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Period: 1940s
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Mills Novelty Art Deco Green Porcelain Penny Scale
Located in Ferndale, MI
Art Deco period penny scale by Mills Novelty co. Period green porcelain pedestal with cream colored foot hold.
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

Picasso by Gertrude Stein
Located in valatie, NY
Picasso by Gertrude Stein. B.T. Batsford, LTD, London, 1948. 3rd Ed hardcover no dust jacket. With 64 illustrations in color and B&W. The famous writer ...
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Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

White Heat
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card number 5 for White Heat 1949. This film was directed by Raoul Walsh, and stars James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien. Cagney...
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American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

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Jean-Michel Basquiat The Paris Review, 1989 'Vintage Jean-Michel Basquiat'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat The Paris Review: 1989 The Paris Review book, featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat cover art. Imagery features a reproduction of Basquiat's (untitled) 1982 Jackson. Offset lithograph on double sided art book. Measures approximately: 5.5 x 9 inches; soft cover. Approximately 50pgs. Minor age related wear; in otherwise very good overall vintage condition. 1st edition, 1st printing 1989. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Highly collectible. Related categories: Jean-Michel Basquiat 1989. Jean-Michel Basquiat book...
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Jean-Michel Basquiat The Paris Review, 1982 (Basquiat Tuxedo)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat The Paris Review: 1982 The Paris Review book, featuring an interior spread of Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Tuxedo" (1982). Imagery features 8 detailed segments of this esteemed 1982 work. Art book. Offset printed interior images. Measures approximately: 5.5 x 9 inches; soft cover. Approximately 50pgs. Very good overall vintage condition. 1st edition, 1st printing 1982. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Highly collectible. Related categories: Jean-Michel Basquiat 1989. Jean-Michel Basquiat book...
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Fairbanks Scale Co American Doctors Scale
Located in Cheshire, GB
Fairbanks doctors scale in black with brass adjustable measuring stick, and cast iron pressure plate. Retaining there original weights. Dimensions: Heig...
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American 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Iron

Machine Age Art Deco Doctors or Bathroom Floor Model Scale Weigh Master by Hanso
Located in New York, NY
Great Machine Age, American Art Deco floor scale, Weigh Master by Hanson. The scale is fully functional, it shows cosmetic wear to the paint finish, and th...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Rare early 1980s Iggy Pop Announcement
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Iggy Pop Invites You To Join Him for a Private New Year’s Eve Celebration at The Hard Rock Cafe.” Extremely rare vintage announcement card; New York City c.1981. 4x6 inches. Good overall vintage condition. Unsigned. Iggy Pop is an American rock singer-songwriter, musician, and occasional actor, who is often referred to as the godfather of punk. His role as the outrageous and unpredictable frontman of protopunk band The Stooges...
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Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Naomi Campbell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition of 1,000 + 200 APs. Hardcover with four fold-outs, signed by Naomi Campbell, 496 pages, 33 x 46.2 cm (13 x 18.2 in.), plus companion volume, ...
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Italian 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Naomi Campbell
H 18.2 in W 13 in D 4 in
Gilt Framed Vintage French Cote De Beaune Wine Region Poster 1972
Located in Alton, GB
Framed Cote De Beaune region wine map from 1972. The print has been removed to clean the glass, the frame has minor damage in places but nothing that de...
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French Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Goodbye Picasso, 1974
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Picasso book by David Douglas Duncan, 1974, printed in Switzerland. Beautiful cover and a staple coffee table book to have in your collection. The award-winning photojourna...
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Swiss Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Goodbye Picasso, 1974
Goodbye Picasso, 1974
H 12.75 in W 10.25 in D 1.5 in
Gilt Framed Vintage French La Cote De Nuits Wine Region Poster 1972
Located in Alton, GB
Framed La Cote De Nuits region wine map from 1972. The print has been removed to clean the glass, the frame has minor damage in places but nothing that detracts from its beauty, if a...
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French Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Basquiat Keith Haring Roy Lichtenstein The Paris Review
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein: The Paris Review 1982-1992: Vintage editions of The Paris Review, with one uniquely featuring an...
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Art Nouveau Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Art Deco Traditional Wooden Hand Large Artist Mannequin Scale Model
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A handmade wooden Artist mannequin hand model - all joints move as they should. Found on an Estate sale in Vienna, Austria. Shows some minor wear - but looks beautiful on display! So...
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Ruhlmann Un Genie De L'Art Deco Editions D'Art, Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Ruhlmann Un Genie De L'Art Deco by Emmanuel Breon et Rosalind Pepall.(Commissaires). 2004 Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco. French Text. Published by Somogy Ed...
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French Art Deco 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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20th Century Rotary Bakelite Telephone & Bell System c.1940
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A superb 20th Century rotary Bakelite telephone and bell system. The phone features the original cord connecting handset to reciever and a small drawer at the front revealing a pad f...
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British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Theodore Geisel - Dr. SEUSS - This is Ann: She's Dying to Meet You - 1944
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: LEAF, Munro (Theodore Geisel - Dr. SEUSS). TITLE: This is Ann: She's Dying to Meet You. PUBLISHER: WDC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944. DESCRIPTION: [32] pp. Illus...
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American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Currier & Ives Prints An Illustrated Check List by Frederic Conningham 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Currier & Ives Prints: An Illustrated Check List by Frederic Conningham. Crown Publishers, New York, NY, 1949. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This is the first and most used stan...
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Just Andersen, Necklace in 18-Karat Gold, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Just Andersen b. Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland 1884, d. Glostrup, 1943. Necklace in 18-karat gold, 1940s. Amazing design. Measures: Length 38.5 cm. Weight 25 grams. Marked. ...
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