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Period: 1950s
Color:  Red
Vintage model of a Ferrari Hydroplane 1954 50cm
Located in London, GB
This is a superb Vintage model of a Ferrari Hydroplane 1954. Its cars are adored on all corners of the globe and are seen as the ultimate status symbo...
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Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Other

Huge Turquoise And Red Coral Necklace 643 g
Located in Madrid, ES
Huge Turquoise And Red Coral Necklace Huge Turquoise and Red Coral Necklace.These huge polished chunks of turquoise are accented with huge high...
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Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Coral

Large Bracelet With Mediterranean Coral Branches
Located in Madrid, ES
Large Bracelet With Mediterranean Coral Branches LARGE BRACELET WITH BRANCHES OF MEDITERRANEAN CORAL ELEGANT ITALIAN BRACELET FROM THE 1950s WITH BRANCH...
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Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Coral

1950s Yatch/Aircraft Compass Bubble Torpedo Table Sculpture Art War Relic
By Bendix Corporation
Located in Hyattsville, MD
For use as Prop not functioning. No break, and no cracks to molded forms or aluminium base plate. Sits flat. Measures: W 24 x D 9 x H 14 in.
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American Industrial Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plastic

American Historical Views on Staffordshire China, Signed First Edition
By Ellouise Baker Larsen
Located in valatie, NY
American historical views on Staffordshire China by Ellouise Baker Larsen. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., New York, 1950. Rare, signed, new revi...
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American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Selden Rodman – Conversations with Artists First Edition, 1957 'Scarce'
By Selden Rodman
Located in London, GB
First edition, very scarce hardback, published by The Devin-Adair Co., 1957 35 American painters, sculptors and architects discuss their work and one another with Selden Rodman, d...
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American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Vintage Master "Ferrari Formula" Testarossa Phone, 80s Miami Vice Era Telephone
Located in Milano, IT
It may not be white, but Miami Vice vibes are guaranteed with this funny and rare "Ferrari Testarossa" telephone! Reproducing what appears to be an early Monodado version of the icon...
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Hong Kong Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plastic

Gio Ponti, First Edition Book
Located in Los Angeles, CA
To study Gio Ponti’s prolific body of work is to appreciate the clear, unifying vision behind a complex creative universe. His creations expand intuitively with the Italian grandeur ...
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Italian 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Gio Ponti, First Edition Book
Gio Ponti, First Edition Book
H 14.2 in W 14.2 in D 6 in
Pair of Red Gorgonian Branches, Italy 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of fan-shaped red Gorgonian branches from Wunderkammer. The bases are in carved and gilded wood. Italy, circa 1870.
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Italian Antique 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

Hermes Turquoise, Red Playing Cards
Located in New York, NY
Hermes full size playing cards featuring puzzle piece design, 1 deck in red, 1 deck in turquoise. Cards have gold metallic edges.
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French Modern 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Huge Steel Crucifix
Located in London, GB
A huge 7ft 8” steel crucifix. Created in the modernist style circa 1970’s. This enormous steel cross was an unfinished project rescued from a now defunc...
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English Modern 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Steel

Huge Steel Crucifix
Huge Steel Crucifix
H 93.71 in W 78.75 in D 3.94 in
Walter Bosse Cat Figurine with Thermometer, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming Austrian desk thermometer, consisting of a lovely cat figurine and a lantern-shaped thermometer. A humorous design by Walter Bosse, executed by Hertha Baller Austria in th...
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Austrian Mid-Century Modern 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

Large Vintage Native American Navajo silver Turquoise squash blossom necklace
Located in London, GB
Fine quality large hand crafted Vintage Native American Navajo sterling silver and Turquoise squash blossom necklace. In the classic Navajo Silver squash blossom design with blue gr...
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American 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

Art Nouveau Peacock Bimini Art Glass Sculpture Figurine, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early-20th century hand blown Peacock Figurine, made probably in the Lauscha Thuringia Area in Germany. Peacock with Spun Glass "Feathers" and...
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German Art Nouveau 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Blown Glass

Vintage Native American Zuni Necklace Earring Set Sterling Turquoise Jewellery
Located in London, GB
Vintage Native American Zuni Necklace Earring Set Sterling Turquoise Silver and Turquoise beads with earrings set Circa 1960 `s length 60 cm 24 inches ...
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American 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Silver

"Aldous Huxley - The Doors of Perception" First Edition Book, 1954
Located in London, GB
Published by Chatto & Windus UK 1st 1954. English dynastic novelist drops some mescaline, takes a 5000 mile car trip around the national parks of North West America, and then sits...
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English 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Vintage Handmade Abalone Coral Beaded Statement Necklace
Located in Seguin, TX
Circa 1990's bold artistic dimensional abalone, coral and barnacle beaded necklace by Linda Thompson. 28" long, 1.5" at widest, Good condition minor wear to linen wrapped section.
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Unknown Bohemian 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Beads

Vintage Plaster Anatomical Skull Model
Located in Houston, TX
Interesting vintage plaster anatomical skull model. This great plaster skull bust model is in very good condition and dates to the 1940s. A real conver...
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Other Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Plaster

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CHURCHILL. History of The English-Speaking Peoples - ALL FIRST EDITIONS - 1956/8
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Winston TITLE: A History of The English-Speaking Peoples. PUBLISHER: London: Cassell & Co., Ltd., 1956-58. DESCRIPTION: ALL FIRST LONDON EDITIONS. 4 volumes, il...
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British Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather

1950s Red Aluminum Hard Hat SuperLite Fibre Metal Cap Style Chester PA
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Red hard hat 1950s Red Aluminum Hard Hat SuperLite Anodized Metal Cap Style Chester PA 5.5 tall x 8 w x 11.25, head 6.5 x 8.5 Preowned unrestored original ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Complete Letters Of Vincent Van Gogh - 3 vols. - IN A FINE FULL LEATHER BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: VAN GOGH, Vincent. TITLE: The Complete Letters Of Vincent Van Gogh with reproductions of all the drawings in the correspondence. PUBLISHER: London: Thames and Hudson, 1958...
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Leather

Sitwell, Crown Jewels in the Tower of London, Signed Limited Edition, 1953
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Sitwell, Major-General H.D.W.. Title: The Crown Jewels and other Regalia in the Tower of London. Publisher: London: Dropmore Press Ltd., 1953. Description: signed l...
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Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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On the Road by Jack Kerouac, First Edition, 1957
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Kerouac, Jack. On the Road. New York: The Viking Press, 1957. First edition. 8ov. Rebound in 1/4 leather and cloth with embossed titles and raised bands to the spine. Presented with a matching archival slipcase. Presented is a first edition printing of Jack Kerouac’s second novel, On the Road. This first edition was published in New York by The Viking Press in 1957. On the Road is a retelling of Kerouac’s own physical and metaphysical journey across America. The book has been rebound in a custom quarter leather and cloth binding with matching archival cloth slipcase. Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was an American novelist and poet. “Between 1947 and 1950, Neal Cassady...
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American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Vintage Valor Tin Petrol Can, Canister
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage valor red petroleum spirit petrol can. An original petroleum spirit petrol can complete with original brass screw cap. The gasoline can has most...
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British Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Vintage Valor Tin Petrol Can, Canister
Vintage Valor Tin Petrol Can, Canister
H 7.49 in W 9.85 in D 5.91 in
Atomic Structure of Water 'H2O' Czechoslovak Manufacture of the 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Molecular structure of water (H2O) for educational use, metal with wooden small spheres white painted, and with the larger spheres made of red painted Bakelite. Czechoslovak manufact...
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Czech Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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‘Ferrari 500 F2' Cast Aluminium Pylon or 'Tether' Racing Car Toy by Vega, 1952
Located in London, GB
Vega: ‘Ferrari 500 F2’ An all cast, heavy aluminium pylon racer, with exhaust and hubcap detailing, with side mirrors, steering wheel and stylized ‘w...
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French Other Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Aluminum

"The Walter Hagen Story" Signed by Walter Hagen, First Edition, 1956
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hagen, Walter. The Walter Hagen Story. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. First edition, first printing. Inscribed and signed on first free endpaper. Pre...
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American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

1950s F500 Ferrari Model Car
By M.L.B.
Located in London, GB
A terrific 1950s model Ferrari F500 F2: During the 1952 season Alberto Ascari and his Ferrari F500 F2 were in a class of their own; he dominated the world championship, winning each ...
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Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

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1950s F500 Ferrari Model Car
1950s F500 Ferrari Model Car
H 6.75 in W 21.5 in L 6.75 in
1950 Coca-Cola Coin-Operated Vendo 80 Vending Machine
By Vendo Corporation
Located in Surrey, BC
A rare, two-tone (red-and-white) coin-operated Coca Cola vending machine by the Vendo Company, Kansas City, Missouri. The refrigerated unit (M 80 E) fe...
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The Man in the White Suit / L' Homme au Complet Blanc
Located in London, GB
Original Belgian film poster for the Ealing studios 1951 comedy starring Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood and directed by Alexander Mackendrick. The artwork on this poster is unique to...
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