Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Period: Mid-20th Century
Color: Beige
Antique Poster Dutch East Indies, circa 1940
Located in Langweer, NL
Beautiful poster of the Dutch East Indies titled 'Het Verre Oosten'. This poster includes a large map of the East Indies with detailed legend. Below ...
Category
Dutch Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Decorative Arts of The Mariner by Gervis Frere-Cook, Stated 1st American Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Decorative Arts Of The Mariner by Gervis Frere-Cook. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1966). Profusely illustrated. Seventeen authorities have...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Atelier Fauni, Hemulen, Figure Doll
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Studio: Atelier Fauni
Series: Hemulen
Weight: 37g
Product Description:
Atelier Fauni was born in 1952 in Jarvanpa, a suburb of Helsinki. The item is a very valuable work handmade by Finnish craftsmen using natural leather, wood, glass and wool one by one. Fauni dolls still have collectors all over the world because of their quality and uniqueness. Since everything is handmade, fauni dolls have various types of clothes, hair, and body colors, as well as different facial expressions. Since many Marimekko fabrics...
Category
Finnish Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Wool
Jean Dubuffet, Parade Funebre Pour Charles Estienne, 1967
Located in London, GB
Jean Dubuffet, Parade Funèbre pour Charles Estienne.
Published by Editions Jeanne Bucher, 1967.
Limited to 450 copies of which this is example 324 of 400 numbered copies.
A fine publication in very good condition including original tissue guards to front and back pages, images are full bleed lithographs spread over 29 thick cut French fold pages.
Jean Dubuffet saw artistic value in children...
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare Modern Design in the Home, Milena Lamarová / Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1965
- designer : Miroslav Rada
- Artia Praha
- English version
- original condition, see the photos
- 207 pages
- many beautiful pictures
- jr.
Category
Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid Century Modernist Sterling Collar Necklace
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
Amazing Artisan Crafted Sterling Silver Necklace. Free Form Design Hangs in a splayed fashion on the neck and chest.
Marked Sterling
Category
Unknown Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
3 Volumes of the Robert Aloi, Esempi Furniture Series (Books)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a three volume set of the famous "Esempi" series by Roberto Aloi which was put together in the 1950's and was a survey of the very best of furniture design of its day. It covers designs from Scandinavia, Italy and the rest of Europe and America and features designers such as Carlo de Carli, Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte, Guglielmo Ulrich, Paolo Buffa, Jean Michel Frank, Carlo Mollino, Charles Eames, Knoll and Jean Royère. One covers dining tables, coffee tables and smaller trolleys...
Category
Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Lincoln Bank" Still Toy Savings Bank, American, circa 1950
Located in Incline Village, NV
This seldom seen bank is technically a mechanical bank but basically it is a still bank with a slight mechanical function, that being; once it is full of coins, it opens up automatic...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
A: A Novel - Andy Warhol - First Edition, Grove Press, New York, 1968
By Andy Warhol
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Grove Press, New York, 1968.
This first edition, first printing of Andy Warhol's knowing and avant-garde experimental text, 'a, A Novel', was released by...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Plaster Traditional Figure, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional religious plaster figure.
Made in traditional Catalan atelier, Spain, circa 1930.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a b...
Category
Spanish Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Art Deco Two English Pottery Glass Eyed Dog Figures
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Two delightful English Art Deco pottery novelty dog figures with glass eyes made by Fielding’s and Crown Devon and dating from the 1930’s. The small figures portray two small puppy d...
Category
English Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
J. Kohle Pforzheim, German silver lock with Pearls Necklace
Located in Delft, NL
J. Kohle Pforzheim, German silver lock with Pearls Necklace
Pearls on double strand necklace with silver (835/1000) closure with a hook lock on a round crown-shaped clasp with pearl...
Category
German Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Draped Fanciful Chair for a Young Girl or a Lady
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
M/1040 - Draped fanciful chair, from a Classical Roman imaginary model, - Hollywood Regency Style -
May be a gift for the birthday of a young girl or for a special lady !
I...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Cowboy
Located in London, GB
Original Belgian film poster for the Western Cowboy 1958 starring Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon, Anna Kashfi and directed by Delmer Daves.
Category
Belgian Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Roberta Di Camerino Bag Brass Velvet 1965 Italy
By Roberta Di Camerino
Located in Milano, IT
Roberta Di Camerino.
Category
Italian Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Velvet
1940s German Silver and Enamel Card Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine vintage German silver and enamel card case; part of our boxes and cases collection.
This fine German vintage card case has a rectangular book ...
Category
German Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Poe, Edgar Allan, the Murders in the Rue Morgue, First Photoplay Edition, 1932
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: POE, Edgar Allan.
TITLE: The Murders In The Rue Morgue.
PUBLISHER: New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.d. [1932].
DESCRIPTION: FIRST PHOTOPLAY EDITION. 1 vol., publisher...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
Carl Auböck Pipe Holder, Austria 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Pipe Holder, Austria 1960s.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
English & Other Silver in the Irwin Untermeyer Collection by Yvonne Hackenbroch
Located in valatie, NY
English & Other Silver in the Irwin Untermeyer Collection by Yvonne Hackenbroch. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1963. This book is limited to English silver from the middle of the sixteenth to the end of the eighteenth centuries, together with a very few objects of silver from other countries. It is a collection which, with some exceptions, was formed at a time when early English silver...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Northwest Passage 1st Limited 2 Vol Ed by Kenneth Roberts, Signed & Numbered
Located in valatie, NY
Northwest Passage, Limited 2 Volume Edition By Kenneth Roberts. Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc., Garden City, N.Y., 1937. 1st Ed hardcov...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Petite Vintage Micro Mosaic Brooch Millefiori Venice Italy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous petite micro mosaic jewelry. No restoration has been carried out on this charming little piece, which remains in very stabile and fun...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Tapio Wirkkala Kinetic Silver Moon Hopeakuu Pendant, 1974
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hopeakuu (Finnish: silver moon) sterling pendant designed by Tapio Wirkkala, comprising nine concentric rings that move independently around a small orb at ...
Category
Finnish Scandinavian Modern Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Golf Print, Come to Britain for Golf by Roland Hilder
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage golfing travel poster, 'Come to Britain for Golf' by Roland Hilder.
A striking golfing poster by Rowland Hilder entitled 'Come to Bri...
Category
British Sporting Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pociag / Night Train
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for Jerzy Kawalerowicz's 1959 mystery thriller staring Lucyna and Winnicka, Leon Niemczyk
The art work on this poster is unique to the first Japanese r...
Category
Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Great Escape
Located in London, GB
Original US Souvenir program cover film for John Sturges Classic 1963 war adventure starring Steve McQueen, James Coburn, James Garner, Richard Attenborou...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Berto Lardera Book
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage hardback coffee table book featuring the work of sculptor, Berto Lardera. Introduction by Michel Seuphor, published in 1960. First edition, 143 p...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mickey Mouse / Lights Out
Located in London, GB
Original artwork (ink and gouache)
from Mickey Mouse annual, Mickey and Friends 1951. The annual was printed in 1952. It is the from page 45 titled Lights Out...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint, Paper
Antique Carnival Party Box with Original Objects, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique vintage party box with all the original objects.
Manufacturer by El Ingenio, Barcelona, Spain, circa 1940.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Ceramic Easter Egg from Atelier Madoura 'circa 1960s'
By Madoura
Located in London, GB
Vintage ceramic egg figure from Atelier Madoura, Vallauris, France (circa 1960s). This egg-sized ceramic figure is painted with a stylized suited man w...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Anatomical Model of the Human Ear by Somso, 1950s
By Somso
Located in Naples, IT
Didactic model of the human ear, materiale plastico, made in 1950s by Somso, a German company active since the second half of the nineteenth century, known as an excellence in the de...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
PVC
Vintage Silver Bracelet Teka by Theodor Klotz, Germany, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A silver brutalist arm bracelet Teka made by Theodor Klotz in Pforzheim -Germany 1960s. Beautiful and easy to wear vintage armcuff with a rose like center and a solid silver band all...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage Top Flite Golf Ball with Mesh Pattern
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Spalding 'Top-Flite' Golf Ball.
A 1930's Spalding rubber core golf ball in very good condition. The ball has a square mesh or lattice pattern and is called 'Top-Flite'. The ...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rubber
Exodus
By Saul Bass
Located in London, GB
Original US movie poster for Otto Preminger's 1960 drama directed by Paul Newman.
The art work is by the legendary American graphic artist Saul Bass (1920-1996).
This poster is con...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mickey Mouse / Mickey's Garden
Located in London, GB
Original artwork ink and gouach
from Mickey Mouse annual, Mickey and Friends 1951 the annual was printed in 1952. This painting was done along side a poem Mickey's Garden found on p...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint, Paper
"Pickup" Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster from the 1951 film Pickup. Hugo Haas (1901-1968) was an acknowledged master of bad girl films. He was born in Czechoslovakia, wher...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Ipcress File
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for The Ipcress File 1965.
This British espionage film was directed by Sidney J. Furie, and stars Michael Caine as Harry Palm...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vera Jardin Antique Styled Sterling Silver Italian Knife & Scabbard Desk Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique styled Italian knife and scabbard set was made as part of the Vera Jardin Collection, and dates to approximately 1920-60 and done in a Renai...
Category
Italian Renaissance Revival Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Stainless Steel
Tennessee Williams, Five Young American Poets, Signed First Edition, 1944
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: Williams, Tennessee.
TITLE: Five Young American Poets. Third Series 1944.
PUBLISHER: Norfolk: New Directions, 1944.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST ...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
Goldfinger
Located in London, GB
Original French Lobby card for the film Goldfinger. It was the third James Bond film and the third to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent Ja...
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Silver vintage necklace Leaf shaped by Heribert Engelbert AB, Sweden 1957
Located in Stockholm, SE
Elegant vintage silver necklace with oval leaf shaped elements nicely connected to each other. Made by Stigbert for Heribert Engelbert AB Stockholm, Sweden in 1957. This beautiful mid-century chokernecklace is divided into several rods of shaped leafs connected to each other. The necklace is stamped Sterling Sweden, HE Stigbert B9.
Measure total lengt 42 cmL, each link 2.5 cmL and 1.5 cmW. Good vintage condition.
Engelbert is an upmarket, exclusive jeweler...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Traditional Paper Lantern, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional paper lantern.
By unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1940.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bamboo, Paper
Plaster Church Traditional Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional religious plaster wall artwork of a church.
Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950.
In original conditio...
Category
Spanish Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Original Vintage 1963 Beatles Concert Ticket
Located in Jersey, GB
An original ticket to the Beatles' November 12, 1963 show at the Guildhall in Portsmouth.
The Beatles and their music need no introduction. As a result...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Curtis Jere Tic - Tac - Toe Onyx and Metal Sculptures or Bookends
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Saint Louis, MO
One of a kind Curtis Jere onyx and metal Tic Tac Toe sculptures or bookends, sold individually or as a pair. All of Jere's Tic Tac Toe sculptures are unique ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Onyx, Metal
Vintage Solid Brass Maritime Spotlight on Pedestal
Located in Norwell, MA
Nautical spotlight. Great piece of industrial lighting. Solid brass and highly polished, fitted to a heavy brass pedestal. Glass lens. Head is fitte...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Large Weird, Creepy, Perfectly Patinated Plastic Clown Head
Located in Kansas City, MO
It's strange and freaky, but so cool. Vintage Ronald McDonald plastic clown head sculpture. By the way, it is hollow inside and can be put over ones head an...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Dubonnet Opaline Glass Ashtray
Located in Bradenton, FL
An opaline glass ashtray made by French company Opalex. Branded Dubonnet with Dubonnet Red and Dubonnet Blonde on a wide lip with three cigarette rests. Hand painted in the center wi...
Category
French Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Gertrude Stein, Mrs. Reynolds. Inscribed by Alice Toklas, First Edition 1952
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: STEIN, Gertrude.
Title: Mrs. Reynolds and Five Earlier Novelettes.
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1952.
FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY ALICE TOKLAS. 1 vol...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
Early 20th Century Smiths Astral 'Great Britain' Shipboard Clock, circa 1930s
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Early 20th century Smiths Astral [Great Britain] shipboard brass clock, circa 1930. A brass case with inset beveled glass panel that reveals a silvertone...
Category
English Industrial Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Recording Copper Rain Gauge by Casella & Co of London
By Casella
Located in London, GB
An 8" diameter recording copper rain gauge by C F Casella & Co of London.
With an internal 24 hour "Gluck" barometer recorder.
Height:63 cm.
Diameter: 28 ...
Category
English Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
Jane Peterson Autograph with Magazine Article
Located in valatie, NY
Jane Peterson Autograph with Magazine Article. July 1943 Americana Illustrated Volume XXXVII, Number 3. This was a publication of "The American Historical Company," New York City. Wi...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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 lucite base was made to give it h...
Category
Taiwanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Plaster Virgin Traditional Figure, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional religious plaster figure of a virgin.
Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and...
Category
Spanish Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming, First Us Edition, 1962
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fleming, Ian. The Spy Who Loved Me. New York: The Viking Press, Inc., 1962. First US edition, first printing. Octavo. Presented in the publisher's original dust jacket and original cloth boards. With new archival quarter leather and cloth clamshell archival case.
This is the first US edition of Ian Fleming’s tenth James Bond thriller, The Spy Who Loved Me. The book is presented in the publisher’s original boards and dust jacket, with Richard Chopping’s classic artwork...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Billion Dollar Brain
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1967 action comedy starring Michael Caine and Karl Malden.
This film was directed by Ken Russell.
This poster is unfolded...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Products Edward VIII 1936 coronation notice with Certificate of Authenticity
Located in Jersey, GB
Official House of Commons printed notice of the coronation of Edward VIII, the Duke of Windsor
In 1934, Prince Edward was next in line to the throne. ...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage 1948 Sterling Silver 'Tennis' Presentation Trophy
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive vintage George VI English cast sterling silver presentation trophy in the form of a tennis player; an addition to our diverse presentation silverware collection.
This fine vintage George VI cast sterling silver presentation piece has a circular waisted form to a circular domed spreading base.
The surface of the cup is plain and unembellished.
This vintage tennis trophy...
Category
English Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
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