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Period: 1930s
Vintage Free Wheeling Green Lithographed All Tin Racing Car. French, Circa 1930
Located in Incline Village, NV
Circa 1930's free wheeling green lithographed all tin racing car, with attached pressed steel driver; it is probably of French manufacturer (the only time I have seen for sale was from a French toy dealer). This scarce toy has markings resembling early racing cars with the streamlined style graphics in yellow and green; standard grill; exhaust four manifolds to each side, and a spare tire attached to the rear; looks like an early Le Mans type car with the spare (see images). Other markings include the number "3:" on each side; "510 x 1" on the rear tire"; and probably the makers mark and logo, which I can't identify, on the top right behind the driver (see images). Not being a wind-up or a friction toy, this racing car was pushed across the floor by hand or/and used as an accessory in a toy train layout...
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French Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tin

A Royal Air Force P11 Aircraft Compass No. 11242 D
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Royal Air Force P11 Aircraft Compass No. 11242 D The compass has a brass body finished in black, it comes in its battleship grey painted wooden...
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Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Ronson 1930 Pik a Cig Magic Penguin Touch Tip Cigarette Dispenser Desk Box
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco magic penguin mechanical dispenser box designed by Ronson. A beautiful, exceedingly rare and very decorative mechanical dispenser desk box, created in the city of Newark, N...
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North American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze, Steel

1939 the Story of the Lamp and the Candle Book
Located in Seguin, TX
The Story Of The Lamp and the Candle by F. W. Robins. Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1939. Blue cloth binding, many black and white illustrations, shelf wear, exlib,...
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American Other Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Southwest Genuine Skookum Native American Women Dolls - Set of 4 from 1930s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of four genuine Skookum dolls. Made with leather, real hair, wool, and fabric, these Native American dolls were the original American Girl....
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American Native American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fabric, Wool

Rare Mushroom, Clown and Boy Head Christmas Ornament Vintage, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A rare Christmas ornament set of three. Each is made from mouth blown glass, this would be a great addition for your Christmas or feather tree. Size alw...
Category

German Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wire

Rare Art Deco Epiphone Electar Model M Lap Steel Electric Guitar and amp combo
By Epiphone
Located in Buffalo, NY
Epiphone Electar Model M Lap Steel Electric Guitar, with original matching amplifier...black lacquer finish, maple body and etched aluminum top. A very early...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum

Presentation Rowing Rudder, Pembroke College, Head of the Lent Races
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Cambridge University, Pembroke College, Presentation Rowing Rudder. An original presentation trophy rudder 'Pembroke College, Head Of The Lent Races 1933' with gold calligraphy and t...
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English Sporting Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

1929-1933 The Works of Shakespeare
Located in Bath, GB
A fantastic, bright set of this Nonesuch limited edition of William Shakespeare's works. The first edition of this Nonesuch set. A super set with much more even colour than usually seen. With the text based on the first folio, with quarto variants and a selection of modern readings. It follows the text of the First Folio faithfully, in its misprints and intermittent use of a comma for a full stop at the close of an uninterrupted speech. The editors note describes in detail the intention and treatment regarding substantive errors between the early editions. Numbered 60 of 1600 copies of this work, which have been designed by Francis Meynell and printed by Walter Lewis, printer to the University at the Cambridge University Press. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell, his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press...
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British Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Old Map of the American Railroad Network and All Weather Roads on Verso, 1931
Located in Langweer, NL
This is the “New Census Edition” of Clason’s United States Green Guide. It features two large maps of the United States on a single sheet. The recto map shows the complete road net...
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Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Dunhill 1935 Art Deco Triangular Desk Silent Lighter Chrome, Bakelite & Catalin
Located in Miami, FL
Triangular desk silent lighter designed by Irving Florman for Dunhill. Very rare silent lighter, created in America during the art deco period, back in the 1935. This triangular model was patented by Irving Florman for the Dunhill Company. Crafted with chromed brass parts, with three cylinders mounted in a triangular black bakelite base and a catalin (plaskon) spherical ball on top the torch wand. Embellished with application of black lacquer. This lighter is base in the German version designed in the 1933. Weight: 118.5 Grams, (10.87 Dwt). Measurements: 67 mm by 67 mm by 93 mm (2.64 x 2.64 x 3.68 Inches). Marks: Signed with the maker's mark and inscribed in both pars, "DUNHILL SILENT LIGHTER TABLE LIGHTER U.S. PAT. 2020142 MADE IN U.S.A". Patent: US Utility Pat. as Electric Cigar lighter...
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North American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Chrome

1939 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Located in Bath, GB
An uncommon, first edition copy of T S Eliot's famous poetry collection regarding feline psychology and sociology. This anthology forms the basis of Andrew L...
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British Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Alpine Ski Photograph 'Matterhorn & Skiers', Taken from Original 1930s Photo
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage, antique alpine ski photograph. 'Matterhorn & Skiers', a new mounted black and white photographic image after an original 1930s skiing photograph. Black abd white alpine photos are the perfect addition to any home or ski lodge, so please do check out our other ski photos...
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English Sporting Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

A Royal Air Force P10 Aircraft Compass No. 23145 T M
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Royal Air Force P10 Aircraft Compass No. 23145 T M The compass has a brass body finished in black, it comes in its battleship grey painted wooden ...
Category

Industrial Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Five Rare Christmas Ornaments Vintage, German, 1910s to 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A rare set of 5 Christmas ornaments. Each is made from thin mouth blown glass, this would be a great antique addition for your Christmas or feather tree. Included is a nice Reflector ornament from the 1930s, 2 small walnut feather tree ornaments from the 1910s and two flower bunch ornaments with glass balls and Dresden Sebnitz Christmas paper...
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German Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wire

Ronson 1939 Art Deco Table Touch Tip Octette Lighter Machine Age Bakelite Steel
Located in Miami, FL
An Octette desk lighter designed by Ronson. This Ronson Touch-Tip Octette table lighter was made between 1935 and 1951 by the Ronson Art Metal Works Inc. located in Newark, New Jers...
Category

American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Vintage Pre-War Wind-Up Toy "Boy on Motorcycle Delivery Truck" by Marx
Located in Incline Village, NV
This brightly lithographed tin wind-up toy in colors of red, yellow, and blue, with a driver dressed in appropriate motorcycle clothing, depicts a young man driving a delivery cart with "Speed Boy Delivery" printed on each side of the wagon. The manufacturers logo is clearly marked on both sides of the stake wagon and on the right shoulder of the driver "MAR" with a circle around it and "Made in The United States of America, New York, N.Y." around the circumference (see images). The license plate number is "268", which, along with the red painted inside of the drivers arms (as it should be!) indicates this earlier version and authenticity. Nearly 100 years old, it still operates fine and, upon winding the attached wind-up key a few times and placing the toy on the ground, the motorcycle and driver move across the floor on the way to their deliveries; do not over wind. (see video attached to this listing). The toy is completely original and in very good condition, with no repairs or restorations of any kind and no touch up or repaint. The arms and steering handle bars are also original (sometimes replaced) and they have the appropriate paint and markings. This would make a welcome addition to a collection of pre-war Americana. Dimensions: 9 7/8" long x 5 7/8" wide x 5 3/4" high After 40 plus years of dealing and collecting toys, I am justly qualified to guarantee and present the authenticity of antique and vintage toys...
Category

Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tin

Rare Set of Four House, Teddy Bear and Fish Christmas Ornament Vintage, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A rare Christmas ornament set of four. Each is made from mouth blown glass, this would be a great addition for your Christmas or feather tree. Size alwa...
Category

German Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wire

Ronson 1935 Buffalo Touch Tip Striker Lighter In Black Cast Steel & Chrome
Located in Miami, FL
Desk buffalo touch tip Striker designed by Ronson. The striker lighters made by Ronson are famous under collectors. This extremely rare desk Striker L...
Category

North American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Chrome, Steel

Golf, Amateur Gold Medal 1934 Belgium Open Championship
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
1934 Amateur Belgium Golf Open Championship Gold Winners Medal. The medal was awarded to Francis Ricardo (Addington Golf Club) author-golfer and the winner o...
Category

Belgian Sporting Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold

Vintage Toy by Lindstrom Dancing Dutch Boy Playing Accordion American Circa 1930
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very difficult antique toy to come by, especially to find with the original box, as this example. In excellent and all original condition and paint in bright blue, white, and yellow paint and lithography with no touch up; there is zero restoration, and the toy is in outstanding operating condition; just wind up the attached wind up key on the back of the boy and the he dances around in a circular motion for quite some time while seemingly playing his accordion (see the video attached). "Dancing Dutch Boy" is an all tin wind up toy...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tin

Dressmaker’s Hem Height Skirt Marker Beech Skirt Marker
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Dressmaker’s Hem Height Skirt Marker Beech Skirt Marker for measuring the height of a skirt from the floor up . This would have been used in a shop to make alterations to the length...
Category

Industrial Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Beech

Map of Philadelphia with a Historical Tribute to its Volunteer Fire Companies
Located in Langweer, NL
This elaborate map of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania served as a historical tribute to the city's first volunteer fire departments. It was drawn by J...
Category

Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Eight Antique Blacksmith's Hammers Made in Italy, 1930s
Located in Palermo, IT
Eight antique blacksmith's hammers, Italy, 1930 Found in a bed base factory that belonged to my great-grandfather. The wooden handles need to be added.
Category

Italian Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Rare, Petite Vintage French Geometric School House Molds
Located in Houston, TX
Circa 1930s. Zinc molds from French school house. Set of six molds. These are rare and unusually petite versions of school house shape molds. The rectangular mold featured in this pi...
Category

French Arts and Crafts Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Zinc

"Komikal Kop" Tin Wind-Up Toy by Louis Marx Co., circa 1930
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is the more rare and desirable variation of this toy, with the dog riding "shotgun", sitting on the running board of the auto. The tin lithographed and hand painted wind-up toy by the Louis Marx Company of New York City, circa 1930, was undoubtedly influenced by Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops series featured in silent films. The toy portrays a New York City policeman, seated behind the steering wheel of a car with his dog by his side on the running board; driving erratically; forward and backwards, left and right; doing "popping wheelies", while spinning his head around in utter confusion attempting to negotiate traffic. The toy works great; just as it did when new, (see the attached 40 second movie with the listing). Simply wind up the fixed clockwork key in place a few times (do not over-wind) and watch the action described above. This "Komikal Kop...
Category

Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tin

Ronson USA 1938 Art Deco Touch Tip Lighter Junior Bar In Steel & Lacquer
Located in Miami, FL
Junior barman with touch tip lighter designed by Ronson. An exceptional and very beautiful desk piece, created in New Jersey United States by The ...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Antique Polar Bear Cub in Silver Plate on Quartz Rock
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Polar Bear Sculpture. An arctic sculpture of a polar bear on an iceberg. The polar bear is well made, silver plated and the iceberg is made of...
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British Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Quartz, Silver Plate

Early Vintage Chein Company All Tin Toy Wind-Up Limousine, American, Circa 1930
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is one of the earlier, New York City based, J. Chein Company, tin toy pieces. They started doing lithography in 1930. This toy wind-up sedan was made circa 1930 and is brightly ...
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American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tin

Early 20th century clockwork Automaton Diorama
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century clockwork Automaton Diorama A truly wonderful example of an early 20th Century Dutch clockwork automaton diorama. The animation takes place after both clockwork me...
Category

Dutch Victorian Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Ronson 1938 Art Deco Machine Age Geometric Deluxe Classic Desk Touch Tip Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
A Deluxe desk lighter designed by Ronson. This extremely rare Ronson Deluxe Classic Touch-Tip lighter was made in 1938 by the Ronson Art Metal Works Inc. located in Newark, New Jersey in the United States. This lighter began a very successful era for Ronson Touch Tip...
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North American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Enamel, Steel, Chrome

Ships Wheel by John Hastie of Greenock
Located in Norwell, MA
Very nice antique solid brass ships wheel that has been highly polished and lacquered. The hub has deeply engraved makers name "John Hastie & Co...
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North American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Yacht Pulley Block by Merriman
Located in Norwell, MA
Nautical pulley block by Merriman of Boston. Brass badge with trident and M.B. Hardwood housing is pinned together and holds the polished brass sheave. Awesome restoration. Great Nau...
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North American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Chase Usa Co. 1930 Art Deco Geometric Steel Box with Bakelite and Wood
Located in Miami, FL
Geometric Art Deco box designed by Chase Usa Co. Beautiful Streamline geometric box, created during the Art Deco period by the Chase USA Co., back in the 1930. This trinket box ha...
Category

American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Polished Oak Barograph and Barometer by Negretti & Zambra, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Edwardian polished oak cased barograph with bevelled glass panels. Brass base plate stamped ‘Regent, Jewelled movement supporting the ten vacuum chambers linking the ink pen pointer ...
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English Edwardian Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Vintage Medical Device Wooden Case for Bleeding Needle and Loop Kit with Tin Can
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Medical Device Wooden Case for Bleeding Needle and Loop Kit with Tin Can. 0Original paperwork, solid wood case, 2 swing doors, tin metal...
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Jacobean Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tin

Polaire Paris 1935 Art Deco Bauhaus Table Desk Lift Arm Tower Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
Table desk tower lighter designed by Polaire Paris. An sleek and elegant table lighter, created in Paris France by the Polaire company, back in the 1935. It was crafted with pure ...
Category

French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Antique Vintage Scale Weight, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique scale weight made in Spain by unknown manufacturer, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, pre...
Category

Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Rare Yankee One Design Class Blueprint
Located in Norwell, MA
Incredibly rare original blueprint for the "Yankee One Design Class". This is the sail plan drawn at the one half inch equals to one foot. The plan s...
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North American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Moby Dick by Herman Melville, First Edition, Illustrated by Rockwell Kent, 1930
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Melville, Herman. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Moby Dick. New York: Random House, 1930. First Trade Edition with Kent Illustrations. Rebound in full leather. Housed in a matching cu...
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American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Ship Wheel from a Wheeler Yacht
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ships wheel with the name wheeler cast into one of the spokes. Wheeler was a famous maker of yachts, up to seventy five feet, cabin cruisers, etc. Hemingway wrote his ...
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North American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Brass Boat Compass in Varnished Wood Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic early twentieth century boat compass by Dirigo of Seattle Washington. The gimballed compass has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This classic marine instrument is fi...
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North American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Ronson USA 1934 Art Deco Black Lacquered Rondette Desk Lighter in Stainless Stee
Located in Miami, FL
A stainless steel lighter designed by Ronson. Very beautiful desk Rondette lighter, created in New Jersey United States by The Ronson Co. during the art deco period, back in the 1934. This is a very unusual lighter designed with wonderful geometric patterns and crafted in solid steel with a central round body set upon two smaller cylindrical feet. Embellished with black lacquer, creating a great contrast with the base polished steel. Extremely well made and solid construction with very nice care and attention to all details. This surely is a very decorative piece and a great conversation item in gorgeous and exceptional preserved condition. Weight: 104.9 Grams, (67.24 Dwt). Measurements: 66 mm by 21 mm by 82 mm (2.59 x 0.83 x 3.23 Inches). Marks: Stamped with the maker's mark and signed, "RONSON US PAT.RE.NO.19023 RONSON RONDETTE ART METAL WKS INC NEWARK NJ US PAT.RE.NO.19023". 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...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel, Stainless Steel

Art Deco Model of a Boeing 314 Clipper Airplane Circa 1938
Located in London, GB
A superb Art Deco Model of a Boeing 314 Clipper Aeroplane Circa 1938. The Boeing Clipper was a long range Flying Boat made by the Boeing Aircraft Company i...
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American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

"Penthouse, " Perfume Group by Lelong in Art Deco Box, Unusually Fine Condition
By Lucien Lelong
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although the perfume industry in France and America embraced the new streamlined and geometric styles of the 1920s and 30s -- which we would call Art Deco tod...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass

Green and Silver "Column" Petrol Table Chain Lighter by Daltis
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Green and silver column table petrol lighter with chain cap by Daltis New York City. Measures: 5.5" tall x 2.5" base diameter.
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Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Chrome

Engine Order Telegraph with German Commands
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ships telegraph with German commands. With engraved maker’s plate on top marked: "Lubecker, Maschinenbau - Gesell shaft, or LMG, Ship...
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European Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Zenith Model 6S254 Console Radio '1938', Bluetooth
Located in Oakland, CA
The 6-S-254 prominently features Zenith’s tear-drop (tri-angular) shaped dial that was used for the 1938 line only. The 6-tube 3-waveband Zenith 6-S-254 (6S254) was introduced in June of 1937 as part of Zenith’s line-up for the 1938 model...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Bakelite, Wood

Vintage Pulley by Merriman of Boston
Located in Norwell, MA
Double sheave yacht pulley with ash case and tobin bronze pins, two polished and lacquered pins and steel "Side sister Hooks". Awesome restoration of this ...
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North American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Ronson 1940 Art Deco Machine Age Geometric Table Touch Tip Octette Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
A desk lighter designed by Ronson. This Ronson Touch-Tip Octette table lighter was made between 1935 and 1951 by the Ronson Art Metal Works Inc. located in Newark, New Jersey in the United States. This lighter began a very successful era for Ronson Touch Tip series of lighters which pushed out the strike lighters...
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North American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Chrome, Enamel, Steel

Solid Brass Ships Porthole
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished ships porthole with hinged door and four dog bolts. Meticulously polished and lacquered. The tempered glass has some imperfections from y...
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European Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

A. A. Milne, a Fine Letter Signed Mentioning Christopher Robin and Pooh, 1931
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A.. TITLE: A fine ALS mentioning Christopher Robin and Pooh. PUBLISHER: Chelsea, 1931. DESCRIPTION: AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGN...
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British Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Winston Churchill, Marlborough His Life and Times, All First Editions, 1933/8
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Winston S. TITLE: Marlborough His Life and Times. PUBLISHER: London: George G. Harrap, 1933, 34, 36, 38. DESCRIPTION: ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 4 vols., 9-1/16...
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British Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Hand Polished White Agate and Chrome Table Lighter, circa 1930
Located in Van Nuys, CA
1930s bouquet hand-polished white agate chrome steel table lighter with an auto flip mechanism. Perfect for the home lounge or small bar. 1930, United states.
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Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Agate

Rare Santa, Clown and Lantern Christmas Ornament Vintage, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A rare Christmas ornament set of three. Each is made from mouth blown glass, this would be a great addition for your Christmas or feather tree. Clown Head is approx. 3 1/4" high and 1 3/4" at the widest point, think it is approx. 1940s or older. Lantern is approx. 2 5/8" high (1910s) and the little Santa...
Category

German Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wire

Thick Walking Stick with a Large Silver Handle, Stamped 800
Located in Berlin, DE
large walking stick with thick silver handle. From Germany around 1930 ebonized wood.
Category

Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

R. E. Lee: a Biography by Douglas Southhall Freeman, Four Volume Set, 1936
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Freeman, Douglas Southall. R. E. Lee: A Biography. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1936. Four volumes, Octavo. Early edition. Rebound in ¼ leather and cloth, with raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to spine, new endpapers, and a matching archival slipcase to house all four volumes. Presented is a beautiful, four volume set of R. E. Lee: A Biography, by author and historian Douglas Southall Freeman...
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American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Ulysses by James Joyce, First Authorized American Edition, 1934
By James Joyce
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Joyce, James. Ulysses. New York: Random House, 1934. First Authorized American Edition. Octavo. In publisher’s original red and black stamped cream cloth boards, original first issue printed dust jacket, and a custom folding slipcase. Presented is a first authorized American edition of Ulysses, a modernist novel by James Joyce. The book was published in New York by Random House, in 1934. It is presented in its original red and black stamped cream cloth boards, original first issue printed dust jacket, and a custom folding slipcase. James Joyce originally conceived of Ulysses as a short story to be included in Dubliners, but decided to publish it as a long novel instead. Ulysses takes place on a single day, June 16, 1904, in Dublin, and follows three main characters: Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife Molly Bloom. Divided into 18 episodes, Joyce drastically shifts narrative style with each new episode, completely abandoning the previously accepted notions of plot, setting, and characters. It is considered by many to be the paramount in Modernist literature. Ulysses has a very interesting publishing history, with at least 18 editions and numerous variations of each edition. It was first serialized in the American journal The Little Review...
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American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

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