Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Period: Mid-20th Century
Color: Gray
Huntsman, What Quarry? by Edna St. Vincent Millay, a Play in Three Acts
Located in valatie, NY
The King's Henchman, a Play in Three Acts by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1927. (D-O date code for April 1939.) First Edition no dust jacket. She ...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Carved Wood Folk Art Airplane, circa 1940s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This carved wood Folk Art airplane has an amazing original paint surface and functional propeller and wheels.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sheet Metal
20th Century Oil Painting of Madonna and Child by Arnedo Linares, Spain
Located in Miami, FL
20th Century Oil Painting of Madonna and Child by Arnedo Linares, Spain (1925-2011)
This oil depicting the "Desamparados Verge" patron saint of Valencia...
Category
Spanish Modern Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Mid-Century Modern C. Jere Style Ship Wall Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful mid-century wall art features a three dimensional sailboat sculpture with plenty of intricate detail. A wonderful realistic design in the style of C. Jere with multipl...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
White Rustic Glazed Bandini Art Deco Fauns circa 1938 for Zaccagnini
By Mario Bandini, Urbano Zaccagnini
Located in Melbourne, AU
A pair of cherubic fauns, playing music. One sports a cupid's bow in one hand and blows a conch Horn. A quiver of cupid's arrows lies at his feet. The second faun accompanies on a ba...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Terracotta
Comment Installer Son Interieur en Regence ou Louis XV, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Comment Installer Son Interieur en Regence ou Louis XV. Editions Charles Massin, 1963. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. A book on how to decorate with Regency and Louis XV f...
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Laveno Guido Andlovitz Earthenware Cist, 1930, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Laveno Guido Andlovitz earthenware cist, 1930, Italy.
Category
Italian Art Deco Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Earthenware
Mickey Mouse, Silly Symphony
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster for Mickey Mouse - Silly Symphony 1938. To-date this is believed to be the only known surviving example.
The Silly Sympho...
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare Art Deco Pierette Half Doll Pin Cushion
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this petite and very skilfully painted Art Deco pin cushion head manufactured by the German factory of William Goebel. For your consideration is this rare designed Art Deco Pierette half doll...
Category
German Art Deco Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Tapis D'Emilio Terry: Projects (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This delightful little book contains 25 plates showing Emilio Tery's geometric carpet designs held in the Musee des Arts Decoratif. Terry was one of the leading and most sought after interior designers and decorators of the mid part of the 20th century, he had a list of very wealthy clients who were the fashionable leaders of the Cafe Society of the time - such as Charles de Beistegui...
Category
Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large 1940s Magnesium Bodied Indianapolis style Tether Race Car
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large 1940s magnesium bodied tether race car. Speed chief.
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Other
1930s Vintage Solid Cast Iron Sachs Carbine Rifle Gun Molds Industrial Factory
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Listing is for one rifle. So let us know which one you would like to have when making order. One is stamped, 133 Sacks Gun.
Vintage industrial cast iron rifle molds, time worn patin...
Category
American Industrial Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
French Haute Couture Honeycomb Lucite Bangle Earrings Set attrib. Line Vautrin
Located in Hyattsville, MD
These pieces are attributed to the School of Line Vautrin. A wonderful vintage rhinestone studded early plastic jewelry set, procured in Paris.
Ear...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Lucite
Antique Original Midcentury Metal Airplane Propellor with Nosecone
Located in Pemberton, NJ
A wonderful original midcentury metal airplane propellor with nosecone. This piece was the prized possession of a retired Vietnam Air force officer ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Abstract Sculpture
Located in Rochester, NY
A striking metal sculpture of a fish. Iron with gold gilt decoration. Probably Asian.
Category
Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Iron
Dish Commemorating Franklin’s Discovery of Electricity by L De Boynes
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Polychrome dish commemorating Benjamin Franklin’s Discovery of Electricity by L De Boynes
Benjamin Franklin one of the founding fathers of the USA and a very brilliant scientist...
Category
Machine Age Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Viviana Torun Rutilated Quartz Necklace For Georg Jensen
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Beautiful sterling and rutilated quartz necklace designed by Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe and manufactured by Georg Jensen. Fully signed on neck...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Quartz, Sterling Silver
World Relief Map
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large world relief map.
Measures: Width 232 cm.
Height 158 cm.
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Acrylic
"Stars & Bars, A Tribute to the American Fighter Ace, " Signed by Thirteen Aces
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Olynyk, Frank. Stars & Bars: A Tribute to the American Fighter Ace 1920-1973. London: Grub Street, 1995. Deluxe Limited edition signed by author and 13 Fighter Aces. Original dust ja...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
African Gnu Skull
Located in Stamford, CT
African Gnu skull can be wall-mounted or rest on a table top.
Category
African Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone
Large Pair Gothic Revival Hand Crafted Brass Table or Altar Candlesticks
Located in Lisse, NL
Large and heavy pair of altar candle sticks.
These handcrafted and heavy candleholders are made around 1930 by H. v/d Heijden. With beautiful scro...
Category
Dutch Gothic Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Gretna Green Vintage Runaway Marriage Collection, 1930s
Located in Jersey, GB
Two items connected with Gretna Green, a popular site for runaway couples.
A postcard signed by anvil priest Richard Rennison.
An original blank marriage certificate...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Marilyn Monroe 1950 Magazine Cut-Out with Certificate of Authenticity
Located in Jersey, GB
- A Marilyn Monroe 1950 Autographed Magazine Cut-Out, attractively framed with UV-filtering archival glass
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) is regarded as the most iconic female star th...
Category
American Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Le Petit Soldat / The Little Soldier" Original Japanese Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese movie poster for Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 French New Wave film starring Anna Karina, Michel Subor.
Category
Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Abstract Cubist Iron American Church Crucifix
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Vintage iron abstract cubist crucifix from American Church. Found in the midwest. Great detail. Quite heavy.
Category
American Folk Art Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
"The New Museum, Architecture and Display - Michael Brawne, " 1965
By Michael Brawne
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Praeger, New York in 1965.
A worldwide survey of museum design and architecture; Brawne offers 50 examples of seminal museum designs from New York's Gu...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Modern Nautical Chrome Ship's Adjustable Table Lamp
Located in Nantucket, MA
An adjustable ship's goose-neck table lamp in chrome from a Mid-Century merchant ship. The interior of the light's shade is glass-lined. It has been rewired for American use and take...
Category
Industrial Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Bucherer "Laurel and Hardy" Aluminum Doll
By Bucherer
Located in Napa, CA
1940s aluminum Stan Laurel doll with articulating joints made by Swiss watch company Bucherer. From comedy duo "Laurel and Hardy" of early Americ...
Category
Swiss Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
Vintage White Beaded Handbag
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful vintage white beaded handbag with brass hardware decorated with Mother-Of-Pearl, pastel enamels and marcasite details, circa early to m...
Category
European Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Mid-Century Coro Creeper Earrings
By Coro Costume Jewelry
Located in Asheville, NC
Ice blue rhinestones delicately climb the ear on these fabulous mid century Coro creeper earrings. A luminescent silver tone strand ties this leafy bo...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Abschiedswalzer / Farewell Waltz / Avskedsvalsen, Swedish Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Swedish movie poster for the German 1934 film Abschiedswalzer the film about the 19th century Polish composer Frederic Chopin. The film was di...
Category
Swedish Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Nautical water color print 1966 Currier & Ives Panam Airline Menu Cover
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 1966 nautical portrait is of the clipper ship "Sweepstakes". Originally intended as a menu cover for Pan Am Airlines, this piece has never been used and is in pristine condition...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare Microscope "Neopan" by Carl Aubock 1963, Reichert Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
A very rare award-winning microscope, model Neopan, designed in 1963 by the Viennese architect and designer Carl Aubock. Executed by Reichert Austria. In good condition, fully workin...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Engraved Ashtray by Orrefors
By Orrefors
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A substantial and sculptural engraved glass disc-form ashtray.
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Olympiade, 1956
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Olympiade 1956 book, Cortina D'Ampezzo.
Category
German Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Cultural Revolution Period Porcelain Mao Plaque
Located in New York, NY
A standing Cultural Revolution period porcelain plaque celebrating Chairman Mao. This plaque is decorated on both sides with an image of a clapping...
Category
Chinese Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
"The Footloose Heiress" Original US Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original US movie poster for 1937 comedy romance The Footloose Heiress directed by William Clemens and starring Craig Reynolds, Ann Sheridan and Anne Nagel.
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
London Scene – J. Suess, G. Dommermuth & H. Maier - 1st Edition, 1968
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Büchergilde Gutenberg, Frankfurt, 1968-1969. Text in German.
From the same creators as ‘Beat in Liverpool’, this incredibly scarce first edition of London Scene...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Junction Tube
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A sculptural junction tube fashioned of laboratory-grade Pyrex glass.
Category
American Industrial Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
A Vintage Bullet Shaped Architectural Mold
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A vintage aluminum mold, bullet shaped, on a stand.
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Brutalist Bell in the Manner of Paul Evans
By Paul Evans
Located in Chicago, IL
This sculptural unique bell is a great art object, hand-hammered metal with welded aluminum handle, this is a unique piece.
Category
American Brutalist Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
1940s Chiropractor Bench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great 1940s chiropractor bench; chrome and green vinyl with a Lucite handle.
Category
Unknown Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
1950s Rare Piero Fornasetti Smocking Box
By Fornasetti
Located in Water Mill, NY
Midcentury rare size P.Fornasetti smocking box.
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
S.S. United States Aluminum Grand Stairway Hand Rails
Located in Hudson, NY
These aluminum handrails which once graced the center of the grand staircase of the
S S United States exemplifies the sophisticated sleek aesthetic of Mid-Century American design. When launched in July 1952 the S S United States was the culmination of years planning and design. On the heels of WW II, the U S Government saw the need to have modern ships that could be easily converted to troop transport ships in wartime constructed with safety and speed as the top priorities. They worked in partnership with the United States Line and underwrote a great deal of the liner's finished cost of 72 million as well as the future operating and maintenance cost of this proud symbol of her country and her age. The designer of the ship William Francis Gibbs had to incorporate the requirements of the government into his designs for the great liner. From her knife-edge bow across the superstructure and a pair of massive blue white and red raked funnels to the perfect arc of her stern, she sat proudly in the water and conveyed a sense of movement and speed even when still. His design incorporated a "secret" hull, numerous bulkheads which limited the grand open spaces of most liners of the time, no flammable material used in construction and fitting out other than the Steinway grand piano...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Two-Seat Tricycle, Belgium, circa 1940
Located in Napa, CA
Vintage two-seat tricycle with leather seats and a spare tire mounted on the back. The turquoise tricycle has a round mirror on the handle bar. Tricycle is from Belgium and dates back to the 1940s. For decorative use only.
Plaque reads: Brights Mastermakers of Kid Rides.
Category
Belgian Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1930's Vogue Dress Clip
Located in Asheville, NC
This fabulous dress clip is iconic of Depression-era jewelry. The 1930's clip brooch was one of the most versatile jewels ever invented, for the variety of ways in which the clip bro...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Diamond Modernist Platinum Cuff Bracelet
Located in New York, NY
A strong but elegant modernist open fret bracelet with rows of brilliant cut and baguette diamonds 12-carats of fine quality diamonds set in platinum.
When worn it is a fantastic an...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Platinum
Vintage Leather Gymnast Mat, c. 1940
Located in Napa, CA
1940's gymnast mat. Leather top with saw horse legs. Some green paint which has transfered to one edge of the mat. Solid construction saw horse legs. Th...
Category
German Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood
New French Architecture by Maurice Besset 1st ed. 1967
Located in London, GB
Published by Architectural Press 1967- English and French text side-by-side.
Well-illustrated survey of the best in 1950s and 1960s French architecture. ...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1950s Vintage Heat Therapy by Sperti Faraday UV Infared Sun Lamp Cincinnati OH
By Sperti 1
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage 1950s
Vintage 1950s
1950s Sperti Faraday UV Infared Sun Lamp for Heat Therapy and Sunshine Benefits Untested
Sometimes deemed a medical science...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Jean Dubuffet: Painted Sculptures - Pace Gallery, New York, 1968
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by The Pace Gallery, New York, 1968.
Jean Dubuffet's paintings from the early 1940s were followed by a series of works in which ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid Century Nordic Crystal Table Lighter by Ronson
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A great mid-century Vintage Ronson Nordic chrome and glass table lighter, Circa 1955.
It is in excellent condition with the original made in New...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Acrylic
Carousel Boat by L' Autopède, 1940s
By L'Autopède
Located in Antwerp, BE
Carousel boat by Atelier L' Autopède Belgium.
This merry-go-round hand-made metal boat is the first model of the first serie boats made by L' Autopède in...
Category
Belgian Modern Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Stunning White and Black Art Deco Porcelain Penny Scale by Navco
By NAV
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning white and black Art Deco porcelain penny scale by Navco. Amazing design, reminiscent of a womans cloaked silouette, retains original key...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Antique Rustic French Stone Chess, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique rustic stone chess.
By unknown manufacturer from France, circa 1940.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preser...
Category
French Rustic Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone
Native American Zig Zag Belt Buckle Brass Bone & Azurite Blue Southwest
By Navajo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Eye popping southwest Zig Zag design on native American belt buckle in bone, brass and azurite blue---spectacular!
Measures: 3" L x 2" H x ...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Brass
The Maltese Falcon" / "Le Faucon Maltaise
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster The Maltese Falcon, 1941.
Warner Bros. released the film in American in 1941. Although Humphrey Bogart had already been in ...
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Interwar Period Italian Blue Silk Handkerchief With Airplanes, circa 1930s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a printed silk handkerchief from the interwar period, with an Italian aviation theme. This handkerchief features four early aircraft plane models, two of which are seaplanes. The inner field of the handkerchief is pale blue and contained by a black three-line waving border. The outer field is medium blue, with a darker blue at each corner. A white and black fasces rests in each corner. The center of the silk features a golden spread-wing eagle. Above the eagle’s head floats a gold crown. The eagle’s talons grip a shield printed with the Savoy arms, a white cross on a red field. Two gold fasces adorn either side of the shield.
In most historical accounts of the early days of military aviation, our reverence for the activities of the American Expeditionary Force and its French and British companions-in-arms on the western front has led us to overlook the immense Italian contribution to the formation of airpower doctrine. The first aerial force projection occurred on Nov. 1, 1911, when Lt. Giulio Gravotta, flying a German-built monoplane, dropped one bomb on Zard and another on Taciura -- in Libya -- during the Italian-Turkish War. This event occurred just a little more than a year after the first flight of an Italian-designed and built aircraft.
At about the same time, Gianni Caproni, a young Italian engineer with a passion for innovation and a vast admiration for the Wright brothers, built his first flying machine. By May 23, 1915, the day Italy entered World War I, Caproni had become Italy's leading aircraft designer and manufacturer. Caprooni designed and built a multi-engine bomber with range and bomb capacities to make it a potent offensive weapon. On Aug. 20, 1915, two of these Caproni three-engine bombers attacked the Aisovizza aerodrome with explosive and incendiary bombs, a preview of the most sustained, effective air offensive of the First World War. By early 1916, regular raids against Austro-Hungarian targets were being conducted by seven squadrons of Caproni bombers, with some 540 bombing missions flown by the year's end. Missions were on the increase, both in distance to targets and number of aircraft involved.
In late 1917, due to the lack of suitable training facilities in the United States, a contingent of some 500 Americans were sent to Foggia, Italy, to learn military flying. After completing their training, the new pilots were commissioned in the Army Air Service, and the majority of them were sent to France to serve with the American Expeditionary Force. About 75 remained in Italy under the command of Capt. Fiorello LaGuardia...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
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