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Period: 1950s
Pinocchio
Located in London, GB
Original British front of house card used inside the foyer of the cinema.
The artwork features the films scene where pinocchio takes his first steps.
Walt Disney's second animated fe...
Category
British Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint
$613
Mexican Silver Necklace by Margot De Taxco
Located in New York, NY
Stylish sterling necklace by Margot De Taxco (fully and correctly marked). Nice original condition, ready to wear.
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Three-Dimensional Midcentury Anatomical Wall Plaster Sculpture, Germany, 1950s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Midcentury three-dimensional anatomical plaster painting, provenance Hygiene Museum Dresden with museum sticker label, Germany 1950s.
Please note tha...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster, Wood
$466 Sale Price
20% Off
Post War Hotel Schwarzer Bock Logde Table Lighter with USAFE Engraving
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Post-World War II chrome table lighter with striking stepped base with geometric lines and elegant detailing and featuring "Hotel Schwarzer Bock Logde VIP Wiesbaden" along the front ...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Chrome
SS United States Sign Notice and Information for Passengers
Located in Hanover, MA
Hefty enameled solid aluminum framed passenger safety and information sign from Passenger Stateroom 139 on the Main deck of the SS United States.
Fo...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Large 1950s Vintage Scientific Anatomical Human 3D Educational Eye Eyeball Model
Located in Lafayette, IN
1950's Vintage scientific human 3d eyeball model. Hand-painted with wonderful original patina!
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rubber
$499 Sale Price
75% Off
Plaster Religious Handpainted Traditional Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional religious plaster handpainted wall artwork. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with a...
Category
Spanish Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
$1,189 Sale Price
60% Off
Meubles et Ensembles Bretons by Stany Gauthier, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Meubles et Ensembles Bretons by Stany Gauthier. Ch. Massin Paris, 1950. 40 b&w plates. 12 page introduction followed by b/w photo plate section of 36 pages. Part of 'Collection de l'...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Written on the Wind
Located in London, GB
Original Us film poster for the 1956 drama directed by Douglas Sirk and starred Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack.
The art work is by the America Artis and illustrator Reynold...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,022
Plaster Mounted Horse Rider Traditional Figure, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional religious plaster figure of a horse rider. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with ag...
Category
Spanish Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
$285 Sale Price
78% Off
Arc De Triomphe Souvenir Building Metal and Marble Base, Paris, 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A Arc De Triomphe 1950s Souvenir building architectural model. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal on a marble base. This was bought as a souvenir in Par...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Metal
$90 Sale Price
50% Off
Plaster Traditional Spanish Figure of a Virgin, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional religious plaster figure of a virgin. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and...
Category
Spanish Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
$504 Sale Price
67% Off
Chelsea & Other English Porcelain Pottery & Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Coll
Located in valatie, NY
Chelsea and Other English Porcelain Pottery and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection by Yvonne Hackenbroch. Published in London for The Metropolitan Museum of History and Art by ...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Dylan THOMAS. In Country Sleep & Other Poems. FIRST EDITION - 1952 - SIGNED
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: THOMAS, Dylan.
TITLE: In Country Sleep And Other Poems.
PUBLISHER: NY: New Directions, 1952.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol., one of 5,000 copies printed on Kil...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Set of Three Traditional Plaster Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of 3 traditional religious plaster figures. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and u...
Category
Spanish Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
The Tales of Hoffmann
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for The Tales of Hoffmann 1951.
This film was directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and stars Moira Shearerand Robert Rounseville.
This po...
Category
Japanese Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,703
North by Northwest
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card from the first release of this Classic Hitchcock film in the US in 1959.
The artwork on this lobby card featuring the crop dust...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,703
Italian Doll, 1950s
Located in Palermo, IT
Italian doll, 1950s
When positioned horizontally the eyes close.
Height 40 cm.
Good conditions.
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
$218 Sale Price
20% Off
Cabinet of Curiosities Drawer Sculptural Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cabinet of curiosities of plaster figures and pieces in a wooden niche. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. Olot has a long tradition in the product...
Category
Spanish Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster, Wood
$904 Sale Price
60% Off
Cabinet of Curiosities Antique Sculptural Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cabinet of curiosities of plaster baby Jesus on a wooden stand. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. Olot has a long tradition in the production of s...
Category
Spanish Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster, Wood
$304 Sale Price
78% Off
Go West
Located in London, GB
This is a ver rare original Japanese film poster for The 1940 Comedy Go West This film was directed by Edward Buzzell and starred Groucho Marx, Chico Marx and Harpo Marx.
This poster...
Category
Japanese Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,703
1950s Hargo Creations (HAR) Cobra Snake Parure Necklace Earrings Bracelet Brooch
Located in Hyattsville, MD
1959 Hargo Creations (HAR) Cobra Snake Parure completed with necklace, earrings, bracelet and brooch. This coveted gilt green enamel jeweled cobra snake design is from the HAR Fantasy Collection of 1959. The bracelet, earrings and brooch are each signed HAR, the necklaces from this collection are not signed. This set is intricate, elaborate, and highly crafted. The color is light teal green enamel is accented with glass and aurora borealis rhinestones.
Necklace 16" long and the cobra centerpiece is 4-1/4" wide 2-1/2" at its longest point. The cobra necklace has the gold tone braided chain connecting both sides of the cobra in the front with a slide in clasp that closes securely and tight.
Earrings 1-1/2" x 1-1/4". Clips are strong and tight, very sturdy.
Bracelet has a spring back at its tail. It measures 1-1/2" high at the head and will fit a wrist of 6-1/2-7-1/2.
Brooch is 2-3/4" long and has a turning clasp that is secure.
HAR Jewelry History (1955 - 1967)
Known for excellent enameling and fantastic figural jewelry, including beautifully detailed Oriental figures with imitation ivory faces, exotic genies, cobras, dragons, and blackamoors. Some of the designs include large misshapen crystal cluster stones with an iridescent glow for which HAR is known. Selected pieces of HAR jewelry were featured in the famous 1990’s “Jewels of Fantasy...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$3,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
1950s Barovier Gold Leaf Infused Blown Glass Vessel
Located in Miami, FL
Opulent, elegant Barovier blown glass bling from the 1950s. Beautiful gold leaf is abundant in this piece with gold infused bubbles throughout its pulled form. Spectacular. Measures ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$290 Sale Price
24% Off
Plaste Traditional Figure of a Saint, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional religious plaster figure of a saint. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use,...
Category
Spanish Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
$204 Sale Price
78% Off
Traditional Religious Plaster Figure: Virgin of Timeless Elegance
Located in Barcelona, ES
Behold the grace and elegance of this traditional religious plaster figure, depicting the Virgin with timeless beauty. Crafted in a traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa ...
Category
Spanish Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
$342 Sale Price
67% Off
The Wrong Man / Il Ladro
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for Alfred Hitchcock's ‘The Wrong Man’, 1956.
This poster was created by Luigi Martinati (1893-1984) for the film's first I...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$2,044
Vintage Waterskis of World Champion Dick Pope Jr.
Located in Dronten, NL
Dick Pope Jr. was a World Champion water skier and an important business leader in Central Florida.
Pope was an important innovator in the sport of water skiing, including the devel...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Toy Hot Rod Roadster Tether Car
By All American Co.
Located in Ferndale, MI
Based on a 1930 Model A. Mfr by the all American company. This Hot Rod was made in the 1950s as part of the tether car craze. Sometimes cut up with gas engi...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$850 Sale Price
22% Off
Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados Metal Virgin Traditional Figure, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional memorabilia metallic figure of virgin Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados. Made Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use...
Category
Spanish Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$356 Sale Price
60% Off
Harunobu by Lubor Hajek, translated by Hedda Vessela Stranska, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Harunobu, by Lubor Hajek, and translated by Hedda Vessela Stranska. 1st Edition: Spring Books, London, 1958. Softcover with Silk tied binding, pictorial softcover laid in to green cl...
Category
English Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Big Knife
Located in London, GB
Original American style a movie poster for Robert Aldrich's 1955 drama starring Jack Palance, IDA Lupino, Rod Steiger.
The poster is conservation paper b...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,022
Vintage Gymnastic Rings in Metal, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Gymnastic rings, circa 1950.
By unknown manufacturer, from France.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Materials:
Met...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$628 Sale Price
72% Off
Set of Seven Wooden Sculptures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of seven wooden sculptures, circa 1950 Originally used for textile industries. In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
$785 Sale Price / item
60% Off
University of Pennsylavania Vintage Pennant by Collegiate Ames
Located in Philadelphia, PA
University of Pennsylavania
Vintage Pennant
by Collegiate Ames
"in good vintage conditions"
"size does not include tassels"
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Felt
Numbers and Figures, Matter and Energy: Vintage Children's Encyclopedia, 1J150
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Step into the enchanting world of vintage knowledge with this captivating tome, "Numbers and Figures, Matter and Energy," sourced from the USSR and dating back to around 1959. This r...
Category
Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Cabinet of Curiosities Drawer Sculptural Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cabinet of curiosities of plaster figures and pieces in a wooden niche. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. Olot has a long tradition in the product...
Category
Spanish Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster, Wood
$904 Sale Price
60% Off
Antique Church Traditional Altar Cloth, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional religious altar cloth artwork of a Spanish church. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent...
Category
Spanish Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
$304 Sale Price
73% Off
Fornasetti Fermalibri 1950 Metal, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Fornasetti Fermalibri 1950 metal, Italy.
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Bridge on the River Kwai Wooden and Iron Model, 1950s
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Model of the iconic Bridge over the River Kwai, a wooden representation with iron railings that evokes the monumental original structure built during World War II. The meticulous des...
Category
Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
$761 Sale Price
20% Off
Let It Come Down by Paul Bowles, 1st Ed, Stated 1st Printing
Located in valatie, NY
Let It Come Down by Paul Bowles. Publisher Random House, 1952. 1st Ed, Stated 1st Printing hardcover with dust jacket. Let It Come Down, with its title from Macbeth, tells the story...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Hansen Lamps Brochure, 1952
Located in New York, NY
Accordion brochure for Hansen Lamps listing locations in New York and Dallas. Presents work by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings, Stewart Ross James, Jane Kidder, and Clark Voorhees. Published ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Porcelain Stoup, Italy, 1950s
Located in Palermo, IT
Porcelain stoup, Italy, 1950s
Found in a noble apartment. Intact, small signs of aging.
Made and decorated entirely by hand. Difficult to find one in t...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
$333 Sale Price
76% Off
Didactic Resin Anatomical Model of an Enlarged Jaw, Germany, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Didactic anatomical model of an enlarged jaw, mounted on a wooden board with hooks for hanging. In evidence the circulatory system, the roots of the teeth, and two caries. Made in ha...
Category
German Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Resin, Wood
20th Meeting of Altar Servers by Luque, Spain
Located in Miami, FL
Manuel Fernandez Luque. He was a painter of variegated compositions, parading, typical of Spanish folklore figures. His work has a literary expressionism burden becomes a tableau of ...
Category
Spanish Expressionist Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
2 Volume Set: Book of Trees and Book of Shrubs, by William Carey Grimm, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
2 Volume set: Book of Trees and Book of Shrubs, by William Carey Grimm. The Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, PA, 1957. Pair of 1st Ed books with dust jackets and slip case. William Car...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Big Heat / Il Grande Caldo
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for Fritz Lang's 1953 Film Noir staring Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame. The artwork on this poster was created one of the gr...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Table or wall-mounted barometer station made of wood glass and brass 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Desktop or wall-mounted barometer station made of wood, glass and brass signed Forster from the 1950s, consisting of aneroid barometer and thermometer with centigrade scale.
Goo...
Category
Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Oscar Niemeyer: Works in Progress, Hard Cover with Dust Jacket, 1958
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Oscar Niemeyer: Works in Progress,
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket, 1958
Second Printing
Printed in the USA by Reinhold Publishing Corporation
"in good vintage conditions"
"some rips ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Sirocco / Damasco 25" Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1951 film Sirocco.
This poster was designed by the great Italian poster artist Anselmo Ballester (1897-1974) The film was released in Italy one ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Chapel of Grace Altötting, Souvenir Building Paperweight Desktop Statue
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A decorative souvenir building sculpture. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal and a marble base. This item was bought as...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Metal
Siegel Paris, Small Mannequin in Composite Material on Metal Base, 1950-1960
By Siegel Paris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Siegel Paris, small mannequin in composite material on its metal base, original wig, circa 1950-1960.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
American Historical Views on Staffordshire China by Ellouise Baker Larsen 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
American Historical Views on Staffordshire China by Ellouise Baker Larsen. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1950. 1st Ed thus hardcover ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Hardy Perfection Fishing Rod, 9ft 6inch Trout Fly Rod
By Hardy Bros.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
The "Perfection" 9ft Hardy Palakona Fishing Rod.
A beautifully 2 piece 9'6" split cane fly fishing rod by Hardy of Alnwick. The rod is in very good cond...
Category
British Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bamboo
Germany 1950 Didactics Medical Anatomy Enlarged Model of a Human Trachea
By Deutsches Hygiene Museum Dresden
Located in Milan, IT
Didactic anatomical enlarged model of a trachea made in the 1950s, made of hand-colored cellon and mounted on a bakelite base. On a label on the base you read Deutsches Hygiene Museu...
Category
German Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
"Pickup" Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster from the 1951 film Pickup. Hugo Haas (1901-1968) was an acknowledged master of bad girl films. He was born in Czechoslovakia, wher...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,294
The Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum by Alice Winchester and Joseph Downs. The Magazine Antiques, 1951. First Edition hardcover. A classic work from the...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
West German Augusta Semi-Auto Lift Brass Table Lighter, circa 1950
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1950 West German polished brass semi-auto table lighter by Augusta Lift Table Lighter Company. Simply pull up on the lighter and push back down to igniting the flame.
The...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Sunset Boulevard
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card number 6 for the American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. The film stars William Holden, Gl...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$408
Wood Carved American Folk Art Muscle Car
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Hand carved Folk Art American Muscle car. Wood carved with original paint surface.
Category
Folk Art Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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