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Period: 1950s
Sensualita
Located in London, GB
This is an extremely rare original Italian film poster for the 1952 film Sensualita This film starred Marcello Mastroianni. Eleonora Rossi Drago and Amedeo Nazzari. The film was dir...
Category

Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Walking stick/cane in teak an maple by Nanna & Jørgen Ditzel, Denmark, 1950s
Located in Hägersten, SE
Walking stick designed by Nanna & Jørgen Ditzel. Produced by Kold's Savvaerk in Denmark during the 1950s. This example made from solid teak in the stem with a tip of walnut and lamin...
Category

Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Maple, Teak

Vintage Leather Medicine Ball
Located in Vienna, AT
Original patinated leather medicine ball from the 1950s.
Category

German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

History of The American People, French Book in 2 Volumes by André Maurois, 1955
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Histoire du Peuple Americain (History of the American People), French book in two volumes by André Maurois from the French Academy, 1955/56. Volume I: Europe discovers America - At t...
Category

French Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Original Mexican Retablo "Exvotos" Oil on Tin
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this original Mexican ex voto. Michoacán México 1958 J. Jesus Huaracha Orejel da gracias a dios nuestro señor que por intersección de San Nic...
Category

Mexican Folk Art Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Adventure Parade, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Adventure Parade is an original film from the 1950s. Complete edition, Zulu Hulu. Castle films. It includes original packaging. 16mm. Good conditions
Category

European Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plastic

Sport Parade, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Sports parade film is an original film from the 1950s. It includes original packaging. 8mm or 16mm. Good conditions
Category

European Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plastic

Wild River Safari, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Wild river safari is an original film from the 1940s. It includes original packaging. 8mm or 16mm. Good conditions
Category

European Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plastic

Sport Parade, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Sports parade film is an original film from the 1950s. It includes original packaging. 8mm or 16mm. Good conditions
Category

European Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plastic

Vintage Leather Medicine Ball
Located in Vienna, AT
Original patinated leather medicine ball with a branded manufacturers mark "Platura.
Category

German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Paris 1925, French Book by Armand Lanoux, 1957
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Paris 1925, French book by Armand Lanoux, published by Editions Robert Delpire, Paris in 1957. 1925, which only raised sarcasm yesterday, softened suddenly. We say retro for the fiftieth anniversary of the Decorative Arts. OK, go retro! Joséphine Baker, Charlot, la Violettera, bell bottoms, the threepenny franc, and Valentino reappear in our mythology. Einstein's surrealism, Picasso the Augustus and Cocteau the White Clown, Stravinsky, and Freud have not left her. With the lamé shirt...
Category

French Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Vintage Tin Wind Up Toy "Boy Skier" by J. Chein & Co. American Circa 1950
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very nice condition all tin, vintage wind up toy by J. Chein Company, New York City, circa 1950, "Boy Skier"; in all original paint and lithography; in ...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tin

Viking Soldier Decorative Bronze Statue Sculpture, Vienna Austria 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous classic decorative Statue or Miniature Sculpture. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of a kind of metal, we think it's bronze or brass. Very decorativ...
Category

Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

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...
Category

Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Other

Mid-century Table top smoking set, ashtray and table lighter, Italy 1950s
Located in Firenze, IT
Mid-century Table top smoking set, ashtray and table lighter Italy 1950s wood & brass 18 x 12 x 5 cm 11 x 6,5 x 6,5 cm Conditions: excellent conditions.
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Sunset Boulevard
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card number 7 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

North by Northwest / La Mort aux Trousses
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful original Belgium film poster US from the first release of this Classic Hitchcock in Belgium in 1959. This piece in unfolded and conservation linen backed it would...
Category

Belgian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Original Brendel Botanic Model
Located in Weesp, NL
Discover Botany's Finest: Original Brendel Botanic Models from the 1950s Unveil the beauty of botany with our exquisite collection of original Brendel botanic models: Spike, Raceme,...
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German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

La Strada
Located in London, GB
Original German film poster for the Italian drama La Strada 1954. This film was directed by Federico Fellini and starred Giuletta Masina, Anthony Quinn and Richard Basehart. This pos...
Category

German Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Philadelphia Toboggan Co. Skee Ball Machine, 1950s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original 1950s Philadelphia Toboggan Co. Skee Ball Machine. Fully mechanical. No need to plug in! You roll the ball and when it enters one of the score holes...
Category

American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Pair Of Vintage Cased Opera Glasses, French, Brass, Binocular, Mid 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage cased opera glasses. A French, brass and Mother of Pearl Galilean binocular, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950...
Category

French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Le Corbusier Der Modulor 2 Book, 1955
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier Der Modulor book. Le Corbusier published Le Modulor in 1948, followed by Modulor 2 in 1955. These works were first published in English as The Modulor in 1954 and Modulo...
Category

French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Paul Frankl Style Salesman Sample Miniature Rattan Livingroom Set, 1950
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Living set of Paul Frankl-style miniature rattan Salesman sample dollhouse furniture from 1950. These were designed to help salesman sell furniture to potential buyers both at home and in the boardroom. This set includes a 3-seat section sofa with two side...
Category

American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rattan

Vintage Longines 10k Gold Fill Wrist Watch Pontiac Stretch Band
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Longines 10k gold filled wrist watch featuring a Pontiac strech band. Circa 1950s, Ser.# 7915121 The original serial number 7'915'121 identifie...
Category

Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Located in London, GB
Original American film poster for the 1958 drama staring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman. This film was directed by Richard Brooks. This poster is conservation linen backed and it w...
Category

American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

English mid-century modern vinyl record player case by His Master's Voice, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
English mid-century modern vinyl record player case by His Master's Voice, 1950s Rectangular case vinyl record player. Structure in dark and light b...
Category

English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Brass

Popeye
Located in London, GB
Original American film poster for Popeye 1950. This is what's known as a stock poster as instead of creating different posters the studio created one piece of artwork for a season of...
Category

American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Vintage Wind Up Tin Toy "Monkey Riding A Horse" by Haji Co., Japan, Circa 1958
Located in Incline Village, NV
Made in Tokyo, Japan by The Haji Company (see image for mark/logo), this all tin vintage wind up toy, circa 1958, depicts a "Monkey Riding A Horse". It ...
Category

Japanese Folk Art Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tin

Spectacular French Mid-Century Clipper Ship Wall Light, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Spectacular iron wall light, France, circa 1950. Square three-masters clipper. Ambient and decorative wall light. Measures: height : 28"(71cm), width : 16.9"(43cm), depth : 7.2"(18.2...
Category

French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Rare 1950s Dunhill Aquarium Half-Giant Lighter
Located in Hong Kong, HK
A rare 1950s Half-Giant Dunhill aquarium table lighter (made in England) Each of these lighters are very rare and unique as they were hand carved and painted and no one look exactl...
Category

English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Lucite

Swiss Brass Lift Arm Tabletop Lighter By Brilux for Dunhill
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Circa 1950 Made in Switzerland made by Brilux and distributed by Dunhill. Beautifully made brass lighter with spring lift arm flint mechanism where the spring is contained in a shaft...
Category

Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Mid Century Modern Novelty Pro Golf Ball Table Desk Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This mid-century vintage lighter is a unique collectible or gift, shaped like a golf ball and clubs, and holds a lighter at the top slot. Its intriguing history adds to its allure, h...
Category

Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plastic

Lot of 5 Lighters, Rare 1950s Dunhill Aquarium Half Giant Lighters
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Lot of 5 Rare 1950s Half-Giant Dunhill Aquarium table lighters (made in England) Each of these lighters are very rare and unique as they were hand ca...
Category

English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Chrome, Silver Plate

Vintage Nautical Signal Flag in Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Framed maritime signal flag representing the number “6” in the international code of signals. This authentic and ocean used pennant is made of individual panels of black and white. F...
Category

North American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Cotton

Extremely Rare 1950s Dunhill Aviary, Non Aquarium, Half-Giant Lighter
Located in Hong Kong, HK
A extremely rare 1950s Half-Giant Dunhill aviary table lighter (made in England) Each of these lighters are very rare and unique as they were hand carved and painted and no one loo...
Category

English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Lucite

Rare 1950s Dunhill Aquarium Half-Giant Lighter
Located in Hong Kong, HK
A rare 1950s Half-Giant Dunhill aquarium table lighter (made in England) Each of these lighters are very rare and unique as they were hand carved and painted and no one look exactl...
Category

English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Lucite

Rare 1950s Dunhill Aquarium Half-Giant Lighter
Located in Hong Kong, HK
A rare 1950s Half-Giant Dunhill aquarium table lighter (made in England) Each of these lighters are very rare and unique as they were hand carved and painted and no one look exactl...
Category

English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Lucite

Artificial Smoked Parma Ham Country Kitchen Folk Art Decoration Vintage 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A vintage Belgium Decorative Item nice to display in your country style home or kitchen. Found at an Estate Sale in Brussels, Belgium.
Category

Belgian Folk Art Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plastic, Rubber

Vintage Midcentury European Black, Brown, Gold Ceramic Crucifix
Located in Chicago, IL
This ceramic crucifix is a quintessential representation of mid-century modern artistry, characterized by its sleek lines and the juxtaposition of muted tones. Handcrafted by a Europ...
Category

European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ceramic

Display Champagne Bottle
By G.H. MUMM 1
Located in Hellerup, DK
Large French vintage fiber glass display model of a G.H. Mumm Cordon Rouge champagne bottle for promoting the brand in a wine shop. Super decorative item for the bar or wine cellar.
Category

French Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass

Vintage Biography, Sir Emery Walker, Danish, Limited Edition, English Language
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage biography of Sir Emery Walker. A Danish, limited edition overview of the British printer and photographer, published in English in 1959....
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Four Piece Furniture Doll Set. All Tin. Circa 1950's
Located in Incline Village, NV
All tin; circa 1950's four piece doll furniture set, scaled to fit and accommodate all of your 8" or so dolls from that era, e.g. "Muffie, Ginnette, etc". Display your dolls around this ensemble consisting of a clothing wardrobe...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tin

Evans 1952 By Ross Blackinton Table Desk Automatic Lighter In Solid 925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Table-Desk automatic lighter designed by Evans. Very rare table-desk petrol lighter, created by the silversmith Ross Blackinton & Company for the Evans Lighter...
Category

American Art Deco Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Artificial Smoked Ham Country Kitchen Folk Art Decoration Vintage Belgium 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A vintage Belgium Decorative Item nice to display in your country style home or kitchen. Found at an Estate Sale in Brussels, Belgium.
Category

Belgian Folk Art Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plastic, Rubber

Artificial Pepperoni Sausage Country Kitchen Folk Art Decoration Vintage 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A vintage Belgium Decorative Item nice to display in your country style home or kitchen. Found at an Estate Sale in Brussels, Belgium.
Category

Belgian Folk Art Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plastic, Rubber

Artificial Smoked Ham Country Kitchen Folk Art Decoration Vintage Belgium 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A vintage Belgium Decorative Item nice to display in your country style home or kitchen. Found at an Estate Sale in Brussels, Belgium.
Category

Belgian Folk Art Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plastic, Rubber

Radio TSF Radialva Super-As 55, 1950s, Bakelite
Located in Antwerp, BE
Original made of dark brown bakelite with brown knobs. Behind the glass station shell is a red and black painted metal plate that has been blackened behind the transmitter division. ...
Category

Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bakelite

Pair of Vintage leather Medicine Balls
Located in Nijlen, BE
This set of medicine balls in leather is in very good condition. Both a practical item and a beautiful duo to look at. The natural weathering of the leather gives it an original pati...
Category

Belgian Post-Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

1950s Gates Vulco Belts Vintage Painted Tin Sign or Sales Display Ratrod Garage
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Heavily Oxidized Painted Metal Sign, Faded Graphics, but a nice even fade. It is very tall for Wall Hanging Display or Leaning against a wall, at 55.75 inches high. Structurally th...
Category

American Industrial Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Globe Cigarette Dispenser with Music Playing Globe Lighter, Brass, Germany, 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Globe cigarette dispenser with music playing globe lighter, brass, Germany, 1950s.
Category

Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Industrial Design large Pulley, Cable Pull, 1950s
Located in Saarburg, RP
Old large Pulley Industrial Design - 1950/60s The old pulley (cable pull) in industrial design is an impressive piece of the past times. It combines the charm and sturdiness of the past industrial era. This iron pulley...
Category

European Industrial Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Sputnik cigarette dispenser set, 1950 Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Sputnik cigarette dispenser set, with cigarette holder, match holder and ashtray, 1950, Made in Germany
Category

Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Antique Red Coral Berber Necklace, Morocco
Located in Madrid, ES
Antique Red Coral Berber Necklace, Morocco Amazing necklace, called Tifilit from the Tiznit province. All beads and components are old. red coral, ...
Category

Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Coral

Midcentury Tin Litho Toy Car by Bandai Japan 1959 Cadillac 4 Door Sedan
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Blast from the past! 1959;Cadillac sedan de ville in gold paint with tin litho interior. Has a dent in the hood and plastic windshields need to be installed. See pics. Shows wear, fr...
Category

Japanese Industrial Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Le Corbusier Salubra Wallpaper Book Second Edition 1959
Located in München, BY
Second Salubra collection by Le Corbusier - 1959 Very rare and collectible. Original sample book from 1959. With the original movable frames, which can be passed over the color car...
Category

French Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fabric, Paper

Rare 1955 Helsingborg Exhibition Cigarette Holder+Ashtray Stig Lindberg Domino
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A rare two piece set, commemorating the Helsingborg Exhibition of 1955, and only produced for one year, for this exhibit. No Gustavsberg collection is complete without something fro...
Category

Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ceramic

Dunhill London 1954 F-86 Jet Aircraft Table Desk Lighter In Polished Chrome
Located in Miami, FL
F-86 Jet fighter aircraft table lighter designed by Alfred Dunhill. An unusual table desk lighter made in London England by the renowned Alfred Dunhil...
Category

English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel, Chrome

3 x ADO Ko Verzuu Children Toy Blocks bag, De Stijl, the Netherlands, 1950's
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
3 x nice mid-century decorative toy cubes/blocks bags, designed by Ko Verzuu for ADO Holland in the 1950s. Price is for the complete set of 3 bags of wooden toy blocks! 3 very nice...
Category

Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Canvas, Rope, Wood

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