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Period: 1940s
Authentic Solid Brass Boat Porthole Table
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass highly polished and lacquered yacht or boat porthole fitted to a mahogany side table. This has been meticulously polished and lacquered and t...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
White Pillars Early Life & Architecture Of The Lower Mississippi Valley, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
White Pillars: Early Life & Architecture Of The Lower Mississippi Valley Written by and Illustrated by J. Frazer Smith. New York: William Helburn, 1941. 2...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Solid Brass Ships Porthole Table, Very Large
Located in Norwell, MA
Large solid brass ships porthole table. This porthole has been highly polished and lacquered to a very high finish. Mounted to a high table with lower shelf with a ships grating shel...
Category
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
French Bronze Art Buckle Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
Belonged to the series "Rulked by Angels" created by Parisian art Jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1945-1950, this lovely and uncommon cast bronze belt buckle is called "Le Choeur de Anges...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Solid Brass Ships Porthole Mounted to a Table
Located in Norwell, MA
Very nice solid brass ships porthole that has been meticulously polished and lacquered and mounted to a counter height table. This table is suitab...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
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
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
Midcentury Industrial Glove Hand Mold or Cutter, 1940s
Located in Wallkill, NY
Industrial glove cutters right out of a New York State glove factory that closed down years ago. They range in measurements. Measures: 5.5 in to 7 in high, 3 in to 4-3/8 in wide, 5/8...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
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
Rare Alexander Girard Detrola Radio, circa 1946, Modernist
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nice original working condition,, replaced back..
Signed with stamped manufacturer’s mark to underside: [12132].
USA
Medium
Design/Decorative Art
Manufacturer
Detrola Radio...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Italian Nautical Graphometer with its Original Wooden Box Genoa, 1940s
By CAIM, Genova 1
Located in Milan, IT
Brass, copper and lead graphometer complete with the original wooden box signed CAIM Genova Via S. Sabina two of the 1940s. Measures of box 28 x 29 cm H 24. CAIM Genoa was company ac...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Wooden Box with Mirror Top Tobacco Holder, 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful art tobacco box in lavolaro wood with a mirror top. This magnificent piece was designed in Germany during the 1940s.
This piece is unique as the top floor is made of a sandblasted mirror with drawings of a tobacco holder...
Category
German Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Folk Art, Hand Executed Modernist, Art Deco Airplane /Trinket Box
Located in Buffalo, NY
Folk Art, hand executed modernist, Art deco Airplane sculpture with hand built and painted trinket box.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Solid Brass Ships Throttle on Stand
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ships throttle on stand. Highly polished and lacquered. Twin handle design. Weighs 92 pounds. Height is 39 by 8 by 9. Mounted to a 17 inch square base. Price $2895.
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
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
Eames Office radio for Emerson
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A nice radio design by the Eames office. Model 578A.
Mahogany veneer case with plastic face and dials.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Luc Lanel & Christofle for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique a Set of Six Cups
By Christofle
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Orfèvrerie Christofle for "Ile de France" 1949 Compagnie Générale Transatlantique Paquebot
A set of six silvered metal cups
Monogr...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
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
The Grapes of Wrath / Les Raisins de la Coiere
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster for the 1940 masterpiece directed John Ford and starred Henry Fonda, John Carradine, Jane Darwell.
The striking artwork is ...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sculptural Twisted French Cable Bracelet in Aluminum Double Band Art Deco Era
By David Yurman, Hermès
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Art Deco period sculptural aluminum twisted french cable bracelet, 1940s.
Fabulous sculptural modernist design center knot double row wide band
In the style of contemporary designer ...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Ceremonial African Sword
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceremonial African sword hand hammered.
Category
Central African Arts and Crafts Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Bronze Brooch by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A gilt bronze brooch "Moise ou la Traversee du Desert" by French Jeweler Line Vautrin, circa 1940s.
The patinated surface features amazing details illustrating the biblical story of Moses crossing the desert out of Egypt...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Cruising Club of America Roderick Stephens Jr. Silver and Enamel Plaque
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An important historical enameled silver plaque commemorating sailing achievements earned by the master American sailor and designer Roderick Stephens, Jr. (1909-1995). Mr. Stephens was a renowned yachtsman of the twentieth century. Born in New York City in 1909 Stephens began his sailing career off Cape Cod in 1919. In 1933 he joined the yacht design...
Category
American Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Watercolor Aviation Sketch of a Poster for Gran Premio Milan 19th September 1948
Located in Milan, IT
Preparatory sketch, watercolor, of a poster about the aeronautical competition Gran Premio Milano on 19th September 1948, depicting three types of flying machines, made by Riccardo C...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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
Post World War II South African Hebrew Inscribed Metal School Supply Box
Located in New York, NY
Metal school supply box sent by the South Africa Jewish Wars Appeal to the Wels displaced persons (DP) camp in Austria, 1947.
Painted blue and white with the map of South Africa, and...
Category
South African Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Black Grosgrain Handbag
Located in Devon, England
This wonderful vintage handbag was made in the 1930s-1940s for Saks Fifth Avenue in New York. The body of the bag is constructed from black grosgrain, ...
Category
Central American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Bush Plane Model on Custom Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful and charming early 20th century American bush plane model constructed with painted canvas stretched over a wooden skeleton, and mounted on a custom steel mount.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Watercolor Aviation Sketch of a Poster for Gran Premio Milan 19th September 1948
Located in Milan, IT
Preparatory sketch, watercolor, of a poster about the aeronautical competition Gran Premio Milano on 19th September 1948, depicting three types of flying machines, made by Riccardo C...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Analytical Beam Balance Scientific Scale in Glass Case
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Hand built analytical beam balance scientific scale. The scale is used to measure both solid and liquid masses (10/100g capacity). Highly sensitive silver cylinders dampen the harmon...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Vintage Huckley Barrel Carnival Game
By St. Louis Carnival Co.
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Vintage carnival game made by the Saint Louis Carnival company. We also have the original paper game rules signs with these. Please note that not all crates are painted St. Louis Car...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Clay, Wood
Army Air Forces Poster, "See the Job Through" by Baskerville, WWII Poster, 1945
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This 1945 color poster features an American pilot and a ground crew Staff Sergeant shaking hands and the words “Seeing the Job Through! Enlist in the Regular Army Air...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Ado Ko Verzuu Toy Truck Houthandel, 1948
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very rare toy ‘houthandel’ (wood transport) truck designed by Ko Verzuu for Ado Holland in 1948. Ado means Arbeid door onvolwaardigen, translated; labor by incapacitated, which makes this an even more special piece. Toys by Ado are being highly collected at the moment, even more than ever cause this is very decorative combined with 1950s furniture from all countries!
Jacobus Johannes Josephus (Ko) Verzuu, a former construction supervisor from Utrecht, led the ADO workshops. He had delved into architecture and art and developed a strong preference for the abstract lines and bright colors, which can also be found in the followers of De Stijl group from the 1920s, followed by Piet Mondriaan, Theo van Doesburg, Vilmos Huszár...
Category
De Stijl Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Royal Air Force Hastings Model Airplane, circa 1940s
Located in London, GB
A splendid enamel painted cast aluminum model of a Handley Page Hastings on newly made polished aluminum stand. This model was originally made for the Air Ministry at the end of the 1940s when the Hastings was first introduced.
Dimensions: 52 cm/20½ inches (length) x 571.75 cm/28? inches (wing span) x 31.25 cm/12? inches (maximum height on stand).
Designed and manufactured by aviation company Handley Page for the Royal Air Force...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
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
Jesse James / Tierra de Audaces
Located in London, GB
Original Spanish film poster for the 1939 Western. This film was directed by Henry King, and stars Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly and Randolph Scott. The film is broadly based on the life of the notorious outlaw Jesse James...
Category
Spanish Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Medical Model by Denoyer Geppert
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Early 20th century wood and fiberglass medical model by Denoyer Geppert.
Category
Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fiberglass, Wood
Vintage Observation Binoculars by Toko, Japan, 20 X 120
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Japanese Ex-navy 20 x 120 binoculars.
A large pair of Japanese ex-navy observation binoculars mounted on a vintage adjustable wooden tripod. The WWI...
Category
Japanese Industrial Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Unusual 20th Century Kachina "style" Doll of a Navajo Figure with Large Hands
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Painted cottonwood Kachina "style" doll depicting a Navajo, circa 1940s. It is in good condition, with bright color. Kachina dolls were usually created to teach Hopi children the var...
Category
American Native American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Paul Laszlo Catalog from 1947
By Paul Laszlo
Located in New York, NY
Scarce, self-published, 102-page catalog with laminated boards showcasing Paul Laszlo's work in and around Beverly Hills between 1937-1947. The Hungarian born and Vienna-educated Las...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wire
Mobili di Ulrich by G. Morrazoni, 1945
Located in London, GB
Mobili di Ulrich by G. Morrazoni
Milano, Luigi Alfieri, 1945. Excellent red cloth hardback with embossed gold title. 26 pages of text and 78 pages containing 133 photographs and 24 ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
English Folk Art Church Model
Located in London, GB
Folk Art Church Model
We are proud to offer a wonderful example of a mid-20th Century folk-art church model. Built from scratch using various material...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Hand Carved Vintage Hat Mold Made of Ashwood from Müller, Zürich, Switzerland
Located in Stockholm, SE
Hand carved vintage hat mold, from the hat-making company Carl Müller in Zürich. Pretty as a picture and decorative as a sculpture. Could be placed a...
Category
Swiss Folk Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ash
Frederick Davis Silver Bracelet with Pre-Hispanic Style Links
By Fred Davis
Located in Mexico City, MX
A 1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern silver bracelet by American designer Frederick "Fred" Davis. Manufactured in Mexico. The bracelet is composed by 7 panels that feature a glyph moti...
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
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
English Boat Shelf
Located in Wilson, NC
English boat shelf is made from an old boat hull with oars. It is signed by R. Lower and Sons boat builders, Newhaven.
Category
English Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
"Volunteer for the Red Cross Motor Corps" Vintage WWII Recruitment Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original WWII poster designed by Whitman. Showing a woman behind the wheel of a vehicle speaking to two airmen, this poster places the female Red Cross volunteer in t...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Fishing Book, Golden Days by Romilly Fedden
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage fishing book, golden days by Romilly Fedden
A good 1949 (2nd edition) angling book by Romilly Fedden entitled 'Golden Days' and printed in Grea...
Category
English Sporting Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Suspicion / Soupcons
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster for Suspicion, 1941. This poster is from the film's first French release in 1946.
This poster by Bernard Lancy (1892-1964) Bernard Lancy was a prolific creator of film posters, and designed the artwork for many notable French and foreign films. He brilliantly encapsulates the crux of the drama with his close-up portrait of Cary Grant's impassive face, and Joan Fontaine...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1949s Antique Northele Nautical Ship Project by Berthon Boats Uffa Fox archives
Located in Milan, IT
Northele is a sloop, length 14 m, made by Berthon Boats in Lymington Dorset in 1949 on shipyard project. Measures: 103.5 x 61.3 (H) cm, inches 40.74 x 24.13 (H).
Project coming from ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"White Heat / La Furia Umana" Original Italian Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for White Heat, 1949. This film was directed by Raoul Walsh, and stars James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien. Cagney was synonymous with gangste...
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
1949 Nautical Project of the Northele Sailing Boat by Berthon Uffa Fox archives
Located in Milan, IT
Project coming from the archives of Uffa Fox and never entered the commercial circuit depicting Northele, a sloop 14 m long, made by Berthon Boats in Lymington Dorset in 1949 accordi...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pair of Candlesticks Mounted on Antelope Feet, circa 1940
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Pair of steel candlesticks mounted with antelope feet. Square steel sheet base folded over to form the legs and support.
Category
European Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Patrick Hamilton, The Slaves of Solitude, First Edition Book
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hamilton -The Slaves of Solitude
Published by Constable, London 1947. First edition.
Hamilton, cult author of Hangover Square and denizen of seedy pre-war literary Lond...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1940s MacGregor Goldsmith 9 LB Leather Medicine Ball
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Leather medicine ball weighing 9lbs by MacGregor & Goldsmith, circa 1944-1949. Beautiful patina / signs of natural age in striking caramel-tan leather. Retains the leather lacing.
Category
American Rustic Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique American Flag w/ Hand-Written Inscriptions Mourning the Death of FDR
Located in York County, PA
48 STARS ON ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH HAND-WRITTEN INSCRIPTIONS AND AN EMBROIDERED DATE OF APRIL 12TH, 1945, MOURNING THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT:
American national parade flag with 48 stars, printed on cotton, embellished with hand-written inscriptions and an embroidered date to commemorate the death of FDR on April 12th, 1945.
“On this day in 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage at his Warm Springs, Georgia, retreat at the age of 63. Roosevelt’s death in the final months of World War II was met with shock and grief throughout the Western world. Many Americans had no inkling of his decline in health. [He] had been president for more than 12 years, longer than any other person. He led the country through some of its greatest domestic and foreign crises to the impending defeat of Nazi Germany and within sight of Japan’s surrender...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
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