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Period: 20th Century
Returnable Items Only
Danish Mid-Century Teak Pianette by Louis Zwicki, c. 1960's
Located in Norwalk, CT
Step back in time with this masterfully-crafted Danish Mid-Century Teak Pianette by the renowned Louis Zwicki. From the heart of the 1960's, a period when design and craftsmanship me...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Teak
Large Original Vintage Map of Australia, circa 1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great map of Australia
Original color. Good condition
Published by Alexander Gross
Unframed.
Category
English Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Lighter S.T. Dupont Chinese Lacquer Gold Plated Made In France Midcentury
By S.T. Dupont
Located in Palermo, IT
Lighter S.T. Dupont china lacquer black is a LUXURY product known for its elegance and superior quality. This specific model, with its lacquer and 18kt gold plating, is particularly ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Plate
Cartier Lighter Circa 80s Vintage "Trinity" Brown Lacquer
By Cartier
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Cartier Lighter Circa 80s Vintage "Trinity" Brown Lacquer 18k Gold Plated
Beautiful vintage Cartier flame lacquered lighter with pentagonal design. A rare piece in very good conditio...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Lacquer
The Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton by J T Herbert Baily, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton by J T Herbert Baily. Published by Menzies London, 1905. 1st Ed hardcover no dust jacket as published. 137 untrimmed pages with all 23 portraits of Lady Hamilton each with a tissue guard. Dame Emma Hamilton...
Category
English Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
8 Volumes. Haldane Macfall, A History of Painting.
Located in New York, NY
8 Volumes. Haldane Macfall, A History of Painting. Byzantine Edition. Bound in 1/4 red morocco and marbled boards with the raised band spines displaying gilt-tooled detailing. The to...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Robert Frost, A Masque of Mercy.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Robert Frost, A Masque of Mercy. First Trade Edition. Bound in the publisher's blue cloth. Signed by the author. Housed in a 1/4 blue morocco and linen board slipcase with ...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique Chinese Mahjong Tile Game Set with Case C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Chinese Mahjong Tile Game Set with Case C1900
Measures- 8''H x 9.5''W x 6.5''D
Category
Chinese 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
1 Volume. Robert Frost, You Come Too.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Robert Frost, You Come Too. First Edition. Bound in the publisher's orange cloth with decoration and lettering in brown. Wood engravings by Thomas W. Nasson. Housed in a ta...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Charles Eliot Norton, The New Life of Dante Alighieri.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Charles Eliot Norton, The New Life of Dante Alighieri. Bound in full red morocco with the cover displaying a gilt-tooled border. The spine displays raised bands and ornate ...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Percy Bysshe Shelley, Dramatic Poems.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Percy Bysshe Shelley, Dramatic Poems. Bound in full wine morocco with the covers displaying a gilt-tooled border. Raised band spine with gilt-tooled detailing. Top edge gil...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
20th Century French Metal & Wooden Palette On Stand
Located in High Point, NC
Step into the artist's studio with this original 20th Century French Metal & Wooden Palette on Stand, a captivating piece that tells a tale of creativity in the making. This palette,...
Category
French 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Bound by Whitman Bennet Binderies in 3/4 purple morocco and decorative boards, bordered...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler. First Rackham Trade Edition. Bound by Bayntun in full green calf; covers bordered in gilt-tooling. Raised ban...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
19 Volumes. Bret Harte, The Writings.
Located in New York, NY
19 Volumes. Bret Harte, The Writings. Riverside Edition. Bound in 3/4 green Morocco and marbled boards bordered in gilt-tooling. Spines display gilt-too...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Rachel Annand Taylor, Leonardo the Florentine.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Rachel Annand Taylor, Leonardo the Florentine. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and decorative boards bordered in gilt-tooling. Raised band spine with gilt-tooled detailing. Top ...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
17 Volumes. Guy De Maupassant, The Works.
Located in New York, NY
17 Volumes. Guy De Maupassant, The Works. Academie Edition. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards, bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines displ...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Homes and Gardens in Old Virginia
Located in valatie, NY
Homes and Gardens in Old Virginia. Richmond: Garrett and Massie, Incorporated, 1932. 2nd Ed hardcover with no dust jacket. 367 pp. The 1st edition was a g...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
2 Volumes, J.J. Foster, The Stuarts
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. J.J. Foster, The Stuarts. Limited edition. Bound in full red morocco with covers displaying ornate gilt tooling on the borders and central familial crests. Raised bands gi...
Category
English Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
12 Volumes. The Brontë Sisters, Novels.
Located in New York, NY
12 Volumes. The Brontë Sisters, Novels. Thornton Edition. Bound by Root & Son in 3/4 tan morocco and linen boards, double bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines are faded to brown and ...
Category
British 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1950's ocean liner porthole with the opening window fitted with a mirror
Located in London, GB
A ship's oval porthole from the 1950's Ocean Liner MV Aureol.
The hinged locking window fitted with mirror plate.
From the ocean liner AUREOL built by Alexander Stephen & Sons, of ...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
The House and Garden Book of Classic Rooms, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The House and Garden Book of Classic Rooms by Robert Harling, Leonie Highton, and John Bridges. Vendome Press, NY, 1990. First Edition hardcov...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
5 Volumes. George C. Williamson, Bryan's Dictionary of Painters & Engravers.
Located in New York, NY
5 Volumes. George C. Williamson, Bryan's Dictionary of Painters & Engravers. Bound in 3/4 purple morocco and linen boards, bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines display raised bands, ...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Bound in full blue morocco with the cover displaying a central floral crest in gilt-too...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
28 Volumes. Theodore Roosevelt, The Works.
Located in New York, NY
28 Volumes. Theodore Roosevelt, The Works. Elkhorn Edition. Bound in 3/4 wine Morocco and marbled boards, bordered in floral gilt-tooling. The spines di...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. John Fiske, The Life and Letters.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. John Fiske, The Life and Letters. Bound in 3/4 wine morocco and marbled boards, bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines display raised bands, bo...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Limited Edition. Bound by Chelsea Bindery in full blue Morocco with the cover displaying borders, titles, and a central depi...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
14 Volumes. Anthony Trollope, The Barsetshire Novels.
Located in New York, NY
14 Volumes. Anthony Trollope, The Barsetshire Novels. Shakespeare Head Edition. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and linen boards, bordered in gilt-tooling....
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Gyula Krùdy, Sinbad the Sailor.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Gyula Krùdy, Sinbad the Sailor. First Trade Edition. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full orange morocco. The cover displays a depiction of a castle surrounded by water a...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Wonder Book.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Wonder Book. Limited Edition. Bound by the Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco with the cover displaying a gilt-tooled border, 3 figures including one ...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubiáiyát of Omar Khayyám.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubiáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and linen boards, bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines display raised bands, bordering, panel detai...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom. First Trade Edition. Bound in full brown morocco with gilt-tooled borders, panel details, and label lettering with raised bands. All...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubaiyát of Omar Kháyyám.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubaiyát of Omar Kháyyám. Bound in 3/4 red morocco and linen boards bordered in gilt-tooling. The spine displays raised bands, bordering, floral pane...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Laurence Housman, Arabian Nights.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Laurence Housman, Arabian Nights. Limited Edition. Bound in full vellum with the covers and spines displaying gilded and blue titles and decorative details. The top edge is...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
4 Volumes, John Milton, the Poetical Works
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. John Milton, The Poetical Works. Limited edition. Bound in full tan morocco with the covers displaying ornate floral open-tooled detailing and bordering. Raised bands with...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume, Richard Burton, the Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-yezdî
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Richard Burton, The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî. Limited Edition. Bound by Bennett in 3/4 black morocco and marbled boards, bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines display r...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. W.S. Gilbert, The Bab Ballads
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. W.S. Gilbert, The Bab Ballads. Bound by Bayntun Riviere in full brown morocco with the cover displaying a double-ruled gilt-tooled border and gilt-tooled depictions of char...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
German Art Deco Desk Top Barometer and Weather Station
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
German Art Deco desk top barometer and weather station.
German desktop barometer, thermometer and hydrometer. This station is unsigned and made...
Category
German Art Deco 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
4 Volumes. Sir Thomas Mallory, Le Morte D'Arthur
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Sir Thomas Mallory, Le Morte D'Arthur. Limited Edition. Bound by Riviere in full blue morocco with the covers displaying gilt-tooled borders and open-tooled false latches ...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. C.S. Goldman, With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Charles S. Goldman, With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa. Extra Illustrated Edition. Bound by Riviere in full red morocco with a rectangular onlay of navy mo...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. W.C. Whitney, The Whitney Stud
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. W.C. Whitney, The Whitney Stud. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards. The spines display raised bands, floral panel details, bordering, and label lettering, all gi...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1 Volume, Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories for Little Children
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume, Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories for Little Children. First Edition. Bound in full red morocco with raised bands and panels displaying border...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Italy 1939s Sketch Futurist Poster "Day of Two Crosses" Against Tuberculosis
Located in Milan, IT
Sketch of the futurist poster "Day of two crosses, 16th April 1939, XVII", mixed technique of pastel and water-color, for an Italian campaign against tuberculosis, to inform people a...
Category
Italian Futurist Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bearded Vulture 'Gypaetus barbatus', II/A -Cites dd 09/03/2019
Located in Leuven , BE
A vulture is a scavenging bird of prey. The New World vultures are found in North and South America; Old World vultures are found in Europe, Africa, and Asia, meaning that between the two groups, vultures are found on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. A particular characteristic of many vultures is a bald head...
Category
Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Organic Material
Great Bustard 'Otis tarda'
Located in Leuven , BE
This is a taxidermy of a great bustard and was made in the second half of the 20th century. The bird is mounted on a rock in a resting position with its wings next to the body.
Category
Asian 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Organic Material
Photograph of USS Wilmette Warship, Late 1918 from Glenview Naval Air Station
Located in Chicago, IL
Photographs from the Glenview Naval Air Station, Glenview Illinois. Naval warfare: USS Wilmette
After the sinking of the SS Eastland, at port of Chicago, the salvage was sold to the...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Machine Age Art Deco Doctors or Bathroom Floor Model Scale Weigh Master by Hanso
Located in New York, NY
Great Machine Age, American Art Deco floor scale, Weigh Master by Hanson. The scale is fully functional, it shows cosmetic wear to the paint finish, and th...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Rare Big Adjustable Gymnastic Leather Pommel Horse, 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
- completely good and original condition with minor damages
- Czechoslovakia, around 1950s
- adjustable height.
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Au Bucheron: La Chambre à Coucher (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A soft covered trade catalogue of bedroom furniture and sets. Stylistically it looks to be dated from the late 1920s or 1930s; it would not have been before 1923 as that was the date...
Category
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Cricket Print, Circa 1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a young cricketer
Chromo-lithograph
Original colour
Published C.1900
Unframed.
Category
English Edwardian Antique 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Astro tripod mounted telescope by Dollond of London
Located in London, GB
A mid 20th century tripod mounted "Astro" telescope by Dollond of London.
3 inch objective lens.
Mounted on a teak tripod.
Marked: DOLLOND ASTRO LONDON
Chrome and grey finish.
I...
Category
English 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Rare Vintage Military Tank SilverLighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The table lighter's design captivates with an elongated tank shape reminiscent of vintage artillery shells. The textured silver surface display...
Category
Mexican Machine Age Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Spanish Scrollwork Iron Galleon / Sailing Ship Sculpture
Located in Barcelona, ES
Wrought iron Spanish caravel boat / galleon sculpture. Spain, 1940s-1950s
This sailing ship sculpture was handcrafted in Spain at the mid-20th century period. The ship has a richly detailed scrollwork...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf, Iron
Bruce Weber by Bruce Weber, 1st Limited Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Bruce Weber by Bruce Weber. Published by Twelvetrees Press, Los Angeles, 1983. Stated 1st Limited Edition (1/5000) hardcover with dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated with over 50 full-page photogravure plates of male models and actors, a few tinted with halftone colors. Contains subjects: Brothers, Matt...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Post-Modern Marble Domino Set
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool post-modern marble domino set in Domino shaped lidded box, circa 1980's. The set is in very good condition, includes 28 dominoes and measures 6.75"W x 2.5"D x 2.5"H. #3590
Category
American Post-Modern 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Vintage Staunton Design Chess Set
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Staunton Style Chess Figures.
A Staunton style chess set with wooden chess pieces with wide turned bases for added stability, and the underside of each piece being covered wi...
Category
English Edwardian 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
"The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" Book by William L. Shirer
By William L. Shirer
Located in valatie, NY
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. First edition BCE hardcover with ...
Category
American 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique 1915 Mahogany Chicago Cable Company Carolina Inner Player Upright Piano
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian player piano by The Cable Company of Chicago which features a Carolina Inner-player. Circa 1915.
Includes: I Love Paris and Oh Lady Be Good by Max Kortlander, Hey There and Mack the Knife by J Lawrence Cook, Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White by Sid Laney, If You Knew Susie Fox Trot, Bye Bye Blackbird Fox Trot, Loving You Has Made Me Bananas by Dick Watson, and two unmarked.
The Cable Piano Company, Chicago established 1880 by Herman D. Cable born in New York in 1849. The Cable Piano Company was originally with the Wolfinger Organ Co., which later changed to the Western Cottage Organ Co., and then to Chicago Cottage Organ Co. In 1890 H. D. Cable consolidated with Conover Bros. and his two brothers, Fayette S. and Hobart M. Cable. Cable and Conover acquired the Schiller Piano Co. of Oregon, Ill. By 1920 The Cable Piano Co. had two factories. One factory located in Chicago at 22nd Street, Paulina and Dale Place. The second factory at St. Charles, Ill. In the 1920s George J. Dowling was president and The Cable Co. was manufacturing Conover, Cable, Kingsbury; and Wellington, and Schiller pianos. Player piano names Conover Carola Inner-Player, Conover Solo Carola Inner-Player, Carola Inner-Player, Solo Carola Inner-Player, Euphona Inner- Player, and Solo Euphona Inner-Player. “Tonarch” and “Crownstay”, trademarks of the Cable Co., Chicago. “Tonarch” a patented sounding-board-and- frame construction used in uprights and “Crownstay” designed to maintain the curvature of soundboards in grands. Other owners of the Cable Company include Aeolian with the factory at 2718 Pershing Ave., Memphis, TN., Jackson & Wabash, Chicago, Ill., and Winter & Co.
The Cable Piano Company claimed to be "the world's greatest manufacturer of pianos, inner player pianos, and organs." Cable built a factory in 1901 in St. Charles on 3.5 acres west of the Fox River. Cable Piano Company became known not only for its products, but also for its working conditions. During the factory's heyday in the early 1900s, there were as many as 500 employees, many of whom were women. Employees could enjoy the company sponsored brass band and male chorus, or play on the company baseball team. With its own electric plant and fire protection...
Category
Edwardian Vintage 20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
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