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Period: 1950s
Vintage Stereoscope Bar Parallax, Scientific Instrument, JM Glauser, London
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage stereoscope bar parallax. An English, brass scientific instrument for measuring depth in aerial photographs or maps, by JM Glauser & Sons of London, dating to the m...
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English Other Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

1950s Coppola e Toppo Sculpted Crystal Collar Necklace Smokey Red Surrealism
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Statement Collar Necklace, with an intricate design of Smokey Crystal Beads with Shades of Deep Blood Red & Bright Red Crystal Beads Woven into a Sculpted Design. Coppola e Toppo Sig...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Crystal

Stagecoach / Ombre Rosse
Located in London, GB
Exceptionally rare original Italian film poster for John Ford landmark 1939 Western starring John Wayne and. The art work on this poster is by Anselmo Ballester...
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Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Vintage Nautical Signal Flag in Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Framed maritime signal flag representing the “ANSWERING PENNANT” in the international code of signals. This authentic and ocean used pennant is made of individual panels of red and w...
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North American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Cotton

Peruvian 18k Gold & Sterling Sterling Bird Brooch w/ Turquoise Inlaid
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Peruvian geometric design 18k gold and sterling silver bird openwork broch that exudes elegance with its finely detailed design. The bird's delicate form is accented by a vivid turqu...
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Peruvian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold, Silver

The Souls of Black Folks by W.E.B. Du Bois 50th Anniversary Edition, Signed
By W.E.B. Du Bois
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois. Signed 50th anniversary limited edition of this landmark book with publisher's label affixed to inside front cover. Published by The Blue H...
Category

American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fabric, Paper

1950 Vintage Pictures Depicting Three Ships Launching Riva Trigoso Shipyards
Located in Milan, IT
Rectangular frame with three pictures depicting three ships launching in Riva Trigoso shipyards. Montello launched on October 14, 1961; Athinai launched...
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Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Giordani pedal car Studebaker model, Made in Italy 1950s
By Giordani
Located in Palermo, IT
Giordani pedal car Studebaker model, Made in Italy 1950s Good condition.
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Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Set of Six Vintage Miniature Patinated Brass Animal Figurines / Pipe Tampers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charming set of six small animal-form tobacco pipe tampers/figurines (ca. 1950s, Austria). Includes a long-billed pelican, stork, giraffe, deer, horse or zebra, and elephant (all but...
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Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Three-Dimensional Midcentury Italian Wall Plaster Didactic Anatomical, 1950s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian midcentury three-dimensional didactic anatomical panel in plaster with Antonio Vallardi Milano label, Italy 1950s Please note that the item is original of the period and t...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plaster, Wood

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. ...
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Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bakelite

Antique Christmas Sledge With Toys Dolls Teddy Bears
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Antique artisan made Christmas wagon brimming with dolls, toys, teddy bears. Unique Holiday collectible.
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American American Classical Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

20th century Leica Photo Camera, 1950s
By Leica 1
Located in LEGNY, FR
Vintage Leica Camera – 1950s Model with Summitar 5cm f/2 Lens Capture the essence of photography’s golden age with this exceptional Leica camera, dating from the 1950s. Renowned for...
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German Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

1950 Vintage Pictures Depicting Three Ships Launching Riva Trigoso Shipyards
Located in Milan, IT
Rectangular frame with original pictures depicting three ships launching in Riva Trigoso shipyard: Monfiore transatlantic launched on August 25, 1959; M...
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Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Vintage tri-ang tin toy car, 1950s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage toy car from the english brand 'Tri-ang'. The charm is in the wear and tear of this item, it makes this little truck very attractive and decorative. The tires are all origi...
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British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Vintage Dress Form
Located in Pomona, CA
1950's dress form. Iron base with casters.
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American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Iron

Vintage Dress Form
Vintage Dress Form
$410 Sale Price
34% Off
Original Pottery Sculpture Head Planter, General Charles De Gaulle
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Original Pottery sculpture head planter, general Charles De Gaulle Political Memorabilia. This original, one-of-a-kind pottery sculpture head is a...
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French Folk Art Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Clay

Taira Clan Saga
Located in London, GB
This is an incredibly rare original Japanese film poster for Kenji Mizoguchi's 1955 historical drama Taira Clan Saga. This film starred Narutoshi Hayashi, Raizô Ichikawa and Tatsuya...
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Japanese Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Paul Lobel New York Modernist Studio Sterling Silver Bracelet
Located in Buffalo, NY
Sterling silver organic modernist bracelet created by Paul Lobel of New York City, New York. Brooch signed Lobel, Sterling on reverse. In very good vintage condition.
Category

American Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Original Tesla Dirigent Gramoradio, Czechoslovakia, 1956
Located in Zohor, SK
Original Tesla Dirigent Gramoradio produced in Czechoslovakia in 1956. The gramoradio combines radio and gramophone inside one item. The top board is easy to open and show the origin...
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Czech Adam Style Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

1950s French Wooden Car Door
Located in High Point, NC
A decoration from 1950s France in solid beech and plywood. The graphic silhouette, reminiscent of the door of a vehicle, evokes the streamlined shapes of the golden age of car design...
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French Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Beech, Plywood

Ensembles Mobiliers, 6 Volumes ‘13 to 18’ (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a six folio volume run of the Ensembles Mobiliers series published by Editions Charles Moreau in the 1950s, each volume is complete and the ...
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Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Japanese, 1959
Located in Devon, GB
A sultry Elizabeth Taylor smoulders on this extremely rare and seductive Japanese B2 poster for the original release of MGM's 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' in Japan. In a legendary pairing...
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Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Colorful Waldorf School Tractor with Movable Front Axle, 1950s Germany
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Old painted Waldorf school wooden toy tractor with movable front axle from Germany. 1950s / 1960s.
Category

German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Opium Pipe from the Nineteenth Century
Located in Norwell, MA
Intricately carved opium pipe from the nineteenth century. Womans head is neatly carved showing arms, hands, hat, etc.. Great patina. One split on top. Metal rosette affixed to the t...
Category

North American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Antique Ship Model of Schooner Yacht Mendham
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique model of the John Alden designed schooner "Mendham". The Mendham was built by Hodgdon Brothers in 1930 for Boston owner Leonard Wheeler. S.B. Boutilier was the captain. This ...
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North American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Cavallino a pressione inglese degli anni 50'
Located in Torino, IT
Cavallo giocattolo a pressione della serie Mobo. Prodotto in Inghilterra negli anni ’50dalla ditta D. SEBEL & CO. apparteneva alla linea Mobo Bronco caratterizzata da un sistema a ...
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English Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Vintage Illums Bolighus Danish Brass Metalworks Footed Bowl attrd. Carl Aubock
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Vintage Mid-Century brass sculpture, attributed to Carl Auböck. These were designed for Illums Bolighus, this one is marked, DENMARK, some are marked, Illums Bolighus. In as-found o...
Category

Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

'An Ideal Husband' Original Vintage Movie Poster by Wiktor Gorka, Polish, 1956
Located in Devon, GB
Although Western films were shown during the Soviet era in the Communist Bloc, American publicity materials were banned, allowing the state-commissioned artists to operate with total creative freedom from the demands of the big Hollywood studios...
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Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper, Linen

James Dean 'Rebel Without A Cause' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Japanese, 1956
Located in Devon, GB
A full-length James Dean smoulders on this exceedingly rare two-panel poster for the first Japanese release of the classic 1955 teenage drama 'Rebel Without A Cause' in April 1956. S...
Category

Japanese Post-Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper, Linen

Vintage tri-ang tin toy car, 1950s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage toy car from the english brand 'Tri-ang'. The charm is in the wear and tear of this item, it makes this little truck very attractive and decorative. Good original conditio...
Category

British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

FORSTER, E. M.. Two Cheers For Democracy. 1951 - FIRST EDITION - SIGNED
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: FORSTER, E. M.. TITLE: Two Cheers For Democracy. PUBLISHER: London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1951. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol., 8-5/8" x 5-3/4", signed by the Fo...
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British Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fabric

Vintage Brass Tic Tac Toe Set Game on Custom Lucite Base
Located in North Miami, FL
This polished brass Mid-Century Modern vintage tac tac toe square game set has 10 players total of X's and 0"s. A new custom lucite base was made to gi...
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Taiwanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Gold Men's Ring with Intaglio Portrait in Carnelian
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This handsome, brushed 14-karat gold men's ring features an intaglio male portrait in carnelian. This bold men’s ring features a carved intaglio portrait in deep carnelian, set in a ...
Category

American Baroque Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Carnelian, Gold

Red Metal Body Track Rail Race Car, Circa 1952
Located in London, GB
Fabulous scratch built model race car, circa 1952. A track car, such as this one, raced on the surface of a board track usually consisting of 4-6 lanes...
Category

British Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

'Superman Flies Again' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1954
Located in Devon, GB
Superman jets off on this super rare stone lithography daybill poster for the Australian release of 'Superman Flies Again,' a 1954 compilation of three episodes of the hit US televis...
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Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

'An American in Paris' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1951
Located in Devon, GB
Printed in stunning stone lithography, this scarce Australian Daybill poster joyfully declared the original Australian release of MGM's 'An American in Paris' as "the gayest, the most gorgeous, the greatest musical ever." Inspired by a 1928 orchestral composition by George Gershwin, the classic 1951 musical starred Gene Kelly as an American ex-GI who remains in Paris after the war to become an artist and falls for a gamine Parisienne played by a nineteen year old Leslie Caron, who Kelly had spotted performing with the Ballets des Champs-Élysées two years previously. Following the devastation and trauma of the Second World War, producer Arthur Freed...
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Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Linen, Paper

Brass Pipe Holder by Hertha Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass blackened pipe holder manufactured in the 1950s in Austria by Hertha Baller.
Category

Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Massive Piece of Brain Coral from North River Museum in City Island, NY
Located in Norwell, MA
Massive Piece of Brain Coral from North River Museum in City Island, NY. This is quite heavy at 68 lbs. This was part of a very popular underwater exhibit at the North River museum i...
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North American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Coral

German "Schaukelwagen" by Hans Brockhage & Erwin Andra for Siegfried Lenz
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
This ingenious design for children is from German (DDR) designers Hans Brockhage and Erwin Andra made in the early 1950's Hans Brockhage (1925-2009) was wounded in WWII and starte...
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German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Birch, Plywood, Rubber

Mechanical Bank "Child's Clock Bank" Japan, circa 1950s
By Marusan
Located in Incline Village, NV
A unique and quite scarce bank, made in Japan by the Marusan Company for the American market in the 1950's; this all tin bank is known as (according to the gr...
Category

Japanese Folk Art Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tin

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...
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Belgian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Nautical Signal Pennant in Shadowbox Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Genuine international maritime signal flag in a custom shadow box frame. The cotton flag represents the substitute flag "R1". The pennant has a white canvas hoist with a sisal rope a...
Category

North American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Cotton

Nautical Signal Pennant in Shadowbox Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Genuine international maritime signal flag in a custom shadowbox frame. The cotton flag represents the substitute flag R3. The pennant has a white canvas hoist with a sisal rope and ...
Category

North American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Cotton

Georges Jouve Attributed Ceramic Pipe Ashtray Organic Dish Bowl French Modernism
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Brown high gloss freeform slip-cast dish set in a suede leather bottom. Mfg. by Longchamp, France. Design attributed to Georges Jouve, this in not documented. Some staining to suede ...
Category

French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Ceramic

Yacht Ensign on Pole in Shadowbox Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Shadow box with a yachting flag that has an embroidered fouled anchor and stars in the blue field, attached to a varnished pole set into a shadowbox frame. Great nautical accent. We...
Category

North American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Cotton

James Dean 'Rebel Without a Cause' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Finnish, 1956
Located in Devon, GB
A rare poster for the first Finnish release of the Classic 1955 teenage drama "Rebel Without A Cause," with artwork by Engel. Starring James Dean in his most celebrated role as a tro...
Category

Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper, Linen

Brass Boat Compass in Varnished Wood Box
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic early twentieth century boat compass. The gimballed compass has been meticulously polished and lacquered. This classic marine instrument is fitted to its original hardwood bo...
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North American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Anemometer 1950 Coal Mining Vintage Science Equipment in Brass and Steel
Located in Miami, FL
Mechanical desk anemometer in brass. Very interesting scientific coal mining anemometer, made up back in the 1950's with brass and blackened steel parts...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Steel, Iron

20th century French Brown Leather Pair of Hermes Style Riding Boots
Located in LEGNY, FR
Elegant Leather Riding Boots – Hermès-Inspired Style Beautiful pair of vintage riding boots in smooth brown leather, inspired by the iconic Hermès style. With their clean lines, hi...
Category

French Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

1950s Russian Military PAB-2M Periscope Artillery Aiming Circle Theodolite 9"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage circa 1950s Russian military periscope artillery aiming circle - PAB-2M/7A919. Includes instruction booklet and hardwood base for sculpture mount display. Designed to determ...
Category

Russian Industrial Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Ashtray Stand in the Manner of Carl Auböck in Brass, 1950s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Nice light patina. A second ashtray in the same design is also on offer here on the platform. Very nice proportions.
Category

Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Brass

Everoak Motorcycle Helmet, Acu Approved Pudding Basin Helmet
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage A.C.U. motorcycle racing crash helmet, Everoak. A fine silver painted motorcycle helmet made in England by Everoak. This helmet has a cork i...
Category

British Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

1950s American Studio Craft Iron Triangle Dinner Bell
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Hand-forged dinner triangle, delicate swan head, in the manner of Early Russel Wright designed Iron Works, very reminiscent of the deer andirons.
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Diamond and Platinum Flower Ring
Located in New York, NY
A stunning diamond and platinum flower ring with a center diamond of 1-carat with a total of 3-carat.
Category

American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Platinum

Wrong Man
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for Alfred Hitchcock's 1957 based on a true story of an innocent man mistaken for a criminal. The art work on this poster is by Luigi Martinati (1893-198...
Category

Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Wrong Man
Wrong Man
$4,428
Nautical Signal Pennant in Shadowbox Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Genuine international maritime signal flag in a custom shadow box frame. The cotton flag represents the substitute flag "R2". The pennant has a white canvas hoist with a sisal rope a...
Category

Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Cotton

Big Eye Japanese Navy Nikon 20 × 120 Binoculars
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Large and powerful binoculars made by the Japanese company Nikon in the 1950s An elegant and stylish piece for the study or library, and very suitable to take on board your yacht. ...
Category

Japanese Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum

Vintage Emergency Service Porcelain Sign Oval Oil Gas Station Garage Man Cave
Located in Hyattsville, MD
1950s AAA Emergency Service double-sided porcelain garage sign. Distressed condition, meaning some chips from being install back in the day, exposure to t...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Vintage 1950s Handmade Robot Ashtray Sculpture Metal Scrap Art Articulating
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Vintage One of a kind 1950s handmade metal Robot ashtray with articulating arms, pullout drawer and ash tray that comes out to be cleaned. On a hard plasti...
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Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

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