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Period: 20th Century
German WW2era 10 x 80 Binoculars, Emil Busch Binoculars, Superb Optics, 1939
By Emil Busch
Located in Canterbury, England
German WW2era 10 x 80 Binoculars: These Emil Busch Binoculars were primarily used by Luftwaffe Flak Artillery ground crews for spotting and identifyin...
Category

Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

1940s Vintage Vornado Antique Electric Powerful Metal Desk Table Fan
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1940s Vornado vintage antique electric fan powerful and silent. Art Deco era electric table desk top fan with modern industrial design. Has one ...
Category

Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Exclusive Royal SPOON Sterling Silver Coronation Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
Located in Wembley, GB
A Rare case of antique valuable royal sterling silver Spoon. An elegant Vintage Sterling Silver Spoon case. Celebrating the 1977 Coronation Jubilee of Quee...
Category

British Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver

Small Library of Eleven Vintage Fly Fishing Books Largely First Editions
Located in San Francisco, CA
The library of 11 books contains the following: 1st Editions with dust jackets: Steelhead Paradise by John Fennelly, Mitchell Press Canada, 1963 Sport Fishing in Canada by Francis Wh...
Category

American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Antique Eastman Kodak "No. 1 Pocket Kodak" Folding Camera c.1909-1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT A "No. 1 Pocket Kodak" folding camera. The body of camera is all leather with a leather handle and it folds smoothly closed to 1.25 inches. This camera has retained its orig...
Category

Industrial 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Chrome

Art Deco Flapper Girl Pin Cushion Doll Made by Fasold & Stauch, c1930's
Located in Devon, England
This very charming flapper girl pin cushion doll has a real echo of Betty Boop about her. Lovely detailing, all hand painted and styling with her fur trim coat. The colours are brigh...
Category

European Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Porcelain

1966 Vintage Greg Noll Miki Dora “Da Cat” longboard
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1966 vintage Greg Noll Miki Dora Da Cat longboard. Features the legendary black cat color scheme Miki Dora was known to ride. A remarkable example of the hig...
Category

American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood

Dupré-Lafon Decorateur Des Millionaires by Thierry Couvrat Desvergnes (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Hardback book with dust jacket, text is in French, 206 pages full of photographs, illustrations and drawings which showcase much of his amazing talent both as an interior designer an...
Category

20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Modernist Stainless Steel & Brass Menorah by Shelly Turner for Alef Judaica
Located in San Diego, CA
Modernist chrome & brass menorah by Shelly Turner for Alef Judaica, circa 1990s. The menorah measures 9"W x 2"D x 4.5"H and is signed on the front side. I cannot make out the name; i...
Category

American Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Stainless Steel, Brass

Vintage table lighter CHARMANT International 1970s Japan
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Very beautiful Japanese table lighter, Charmant International made in Japan in late 70's, brown tortoise lacquer, golden margins, piezoelectric ...
Category

Japanese Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Green Malachite Glass Figural Perfume Bottle
Located in Devon, England
A truly beautiful Art Deco green malachite glass perfume bottle with a female embossed figure to the stopper. Made in Czechoslovakia, th...
Category

Czech Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Malachite

Fine Pair Golden Guilloche Enamel and Mother of Pearl Opera Glasses, c.1910
Located in Bath, GB
Pretty as a picture and in outstanding condition, this lovely pair of early twentieth century opera glasses come complete with their original case (wear commensurate with age). Th...
Category

French Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Enamel

The National Gallery of Art Washington by John Walker
Located in Bradenton, FL
The National Gallery of Art Washington by John Walker. Large hardcover coffee table book with dustjacket. Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. of New York. Printed in Japan, 1120 illus...
Category

Japanese 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1930s Magnadyne Art Deco Tube Radio, Empire Style, Working, All Original Parts
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian 1930s Magnadyne (Turin) Art Deco tube radio, empire style, working, all original parts Measures in cm: H 45, W 42, D 45.
Category

Italian Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Walnut

Vintage 2-in-1 Pendant Map Measure, German, Navigational Tool, Mid Century, 1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage 2-in-1 pendant map measure. A West German, cast metal and glass navigational tool, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960. Fascinating pendant style map measu...
Category

German Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Antique Sterling Silver Cross Pendant Attributed to T Foree, a Set of 6
Located in Plainview, NY
A set of 6 hand crafted antique cross pendant. Each pendant is different in style and shows Native American design in the style of pendant is mad...
Category

American Tribal 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Black Stone Ashtray
Located in Fairfield, CA
A vintage circular stone ashtray. Beautiful natural variation to the dark black and gray stone. Carved horse design around the sides.
Category

20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Stone

Cabinet of Curiosities Shelve Sculptural Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cabinet of curiosities of plaster figures and pieces in a wooden stand. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor we...
Category

Spanish Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plaster, Wood

Navajo Turquoise and Pearls Necklace with Sterling Silver Cross Pendants
Located in Plainview, NY
A vintage Native American Navajo turquoise stone necklace with authentic 26 pearls and two carved cross pendants in sterling silver. The necklace is attributed to the Jewelry designer T-Foree. This vintage necklace will make a statement and is a collectible piece. To the Navajo tribe, the color turquoise represents happiness, luck, and health. ... Black, white, blue, and green were the colors within the turquoise stone which represent the colors of the natural world. A horseshoe-shaped symbol or a symbol called “Naja” appeared often in tradition Navajo jewelry...
Category

American Tribal 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Stone, Sterling Silver

Set Of Gaming Or Poker Chips
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Gaming Chips, Cards and Container. A nice set of gambling counters (poker, gambling, gaming chips) in a rectangular beech-wood keeper with brass central carry handle and a li...
Category

British 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Beech

1970 Seiko Blue and Tobacco Retro Vintage Industrial Antique Steel Quartz Clock
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Seiko super tanker slave clock original aqua blue finish A reclaimed and restored maritime slave clock. These clocks were used in great numbers on super tankers, cargo ships an...
Category

Japanese Industrial Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel, Cut Steel

Chess Game Set with Handmade Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Chessboard Black Lacquered
Located in Bochum, NRW
Chess Game Set with Handmade Board Made of Wood and Mother of Pearl Inlaid An early 1920s Chinese or Vietnamese Export black lacquered Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Chessboard. The Chessboard measures 38x38cm overall with 4 cm squares. Each square chessboard has an inlaid decor of birds and trees. Included are 32 bakelite chess...
Category

Asian Japonisme Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plastic, Bakelite, Wood

Aretino Disc Machine Phonograph
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Aretino Machine Phonograph. It depicts a square wood cabinet that has at the top a round platter where a disc/record is placed and can be heard after the needle attached t...
Category

American American Craftsman 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

WWII Carl Zeiss Kriegsmarine binoculars
Located in Aspen, CO
This is an exceptional 20th century WWII German 12x60 Kriegsmarine binocular, presented on an adjustable wooden or chrome Tripod. The binoculars were manufactured by the company Carl...
Category

Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum

Large Scale Hand Crafted Sail Boat Model
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-569 Hand crafted sail boat model on base.
Category

Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Canvas, Hardwood

1920's Art Deco Black Porcelain Electronic "Tilt to Light" Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This lighter would likely have a sleek and elegant design, indicative of the Art Deco style popular during the 1920s. This black Porcelain lighter has clean lines, geometric shapes, ...
Category

Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Georg Jensen Silver Ring No. 91 by Nanna Ditzel
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A Nanna Ditzel for Georg Jensen sterling silver ring. Designed as a curved undulating sculptural form. It sits beautifully on the finger, catching light from different angles. The ri...
Category

Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Vintage Alligator Waiter Standing Full Body Mount Taxidermy Ashtray Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Alligator Waiter Standing Full Body Mount Taxidermy Ashtray Stand. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements (Overall): 25" H x 15" W x 19" D
Category

Unknown Rustic 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Large Mounted Deer Antlers
Located in Buchanan, NY
An exceptional large pair of mounted antlers. This French early 20th century pair of deer antlers mounted on a wooden shield is a stunning piece of art perfect for a lodge or country...
Category

French Gothic 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Antler

Donald Duck driving his yellow DD1 cabriolet
Located in Valladolid, ES
Extremely Rare and amazing Walt Disney Donald Duck in Yellow Car Polyresin Figurine Statue The famous and very funny image of a very angry Donald Duck in his yellow convertible. This...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Resin

Art Deco Desk Tabletop Rotary Restored Telephone By Monogram Black with Trim
By Monogram
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic Monogram Art Deco desk tabletop telephone with metal accents in excellent antique condition with minimal wear. Restored with new cords. See all pics
Category

American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Vintage Greater Kudu African Shoulder Mount Large Taxidermy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Greater Kudu African Shoulder Mount Large Taxidermy. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements (Overall): 54" H x 30" W x 34" D. Each antler approx. 35" Long measured with tape m...
Category

Unknown Rustic 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Horn

Vintage Child's Toy Tin Large Spinning Top by Chein Company, American, Ca. 1950
Located in Incline Village, NV
Highly colorful and completely operational hard to find LARGE tin child's toy spinning top made by the J. Chein Company, Harrison, New Jersey, Circa 1950. It works great and is in co...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tin

Asian Egret Large Diorama
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-941 Hand made diorama using bird feathers and natural fauna set in a lacquered wood frame under glass.
Category

Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Hardwood, Feathers

Asian Egret Large  Diorama
Asian Egret Large  Diorama
$875 Sale Price
37% Off
Vintage Brown Leather Horse Sculpture
Located in Kastrup, DK
Vintage sculpture representing a horse. In light brown leather with glass eyes. Presumably originating from Italy. Good condition with natural age-related patina.  
Category

Italian Other 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

10 Vols. Edgar Allen Poe, The Complete Works with a Critical Introduction...
Located in New York, NY
10 Vols. Edgar Allen Poe, The Complete Works with a Critical Introduction by Charles F. Richardson. Illustrated by Frederick S. Coburn. "Tamerlane Edition" limited to 300 sets, print...
Category

English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Curiosity Cabinet Naturalism Collection of Shells, Circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very interesting set of shells collected by an amateur between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The shells are classified by size and age either in ...
Category

French 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Shell

Rare Half Moon Salesman Sample Rattan Sofa and Lounge Chair and Rocking Chair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare Salesman Sample Mini Rattan livingroom set featuring a Paul Frankl style lounge chair, rocking chair, and sofa, each with double strand half moon arms. Miniature furniture sets ...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rattan

Antique Luis Vuitton Steamer/ Wardrobe Trunk for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Classic age of Travel Luis Vuitton Steamer trunk with the LV monogram and red and white bands. Monogrammed L.R.C., St. Louis MO U.S.A. With old Railway Exp...
Category

French Hollywood Regency 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather, Canvas, Wood

Petite Chinese Opium Tool Charm, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A small Chinese chatelaine tool set strung with a single brass spoon. Suspended from one's clothing at the shoulder, back, or waist, a tool set such as this was used for a variety of...
Category

Chinese Qing 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Vintage Large Nautical Maritime Brass Glass Ship's Hourglass Display Model Timer
Located in San Diego, CA
Very unique large maritime/nautical brass and glass hourglass. Wonderful dorm and design. Brass has a wonderful patina and can be polished if desired. H...
Category

American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Ejection Seat from Percival Aircraft Jet Provost by Martin Baker
Located in Paris, FR
A Martin Baker ejection seat from a Percival aircraft BAC jet provost, royal air force trainer aircraft used from 1955 to 1993. Exceptional piece.
Category

English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Chrome

Vintage Toy Wind-Up "Baby L" Speedboat by Lindstrom Toy Co., American Circa 1933
Located in Incline Village, NV
Vintage toy speed boat manufactured by the Lindstrom Toy Company of Bridgeport Connecticut, circa 1933 or earlier; the Lindstrom company having been founded in 1913, made quality tin...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tin

La Alhambra By Isidore Severin-Justin Baron de Taylor
Located in North Hollywood, CA
La Alhambra by Isidore Severin-Justin baron de Taylor. La Alhambra. The work for which Baron Taylor will always be remembered is his monumental publication...
Category

Spanish Moorish 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Vintage Crosley Radio "Model 11-103U "Bullseye", italy, 1951
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Crosley Radio "Model 11-103U "Bullseye". Realized in bakelite, in 1951. Good overall condition except for some losses of color and the missing tuning lever.
Category

Italian Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bakelite

"Billiken" Cast Iron Still Bank, American, Circa 1909
Located in Incline Village, NV
Original "Billiken" cast iron still bank patented in 1908 by Florence Pretz (patent number on the back in raised letters "NO39BO3". It was manufa...
Category

American Folk Art Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Sphere table cigarette lighter Red enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Sphere table cigarette lighter in 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver and translucent fire enamel on guilloché, in a modern contemporary style. Piezoelectric mechanism. Dimensions d...
Category

Italian Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Bauhaus, Weimar 1919-25 Dessau 1925-28, Museum of Modern Art, 1938 First Edition
Located in Stamford, CT
Bauhaus, Weimar 1919-25 Dessau 1925-28 Alfred H. Barr jr. (preface) Published by Museum of Modern Art, 1938 This hardcover is a first edition copy printed by The Museum of Modern A...
Category

American Bauhaus 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

John Keats – Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agners & Other Poems
Located in Middletown, NY
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS / Keats, John Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agners & Other Poems; with Engravings by Robert Gibbins Waltham St.Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Limited Edition. Quarto, 12 x 7 1/2 inches (305 x 190mm); pp. 104; with nineteen wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings (1889-1958); copy 178 of 345 copies printed Batchelor hand-made paper, special Cockerel watermark; red ink on title page, red and blue ink for incidental initials by Eric Gill and David Jones's colophon device; 1/4 brown sharkskin and green cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London; gilt titling; top edge gilt, others uncut; slight staining to head of spine, clean, fresh, and bright inside and out. [Chanticleer 62; Ransom p. 298, no. 60]. An elegant and beautifully proportioned and illustrated version of John Keat's (1795-1825) famous poems, which constitute the final volume Keats lived to see, published in July 1820. From the Oxford text edited by H. Buxton Forman. Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) was and Irish wood...
Category

English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold Leaf

1964 Raleigh RM4 49CC Moped
Located in Houston, TX
This is a 1964 Raleigh RM4 moped. The Raleigh Bicycle Company is a British bicycle manufacturer founded in 1885, it is one of the oldest and largest, b...
Category

English Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

1964 Raleigh RM4 49CC Moped
1964 Raleigh RM4 49CC Moped
$2,200 Sale Price
50% Off
1975 Williams Triple Strike Pinball Machine
Located in Pasadena, CA
If you're a fan of vintage pinball machines, the 1975 Williams Triple Strike is a true classic that delivers a nostalgic arcade experience wit...
Category

American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Braun PC3 Record Player by Wilhelm Wagenfeld and Dieter Rams
Located in Vienna, AT
Record player Braun Pc3 Design in Germany in 1950s by Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Dieter Rams for Max Braun AG, Frankfurt a. M., Fully restored by a Brun specialist.
Category

German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Art Deco Airplane Sculpture of the Boeing 314 Clipper Cast Aluminium
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Art Deco Airplane Sculpture of the Boeing 314 Clipper Cast Aluminium. Aluminum desk model inspired by the Art Deco era of the 1930s and 1940s, showcasing the iconic Boeing 312 Pan Am Flying Clipper Boat design. This metal airplane...
Category

American Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Early 20th Century Mexican Foosball Table with Metal Players, circa 1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT An early 20th c. wooden foosball table top with distressed, painted metal Mexican soccer players, rubber handles and metal "Gebar" branded ashtrays on each end. Original paint...
Category

Mexican Industrial 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Asian Ethnographic Vintage Silver Dragon Bracelet Bali Vintage Jewellery
Located in London, GB
Asian Ethnographic Vintage Silver Dragon Bracelet Bali Vintage Jewellery Fine vintage dragon bracelet from Bali, superb silver work with Bone/...
Category

Indian 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Robert Frank The Americans (1968 MoMa edition)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1968 MoMa edition of Robert Frank The Americans: Cover: Fair overall vintage condition: minor creasing & age related wear. Interior: Good overall vintage condition. Bibliographic ...
Category

Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art: the Renaissance in Italy and Spain, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Renaissance in Italy and Spain. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1987. 1st Ed hardcover with dust j...
Category

American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

50th Anniversary Gold-Plated Slinky Toy in Wood Box
Located in San Diego, CA
50th Anniversary gold-plated brass Slinky toy in wood box, circa 1995. This item is in very good vintage condition and appears to never have been played with. This Slinky was release...
Category

American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold Plate, Brass

Vintage 1960s Blue Pedal Car Convertible
Located in Chicago, IL
Vibrant, sleek and full of character, this vintage pedal car was once the prized possession of children all across America. A popular toy since the late 19th century, pedal cars expe...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Guhl & Harbeck Style Chain Stitch Hand Crank Sewing Machine
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Guhl & Harbeck style chainstitch hand crank sewing machine. The C shaped cast iron machine is painted black and its rectangular bas...
Category

German Industrial 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

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