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Period: 1940s
925 Sterling Silver B-25 Mitchell Aircraft Brooch w/ Moving Propeller Props
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage B-25 Mitchell bomber brooch with moving propeller props made from 925 sterling silver. The back of the pin-locking clasp and is signed "sterling".
Measurements: 0.75" Tall X...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
$135 Sale Price
40% Off
Tennessee Williams, Five Young American Poets, Signed First Edition, 1944
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: Williams, Tennessee.
TITLE: Five Young American Poets. Third Series 1944.
PUBLISHER: Norfolk: New Directions, 1944.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
The Lost Weekend / Dias Sin Huella
Located in London, GB
Original Argentine film poster for the 1945 Drama / Film Noir The Lost Weekend.
This film was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Ray Milland, Jane Wyman ...
Category
Argentine Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Son of Fury / Il Figlio della Furia
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1942 film Son of Fury starring Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney and George Sanders.
This film was directed by John Cromwel...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,357 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Flamingo Road / Viale Flamingo
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1949 Film Noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford, Sydney Greenstreet and Zachary Scott. This siz...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century English Folk-Art Farmer and His Wife Model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century folk-art farmer and his wife model
We are proud to offer an unusual hand carved folk-art model of a farmer and his wife sat on a cart pulled by two oxen. This ite...
Category
European Folk Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
1940s Jeweled Enameled Brass Daybook Phonebook Note Pad with Stone Buddah
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Purse note pad book, cinches paper in binding, works well with index cards, as shown. Carved Green Stone possibly Jade of a Confucius Asian Man with Long Beard.
Category
Chinese Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Clothes Hangers attributed to Fontana Arte, Brass Wood Glass 1945 Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, IT
Fontana Arte.
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Carl Sandburg, 'Henry Flannery', Bronze Wood, Limited Signed Edition, 1941
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Sandburg, Carl ( Henry Flannery ).
Title: Bronze Wood.
Publisher: San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1941.
Description: limited signed edition. 1 vol., 8-3/4" x 11-...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Fabric
Antique Baines Football Trade Card, Third Lanark
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Baines football trade card, Third Lanark.
A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines ...
Category
British Sporting Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Brighton Rock
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1947 Crome thriller Brighton Rock.
This film was directed by John Boulting and starred Richard Attenborough, Hermonie Baddeley, William Hartnell....
Category
British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$4,004
Antique Model of the Brig Volante
Located in Norwell, MA
Rigged ship model of the merchant brig "Volante" of Boston. Solid hull with scribed basswood deck. Details include cabins, wheel, grating, skylight, water casks, lifeboats, etc. Moun...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
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
French Art Bronze Brooch St Eloi by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare bronze brooch St Eloi by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin ((French, 1913–1997) circa 1946. Brilliantly designed in the shape of horseshoe with the saint spreading his arms ho...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Vintage 1948 Sterling Silver 'Tennis' Presentation Trophy
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive vintage George VI English cast sterling silver presentation trophy in the form of a tennis player; an addition to our diverse presentation silverware collection.
This fine vintage George VI cast sterling silver presentation piece has a circular waisted form to a circular domed spreading base.
The surface of the cup is plain and unembellished.
This vintage tennis trophy...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Original 1940s Streamline Sterling Silver Tabletop Lighter by Avedon
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A rare and elegant piece from the golden age of American design, this original 1940s Avedon tabletop lighter showcases the iconic Streamline style in sterling silver. Created by Avedon New York, a prestigious luxury brand founded in 1941, the lighter reflects the company’s reputation for exquisite craftsmanship and timeless sophistication.
The Avedon Lighter...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey, Grosset & Dunlap Edition, Circa 1940
By Zane Grey
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Grey, Zane. Riders of the Purple Sage. A Novel. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1912 (1940s). Illustrated by Douglas Duer. Presented in full gray...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Phantom of the Opera / Il Fantasma Dell' Opera
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1943 Horror film The Phantom of the Opera.
This film was directed by Arthur Lubin. The cast includes Nelson ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$2,986 Sale Price
20% Off
St. Mungo Golf Ball by Mfg CO
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
St. Mungo Bramble Golf Ball.
A very nice bramble pattern golf ball with original paint which remains bright and with minimal paint loss. The gutta percha covered, rubber core, golf b...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rubber
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
Located in London, GB
Original British trade advertisement for the 1949 adventure, fantasy science film Tarzan's Magic Fountain.
The film was directed by Lee Sholem and starred Lex Barker, Brenda Joyce, ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mighty Joe Young
Located in London, GB
Original British trade advertisement for the 1949 Andventure, Fantasy film Mighty Joe Young.
The film was directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and stared Terry Moore...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$237
Juke Girl
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1942 crime mystery film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and staring Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan.
This poster is conservation linen backed and it would b...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,696
Heart Anatomical Model Life Size
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1940, Germany. We offer this Heart Anatomical Model Life Size. Made in rubber and handmade painted.
Category
German Other Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rubber
French Modern Painted And Giltwood Sunburst Barometer
Located in Houston, TX
French Modern Painted and Giltwood Sunburst Barometer.
This unusual French mid century modern star shaped barometer is executed in a beautiful shade of red with gilt
wood accents.
Th...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Vintage 1948 Boutique Made M4 Sherman Tank Sterling Silver Pocket Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The original 1948 handmade boutique pocket lighter with an elongated tank shape reminiscent of the M4 Sherman Tank. The textured silver surface displays intricate ornate patterns, a ...
Category
Mexican Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Located in London, GB
Original British trade advertisement for the 1949 Comedy, Horror Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff.
The film was directed by Char...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Brass Yacht Lantern with Fresnel Lens
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass marine lantern with Fresnel glass lens. Protective brass cage. This lantern has been meticulously polished and lacquered. It has been...
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Festival Mondial Du Film Beau-Arts De Belgique
By Felix Labisse
Located in London, GB
Original Belgian film poster for the Festival Mondial du Film Beau-Arts de Belgique (La Naissance du Cinema Lumiere Melies)
Mondial du Film et Des Beaux-Artsheld in Brussels, Belgiu...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
"Cry of the City" Original American Lobby Cards
Located in London, GB
Original American set of eight lobby cards for Robert Siodmak's 1948 film Noir staring Victor Mature, Richard Conte.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
WWII Navy Fritz Bendix Aviation, Baltimore Barometer in Leather Case
Located in San Francisco, CA
WWII Navy Fritz Bendix Aviation, Baltimore Barometer in Leather Case
6.75" x 4"H
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Plaster Cast for Coin by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Plaster reproduction of an ancient coin is a work by Aurelio Mistruzzi, created in the 1940s.
Cast of a medal of the Papal States from 1833, Gregory XVI An.III Wishes of Peace.
"Petri inopiam Chiristiani stipe svstentant" - Antiqua pietas revocata.
4,5 x 4,5 cm.
Good conditions, edge slightly damaged.
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
20th century French Old Cutler Signboard Metal and Wood Knife, 1940s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very rare and original 20th century large metal and wood knife maybe an old cutler signboard.
The blade is made with metal and the handle is made with wood. Brass nails.
Good con...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$2,362 Sale Price
20% Off
The Spiral Staircase / La Scala Al Chiocciola
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1946 mystery, horror film The Spiral Staircase.
This film was directed by Robert Siodmak and stared Dorothy McGuire...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
'Crossfire' Original US Lobby Card
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card for the 1947 film noir directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Robert Young, Robert Mitchum. This lobby card is also signed by Robert...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Angels with Dirty Faces/Gli Angeli Con La Faccia Sporca
Located in London, GB
Original Italian movie poster for Michael Curtiz's Classic 1938 crime film staring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, the poster is designed by the wonderful Italian artist ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Rebecca / Rebeca
Located in London, GB
Original IArgentine film poster for Rebecca, 1940.
Daphne du Maurier's gripping 1938 novel was made into a film in 1940 by Alfred Hitchcock. It was ...
Category
Argentine Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$2,443
Black Angel
Located in London, GB
Original US movie poster for Roy William Neill's, 1946 Film Noir starring Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
$1,289
Japanese Ships Engine Order Telegraph
Located in Norwell, MA
Japanese ships telegraph. Unit has been stripped of paint and polished. Aluminum head with brass handle. 43 pounds. 40 tall by 8 by 9. Mounted to a wood...
Category
Japanese Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Seguso Smoke Set Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Seguso smoke set Murano glass, 1940, Italy.
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Murano Glass
$1,535 / set
Rebeca
Located in London, GB
Original Argentinean film poster from (1940) 43 x 29 in. (109 x 74 cm)
This poster would have been used outside the cinema at the films original release.
This psychological drama-t...
Category
Argentine Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
$3,733
1943 "USO Map Guide to Washington"
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a WWII map of Washington, DC, issued as a guide for service men and women visiting or working in the city during the war. The map was created by Allen F. Free and published a...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Kiss the Blood Off My Hands / Le Sans Peur" Original Belgium Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Belgium movie poster for Norman Foster's 1948 film Noir starring Jane Fontaine, Burt Lancaster.
The art work on this poster is unique to...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Pair of Copper Port and Starboard Ships Lanterns by Meteorite, "25029" & "19203"
By Meteorite
Located in Norwell, MA
Pair of solid copper and brass ship's port and starboard ships lanterns by the venerable and famous English maker "Meteorite." The copper cases are fitted with brass labels including port, starboard and Meteorite plates with serial numbers "25029" and "19203". These have clear Fresnel glass lenses with removable colored filters. Heavy brass lens...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
'With Fly, Plug & Bait' Signed Presentation Copy to Publisher, Leather Bound
By Ray Bergman
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
With Fly, Plug & Bait Signed Presentation Copy To Publisher Leather Bound Only One Copy Done for Publisher, Printed Presentation inside and pen signed fr...
Category
American Country Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Modernist Brooch, Atelier Borgila, 1945
Located in Örebro, SE
Beautiful modernist silver brooch from Atelier Borgila -1945.
Signed with maker's mark.
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Teak and Brass Ships Binnacle by Kelvin White of New York
Located in Norwell, MA
Five brasses have been meticulously polished and lacquered. Warm Lighting has been installed inside. A lantern housing is fitted to the hood. Brass bolts a...
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Aluminum Ships Porthole Table
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished ships porthole repurposed into a table. The polished porthole has a hinged door with bolts, and a lower shelf in the style of a ship's gr...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Jane Peterson Autograph with Magazine Article
Located in valatie, NY
Jane Peterson Autograph with Magazine Article. July 1943 Americana Illustrated volume XXXVII, number 3. This was a publication of "The American Historical Company," New York City. Wi...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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
Medieval Knight Helmet Chrome Eletric Lighter by Omsco
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The Vintage Knight Chrome Electric Lighter by Osco is a classic and elegant piece of smoking paraphernalia crafted with precision and attention to detail, this lighter is a testament...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
$237 Sale Price
40% Off
Reliance Post War Lift Arm Chrome Pocket Benzine Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Post war lift arm chrome pocket benzine lighter by Reliance
Text on bottom of lighter: "Reliance Made in occupied Japan".
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
$225 Sale Price
40% Off
Leather Bound Volume of the San Francisco News, 1940-41
Located in San Francisco, CA
Leather bound volume of San Francisco news, 1940-41 (World War II period) with hundreds of newspaper pages.
Category
American Other Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin, Paper
Vintage 1940s Retail Counter Top Female Mannequin Doll Store Display Black Paint
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage 1940s department store retail counter top female mannequin or doll store clothing display on round wood base. Original black paint shows age, ar...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Composition
Fishing Trawler Blueprint
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships blueprint for a 127 foot Booth Fisheries fishing trawler the legend plate reads Gielow Incorporated, Naval Architects and Engineers, New York. Mar...
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Late 1940s Penny Toy Wind-Up Train, Attributed Japan
Located in Incline Village, NV
Diminutive late 1940s "penny toy like" wind-up tin toy platform train modern and sleek looking for that era; it is hand painted and lithographed in bright co...
Category
Japanese Folk Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
1940s Copper+Brass Ships Starboard Lantern Wartime Merchant Vintage Cabin Light
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare to be presented in unmolested and unpolished condition. No electric light source, would need this to be added.
A large C.P.G. & Sons STARBOARD copper and brass ships lantern ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
$1,116 Sale Price
20% Off
Leather & Brass Humidor #3617 by Carl Auböck II, 1940s
Located in London, GB
A leather-clad, brass-lidded humidor, designed by Carl Aubock II during the 1950s.
The combination of brass and leather is typical of the designs by the second-generation Carl Aubö...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Paul Strand: Photograph 1915-1945 - Nancy Newhall - 1st edition, 1945
Located in CA, CA
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
A Vintage Bullet Shaped Architectural Mold
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A vintage aluminum mold, bullet shaped, on a stand.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
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