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Period: 1950s
Place of Origin: North American
Modern Furniture, its Design and Construction by Mario Dal Fabbro, 1950
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in London, GB
First edition, second printing, published by Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1950.
A guide to the design and production of modern furniture, published contemporary to the era. Wi...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Napier "Charm-Ing" Chinoiserie Bracelet
By Napier Co.
Located in East Hampton, NY
Chunky charm bracelet by Napier - truly a runway showstopper! Asian themed charms...buddhas, lanterns, coins and symbols mixed with multi colored pate de verre drops. SIGNED on clasp...
Category
1950s Chinoiserie Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Sterling Silver "Three Muses" Cameo Ring
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Sterling silver ring with hand carved butterscotch shell cameo featuring the "Three Muses".
Size 6
Cameo 1 1/4" x 1".
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
1950s Atomic UFO Ashtray in Black and Red Molten Lava Space Age Midcentury
By Erwin Kalla
Located in Hyattsville, MD
6 and a half inch round dish ashtray with cork bottom, and makers markings.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
2 Volume Set: Book of Trees and Book of Shrubs, by William Carey Grimm, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
2 Volume set: Book of Trees and Book of Shrubs, by William Carey Grimm. The Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, PA, 1957. Pair of 1st Ed books with dust jackets and slip case. William Car...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Where Danger Lives
Located in London, GB
Original US Title card for the 1950 film Where Danger Lives.
Original US film poster for the 1950 film Where Danger Lives.
This film noir was directed by John Farrow, and stars Rob...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pan Am Boeing 707 Model Aircraft, circa 1958
Located in London, GB
An exceptional large scale vintage fiberglass and resin composite promotional model of a Boeing 707 in Pan Am’s iconic livery on original steel and cast iro...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Iron
1950s Retro Midcentury Perforated Metal Basket Office Desk Car Key Dish Bowl
By Richard Galef
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Architectural tabletop key basket.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Rancho Alegre Modernist Sterling and Tiger Eye Cuff Links
By Rancho Alegre
Located in San Mateo, CA
Sterling and tiger eye cufflinks with an asymmetrical modernist design. These were made by the Rancho Alegre shop in Taxco, Mexico.
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Sterling Silver
"Hot Car Pin-Up" Photograph
Located in London, GB
Original US vintage black and white Hot Car Pin-Up photograph of Joi Lansing used to help advertise United Artists film Hot Car 1956.
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Horn Speaker
By Altec Lansing Corporation
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A multicellular galvanized outdoor horn speaker.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Things That Go Bump in the Night Hardcover by Louis C. Jones, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Things That Go Bump in the Night Hardcover by Louis C. Jones. Hill and Wang, NY, 1959. 1st Ed hardcover with Mylar covered dust jacket. Contains more than 200 stories of the restless dead, most from around New York state; each of the six chapters is made up of a continuous flow of narrative. Ghosts, in various forms, are seen and talked about all over the world. People who have recently come to America, as well as those whose families have lived here for generations, tell ghost stories, and it is this basic American folklore that Dr. Jones has collected and retold. Included are stories about haunted houses, murder, murderers, revenge, suicide, and the hungers that bring the departed back to their earthly haunts. The chapter on haunted history, containing more than forty stories, is a kind of spooky chronology of American history. The stories begin with the Indians, tell of the French and Indian wars, the Revolution, the early days on New York State's Erie Canal, Martin Van Buren...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
President Richard Nixon's Football
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Nixon football. This rose bowl football was presented to Vice President Richard M. Nixon in 1954. Nixon gave the ball to his nephew. His nephew and ...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Ladies Balloon Tire Springer Front Bicycle
Located in Ferndale, MI
Ladies Balloon Tire Springer Front Bicycle. Fleet Wing Blue bicycle. 26" Period correct whitewall tires show some age cracks . Light does work . Horn does...
Category
1950s Art Deco Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Vintage Ballerina Doll Factory Molds
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Ballerina factory molds. Great and unusual find! When dolls
were made in the USA, factories used copper molds to form body parts. A
rubber compound would be poured into the form, hardened, then be removed.
These are the leg and arm molds of a ballerina.
These rare and unusual factory molds are from the
mid-20th century. Contrary to the exterior roughness of these forms, the
interior of the molds was designed to produce a beautiful leg/arm for this
ballerina doll...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
The Secret Life of Walter Winchell by Lyle Stuart, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Secret Life of Walter Winchell by Lyle Stuart. Boar's Head Books, New York, 1953. First edition hardcover with Brodart covered dust jacket. The book identifies the fault lines be...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum by Alice Winchester and Joseph Downs. The Magazine Antiques, 1951. First Edition hardcover. A classic work from the...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Big Knife
Located in London, GB
Original American style a movie poster for Robert Aldrich's 1955 drama starring Jack Palance, IDA Lupino, Rod Steiger.
The poster is conservation paper b...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Harvey" Original US Lobby Card
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card number 2 for Harvey, 1950.
This Lobby card has been signed by Jesse White, who played the male nurse, who falls for Elwood's sister, Myrtle Mae
This lobby card was previously in the collection of a US collector, who obtained the signature in person at the Motion Picture retirement home in Los Angeles, run by the Academy, where he visited. Harvey is a classic James Stewart comedy-drama, based on Mary Chase's Pulitzer prize-winning play of the same name. It was directed by Henry Koster, and tells the story of a man whose best friend is a pooka (a mythology spirit able to take on the form of various animals). In this film Harvey is a 6' 3½" tall rabbit...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Charterhouse of Parma by Marie-Henri Beyle
Located in valatie, NY
The Charterhouse of Parma by Marie-Henri Beyle (Stendhal), translation by Lady Mary Loyd. Revised by Robert Cantwell & Preface by Honore de Balzac. Illustrations by Rafaello Busoni. ...
Category
1950s Vintage 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
"Pickup" Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster from the 1951 film Pickup. Hugo Haas (1901-1968) was an acknowledged master of bad girl films. He was born in Czechoslovakia, wher...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Inside the Space Ships, Signed by George Adamski, First Edition, 1955
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Adamski, George. Inside the Space Ships. New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1955. Signed first edition, third printing. Original dust jacket. Housed in custom slipc...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Toy Hot Rod Roadster Tether Car
By All American Co.
Located in Ferndale, MI
Based on a 1930 Model A. Mfr by the all American company. This Hot Rod was made in the 1950s as part of the tether car craze. Sometimes cut up with gas engi...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
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
1950s Perforated Metal Atomic Dish Ashtray Nº S30 by Richard Galef Ravenware
By Richard Galef, Ravenware
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful 1950s functional design, and such an ingenious and sculptural piece. Also with a domed glass inset.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
"On the Waterfront" Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster from (1954) 41 x 27 in. (104 x 69 cm)
This poster would have been used outside the cinema at the films original release.
This is a Classic American crime dr...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"The Man with the Golden Arm" Original US Film Poster
By Saul Bass
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster.
Saul Bass was born in New York. Bass was a rotund, jovial character. After studying at the Art Students League and graduating from Brooklyn College, he moved west at the age of 26, and is credited with introducing an East Coast sensibility to marketing. He saw advertising as a means for funding his passion for the movies, and after 6 years working with a number of agencies, he finally had the funds to establish his own. All this time, he was forging ever-closer links with the film industry, and in 1954 this led to a commission from Otto Preminger to design the poster for Carmen Jones. The following year the director invited the artist to work on The Man With The Golden Arm...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Stan Laurel Vintage 1958 Autographed Typed Letter
Located in Jersey, GB
- Letter signed by Stan Laurel, one half of comedy duo Laurel & Hardy
- Written to news anchorman Glenn Laxton concerning Laurel's early career
Stan ...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Britten's Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers by Granville Hugh Baillie
Located in valatie, NY
Britten's Old Clocks And Watches And Their Makers by Granville Hugh Baillie. Bonanza Books, New York, 1956. 7th edition hardcover with dust jacket. A historical and descriptive account of the different styles of antique clocks and watches...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Figural Shooting Target
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Super cool heavy metal shooting target. Figure of a man is attached to a metal stake that drives into the ground. Figure is on a hinge so when you hit ...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Mexican Silver Necklace by Margot De Taxco
By Margot De Taxco
Located in New York, NY
Stylish sterling necklace by Margot De Taxco (fully and correctly marked). Nice original condition, ready to wear.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1950s Baltimore Sun Taxi Cab Sign Car Topper
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Plastic construction. Fairly rare item, Baltimore History.
Category
1950s Machine Age Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Parke-Bernet the Collection of Georges Lurcy, November 8 and 9, 1957
Located in valatie, NY
Auction catalog of the collection of Georges Lurcy, featuring French 18th century furniture, objects d'art, French modern paintings, drawings and prints. ...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid-20th Century Sterling and Abalone Cufflinks
By Miguel Garcia Martinez
Located in Asheville, NC
Vivid iridescent abalone set in sterling silver. Abstract Aztec emperor design by well known avant-garde artist Miguel Garcia Martinez. Martinez was an appretince to William Spratlin...
Category
1950s Rancho Monterey Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Anatomy for Interior Designers and How to Talk to a Client by Francis Schroeder
Located in valatie, NY
‘Anatomy for Interior Designers’ and ‘How to Talk to a Client’, by Francis de N. Schroeder. Whitney Publications Inc, New York, 1954. 2nd Ed, 2nd printing hardcover no dust jacket. A...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Platinium Blond Pin-Up Mamie Van Doren
Located in London, GB
Original 1950s US vintage black and white photograph of platinium blond Pin-Up Mamie Van Doren.
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Killer's Kiss
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for Stanley Kubrick's 1955 Film Noir.
The film starred Frank Silvera and Jamie Smith.
This poster is conservation linen backed and would be shipped rolled i...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Low Bridge" Casting Cry of the Salt Water Angler by Kenn Bayless, Signed 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
"Low Bridge" casting cry of the salt water angler by Kenneth Bayless. Fish and Game Publishing Co., 1950. Signed and numbered (#175) 1st Ed hardcover no dust jacket. illustrated with...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Round Sterling Silver Mother of Pearl Cufflinks with Bullet Back Clasp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Round 14-karat mother of pearl cufflinks, marked "Sterling" featuring a 14-karat post with a dark blue mother pearl center fixed to a back clasp.
The cufflinks measure 18 mm in ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Vintage Atomic Age Dichroic Glass Cabochon Clip On Earrings
Located in Asheville, NC
This Atomic age set of clip on earrings feature two large cabochon dichroic glass orbs that have a planetary appearance. Firey oranges and opalescent purples contrast and change colo...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Hand Carved Shell "Knight" Cameo Cufflinks in 14-Karat with Bullet Back Clasp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage 1950s cameo "Knight" cufflinks, full marked "14K" featuring a 14-karat post with a hand carved portrait of a knight fixed to a back clasp....
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Round 14-Karat Ruby Cufflinks with Bullet Back Clasp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Round 14-karat ruby cufflinks, full marked "14K" featuring a 14-karat post with a ring of small ruby stones fixed to a back clasp.
The cufflinks measure 11/16" (17mm) in diameter.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Early Margot de Taxco Sterling Parure Set Necklace Earrings Cuff Bracelet
By Margot De Taxco
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Margot Van Voorhies Carr started producing out of her own studio in 1948, under the name, Margot de Taxco. Previously she had been producing pieces under Antonio Castillo for the William Spratling studio. This four piece sterling silver suite...
Category
1950s Arts and Crafts Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Original Midcentury Metal Airplane Propellor with Nosecone
Located in Pemberton, NJ
A wonderful original midcentury metal airplane propellor with nosecone. This piece was the prized possession of a retired Vietnam Air force officer ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
1950s Yatch/Aircraft Compass Bubble Torpedo Table Sculpture Art War Relic
By Bendix Corporation
Located in Hyattsville, MD
For use as Prop not functioning. No break, and no cracks to molded forms or aluminium base plate. Sits flat.
Measures: W 24 x D 9 x H 14 in.
Category
1950s Industrial Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Where Danger Lives
Located in London, GB
Original US Title card for the 1950 film noir directed by John Farrow and Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains.
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Round 14-Karat Pearl Cufflinks with Bullet Back Clasp and Lapel Pin
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Round 14-karat pearl cufflinks, full marked "14 Karat" featuring a 14-karat post with a ring of 15 natural pearls fixed to a back clasp.
Also includes matching 10 mm lapel pin.
...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
"Stars & Bars, A Tribute to the American Fighter Ace, " Signed by Thirteen Aces
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Olynyk, Frank. Stars & Bars: A Tribute to the American Fighter Ace 1920-1973. London: Grub Street, 1995. Deluxe Limited edition signed by author and 13 Fighter Aces. Original dust ja...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Margaret Bourke-White Statue of Liberty Inscribed Note and Limited Edition Photo
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This collage includes a limited edition photograph by Margaret Bourke-White originally taken in 1952, numbered 4/50+10 and blindstamped in the lower right margin with the artist’s si...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Big Heat
Located in London, GB
Original US movie poster for Fritz Lang's 1953 Film Noir staring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame.
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
"Hold That Pose" Original US Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1950 short animation starring Goofy.
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
“D.O.A ? Dead on Arrival”, US Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original style B US movie poster for the 1950 crime film D.O.A. directed by Rudolph Mate and starring
Edmond O'Brien.
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
American Historical Views on Staffordshire China, Signed First Edition
By Ellouise Baker Larsen
Located in valatie, NY
American historical views on Staffordshire China by Ellouise Baker Larsen. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., New York, 1950. Rare, signed, new revi...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Taxco Silver Earring and Bracelet Set
By Margot De Taxco
Located in New York, NY
Nice vintage Taxco bracelet and matching earrings set. Earrings 7/8" H x 3/4" W, screw back mechanism. All pieces are marked.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Rocket Sculptures Mobile
Located in Chicago, IL
Three steel cast rockets movable and suspended on 16 foot long cables.
Each sculpture has designated cable. Turn buckle mounting mechanism on each cable.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Wire
Six-Piece Lot 14-karat Tiffany Jewelry Lot Includes Earrings and Pins
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Matched set of tiffany pins (two) and earrings ( two pairs, four pcs ) six pieces total ion the lot. All are fully and correctly marked, all are 14-karat. ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Diamond and Platinum Flower Ring
Located in New York, NY
A stunning diamond and platinum flower ring with a center diamond of 1-carat with a total of 3-carat.
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Platinum
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