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Period: Mid-20th Century
Metal Rescue Stretcher from the French Alps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unusual metal stretcher from the French Alps, circa 1960. Thick metal bars with wire frame. Great piece for a winter home. Good vintage condition.
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Pendant Necklace/Medallion/Statement Piece w/ Semiprecious Stone
Located in Warrenton, OR
Vintage Pendant Necklace/Medallion/Statement Piece w/ Semiprecious Stone
UPDATE: Due to agreement with 1stDibs, we'll be staying through the end of the year.
This is an impressive vi...
Category
Unknown Brutalist Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Metal
Signed Auböck Pipe Holder, 1950 Vienna Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Auböck brass and leather pipe holder, signed, 1950 Vienna Austria.
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1950s Coppola e Toppo Sculpted Crystal Collar Necklace Smokey Red Surrealism
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Statement Collar Necklace, with an intricate design of Smokey Crystal Beads with Shades of Deep Blood Red & Bright Red Crystal Beads Woven into a Sculpted Design. Coppola e Toppo Sig...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
1960s Rare Bruce Fox Design Cast Cigar Ashtray Tennis Motif with Pipe Rest
By Bruce Fox
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A wonderful tennis themed ashtray by a small outfit out of Columbia Pennsylvania, called Bruce Fox Designs. Appears to be unused.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
1950s Native Aztec Sterling Silver Brooch Pendant Pin Mexico
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Vintage Native sterling silver brooch pendant Aztec Pin Made in Mexico
Maker Stamped from Mexico
2 w x 2.5 tall x .13 thickness
Preowned original vintage condition
See imag...
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Red Mercury Glass Flattened Ball Hand Painted Christmas Tree Ornament Lot of 4
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
Here is an impressive lot of four red mercury glass flattened ball Christmas tree ornaments, one of which is painted with gold paint and applied gold glitter. These would brighten up...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Blown Glass, Mercury Glass, Paint
Vintage Italian Parquetry Miniature Bombe' Chest
Located in Bradenton, FL
Miniature parquetry two drawer bombe chest made in Italy. All sides including back are finished.
Category
Italian Baroque Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Electro-Voice V-3 Velocity Ribbon Microphone in Box
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare in original box gorgeous vintage 1940 ELECTRO VOICE V3 STUDIO RIBBON MICROPHONE (low impedance/bi-directional) with XLR connecting cable and desk stand. This third-generation V3...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire, Illustrated by Major Felten, 1931
By Major Felten, Charles Baudelaire
Located in CA, CA
Published by Ives Washburn, 1931 Large Folio-sized Hardcover book; 98 pages with 16 illustrated plates by Major Felton. Translated by Lewis Piaget Shanks. Very Good Condition.
A Fir...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1950's Style Zimmermann Baby Grand Piano Yellow Formica Tubular Steel Piano Lyre
Located in Leeds, GB
A 1950s style, Zimmermann baby grand piano with a contrasting black and yellow formica case. Piano features an asymmetrical music desk with geometric cut-ou...
Category
German Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
1950s American Studio Craft Iron Triangle Dinner Bell
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Hand-forged dinner triangle, delicate swan head, in the manner of Early Russel Wright designed Iron Works, very reminiscent of the deer andirons.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Greenburg Black Art Deco Black Glass Terrier Ashtray
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Greenburg Black Art Deco Black Glass Terrier Ashtray
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Art Glass
1930s Chrome Diamond Plate Paperweight Curiosity Desk Object Architect Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful desk relic from a captain of industry.
Category
American Industrial Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
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 Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rattan
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships spyglass telescope appropriate for use on a yacht, ship, or anywhere with a view. This has been meticulously polished and lacquered. We just restored a great collection of thes...
Category
European Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Crank Roulette for Bingo Game
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Crank roulette for Bingo game. In red painted metal, with a spherical cage-shaped structure supported on a sturdy base. This is a traditional accessory used in bingo games, in which ...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Cendrier Servofumo noir de Achille et Pier Castiglioni pour Zanotta Italy 1960
Located in London, England
Servofumo est un cendrier ou vide poche ultra design, réalisé par Achille et Pier Giacomo Castiglioni fabriqué de 1961 à 1986 pour Zanotta. Il appartient à la série "Servi" d'Achille...
Category
Italian Industrial Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum, Cut Steel
3 Rare Minnie Negoro Japanese Female Organic Design Ashtray Bowl Noguchi Jouve
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Three organic ceramic bowls or ashtrays, that loosely stack. Black, Brown and Tan. All three signed, M.Negoro, and two with additional Alfred University...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stoneware
Art Deco Black Grosgrain Handbag
Located in Devon, England
This wonderful vintage handbag was made in the 1930s-1940s for Saks Fifth Avenue in New York. The body of the bag is constructed from black grosgrain, ...
Category
Central American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
'Cheaper by the Dozen' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Danish, 1951
Located in Devon, GB
With it's twelve jolly little hats, this charming poster by Klitgaard advertised the first Danish release of the fun-filled 1950 family comedy 'Cheaper by the Dozen,' starring Clifto...
Category
Danish Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Linen
Solid Brass Ships Porthole Mounted to a Table
Located in Norwell, MA
Very nice solid brass ships porthole that has been meticulously polished and lacquered and mounted to a counter height table. This table is suitab...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Memoirs: Year of Decisions and Years of Trial and Hope, Signed by Harry Truman
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Truman, Harry. Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions [and] Years of Trial and Hope. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1955-1956. Special Kansas City Limited Edition. Two Volumes. Signed and dated by Truman. In publisher's original silver embossed black boards with Missouri map...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Plaster Anatomical Skull Model
Located in Houston, TX
Interesting vintage plaster anatomical skull model. This great plaster skull bust model is in very good condition and dates to the 1940s.
Perfect in an ...
Category
Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Color print from the 1950s depicting a Macchi M5 1917 hydrocracker
Located in Milan, IT
color print from the 1950s depicting a Macchi M5 hydrocracker built in Varese by the Anonima Macchi-Nieuport company, which later became Aeronautica Macchi.
Mounted on faesite and gl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1960s Orb Ashtray Mod Psychedelic Orange Mid-Century Plastic + Steel Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A wonderful sculptural orange orb ashtray from the 1960s German era of ABS Plastics manufacturing dominance. Harder to find and highly collectible decor. J...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stainless Steel
Magazine “Habitat”, nº15, by Lina Bo Bardi & Pietro Maria Bardi. Brazil 1954
Located in Barcelona, ES
“Habitat – revista das artes no Brasil”, nº 15, March – April 1954
“Magazine of contemporary culture, dedicated to architecture, painting, sculpture, industrial design, graphic arts...
Category
Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
'Please, Not Now!' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1963
Located in Devon, GB
A sultry Brigitte Bardot sizzles on this striking stone lithography poster for the French screwball rom-com 'La Bride sur le cou,' released in Australia and the UK as 'Please, Not Now!' and in the US as 'Only For Love'. Bardot starred as the saucy young model who enlists a handsome doctor in a zany plan to make her boyfriend jealous when he goes off with an American heiress. Directed by Bardot''s former husband Roger Vadim...
Category
Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen, Paper
A pharmacy mushroom model: Rhodocollybia Butyracea, Italy 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
A pharmacy model of a specimen of Rhodocollybia Butyracea mushroom, made in painted plaster, on a green oval-shaped plaster base with moss and hay. Italy circa 1950.
Category
Italian Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Sculptural Chair for a Young Girl or a Lady
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Draped fanciful chair, from a Classical imaginary model but in Hollywood
Regency Style -
May be a gift for the birthday of a young girl or for a special lady !
It's a tr...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Vintage Crown Trifari Gold-Tone Pinwheel Brooch
By Trifari
Located in Topeka, KS
Beautiful gold-tone crown Trifari pinwheel shaped brooch. This great pin is in excellent like-new condition.
This is a gorgeous 1.75-inch diameter bro...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Marcasite Jewelry Set, Brooch, Bracelet, Clip on Earrings
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This Mid-Century Estate Jewelry Marcasite Set is a dazzling ensemble featuring a brooch, bracelet, and clip-on earrings. Crafted with intricate marcasite detailing set in timeless designs, this set exudes elegance and vintage charm, perfect for adding a touch of sophistication to any outfit.
Earrings are marked "925"
Ring is signed "Sterling"
Mid-Century marcasite jewelry...
Category
Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
1960s, Biomorphic Sea Form Brass Table Dish
By Ben Seibel
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful Animorphic table dish or ashtray, solid brass, hand crafted and polished. Signed.
Category
Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
W. Ottway & Co Ltd Brass Power 7 Telescope on Wooden Tripod Stand
Located in Milford, NH
A fine English brass power telescope on wooden tripod stand stamped “W. Ottway & Co. Ltd." marked 'Power 7 telescope,For HIGH ANGLE gun, No. 1600, 1941 Patt No. G350." Very good over...
Category
English Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Czech Vintage Gymnastic Gym Ring Training Workout II., 1940s
Located in Wien, AT
These gymnastics rings from a Czech gym were completely cleaned and the wooden parts restored and is in excellent condition. It can be used for your daily tr...
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Sterling Silver Wager Cup, Import Marked London 1962, I. Freeman & Sons
Located in London, London
Carrying import marks for London in 1962 by I. Freeman & Sons, this striking, Sterling Silver Wager Cup, is modelled as a lady in costume, an...
Category
English Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Dental Model of Mouth with Braces in Original Box by Columbia Dentoforms
Located in Montclair, NY
A vintage 1960/70s teaching dental model of a mouth with braces by noted company Columbia Dentoforms. Columbia Dentoforms has been making teaching models ...
Category
North American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Style Ski Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, Quersprung
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
'QUERSPRUNG', a modern framed and mounted black and white photograph after an original 1930's skiing photograph. The frame is black with a burgundy undercoat, the glazing is clarity+...
Category
British Sporting Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Wood
American Ships Binnacle Circa 1940
Located in Norwell, MA
Ships Binnacle compass with teak base, brass hood, compass, clinometer, and chart tube. Compass is engraved U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, the Lionel Corporation, 1941. 53x33x19 H-L-Deep
Category
North American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Very Rare Pan American World Airways Porcelain / Enamel Aviation Sign
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Rare mid-20th century / vintage Pan American World Airways Porcelain / Enamel Sign. This sign is for Pan American World Airways. The sign’s colors are ligh...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Carl Auböck Magnifier, Austria 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck bowl, Austria 1960s. The measurements given apply to the magnifier. The cover measures 1-7-14cm.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Horn, Leather, Glass
Vintage Thai Wood, Leather and Rope Klong Khaek Processional Double Headed Drum
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Thai wood, leather and rope Klong Khaek processional drum from the mid 20th century, with ties and weathered patina. Created in Thailand during the midcentury period, this ...
Category
Thai Rustic Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood, Rope
DEYKIN & HARRISON 1930 Mechanical Cigarette Case Set In Solid .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Mechanical cigarettes case set designed by Deykin & Harrison.
This is a very interesting mechanical case, created in Birmingham England during the art deco period at the silversmith...
Category
English Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, First Edition, 1938
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. The Yearling. Illustrated by Edward Shenton. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1938. First edition. 8to. Rebound in full green leather with gilt tooling, ...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Brass Pipe Holder by Hertha Baller
By Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass blackened pipe holder manufactured in the 1950s in Austria by Hertha Baller.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Modern Blue and White Stacked Lucite Table Cigarette Lighter
Located in Nantucket, MA
Graphic Mid-Century Modern Table lighter made of alternately stacked pieces of opaque white and translucent navy-blue Lucite with a lighter mounted in the top. Lighter mechanism mark...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Hardy Split Cane Salmon Fishing Rod, The Wye
By Hardy Bros.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy 'The Wye' Palakona Salmon Fishing Rod.
A fine double-handed salmon fly fishing rod by Hardy Bros. of Alnwick, The Wye'. This is a good 10' 10" split cane Palakona three piece r...
Category
English Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bamboo
Circa 1950s Evening Clutch by Tribout of Paris
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1950s evening clutch by Tribout of Paris, made in France. Woven microscopic silver, gold & platinum beads. Silk lined. Lightly tarnished except under flap. Wear commensurate wi...
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Platinum, Silver
1962 A Clockwork Orange
Located in Bath, GB
An uncommon, first edition copy of Anthony Burgess' celebrated novel, his jeu d'espirit, 'A Clockwork Orange'.
A first edition, first issue of this canoni...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Indigenous Sheyka Sterling Silver and Inlaid Figural Rabbit Brooch or Pendant
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Zuni Indigenous American sterling silver and inlaid gemstone figural rabbit brooch or pendant was made by Porfillo and Ann Sheyka. The piece was handmade in most likely the late...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Sterling Silver
Pair of molecular atomic structure models. Leybold, Germany, 1940.
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of molecular atomic structure models for chemical didactic use. The spheres are made of painted wood and represent atoms and a molecule. The bases are in turned and ebonized fru...
Category
German Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood
Model of the Juan Sebastian de Elcano
Located in Norwell, MA
Scale model of the Spanish navy training ship Juan Sebastian de Elcano. Model is Circa 1940 and has cracking paint. Rigged with a full suit of sails that are aged and stained. Distre...
Category
North American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
An old ophtalmology device, Italy 1950.
Located in Milan, IT
An old Italian ophthalmological device with a table with backlit letters, to test eyesight. Sbisa, company founded in Florence in 1869. Case in wood and glass. The electrical system ...
Category
Italian Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Wood
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
IBELO MONOPOL Germany 1960 Modernist Table Lighter In .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Modernist table desk lighter designed by Ibelo Monopol.
This is an unusual and beautiful table-desk lighter, created by the Ibelo Monopol company in West-Germany during the post-war...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Steel
Vintage Afghan Pictorial Map Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Afghan Pictorial map rug from the mid-20th century.
Measures: 3' 0" x 4' 10"
Category
Afghan Folk Art Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wool
1912 Three Pence Coins Silver Bracelet
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Silver coin bracelet featuring 15 threepence coins and a few Canadian 10-cent coins from the years 1912-1942. From Australia and England.
The list of dates of the 15 coins are below...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
James Dean 'East of Eden' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Romanian, 1968
Located in Devon, GB
A dark and moody photomontage teases the love triangle at the centre of the drama on this rare poster for the first Romanian release of Elia Kazan's 1955 adaptation of John Steinbeck...
Category
Romanian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen, Paper
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