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Period: 1930s
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...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
World War II Air Crewman's Seat.
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Rare aircrew seat by Aircraft Mechanics Inc. with swivel base. The body is riveted, galvanized, and well patinated. Adjustment levers have faded bright yellow spherical knobs. Ready ...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
1930s Amusement / Carnival Motorcycle Ride, Carousal, Merry-go-round
Located in Buffalo, NY
1930s Antique midway amusement park wooden motorcycle ride is one of the earliest produced for carousels and merry-go-rounds. Wonderful aged patina, ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage 20th Century English Made Large Mahogany Pond Yacht c.1930
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A fantastic Gaff Cutter pond yacht, lovely “bread and butter“ wood hull construction dating to the first part of the 20th Century. Bread and butter construction is when planks of woo...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Solid Brass Ships Porthole
Located in Norwell, MA
Early 20th century solid brass ships porthole. Hinged door with four dog bolts. Clear glass. Highly polished and lacquered.
Weight: 47 LBS
Overall...
Category
North American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
The Broadway Melody
Located in London, GB
Original Swedish film poster for The Broadway Melody 1929.
This film was directed by Harry Beaumont. It tells the story of two Vaudeville sisters trying to get a break on Broadway. This was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's first musical, which won them an Oscar for Best Film.
This beautiful Swedish poster...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
DUNHILL Paris 1934 Art Deco Carved Bamboo Petrol Desk Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
Bamboo desk lighter designed by Alfred Dunhill
This is a rare antique desk lighter, created in Paris France by the luxury brand of Alfred Dunhill, back in the 1934. The unusual art deco lighter...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Vintage Toy Wind-Up "Johnny" The Dancing Clown by Lindstrom Toy Co., Circa 1930
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is a hard to find pre war vintage, Made in America wind up tin toy by The Lindstrom Toy Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, circa 1928-1932. The action is fabulous; when wound ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
Original Mexican Retablo "Exvotos" Oil on Tin
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this original Mexican ex voto, due to the effects of time, the writing has been erased.
Category
Mexican Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Southwest Genuine Skookum Native American Women Dolls - Set of 4 from 1930s
By Skookum
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....
Category
American Native American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Wool
Vintage Carved Butterscotch Bakelite Bangle, circa 1930s
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Excellent vintage condition with great rich color.
Measures: 3 1/2" outside diameter
2 1/2" inside diameter.
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
Machine Age bakelight Ribbonaire Fan Designed by W.O. Langille for Singer, 1931
By Singer Sewing Machine Co., W. O. Langille
Located in Buffalo, NY
Ribbonaire Bakelite Electric Fan designed by W.O. Langille in 1931 for the Singer Sewing Machine Company. Aerodynamic Design that pivots front to back to angle the breeze. Unique des...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Bakelite
Brown and Silver Petrol Table Pull Chain Lighter by Daltis
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1930s brown and silver advertisement petrol table lighter by Dalits.
Measures: 3.5" tall x 2" base diameter.
Category
North American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
1930s Cast Saving Pig / Money Box Made by Swedish Gold Smith Olof W. Nilsson
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Absolutely beautiful and unique saving pig / money box made by Swedish gold smith Olof W. Nilsson in Kristianstad Sweden in the 1930s.
This money box is beautifully detailed shaped ...
Category
Swedish Other Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop, Signed by Cather!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Cather, Willa
Title: Death Comes For The Archbishop.
Publisher: NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932.
Description: Signed 29th printing. 1 vol., signed by Cather on the title-p...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
"B.O. Plenty" Vintage Wind-Up Tin Toy by Marx Original Box. American, Circa 1935
Located in Incline Village, NV
"B.O. Plenty (printed on the back) is the name of this American made tin wind-up toy; named after the classic Dick Tracy comic book and radio character of the 1930's. In his hand he is holding his daughter, Baby Sparkle.
Markings include the Marx logo to the rear "Made in The United States of America" in logo as well as location of manufacture, "New York, N,Y.". Vertically in small print on back of pants "By Permission of Famous Artists Syndicated Copyright By Chicago Tribune" (see images for markings), Markings on the box contribute to validating the genesis and name of the toy, and 200 fifth Avenue, New York address of the Marx Company, which was founded in 1919.
Highly lithographed (comes with the very hard to find nice condition original box as well) this example is in excellent and all original condition with no restoration or touch up of any kind.Colors include; yellow shirt and hat. blue vest, brown striped pants, white and flesh tones to face and baby. The toy features B.O. Plenty with a "wise guy" look on his face, while holding his baby. When wound up he waddles back and forth, with his hat flying up in the air and back down again (see movie attached to this listing). The toy works great!
Dimensions: 8 1/2" high x 2 3/4" wide x 2 1/2" deep.
Provenance: From a recently acquired West Coast collection of fine quality tin toys.
See my other listings of over 100+ vintage toys and antique children's toy savings banks from which to chose.
Note: After 40 plus years of dealing and collecting toys, I am justly qualified to guarantee and present the authenticity of antique and vintage toys and children's playthings; important considering the fakes and reproductions in the marketplace. My toys operate properly and are as stated and accurately described.
it would behoove an enterprising collector, dealer, or decorator to take advantage of the opportunity to buy as many of the vintage tin toys...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
Pair of 1930s Reproduction Ancient Roman Soldiers Helmets
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1930s metal reproduction ancient Roman soldiers helmets.
Category
Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Boat Blueprint Plan of the John Hacker Runabout "Baby Doll"
Located in Norwell, MA
Speedboat blueprint drawn by renowned naval architect John L. Hacker. The subject is "Baby Doll," a double cockpit runabout. The detailed boat plan shows th...
Category
North American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1934 Americas Cup Yacht Rainbow Half Model
Located in Norwell, MA
Fine carved wood half model of the 1934 Americas Cup Yacht Rainbow. Planked deck with brass fittings. Mahogany skylights with brass bars. Ships whee...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1930s Skookum Native American Dolls Mix Match Set of 4
By Skookum
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The history of Skookum dolls starts with Mary McAboy filing two applications for patents for a doll or toy figure on November 29, 1913. After the popularity rose in 1920, They were factory-made dolls from the 1920s-1960s that resembled Native American people and were usually sold in tourist spots The word Skookum originated from the Chinook or Siwash traders of the American Northwest and has a few meanings. The main one attributed to the Skookum doll is Bully Good!
In this rare set, there are 4 Native American depicted dolls, 3 skookum, and one male figurine with an unknown background. These skookum dolls are suspected of being created in the early 1930s.
1- Figure of a woman and her baby on her back, with a wrapped blanket, flowered pants, and beaded mocassins 14in X 7in
1- A male figure wrapped/ clothed in fringed hide clothing. He has wooden moccasins worn over time (Hide is deteriorating due to age) 8in X 4w
1- Skookum doll wrapped with blanket, she is wrapped with cloth blanket and has a pink beaded necklace...
Category
American Native American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Antique Specimen Multi-Drawer Small Cabinet from England c1920's-1930's
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible egg specimen Small Multi-Drawer Cabinet imported about 25 years ago from the City of Leek, England. The Specimen Cabinet and its content are...
Category
British Country Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Glass
Waugh, Evelyn, Waugh in Abyssinia, First Edition, Presentation Copy, 1936
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Waugh, Evelyn.
Title: Waugh in Abyssinia.
Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1936.
Description: First Edition Presentation Copy. 1 vol., inscribed on the ...
Category
British Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
Godard Armand "Woman Sitting with Doves" Art Deco Sculpture black marble
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
"Jeune femme aux colombes" "young woman with doves" By Armand Godard.
Beautiful sculpture with beautiful patina Art Deco period representing a woman sitting feeding birds on oval terrace in black marble.
Very fine work.
Signed.
France,
circa 1930
Armand Godard made many chryselephantine statuettes in bronze and ivory in the Art Deco style, especially for the foundry Edmond Etling. In the 1920s and 1930s, he exhibited in Paris in the salons of the Society of French Artists. During the 1937 Universal Exhibition in Paris, he showed a monumental statue 4.5 meters high and a patinated plaster sculpture.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has been meticulously polished and lacquered. We just restored a great collection of thes...
Category
North American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Style Ski Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, Virgin Powder
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Style ski photography, framed alpine ski photograph, descent in powder.
'Virgin Powder', a modern framed and mounted black and w...
Category
English Sporting Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Laurel and Hardy
Located in London, GB
Original US studio photograph for the 1930's
This piece is framed in a Sapele wood frame with acid free card mounts and UV plexiglass. The size given is before framing.
This piece ...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"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...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Bengal Tiger / La Tigre del Bengala
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1936 action adventure film Bengal Tiger.
This 1936 film was directed by Louis King. The cast includes Barton MacLane, June Travis and Warren Hul...
Category
Italian Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Petite Devil Krampus Hand Puppet Toy, Antique Vintage Germany
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This is a wonderful depiction of Krampus or the devil puppet. The item is approximately 16 inches tall and has a fabric body to slip in with your hand. Height was measured from foot ...
Category
Austrian Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Composition
Art Deco Chrome and Metal Ashtray Stand Round Base 1930s France, Two Available
Located in Miami, FL
We offer two of Art Deco ashtray stands on heavy round base in chrome and metal.
Due to age and use they show wear and dents, but both are func...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs / Blanche Neige
Located in London, GB
Original Belgian film poster for the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs .The artwork on this poster is unique to the films Belgian release...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Scale Model of a Herreshoff Yacht
Located in Norwell, MA
Rare period model of a Herreshoff "Class" boat. The sleek scale hull is fitted with floorboards, tiller, boom crutch, cleats, blocks, etc.. Fitted with a dropped centerboards. Set on...
Category
North American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
"Joe Penner" Vintage Clockwork Windup Toy by Louis Marx Co American Circa 1930's
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fabulous American vintage all tin wind-up toy with attached key and clockwork mechanism, whereby upon winding it up, the character (Joe Penner) waddles aimlessly across the floor, hat flying in the air with notorious cigar in motion (see attached video with listing). The toy is in wonderful and complete original condition with all original parts and authentic factory paint. It is often found incomplete (cigar or hat missing more often than not); and usually doesn't work properly. My example works great and is in nice bright original paint and lithography, in multiple colors of a black and white checkered suit...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
Nautical 7-day wall clock signed Smith's Circklewood N. W. 2 of 1932
Located in Milan, IT
Antique brass nautical wall clock with 7-day spring winding, signed Smith's Circklewood N. W. 2, Model No. 2 of 1932.
Diameter cm 19 - inches 7.5, depth cm 10 - inches 4.
Overhaul...
Category
Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
"George The Drummer Boy" Tin windup Toy by Louis Marx, New York City. Circa 1930
Located in Incline Village, NV
This circa 1930 "George, Drummer Boy" brightly colored lithographed tin wind-up toy capitalizes on the popularity of marching bands, spawned from the military and World War I victory...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
Art Deco Ashtray Stand, Chrome and Bakelite by Demeyere, Belgium, 1930s
By Demeyere
Located in Bingen am Rhein, RP
Art Deco ashtray stand
This beautiful and rare Art Deco Ashtray Stand from the 30s/40s is in the streamline modern art deco style. The designer of this extraordinary object has succ...
Category
Belgian Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Iron
Gertrude Stein, Operas and Plays, Inscribed by Alice Toklas, Plain Edition 1932
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: STEIN, Gertrude.
Title: Operas and Plays.
Publisher: Paris: 27 Rue de Fleurus, 1932.
PLAIN EDITION INSCRIBED BY ALICE TOKLAS. 1 vol., limited to 500 copies, inscrib...
Category
French Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1930s Art Deco Bakelite + Celluloid Linked Necklace Dark Green Arching Dangles
Located in Hyattsville, MD
USA c.1930s. Unknown Maker, possibly Mazor. A light green Celluloid linked chain and (11) dark green Bakelite dangles. They have an organic feeling of arching reeds or arcing grass blades. American Industrial design...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
Naldun 1930 Art Deco Pocket Lighter Sterling Silver & Essex Glass Horse Intaglio
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco petrol lighter designed by Naldun.
Very beautiful and useful petrol lighter, created in America by the Naldun Company, back in the 1930. It was crafted as a slider piece in the art deco style, with an octagonal shape in solid .925/.999 sterling silver. Embellished on top with an Essex glass piece depicting the intaglio carving of a horse. It is in great shape with minimal trace of wear, with no dings, marks or bumps. The Essex glass piece is in perfect shape with remains of all the vibrant colors.
Weight: 16.40 Grams, (10.51 Dwt).
Size: Octagonal Small.
Measurements: 15 mm by 15 mm by 43 mm (0.59 x 0.59 x 1.70 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark, the mark for the assay of the silver and signed, "NALDUN REG. MADE IN U.S.A PAT. PEND. STERLING".
Essex Glass
Essex crystal pieces are formed from a rock crystal cabochon (polished domes of rock crystal with a flat base), an image or motif is then reverse carved into the flat base, and then painted, to give them impression of a three dimensional object or image encapsulated in the cabochon when viewed from above. Production of a reverse crystal intaglio begins with the mining and cutting of fine rock crystal from Brazil or Madagascar. A well-formed cabochon is the key to a beautifully made reverse intaglio and the tedious process of hand polishing it to perfection had to be completed before the design work could begin. A watercolor rendering of the image was painted on the underside of the cabochon and an oil and diamond dust mixture was used along with up to 250 scribing tools to carve the design into the interior of the crystal “…the deeper the carving the more pronounced trompe l’oeil effect.” Once the carving was established the painting process began with extremely fine brushes and paint working in reverse to create incredibly detailed images. This process of carving into the back of the cabochon is sometimes referred to as reverse intaglio, not be to mistaken with intaglio, which is designed to be viewed from the same side on which it is carved, unlike Essex crystal. Particularly when the image is of something which is itself small in reality, such as an insect, they can be very convincing when created by skilled craftsman. Thomas Cook was believed to be responsible for introducing them to Britain from the continent in the 1860s, and there were initially sold by Hancock’s in London. During the same period the artist William...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
RONSON USA 1935 Machine Age Brown Lacquer Desk Double Box With Touch Tip Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
Double desk box with lighter designed by Ronson.
An exceptional and very beautiful desk box, created in New Jersey United States by The Ronson Co. during the art deco period, back i...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Vintage Style Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, The Race
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Style Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, The Race.
'THE RACE', a modern framed and mounted black and white photograph after an original 1930's skiing photograph. The...
Category
British Sporting Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Wood
Alpine Ski Photograph, 'Happy Skiers' Taken from 1930s Original
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage, Alpine ski photograph.
'Happy Skiers', a new mounted black and white photographic image after an original 1930s skiing photograph. Black and white alpine photos are the perfect addition to any home or ski lodge. Prior to being a recreational activity skiing was purely a means of travelling from A to B through the snow, it only started to become the sport it is today in the mid-1800s. The price displayed is for the mounted photo only.
Image size 25.5cm x 40cm = 10 x 15 ½" ".
The alpine photograph...
Category
English Sporting Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Canvas and Leather Cartridge Magazine
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage small cartridge magazine case.
A fine compact shooting cartridge magazine case. The high quality cartridge case with wooden carcass covered in ...
Category
British Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Canvas
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
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
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Silver
'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
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Eskimo Model Kayak, Wood Covered with Seal Skin, Lined with Bone
Located in Leuven , BE
What makes this model so special is that all the hunting devices are still present: spears, harpoons, spear thrower, wood float board, and bladder, paddles and other equipment used for seal hunting. Please note how well these are made in a stunning combination of wood and bone and lashed on deck under bone and sinew spear securers. Despite the kayak frame...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts by John Steinbeck, First Edition, in DJ
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts. New York: Convici Friede, Publishers, 1937. First edition. Octavo. Original publisher’s beige cloth boards, with black and bro...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. Nice smaller size. This has been meticulously polished and lacquered. We just restored a great...
Category
European Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has been meticulously polished and lacquered. We just restored a great collection of thes...
Category
European Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
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
American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Gambling with Souls / The Vice Racket
Located in London, GB
Original American movie poster for the 1936 exploitation film. This is a very rare poster only a few are known to have survived. This 1936 exploitation film was directed by Dwain Esp...
Category
American Vintage 1930s 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...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Ship Model of the Bark Jessie of New York
Located in Norwell, MA
Model of the armed brig Jessie of New York. Fitted with eight cannon on deck. Hull is painted green and white. Rigged with full standing and runnng rigging. Mounted to an inlaid crad...
Category
North American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
"Cafe Metropole", Swedish Film Poster
By Eric Rohman
Located in London, GB
Original Swedish film poster from the 1937 comedy romance film directed by Edward H Griffith and starring Loretta Young, Tyrone Power, Adolph Menjou. For ...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1930s 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...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1930s Elastolin Farm / Yard. 65 pc. O&M Hausser.. Antique toy, made in Germany
By Elastoform
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare 1930s Elastolin Farm / Yard. over 65 pc. O&M Hausser.. Antique toys, made in Germany,,Over 50 year collection. Amazing Early Elastolin Farm compri...
Category
German Country Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Composition
1930s Chrome Diamond Plate Paperweight Curiosity Desk Object Architect Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful desk relic from a captain of industry.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
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