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Period: 1940s
Art Deco Wood and Chrome Airplane SeaPlane Aviation Model, France 1940s
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fantastic French Art Deco chrome and wood airplane/seaplane model mounted on a stylized wood plinth. A superbly crafted rendering of the legendary quadri-propellers seaplane, strik...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Lee's Lieutenants by Douglas Southhall Freeman, Three Vols., First Edition, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Freeman, Douglas Southall. Lee’s Lieutenants: A Study in Command. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1942. First edition. Three volume set. Rebound in ¼ black leather and cloth, with raised bands, gilt tooling and titles to the spine, and an archival slipcase.
Presented is a first edition, three volume set of Lee’s Lieutenants by Douglas Southall Freeman...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Plaster Cast for Coin by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Plaster cast for coin is an artwork realized by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1940s.
Slightly damaged plaster.
Written in Latin not completely visible.
4 x 4 cm.
Aurelio Mistruzzi (Villaorba, 7 February 1880 – Rome, 25 December 1960) was an Italian sculptor and medalist. Born in Villaorba di Basiliano in 1880, he attended the Udine School of Art at the courses of the sculptor De Paoli...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
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
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Taxidermy Waterbuck, Skull Mount
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Big Game Taxidermy, Waterbuck.
This prepared big game trophy skull mount is of a Water Buck, it may not be antique but it is very impressive. The taxidermy ...
Category
Ugandan Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone
Wind Tunnel Model of a Douglas Destroyer Made by NACA/NASA in 1942
Located in London, GB
A very rare World War II 1/5 scale wind tunnel development model of a Douglas "Destroyer" XSB2D-1 torpedo and dive bomber, circa 1942.
The model was made by N.A.C.A. and tested at...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Goldstone and Silver Cartier Lighter
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
Goldstone and silver Cartier lighter. A most handsomely chic objet by Cartier from the Forties. Carved goldstone with smooth varied patterning i...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Silver
1941 Trophy Baseball Radio, Working Condition
By Trophy Radio Company
Located in Milano, IT
This fantastic novelty item is reminiscent of a time when radio was king and radio broadcasts were the most popular way for fans to follow Major League Baseball across the country. E...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Old Brass British Military Issue Brass Handbell A Great Piece, Second World War
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Old Brass British Military Issue Brass Handbell
A Great Piece, Second World War, dated 1942, marked A.S.1942, and with the broad arrow insignia denotin...
Category
British Colonial Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Post World War II Green Gazed Earthenware Passover Seder Plate
Located in New York, NY
Green glazed earthenware Passover Seder plate made by Jewish DPs in the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp.
Decorated on the rim of the plate is a ...
Category
German Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Leather Cowboy Saddle by Simco
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Real cowboy basic well made and used leather saddle. Stamped Simco. In excellent vintage condition with normal wear and tear, no damage and the le...
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Johan Rippen Grand Piano in Off-White Cast Aluminum
By Rippen Pianos
Located in Waalwijk, NL
J.J. Rippen for Rippen Pianofabriek N.V, grand piano, cast aluminum, wood, brass, The Netherlands, design 1946, production 1950s.
This model is a renowned grand piano conceived by ...
Category
Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Large signed brass nautical magnetic compass KELVIN HUGHES DIVISION 1940
Located in Milan, IT
Large brass and glass nautical magnetic compass, signed KELVIN HUGHES DIVISION S. Smith & Son (England) Ltd Manufactured in Great Britain circa 1940, mounted on custom-made wood an...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Baby Jesus in Wax, Music Box and Movement, Italy, 1940s
Located in Palermo, IT
Baby Jesus in wax, music box and movement, Italy, 1940s
He gently moves his head and opens and closes his eyes. Intact and functioning. Small signs of wear, as per descriptive photog...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Paul Strand: Photograph 1915-1945 - Nancy Newhall - 1st edition, 1945
Located in London, GB
Published by the Museum of Modern Art, 1st edition, New York, 1945. Hardback, English text.
This exhibition catalogue is the first critical monograph issued by MoMA on a photographer. It was published in conjunction with a planned series of one-man focal retrospectives to bring some of the prominent American and European photographers to the fore, and photography has since then entered the category of fine art as far as MoMA is concerned.
A catalyst and legend among his peers and the photography world at large, Strand’s revelatory photography captures a subtle change of mood, a slipt-second thought; his ‘nature morta’ of a kitchen bowl...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Baier German 1947 Army Truck Lighter Cigarette Holder And Ashtray In Aluminum
Located in Miami, FL
Army Truck Lighter, Cigarette case & ashtray by Walter Baier Company.
Beautiful large sized aluminum lighter by Baier in the shape of a jeep with a ...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Enamel
Wurlitzer Juke Box Model 700 Original and Restored Art Deco Circa 1940
By Wurlitzer
Located in Oakland, CA
Wurlitzer 700 was a design masterpiece by Paul Fuller, its smooth art deco lines have stood the test of time, and it is a beautiful creation. This model plays 78-style records and th...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Brass and aluminum aviation compass complete with azimuth circle 1940 U.S.A
Located in Milan, IT
Brass and aluminum aeronautical compass complete with azimuth circle, supplied to U.s: Army Air Force aircraft during the world War II. Good condition and functioning. Compass diame...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Cricket Bat, The Nonpareil
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Juniors Willow Cricket Bat.
A good quality willow cricket bat 'The Nonpareil'. The two shoulders stamped 'W.J. Breeden', blade syamped to the front and rear 'The Nonpareil, Extra Spe...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Willow
Paris Ephemeral Decorations, French Book by André Granet, Original 1948 Edition
By General Decoration
Located in Atlanta, GA
Décors éphémères: Les Expositions Jeux d'Eau et de Lumière, (Ephemeral decorations: water and light games exhibitions,) French book by André Granet, Original edition 1948, Preface by...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Ceramic Piggy Bank by Eva Jancke Björk, Bo Fajans, 1940s
Located in Grythyttan, SE
A charming piggy bank designed by Eva Jancke Björk for Bo Fajans. While the piggy banks from Bo Fajans may share similar shapes, each one boasts a distinct hand-painted face and atti...
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Journey into Fear
Located in London, GB
Original American photographic production still.
For the 1942 Film Noir Journey into Fear. The film starred Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rio, Orson Welles ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
US Navy Mark 74 Aiming Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
1943 United States Navy Telescope. Used primarily as part of the Mark 16 Aiming System on 50 caliber anti-aircraft gun mounts. Fitted with three sun filters...
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1947 Hand Painted Premier British Royal Airforce Drum with Royal Coat of Arms
Located in Morristown, NJ
1947 England, a hand painted Premier Percussion British Royal Air Force drum. The drum has been painted with a black main body, a richly colored royal coat of arms and the motto of t...
Category
English Campaign Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin, Paint, Rope, Leather
Early 20th Century Belgian Black Board, Chalkboard
Located in Udenhout, NL
Early 20th Century Belgian Black Board, Chalkboard, in a good state.
Category
Belgian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Slate
Vintage 1946 Wurlitzer Model 1015 Bubbler Phonograph Original Rare
By Wurlitzer
Located in Oakland, CA
Vintage Original 1946 Wurlitzer Model 1015 Bubbler Collector Multi-Selector Phonograph. This Jukebox is in exceptional condition, fully restored, and with a full set of 78s. The sound is amazing, the amp was rebuilt, and the original 15″ speaker. Special electronics allow you to surpass mechanical coin operations to make as many selections as you like.
Contact us by message and I can send you a video with sound of it playing.
This posting is for the Wurlitzer JukeBox...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome, Nickel
Catalogue of the Vernay Collection A Special Sale Prior to Retirement, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Catalogue of the Vernay Collection of Early English Furniture, Porcelains, Old English Silver, Glassware and Other Art Objects, "A Special Sale Prior ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Le Corbusier & P. Jeannette 1934-1938 by Max Bill 3rd Edition 1947
Located in London, GB
Published by Les Editions d’Architecture Erlenbac Zurich this is the third edition of the 1939 original – but the design was not changed.
Condition very good/ dust jacket very good
...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Carved and Painted Children's Toy Skittle Game Set from England, circa 1940
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Four sets of skittle pins painted to look like toy soldiers from 1940s England. The bright, cheery colors and elegant carving make these an especially char...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Heavily Tooled Western Leather Saddle
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Well tooled and embossed leather western riding saddle. Possibly a junior size. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear.
Category
American Country Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Carrara Ivory 1949 Emerson Model 581 Plaskon AM Vacuum Tube Radio Golden Age
By Emerson Electric
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Ivory 1949 Emerson Model 581 Plaskon AM Tube Radio Golden Age Beauty
This radio was initially crafted using plaskon plastic, an enduring precursor to contemporary polycarbonate and styrene-based plastics. Manufactured by Emerson in the late 1940s, this exquisite AM tabletop tube clock...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
Bussola da rilevamento magnetico Medium Landing Compass N 1738 Inghilterra 1940s
Located in Milan, IT
Bussola da rilevamento magnetico, firmata Medium Landing Compass N. 1738 H Inghilterra anni quaranta. Sulla Rosa dei venti, completa di cerchio goniometrico è raffigurato lo stemma ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Leather Fishing Fly and Cast Wallet
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Leather Fly Wallet.
A good pigskin leather fishing fly and cast wallet with embossed tram line decoration. The brown leather is in original condition, the strap and buckle is...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Steel Shafted Tom Morris Golf Club, St Andrews
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Steel Shafted Tom Morris Golf Club.
An early steel shafted golf club, No. 7 iron, stamped Tom Morris, St Andrews. The club head has a curved hollowed back and is stamped 'Walker Cup...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Rare Original 1946 Wurlitzer Jukebox 4008 external Speaker, lamp /bubbler
By Wurlitzer
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare Original 1946 Wurlitzer Jukebox 4008 Speaker, , bubbler. External speaker designed for the famed classic 1015 Wurlitzer Jukebox,, Amazing ori...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Antique Salter Family Scales No 50 a Well Loved and Used Family Scales
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Antique Salter Family Scales No 50
A well loved and used Family Scales, made by Salter, the cast iron body is in Dark green with Gold highlights, it has...
Category
Industrial Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Iconic Limited Edition Fred Stein Photo of Albert Einstein
Located in New York, NY
Stunning large gelatin silver limited edition photograph; one of the most iconic images of the 20th century. One of only 450 in the edition.
“In 1946, when Albert Einstein was in residence at Princeton University, Fred Stein...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Pair Of Large Antique Italian Globes
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair Of Large Antique Italian Globes
Large pair of terrestrial and celestial globes from Italy 1940s. The globes are in good conditio...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Vintage Cricket Bat, Nicolls 'White Toe'
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Nicolls Cricket Bat.
A good Nicolls willow cricket bat 'White Toe'. The writing on the front of the blade 'NICOLLS, White Toe, Toughened And Damp Proof, Patent No. ??????, Me...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Willow
Nautical magnetic compass, signed by Henry Browne & Son Ltd Sestrel 1942.
Located in Milan, IT
Nautical magnetic compass, signed by Henry Browne & Son Ltd Sestrel 1942, Barking & London 1942. Good condition, slight abrasion on compass rose. The compass is mounted on eboni...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
America Wall Mounted Weight Machine
Located in Chicago, IL
Wall mounted weight machine. Very cool and rare.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
1940s Classics Club Books, Set of 10
Located in Bradenton, FL
A collection of ten Classics Club books from the 1940s. Published between 1942-1948, printed in the United States of America. Hardcovers.
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Alexandre Noll Exotic Wood Cigar Ashtray Bowl / Dish Signed, France, circa 1950
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Lovely Alexandre Noll cigar ashtray / bowl / Dish. Carved in exotic wood.
Alexandre Noll hand carved Cigar Ashtray.
Mid-century.
France, c. 1950
Hand carved signature to undersi...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Black & White Vintage Toy Police Pedal Car
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Fun vintage Police Highway Patrol metal pedal car by Glide Ride. Great graphic design complete with crank siren on the side. In working order, but we ...
Category
American American Classical Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Set of Three Curling Stone Desk Pieces, Paper Weight, Pen Holder
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Three Piece Curling Desk Set.
A nice collection of three miniature desk top granite curling stones. Two are paperweights complete with handles and the third is a pen holder. A great ...
Category
British Sporting Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Granite
Very Large Bronze Bell from Synchronome made in 1948
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Very Large Bronze Bell from Synchronome made in 1948
Synchronome was established in 1895 by Frank Hope Jones, they started making electric clock systems for British industry in the ...
Category
Industrial Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Mexico Taxco 1940 Unique Lift Arm Petrol Lighter In Solid .925 Sterling And Gold
By Taxco
Located in Miami, FL
Lift arm petrol lighter made in Mexico
Beautiful vintage lift arm petrol lighter, created in the city of Taxco in Mexico during the late Art Deco period,...
Category
Mexican Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
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.
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Ships Compass by John Hand of Philadelphia
Located in Norwell, MA
Wing bridge compass from a United States Navy vessel. The gray military paint has been stripped and the entire binnacle and compass have been meticulously polished and lacquered. The...
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Japanese Puzzle Bank Portrays A Building Bank "National Savings Bank" Circa 1948
Located in Incline Village, NV
Quite an unusual piece for bank collectors or just for those seeking a unique collectible. This is a coin bank made of all wood; walnut and inlay here and there with a green painted ...
Category
Japanese Folk Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Mexico Taxco 1940 Giant Unique Lift Arm Petrol Lighter Solid 925 Sterling Silver
By Taxco
Located in Miami, FL
Giant lift arm petrol lighter made in Mexico
Beautiful vintage giant lift-arm petrol lighter, created in the city of Taxco in Mexico during the late Art Deco period, circa 1940. Thi...
Category
Mexican Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
1940s Spanish Brass Aquarium on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1940s Spanish brass aquarium. Sitting atop a decorative gilt iron stand, the piece features textured glass siding with minimalist brass framework. The ...
Category
Spanish Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Art Deco Stylized Cat Door Stop in the Style of Walter Von Neesen
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous screeching black cat door stop in iron & steel. Stylized in the manner of Walter Von Neesen for Chase. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear.
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Iron
Jens Sigsgaard Silver Art Deco Powder Compact & Pocket Mirror
By Jens Sigsgaard 1
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A Danish art deco powder compact and pocket mirror designed by Jens Sigsgaard. Classic Art Deco motif - fluted stylized sunrise - sunburst. Or...
Category
Danish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Hand Carved Wood and Leather Chess Set
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Intricately hand-carved wooden chess with leather game board. King piece measures 4.25" high.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood
Little Bighorn Survivors Photograph by Bill Groethe American Indians
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gelatin silver photograph of “The Battle of the Little Bighorn Survivors”, by Bill Groethe, American, circa 1948. Recently professionally framed in a vintage clean lined Mission oak ...
Category
American Native American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood, Oak, Paper
Original Sovietic War phone 1940s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Original Sovietic War phone 1940s
Category
European Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Oeuvres Completes De Colette. Complete Works of Colette - FIRST COLLECTED EDITON
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: COLETTE, Sidonie-Gabrielle.
TITLE: Oeuvres Completes De Colette. (The Complete Works of Colette).
PUBLISHER: Paris: Flammarion, Le Fleuron, 1948-1950,
DESCRIPTION: THE FI...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
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