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Period: 1940s
Uncle Sam Still Bank 'Composition, ' circa 1940
Located in Incline Village, NV
American manufacture; this colorful hand-painted still bank depicting Uncle Sam is all original with no repairs and no repaint. Fabulous crazing throughout indicative of original pai...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Composition
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
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
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1947 film The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
This British drama was directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, and stars Derek Bond, Cedric Hard...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Great Expectations" Original Belgian Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Belgian movie poster for David Lean's film adaptation of Charles Dickens famous novel. The artwork on this poster is unique to the film B...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Five French Dried, Pressed and Framed Botanical Specimens
Located in New York, NY
A set of dried, pressed and framed botanical specimens, plants and flowers with botanical descriptions Calligraphed in Latin and French. These old pieces are elegantly floated in off...
Category
Belgian Rustic Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
1940s Hand-Painted Model Tobacco Sign
Located in New York, NY
A great hand-painted 1940s tin on wood advertising sign. Nicely faded, with striking graphic images,
USA, circa 1940s.
P104.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
"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
Solid Brass Ships Cabin Lantern by English Maker Bulpitt
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass yacht cabin lantern by English maker Bulpitt, dated 1942. With original burner, wood carry handle, hinged door, and wired for home display. Lantern has been meticulously ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Carved Wood Folk Art Airplane, circa 1940s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This carved wood Folk Art airplane has an amazing original paint surface and functional propeller and wheels.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sheet Metal
"Festival du Film Maudit" Original French Poster
By Jean Cocteau
Located in London, GB
Original French poster for Festival du Film Maudit. In 1949 an avant-garde cine-club called Objectif 49 was formed in France. Its founder members i...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
1930s Vintage Solid Cast Iron Sachs Carbine Rifle Gun Molds Industrial Factory
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Listing is for one rifle. So let us know which one you would like to have when making order. One is stamped, 133 Sacks Gun.
Vintage industrial cast iron rifle molds, time worn patin...
Category
American Industrial 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
Gilt Bronze Reliquary Pendant by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A piece of wonderful jewelry by Line Vautrin designed in 1941 on the subject of St Foi, a child martyr on the early fourth century and the patron saint of prinsoers, in a rare form of a reliquary...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
"Key Largo" Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster.
This American film noir crime drama was directed by John Huston, and stars Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and Lauren Bacal...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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
A Bronze Compact Box by French Art Jeweler Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A poudrier in bronze by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1945, the name of this lovely compact box is called "Entrelacs et Noeuds" (interlaces and knots), which re...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
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
American Legion Baseball and Basketball Folk Art Paintings
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pair of baseball and basketball paintings found in a Midwestern American Legion hall. These were proudly displayed behind the legion hall bar. Grea...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
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
Great Bookstore in Action by Adolph Kroch, Signed First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
A great bookstore in Action by Adolph Kroch. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1940. Second edition hardcover with paper label on spine and cover. 32 pages. The autographed editi...
Category
American 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
Shockproof
Located in London, GB
Two atmospheric original production still for the 1949 Film Noir classic starring Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knoght, John Baragrey.
The film was directed by Douglas Sirk.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Life of a Forgotten Magicians
Located in London, GB
The Life of a Forgotten Magicians
We are proud to offer a unique collection of one of London’s most unquestionably entertaining magicians known as Bernard and Ms Radar. A fascinating collection of 1940s-1960s items relating to the telepathic magic act 'Bernard and Miss Radar', a mind reading husband and wife duo, who extensively toured British theatres performing their telepathy based act and who were apparently the recipients of the 'World Convention of Magicians Award', which they received at the Magic Circle Convention in London in 1955. The collection comprises the basis for their act; 2 large handmade jigsaw puzzles, a “Radar” hat, top hat and other associated items with which they performed. There is also a large quantity (over 1000) of publicity photographs, theatre contracts, Magic Circle programmes, scrapbooks and other ephemera relating to their career, plus approximately fifteen original 1940s and 1950s theatre and other posters and several hand bills and flyers, all including Bernard and Miss Radar on the billing, along with other variety acts of the period. Some of the theatre posters included are; The Hippodrome, Eastbourne, Arcadia Theatre, Skegness, Commodore, Ryde, The Knightstone, Weston-Super-Mare and The Palace Theatre, Reading, which now all been framed to preserve them for display.
Dimensions in inches: (Poster sizes) H 32” x W 22” x D 2”
Origin: England
Condition: Aged through wear and tear is present across all the item, some fading across the posters however they are not torn or damp. Some of the hand painted items also show aged wear and light discolouration. Please take note that these items are over 70 years old and would have been used as part of this magician’s act, therefore its safe to say these items all show age, however, are very well preserved. Please review all the photos and propose questions were unsure of the condition to avoid any disappointment.
Over 1000 artifacts - most not pictured due to volume of items. Postage cost is high due to the weight (30kg) and volume of items in this lot, 10 posts mounted, 1 full box of archived material, top hat box...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pair Vintage World War ii Bomber Plane Balloon Tires Prop Accent Sculptures Red
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Strewn some midcentury red and black throughout your interior, they are holding air, great props!
Measures: D 27 x D 7 inches.
Category
German Industrial Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
American West Tooled Leather Saddle Holster
By Eubanks Leather
Located in Ferndale, MI
American West Tooled Leather Saddle Holster by Eubanks Leather
Boise, Idaho
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Springtime for Thomas
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for Springtime for Thomas (1946)
This seven minute cartoon would have been shown before the main feature at the cinema. Tom and Jerry cartoons were extremely...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Large 1940s Magnesium Bodied Indianapolis style Tether Race Car
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large 1940s magnesium bodied tether race car. Speed chief.
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Other
German Medical or Tanning Lamp, Wood and Bakelite, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
German medical or tanning lamp.
Transport handle and external thermometer.
Three settings of the lamps. Eight porcelain lamp holders and four light bulbs. Current 220 volt
Woo...
Category
German Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Porcelain, Bakelite
Studio Yearbook: Decorative Art, 1943-1948
By The Studio Publications, London 1
Located in London, GB
Published by The Studio, London.
By Rathbone Holme and Kathleen M. Frost.
A selection of leading architectural projects, interior designs, furniture and household items present...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Bronze Necklace Pendant Saint Laurent Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A cast bronze pendant titled Saint Laurent by French art jewelry designer Line Vautrin (1913-1997). Gilt bronze, circa late 1940s. It depicts the ...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Brass Model of a Sunderland Flying Boat
Located in London, GB
Amazing solid cast brass model of a Short Brothers Sunderland flying boat patrol bomber, circa 1940 on newly made aluminium stand.
One of the most outstan...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
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
American Solid Copper and Brass Naval Ships Binacle, Lionel Corp. NY, Circa 1942
Located in Hollywood, SC
American solid copper and brass Navy ships binnacle with interior mounted compass, brass carrying handle, side mounted kerosene lantern, rear mounting bracket and brass plate inscrib...
Category
American American Craftsman Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Copper
Montague J Dawson, ‘Valetta Harbour’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Montague J Dawson (1895-1973), ‘Valetta Harbour’, oil on board, painted in a grisaille palette with a British Hunt Class Type II destroyer in Valetta Harbour, Malta, signed ‘Montague Dawson’, English, 1940.
Footnote: Montague Dawson RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) was born in West London, in Chiswick in 1895, Montague Dawson was the grandson of Victorian landscape painter Henry Dawson. He studied under the seascape artist Charles Napier Hemy...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint
Bronze Brooch by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A gilt bronze brooch by French art jewelry designer Line Vautrin (1913-1997) Untitled circa late 1940s. The brooch depicts a horn with twisted texture wrapped with articulated chains. No signature found.
Provenance: From a former Collection of a Line Vautrin jewelry...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Italy 1940s Aldo Tura Goat Skin, Brass and Wood Tobacco Container, Pipe Shape
Located in Roma, IT
Tobacco container by Aldo Tura, Italy 1940s in goatskin, brass and wood. The container has two compartments, one for storing tobacco and another for storing and lighting the games. D...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
American Mechanical Bank "Melody-Bank, " circa 1946
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Melody-Bank" is a rare bank and was manufactured by "Electric Coding Machine Co., N.Y.C." in 1946. American made, this is a genuine and authentic vintage mechanical bank, albeit somewhat later, having been manufactured in 1946. It maintains all of the elements of a collectible antique mechanical bank; pleasing shelf appeal and wonderful musical action. The metal faux textured, green painted casing on five sides is fronted by cardboard on wood, filled with delightful images of "children at play with money" lithography.
To operate: Wind up the mechanism by turning the brass dial in front clockwise; then put a nickel, dime, or quarter in the appropriate slot at the top. Music will play as additional lithography depicting children's nursery rhymes rotate on the interior circular dial ("Little Boy Blue", "Mary Had A Little Lamb", etc.).
Coins are removed by unscrewing the metal plate at the rear bottom.
Bank is in excellent all original condition with fully operable musical mechanism.
Dimensions: 7" high x 4 9/16" wide x 3" deep.
I am a leading specialist in the field of antique mechanical coin banks...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Horse Cart Il Cavallino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Horse cart, beautiful aged still functional.
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Rare WWII Italian Prisoner of War Work Model of Italian Cruiser 'Zara'
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Rare WWII Italian Prisoner of war work model of Italian heavy cruiser 'Zara' with finely detailed superstructure and armament in a cedar and pine glazed c...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
1940 Aldo Tura Goat Skin and Brass Tobacco Container
By Aldo Tura
Located in Weesp, NL
Goat skin and brass Aldo Tura 1940 tobacco container.
Rare 1940s tobacco container shaped as a pipe. The container has one compartment to store tobacco and another one to keep and...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
"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
Private Hell 36 / Dollari Che Scottano
By Rodolfo Gasparri
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1954 film noir directed by Don Siegel, and stars IDA Lupino, Steve Cochran and Howard Duff. The story follows two detectives who steal thousands of dollars from a dead counterfeiter. They get assigned to look into the case of the missing cash. If this isn't complicated enough, one of them gets involved with a money-grabbing singer, and the other gets a guilty conscience over what they have done.
The artwork on this film noir poster...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Bluebeard / Barbe-Bleue" Belgian Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Belgian movie poster for Bluebeard 1944 staring John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther and directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. The film did not...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Bronze Nautical Alidade
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An impeccably machined nautical alidade crafted of warm patinated bronze and steel.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Steel
French Mid-Century Mirrored Miniature Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
French Mid-Century (1940s) pink mirrored rectangular miniature cabinet with 2 doors and bevelled trim on lacquered base with mahogany interior
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Lacquer, Mahogany
Mid-Century Coro Creeper Earrings
By Coro Costume Jewelry
Located in Asheville, NC
Ice blue rhinestones delicately climb the ear on these fabulous mid century Coro creeper earrings. A luminescent silver tone strand ties this leafy bo...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
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
"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
Vintage White Beaded Handbag
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful vintage white beaded handbag with brass hardware decorated with Mother-Of-Pearl, pastel enamels and marcasite details, circa early to m...
Category
European Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Enamel
'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
Vintage Bucherer "Laurel and Hardy" Aluminum Doll
By Bucherer
Located in Napa, CA
1940s aluminum Stan Laurel doll with articulating joints made by Swiss watch company Bucherer. From comedy duo "Laurel and Hardy" of early Americ...
Category
Swiss Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
'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
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
The Boogie Man Will Get You / Le Chateu Des Loufoques Belgian Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Belgian movie poster for the 1942 Horror, comedy starring Boris Karloff, Peter Lotte and directed by Lew Landers the Barefoot Contessa st...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
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
1940s Chiropractor Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great 1940s chiropractor bench; chrome and green vinyl with a Lucite handle.
Category
Unknown Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Line Vautrin "Le Gendarme et le Voleur" Bracelet
By Line Vautrin
Located in New York, NY
"Le Gendarme et le Voleur."
Playful gilt and silvered bronze cuff bracelet with a thief depicted on one side and a policeman on the other.
Signed: L.V. a...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
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