20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Period: 20th Century
Color: Blue
Chinese Shanghai Deco Perfume Bottle
Located in Chicago, IL
In the 1920s and 1930s, Shanghai, China was swept up in the Art Deco design movement. Design, architecture, art, fashion, and furniture were all influenced by this modern movement, permeating every part of life in the bustling, vibrant city. This blue glass perfume bottle...
Category
Chinese Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Fontana Arte Blue Mirrored Glass and Wood Game Box, 1950, Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, IT
Fontana Arte blue mirrored glass and wood game box, 1950, Italy.
Category
Italian Other Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Diamond And Blue Sapphire 18k Necklace
Located in Norwood, NJ
Stunning custom diamond and blue sapphire 18k yellow and white gold necklace.
19 round diamonds weighing approx. 1.5cts. H- I color, SI1 clarity.
69 blue marquise sapphires weigh...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Paris Photographs by Brassai text by John Russell 1st Edtion 1960
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Batsford, 1960.
Braissais's mesmeric photographs captures the everyday essence of Paris lead by John Russelli's elegant and erudite tour of the city, i...
Category
British 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Horizon Magazine, A Magazine of the Arts, Summer 1967 Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Horizon Summer 1967 Hardcover – January 1, 1967
Horizon Magazine - A Magazine Of The Arts, Summer 1967
By Thorndike, Joseph Ed/
New York: American ...
Category
American Archaistic Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
America Restored by Carol M Highsmith and Ted Landphair
Located in valatie, NY
America Restored by Carol M Highsmith and Ted Landphair. Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washingtion, D.C., 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket. Beautiful ...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Design Francais 1960 - 1990, Trois Decennies (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
French design from the early Sixties to the late Eighties. This is a journey through time which shows specifically three decades of French design. This is an exhibition held in the G...
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20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Repertorio del Design Italiano 1950-2000 by Guiliana Gramigna (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A 2 volume set of hardback books in a slip case which covers Italian domestic furniture design in the second half of the 20th century.
Volume 1 covers 1950-1979, with 269 pages and hundreds of black and white photographs of tables, chairs, other furniture and lighting.
Volume 2 covers 1980-2000. 345 pages again having hundreds of black and white photographs of Italian...
Category
International Style 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Two Impressive and Huge Midcentury World Map Wall Globes, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
We proudly offer this outstanding pair of very large wall-mounted modernist globes / world maps with an incredible diameter of 95 inches each. Unique one-of-a-kind sculptures depicti...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Story of American Furniture by Thomas Hamilton Ormsbee
Located in valatie, NY
The story of American Furniture by Thomas Hamilton Ormsbee. New York: The Macmillion Company, 1941. Hardcover with no dust jacket. A comprehensive resource book on America antique furniture...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
15 Volumes of 'Flora van Deutschland' by J. Sturm, 1906-1907
Located in Langweer, NL
15 volumes of 'Flora von Deutschand' by J. Sturm. Published 1906-1907. 2nd rev. ed., 15 vols., 888 (chromo)lithogr. plates, num. ills., orig. unif. hcl.
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20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Fornasetti: The Complete Universe edited by Barnaba Fornasetti (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Large hardback book in slipcase, 685 pages lavishly illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs. This book is the most complete overview of the more than sevent...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
The Remarkable Hands, An Affectionate Portrait
Located in valatie, NY
The Remarkable Hands, An Affectionate Portrait. New York: Foundation of the Federal Bar Council, 1983. Limited edition hardcover with glassine overlay. 199 pp. A scarce biography of ...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Practical Book of Chinaware
Located in valatie, NY
The Practical Book of Chinaware by Harold Donaldson Eberlein and Roger Wearne Ramsdell. New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1948. Hardcover with no dust jacket. 320 pp. A comprehensiv...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear / Les Aventures De Yogi Le Nounours
Located in London, GB
Original French painting for the 1964 animation this artwork was used to create the French poster for this film. This film was directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, who also wrote the screenplay along with Warren Foster. Yogi Bear...
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint
Sotheby's Important American Furniture from Thomas Mellon and Betty Evans
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Important American Furniture from the Collection of the Late Thomas Mellon and Betty Evans New York 6/19/98. Softcover auction catalogue with results. Thomas Mellon Evans u...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Gio Ponti: The Complete Work 1923-1978 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book is the first complete survey and profile of one of the 20th centuries most accomplished architects and designers. He was incredibly prolific and did not just stick with arc...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Art Fakes in America by David L. Goodrich New York The Viking Press, 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Art Fakes in America by David L. Goodrich. New York: The Viking Press, 1973. 1st edition hardcover with dust jacket. 246 pp. Guide to the business of making, buying, and selling frau...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Helen Hayes On Reflection An Autobiography, " Signed
By Hellen Hayes
Located in valatie, NY
Helen Hayes on Reflection An Autobiography. New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc., 1968. Signed third printing hardcover with dust jacket. The autobiography of Helen Hayes that was wr...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Signs of Our Times by John Margolies, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Signs of our times by John Margolies. Abbeville press, 1993. First Edition hardcover, no dust jacket as released. This is an illustrated, survey of the ...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Old Boston Museum Days by Kate Ryan, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Old Boston Museum Days by Kate Ryan. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1915. First edition hardcover with no dust jacket. 264 pp. Antique history book about the Old Boston Museum written by the Edwardian actress Kate Ryan. The Boston Museum was a was a theatre, wax museum...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Harvey" Original British Trade Advertisement
Located in London, GB
Original British trade advertisement for Harvey, 1950.
The film was directed by Henry Costner and stared James Stewart, Josephine Hull and Peggy Dow.
This trade advertisement is qu...
Category
British Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
The Book of Costumes by Millia Davenport
By Millia Davenport
Located in valatie, NY
The Book of Costumes by Millia Davenport. New York: Crown Publishers, 1956. First edition fourth printing hardcover with no dust jacket, volume 1 of 2. 958 pp. A large chronological ...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Christie's London, The Wentworth Library
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Wentworth: The property of the Trustees of The Olive, Countess Fitzwilliam Chattels Settlement and of other members of the family, Wednesday, 8 July 1998. London: Christi...
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English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
English Style, First Edition
By Suzanne Sleisin, Stafford Cliff
Located in valatie, NY
English Style by Suzanne Slesin and Stafford Cliff. NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1984. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 288 pp. An intimate l...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Jibun-Jya-Nai-Hito, Masafumi Sanai
By Masafumi Sanai
Located in London, GB
First edition, paperback, published by Metalogue Corp. Japan, 1999
There is something unexplainably inviting about this publication, tall pages with small, print size photographs. Many of these face each other as twins, two shots of the same moment, and build a body of dreamlike, softly focused car window photographs...
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Japanese 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
El Morocco's Family Album by Jerome Zerbe (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book which was privately published in 1937, therefore over 90 years old, is a photographic record of one of New York's most famous nightclubs of the inter war years where the gr...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Jeans, Levi's Story 1st Edition 1990
By Emmeric Hannouille, Noel Graveline
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Editions Minerva, 1990.
The Levi story, from Bavaria to New York; from work clothes to clothing icon with an Introduction by Emmeric Hannouille. Levi S...
Category
French 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Chinese Robed Puppet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand puppets, like this one from China’s Zhejiang region, have been a popular form of entertainment for centuries. In the late 19th early-20th century this tiny robed gentleman proba...
Category
Chinese Qing 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk, Wood
Chinese Trade Porcelain, First Edition by Michel Beurdeley
Located in valatie, NY
Chinese Trade Porcelain, 1st Ed by Michel Beurdeley. Charles E. Turtle Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1962. Tipped-in color frontispiece and 24 tipped-in color plates, 100 monochrome text figures, 244 monochrome figures in the appendix. A through explanation of Chinese export porcelain and its debt to the west; historical surveys of the Far Eastern connections to al of the countries named...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
British Art Pottery by A.W. Coysh, First Edition
By A.W. Coysh
Located in valatie, NY
British Art Pottery. by A.W. Coysh. London: David and Charles Limited, 1976. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 96 pp. A reference book of B...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Le Verre Venini by Franco Deboni (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book features many fine examples of Venini glass, a company who were undoubtedly one of the most important glass makers of the 20th century.
The 20th century is characterized b...
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20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Great British by Arnold Newman 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Great British by Arnold Newman. New York Graphic Society, Boston, 1979. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The celebrated portrait photographer offers a selection of notable Brit...
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Great Britain (UK) Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Ladies Platinum Ring Set with Synthetic Emeralds
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Ladies platinum ring set with synthetic emeralds.
Ring is set with one 7mm round good colour emerald. Also set with two small 6mm marquis cut emer...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Platinum
Set of 2 Azure Gold Murano Ashtray and Cigarette Holder Mid-Century Modern Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Tobacco Accessories set of two Italian heavily hand-blown Azure and gold-filled Murano ashtray with matching cigarette holder.
Mid-Century Modern Design Made by the famous Art Glass ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Functional Tesla Phone 1978, Československo
By Tesla
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good original condition
- Fully functional
- Tesla manufacturer.
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
1970s Vintage Navajo Southwestern Sterling Silver Turquoise Cross Pendant
By Navajo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Navajo Southwestern sterling silver Turquoise cross pendant
Stamped sterling
Measures: 3.5 tall x 2 width x .19 thick
Preown...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Sterling Silver
Large 16 Oz Sheffield James Dixon & Son's Liquor Hip Flask with Monogram
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large English 16 Oz Sheffield Silver James Dixon & Son's liquor hip flask with DMP monogram.
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pewter
Gold in Azure One Thousand Years of Russian Architecture, First Edition
By William C. Broomfield
Located in valatie, NY
Gold in Azure one thousand years of Russian architecture by William C. Broomfield. Boston: David R. Godine, Publishers, Inc., 1983. Hardcover with...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Our Air Force" Signed by Billy Mitchell, First Edition, 1921
By William Mitchell
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Mitchell, William. Our Air Force: The Keystone of National Defense. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1921. Signed and inscribed by Mitchell. First edition, later printing. Rebound and h...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Courreges Maxi-Skirt with Original Tags
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare deadstock Andre Courreges maxi-skirt in a quintessential springtime pastel mint, made of pique cotton, with white front snap closure. Retains original French tags and basted lin...
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Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cotton
Gio Ponti: The Complete Work, 1923-1978
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare, out-of-print catalogue raisonne of Italian architect, designer, publisher, and artist, Gio Ponti. Documents the legacy of his work from architecture publication Domus to the de...
Category
Italian Industrial 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Architectural Heritage of the Roanoke Valley First Edition
By William L. Whitwell 1, Lee W. Winborne 1
Located in valatie, NY
The Architectural Heritage of the Roanoke Valley 1st ed by Lee W. Wimborne and William L. Whitwell. University Press of Virginia, 1982. A 150-year photographic survey of Roanoke Vall...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Navajo Silver Bracelet with Turquoise and Coral
Located in Seattle, WA
Oversized sterling cuff with turquoise and coral nuggets, great for man or woman.
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
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