiny hand on the front blank endleaf to the artist Jim Cook...
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1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
The Lost Weekend
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card number 6 for the 1944 Film Noir The Lost Weekend.
This film was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Ray Milland, Jane Wyman and Phillip Terry.
This piece woul...
Category
1940s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Graceland An Interactive Pop-Up Tour by Chuck Murphy and Priscilla Presley
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Graceland: An Interactive Pop-Up Tour by Chuck Murphy (2006-10-26) - Foreword by Priscilla Presley.Hardcover interactive book.
More than 600,000 people visit Graceland annually, making it one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States. With Graceland: An Interactive Pop-Up Tour, you'll go behind the velvet ropes for an all-access tour of the Elvis Presley Estate. Eight full-color pop-up spreads feature the mansion's most memorable destinations:
The Kitchen: Home of the famous peanut butter and banana sandwich.The TV Room: There's never a dull moment with three TVs running simultaneously.The Trophy Room: A monument to the King's legacy.The Meditation Garden: Where Elvis and his family are buried.
Along the way, interactive pop-up features allow you to flip through Elvis's record collection, browse the family photo album, open his refrigerator, and discover other hidden surprises. Graceland: An Interactive Pop-Up Tour is the perfect gift for Elvis fans of all ages!
From Publishers Weekly.
Starred Review. For fans without the ways or means to get to Memphis or who just want to relive their last visit-pop-up master Murphy provides a scream-worthy up-close-and-personal desktop tour of Elvis Presley's famous Graceland estate in this brilliantly low-tech 3-D volume. Stuffed with photos, mementos-in-miniature, and other goodies (including a wearable cardboard facsimile of Elvis's trademark sunglasses), this tribute to the King's castle features painstakingly engineered replicas of numerous Graceland sites, including the manse exterior, the living room and music room, the jungle room, TV room and meditation garden. The margins are stacked with insightful text and brief looks at other aspects of Elvis's home life, such as his Tiki furniture...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1930s Vintage Hollow Wood “Kookbox” Early Surfboard
By Tom Blake
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Mid-late 1930s “Kookbox” hollow wood surfboard. Features wood panels joined by metal fasteners and cork water-plug. Patented interior ‘Skin and Frame’ construction method, inspired by the design of airplane wings. This breakthrough surfboard building method was invented in the early 1930s by the legendary Tom Blake...
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1930s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Trade sign for a telephone company depicting a big telephon, USA 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
A window trade sign of an american telephone company, depicting a big phone. Carved out of fruit wood, and white enamel painted. United States of America half 20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Enamel
Sketches of North Carolina by Rev WH Foote
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a rare book, namely, Sketches of North Carolina by Rev WH Foote.
Titled: “Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the principles of a p...
Category
Early 20th Century American Classical North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A souvenir paperweight for the yacht ‘Rainbow’ by Herreshoff
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A souvenir paperweight for the yacht ‘Rainbow’ by Herreshoff. This solid brass desk paperweight is of rectangular form with a ship’s cleat in the centre. It is incised with the tex...
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1930s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, Signed by Carla Laemmle, Photoplay
By Gaston Leroux
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Leroux, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1925]. Illustrated by Andre Castaigne. Signed by actress Carla Laemmle. 8vo. Rebound in black 1/.4 leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt stamps, and gilt titles to spine. New matching archival slipcase.
Presented is a photoplay edition of Gaston Leroux’s best-known novel, The Phantom of the Opera. This printing was published by Grosset & Dunlap, in New York, in 1925, to accompany the 1925 Universal Pictures film adaptation starring Lon Channey. It is illustrated throughout with scenes from that production, as well as with illustrations by Andre Castaigne. Additionally, the book is signed on the full title page by actress and prima ballerina Carla Leammle. The book has been beautifully rebound in handsome ¼ black leather and black cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt stamps and tiles to the spine, and a matching black archival slipcase.
Partly inspired by historical, nineteenth century events that took place at the famous Paris Opera, the novel chronicles the masked Phantom’s obsessive love for a young chorus girl named Christine. The Phantom of the Opera was first published as a serial in the French Magazine Le Gaulois from September 1909 to January 1910. It was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte & Cie. The first American edition was published by Bobbs-Merrill in 1911. Due to its popularity, The Phantom of the Opera became the source for numerous adaptations, including the 1925 Universal Pictures film starring Lon Chaney and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning 1986 musical.
Alexander Grosset and George T. Dunlap first met while working for the American Publishers Corporation. In 1898, Grosset & Dunlap formed a new partnership with the goal to shift the focus of the publishing industry from expensive books for the few to inexpensive books for the masses. In order to avoid paying royalties and other publishing fees, Grosset & Dunlap started reprinting books that were already in print. With these profits, the partners purchased paperbound books in bulk to rebind them in cloth and resell. As the company grew, Grosset & Dunlap were able to purchase reprint rights from publishers before publication, including reprint rights from Edward Stratemeyer for the Hardy Boys...
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1920s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Fantastic Plastic Machine
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1969 documentary following a group of surfers.
This film starred Skip Frye, Mike Purpus and Steve Bigler. It was directed by ...
Category
1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
4 Volumes. Sloane, William M. Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Sloane, William M. Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte. Bound in 3/4 red morocco, cloth boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, marbled endpapers, colored frontispieces ...
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Early 20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
American Tin Toy Trolley, circa 1880
By George W. Brown & Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
Horse drawn trolleys or "horse buses" were the main source of "mass transit", along with trains in the late 1800s in America. Thus they were ubiquitous subject matter for toy makers to exploit as toys for young children. While many tin toy...
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Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
Bonhams & Butterfield Furniture and Decorative Arts Auction Catalogue, 2004
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An auction catalogue from the Bonhams & Butterfield New York sale of 20th century furniture and decorative arts.
The sale featured a wonderful collection of Art Deco furniture and...
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21st Century and Contemporary International Style North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
King Kong by Delos W. Lovelace, First Photoplay Edition, 1932
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Lovelace, Delos W. King Kong. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. 8vo. Rebound in 1/4 green leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt stamps, and gilt titles to spine. New matching archival slipcase.
Presented is a first edition of Delos W. Lovelace’s adaptation of King Kong. This printing was published by Grosset & Dunlap, in New York, in December of 1932, just months before the March 1933 film premiere of King Kong. The book has been beautifully rebound in handsome ¼ green leather and cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt stamps and tiles to the spine, and a matching green archival slipcase.
RKO producer Merian Cooper and writer Edgar Wallace originally conceived of the story about a remote island inhabited by a huge silverback gorilla, among other creatures. After Wallace’s untimely death, the thrilling screenplay was finished by James A. Creelman and Ruth Rose. Just as the RKO film of King Kong was finishing production, Cooper asked his friend Delos Lovelace to adapt the film's screenplay into a novelization. On the novel’s cover, Lovelace’s name was overshadowed by the phrase, “conceived by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper.” The Grosset & Dunlap book was published later that month, on December 27, and served as part of the film’s advance marketing campaign. The book would go on to see numerous reprints, furthering King Kong's status as a cultural phenomenon.
Alexander Grosset and George T...
Category
1930s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Pair of Steampunk Brass Industrial Architectural Pressure Gauges
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A super cool pair vintage General Electric pressure gauges. Each brass and glass gauge houses an aluminum faced dial marked for the General Electric Co.
Perfect for a steam punk set...
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Early 20th Century Steampunk North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Rare Copper World Table Lighter by Broyles & Associates. circa 1964
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare 1964 Mid-century designed world table lighter by Broyles & Associates featuring casted copper world plate on resin body.
Text on bottom of the li...
Category
1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Resin
Rare Antique Gamewell Fire Alarm Base Station
Located in Round Top, TX
Very rare base station for a circa 1880 Gamewell alarm system. The unit has beveled glass all the way around. The system was in use in the 1880s, and al...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
WW2 Sterling Silver Vintage Dunhill Military Trench Service Lighter
By Dunhill
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This sterling vintage Dunhill Service Lighter, crafted from 925 sterling silver, dates back to the World War II era and was made in the USA. Known as a trench or military lighter, it...
Category
1940s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
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Italian writer and collector Umberto Pasti opens the doors to his remarkable cave of wonders in North Africa.
Montecito Has Drawn Royalty and Celebrities, and These Homes Are Proof of Its Allure
Hollywood A-listers, ex-pat aristocrats and art collectors and style setters of all stripes appreciate the allure of the coastal California hamlet — much on our minds after recent winter floods.
Whaam! Blam! Pow! — a New Book on Pop Art Packs a Punch
Publishing house Assouline and writer Julie Belcove have teamed up to trace the history of the genre, from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Jeff Koons.
The Sparkling Legacy of Tiffany & Co. Explained, One Jewel at a Time
A gorgeous new book celebrates — and memorializes — the iconic jeweler’s rich heritage.
What Makes a Gem-Encrusted Chess Set Worth $4 Million?
The world’s most opulent chess set, weighing in at 513 carats, is literally fit for a king and queen.