Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities

Mid-20th Century Indian Other Centerpieces

Shell

Wonderful example of a giant clam shell from the Indian Ocean. The bleached white color and high profile of the scallops make this a distinctive centrepiece or decoration. I have inc...

Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Steel, Suede, Rubber, Wood

Fantastic vintage original suede sloping neck pommel horse. The pommel horse retains its original suede cover and telescoping legs. Marked VGS at the rubber feet.

Mid-20th Century Industrial Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors

Chrome

An unusual large size, oval ship's porthole window converted to a mirror. Chrome window with working keys--the keys turn and the window opens (put a safe or shelves behind?). From a ...

Aldo Tura

Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories

Brass, Goatskin

Goat skin and brass Aldo Tura 1940 tobacco container. Rare 1940s tobacco container shaped as a pipe. The container has one compartment to store tobacco and another one to keep and...

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Cut Steel

A unique, end of day, machinist made steel sculpture of a cannon resting on a stepped platform which allows it to be positioned at different heights and easily moved. This sculpture,...

Bill Stewart

Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Models and Miniatures

Ceramic

Noted Museum Ceramicist Artist William (Bill) Stewart (born 1941). Original one of a kind three dimensional form ceramic sculpture bug house., signed. A 1978 truly sinfully charming ...

Sony Corporation

Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls

1959, most had recovered from the war and end of the 1950s and promised more domesticated goods an luxuries to the masses. Japan was rapidly becoming an electronics giant making impr...

Vintage 1950s British Aviation Objects

Painted by Turner (Charles E., 1883-1965). Original illustration for the Illustrated London News, 21 May 1955, showing Jet G-39 in flight, charcoal and grey washes highlighted in gou...

Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Leather

From a gym in the former Czechoslovakia. Leather has been cleaned and treated Made of patinated, thick cowhide. Weight: 4 kg.

Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Leather

This medicine ball comes from the stock of an old Czech gymnasium, made in the 1940s. Thick cowhide with patina. Cleaned and treated with a special leather care. Weight: 3kg.

Unknown

Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Architectural Models

Metal

This beautiful patinated metal 1950s molecular structure will display great on any table for presentation. It measures very nicely at 12 x 8 x 11 Inch. The piece was used for study i...

Vintage 1930s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Leather

Vintage Leather Cartridge Bag. A good quality pigskin cartridge bag, maker unknown. The bag is in very good condition with a replaced leather adjustable shoulder strap. The case hol...

Jung Koch Quentell

Mid-20th Century German Country Maps

Canvas

Vintage Wall School Chart theme Raptorial Birds. By Jung-Koch-Quentell - the trio who designed these Wall School Charts / Maps. Published by Hagemann Düsseldorf. This pull down char...

Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco More Mirrors

Mirror, Walnut, Burl

Beautiful Italian cheval mirror of the mid-20th century. Furniture in Art Deco style in walnut and burl walnut, with a particular shape and construction. Cheval mirror provided with ...

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Collectible Jewelry

Bakelite

Large green and yellow polka dot bakelite bangle with a darker green on the inside of the bracelet. The yellow polka dots made of a facetted bakelite rhinestone which adds a nice ...

Unknown

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco More Desk Accessories

Brass, Wood

Very nice large 20th century, Art Deco streamline airplane wooden desk model sculpture. Perfect for a aviation fan. Made of wooden and silvered brass. Professional restoration has be...

Omega

Mid-20th Century Swiss Art Deco Nautical Objects

Brass

Very rare, Omega British Admiral-ty deck watch. Second World War Royal Navy Submarine, Ship, 8 Days Omega clock. A model created in 1936 and specially developed for the British navy...

Alexandre Noll

Vintage 1950s French Art Deco More Desk Accessories

Ebony

Alexandre Noll ebony wood carved jewelry, cards plate. Made in France, 1950s.

Hans Hansen

Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories

Sterling Silver, Rosewood

Sterling silver hinge and sterling silver hallmark, circa 1960s. Handmade in Denmark.

Vintage 1930s Italian Nautical Objects

Iron

A very special Italian piece of furniture, which has been part of the furniture of the Ocean Liner “SS Conte di Savoia” (Count of Savoy), built in 1932 at the Cantieri Riuniti dell'A...

Vintage 1930s American More Furniture and Collectibles

Bakelite

Lone Ranger Radio manufactured by Pilot Measures 15 in x 9.25 in x 7 in deep Great collectors piece.

Mid-20th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

52 Star American Flag Cloth Jacket Emblem with Peace Symbol Configuration, circa 1964-1975: This unusual flag image is great for two reasons. One is the rather obvious fact that i...

Vintage 1950s Polish Industrial Scientific Instruments

Iron

The original, mechanical medical scale from the 1950s, produced by Lubelska Fabryka Wag. Year of production: 1955 Construction: The body is made of cast iron. There is a L.F.W. co...

Seca

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments

- Seca weighing scales from the 1950s - Fully original and complete - The weight was not subject to any renovation - Made aluminum, steel, chrome, and Bakelite - The scale is fu...

Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Collectible Jewelry

Leather, Chrome

Wonderfully stylish 1930s ladies hand bag in brown leather with a chrome clasp and frame. Inside the bag it's lined and has built in pockets which house vanity accessories. Condition...

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Religious Items

Bronze, Wood

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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Wall-mounted Sculptures

Aluminum, Steel

Sculpture made from a radial aircraft engine, the nine-cylinder '' R-985 Wasp Jr '' manufactured by Pratt and Whitney in 1945. After flying several years on a Max-Holste MH-1521 B...

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Aviation Objects

Aluminum, Steel

Duralium blade from a Fokker F27, a short-haul 44-seat turboprop aircraft developed and built by the Dutch manufacturer Fokker, designed to succeed the legendary DC-3 and manufacture...

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Aluminum, Stainless Steel

Coffee table made from an aircraft radial engine, the 9-cylinder ''R-985 Wasp Jr '' manufactured by Pratt & Whitney in 1945. After flying for several years on a Max-Holste MH-1521...

Mid-20th Century North American Industrial Mounted Objects

Aluminum, Stainless Steel

Sculpture made from an aircraft radial engine, the "cyclone" nine-cylinder Wright R-1820 manufactured by Curtiss-Wright in the 1950s. After a long time set a DC-3 "Dakota", this exce...

Vintage 1930s American Hollywood Regency Scientific Instruments

Brass

1970s era brass rotary standing dial telephone. Intricate details inlayed into the brass.

Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Busts

Acrylic

Cute little 1950s mannequin child, shop display child, store window doll. Made in the style of Kathe Kruse, a well known German Doll Company. The boy has low hanging cheeks and fin...

Vintage 1950s Books

Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories by Truman Capote in modern full morocco, with an inlaid black morocco silhouette of Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly -- house...

Vintage 1950s English Elizabethan Figurative Sculptures

Lead

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely rare boxed original souvenir from the 1950s of the Royal stagecoach and Queen Elizebeth with the Duke being pull by 8 dapple greys T...

Trifari

Mid-20th Century American Collectible Jewelry

Gold Plate

Vintage Laurel leaf necklace by Trifari, circa 1960. Marked 'Trifari' with copyright symbol and crown T hang tag.  

Simplex

Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Mounted Objects

Brass, Steel, Glass, Optical Glass, Chrome

Suggest for your consideration is this 35mm Motion Picture Cinema Projector designed in 1922 and built in 1937. This highly patinated Super Simplex projector head is complete with tu...

Vintage 1930s Books

First edition, first printing, of Margaret Mitchell's "sweeping rendition of a South torn apart," one of the twentieth century's most phenomenally popular novels, presented in a quar...

Vintage 1950s American Steampunk Toys and Dolls

Copper, Iron

Vintage Bronx toy factory industrial doll head mold. Awesome screw eyes. Fantastic patina and layered surface from exposure to various chemicals and high heat during the manufacturin...

Unknown

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Collectible Jewelry

Bronze

Silvered bronze sculpture of a women dancing. It has a marble tray or plated that can be use for jewelry, personal cards or keys. Made in France, 1930s.

Mid-20th Century English Other Nautical Objects

Nautical painted chest of drawers.

Vintage 1940s German Scientific Instruments

Small travel brass compass with cover, compass card with eight winds and chromium-plated brass goniometric circle complete with needle lock to calculate horizontal angles. German man...

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware

Metal

Syphons, commonly known as "seltzers", are glass bottles with the function of dispensing soda water. These items were widely used in the most fashionable Italian bars in the 1950s to...

Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Metal

Very good original condition.

Vintage 1940s Italian Industrial Signs

Enamel

Vintage enamel metal sign "vietato l'ingresso" (no entry) in black on white background, produced in the 1940s, in Italy. The sign is slightly curved and presents a thin black prof...

Vintage 1960s African Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Horn, Animal Skin

1960s vintage taxidermy of a Thomson's Gazelle. It is distinguished by the dark side stripe that runs from the shoulder to the flank and the white patch on the rump. The Thomson is a...

Evans

Mid-20th Century Central American Art Deco Collectible Jewelry

Leather

This stunning museum quality bag with all of its accessories is sensational. The Evans Elegance handbag is extraordinary and in near mint condition. Smartly tailored quality black le...

Mid-20th Century Models and Miniatures

Steel, Chrome, Plastic

Large vibrantly colored Kidney model used as a medical teaching tool. Mounted on a chrome steel rod with a black plastic base. This piece would look amazing under a bell jar or cloche.

Vintage 1930s British George III Figurative Sculptures

Brass

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Britain’s 44D Her Majesty's state coach made for King George III in 1761 in the original box. This is part of a larger set of vintag...

Vintage 1950s English Elizabethan Figurative Sculptures

Lead

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely rare boxed original souvenir of HM The Queen Elizabeth II on her coronation in 1953 This is part of a larger set of vintage royal ex...

Vintage 1950s British George III Figurative Sculptures

Lead

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely rare boxed original souvenir from the 1950s of the Coronation chair This is part of a larger set of vintage royal exhibition toys th...

U.S. Government

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Historical Memorabilia

In 1961 this mannequin was featured in a Life Magazine cover story. After Khrushchev scared the world by setting off a hydrogen bomb 1n 1961 the US wanted to know its long term effec...

Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Sterling Silver

Silver

We are delighted to offer for sale this ornate hand engraved solid silver 800-grade Italian cigarette case signed Giovannoni A good looking well made and decorative collectable pi...

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware

Metal

Syphons, commonly known as "seltzers", are glass bottles with the function of dispensing soda water. These items were widely used in the most fashionable Italian bars in the 1950s to...

Vintage 1950s Games

Exceptionally well-crafted marquetry checkerboard and box. Cast in silver and gold. 12 small and four "kings". Measures: Board 18 ½” square. Case 9” x 15”. Cast players 1 ½”. We thin...

Mid-20th Century Dutch Religious Items

Bronze

Rare religious sculpture by Dutch artist Mari Andriessen (1897-1979). This rare sculpture by Mari Andriessen is based on the history of Elizabeth von Thuringen, born in Sárospatak...

Dunhill

Vintage 1950s English Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories

Gold Plate, Lucite

We are delighted to offer for sale is this very rare original 1950s handmade in England oversized Dunhill Aquarium table lighter with gold-plated metal work I have another four of...

Vintage 1950s Australian Musical Instruments

Brass, Bronze, Copper

This midcentury copper and brass bugle features the bronze insignia for the Western Australian University Regiment with a swan and two open books. Laurels surround the central shield...

Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Maps

Aluminum, Iron

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...