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Period: Mid-20th Century
1960s Mid-Century Organic Pottery Table Dish Painted Geometric Design
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Large glazed pottery centerpiece with geometric dot and stripe, hand-painted decorations, signed.
Category
Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stoneware
Native American Pueblo Painted Drum
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Pueblo painted drum. Classic and colorful cottonwood drum with rawhide skin sides painted red, white and blue.
Period: Mid 20th century
Origin: Southwest, Cochiti
...
Category
American Native American Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Lee's Lieutenants by Douglas Southhall Freeman, Three Vols., First Edition, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Freeman, Douglas Southall. Lee’s Lieutenants: A Study in Command. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1942. First edition. Three volume set. Rebound in ¼ black leather and cloth, with raised bands, gilt tooling and titles to the spine, and an archival slipcase.
Presented is a first edition, three volume set of Lee’s Lieutenants by Douglas Southall Freeman...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
One Commemorative Medal, EXPOSITION, PARIS, 1931
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
One Commemorative Medal, EXPOSITION, PARIS, 1931
Provenance: Private Melbourne Collection.
Dimension: Height: 8.5 cm Width: 5.5 cm Depth: 2mm.
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Detailed Anatomical Ear Model Made in East Germany by Somso
By Somso
Located in Weesp, NL
Introducing the midcentury Organon Auditus Anatomical Model by Somso, a true masterpiece in the world of anatomical models! This amazing model, made in former East Germany, features ...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Art Deco Ball Player Table Table Lighter with Base by Ronson
By Ronson
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Decorative chrome Art Deco Round Ball lighter on a black enameled stepped base with a chromed figural sculpture of a ball player in mid-throw. This matchin...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
14K Gold Lady's Floral Design Brooch/Pendant with Cut 7 Rubies and 6 Diamonds
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Stamped 14KT yellow gold ladies hand assembled brooch with a bright polish and textured finish in very good condition with a leafy floral design. Centre of the brooch is set with ro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
4 Volumes. Winston Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Winston Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples. First Edition. Bound by Bayntun in full red morocco with gilt-tooling on the covers and raised band spines. A...
Category
Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Thousand Islands of the Adriatic Hardcover Book 1965 1st Edition
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Thousand Islands of the Adriatic Hardcover Book 1965.
Text by Antun Soljan
Published by Yugoslavija 1st edition 1965.
Category
European Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Ship Wheel from a Wheeler Yacht
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass ships wheel with the name wheeler cast into one of the spokes. Wheeler was a famous maker of yachts, up to seventy five feet, cabin cruisers, etc.
Hemingway wrote his ...
Category
North American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
A Five Volume Bible Set in Miniature Carved Olivewood Bindings Israel C. 1940
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite five-volume miniature Bible set is a remarkable and rare artifact, handcrafted in pre-1948 Israel. Encased in beautifully hand-carved olivew...
Category
Israeli Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Olive, Paper
Antique Mint Condition Mesh Patterned 'B.i' Golf Ball
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Mint Condition Mesh Patterned 'B.I' Golf Ball.
This is an exceptional golf ball in near mint condition, never been used and still with its orig...
Category
English Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rubber
Streamlined Moderne / Mid Century Aviation Desk Paperweight
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Streamlined Moderne / Mid Century Aviation Desk Paperweight.
Fantastic gift for any Airplane Fan.
Silvered Brass Futuristic Airship, mounted over a green...
Category
American Streamlined Moderne Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Propeller Plane in Carved Wood and Metal
Located in Meer, VAN
Art Deco Propeller Plane in Carved Wood and Metal
Sometimes you find a piece that is just right…. This Art Deco propeller plane is a wonderful example of a fun and easthetic object....
Category
European Folk Art Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Liberec Town Hall miniatures
Located in Livorno, IT
Faithful replica of the neo-Renaissance Town Hall of Liberec, Czech Republic as a wooden architectural model, which shows up with many details in every single corner.
Category
Czech Renaissance Revival Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Rare Mid Century Nettie Rosenstein Gold Plated Sunburst Buddah Necklace
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Elevate your style with the timeless elegance of this Vintage Nettie Rosenstein Gold Plated pendant necklace, featuring a Buddha accent and a secure hook clasp and substantial mesh c...
Category
American Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Vintage tri-ang tin toy car, 1950s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage toy car from the english brand 'Tri-ang'.
The charm is in the wear and tear of this item, it makes this little truck very attractive and decorative.
Good original conditio...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Ilya Schor Silver Bridal Dowry Bracelets – "Wild Bird of the Queen of Sheba"
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite pair of handcrafted silver bracelets, created by artist and master engraver Ilya Schor in New York in 1950, were designed as part of a bridal dowry. Featuring intricat...
Category
American Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Ship Model Caroline, The Royal Yacht Of George II and George III
Located in Norwell, MA
Plank on frame model of the English Royal Yacht "Caroline". All planks are tree-nailed to the hull. Very well rigged with all appropriate standing and running cords. Imported from England...
Category
English Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Vintage Brown Leather Medicine Ball, 3kg, 1930s
Located in Wien, AT
This medicine ball comes from the stock of an old Czech gymnasium. Made in the 1930s. Patina consistent with age and use. Cleaned and treated with a special leather care. Weight: 3kg...
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Brutalist Jewelry Set Bracelet & Monumental Pendant, Skandinavian 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Two Statement mid century studio modernist brutalist made jewelry pieces. A large pendant and a bracelet made of brass and copper with a black stone. Made probably in the Scandinavia...
Category
Scandinavian Brutalist Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Brass, Copper
Chinese Antique Textiles and Embroidery Edition in Chinese
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Chinese antique textiles and embroidery.
Chinese language,
Great textile art table book.
Distributed by Eliane j Giraud Dupont Editeur, Paris....
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage German Patinated Leather Medicine Ball
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Leather medicine ball, circa 1940s, Germany.
Perfectly aged patina with natural wear/soiling present, as shown.
H: 13" x Diameter: 12.75"
Category
German Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Fine Asian Ethnographic Silver Necklace India Jewellery Gifts
Located in London, GB
Vintage Indian silver necklace Asian Tribal Jewellery
A Very fine Vintage Indian silver necklace made in sections with floral pattern a...
Category
Indian Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
RARE !!! Original german military second world war 2 - WWII poster - 1940
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1940, Germany
- blitzkrieg
- original, no reprint
- marked
jr
Category
German Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Style Photography, Framed Alpine Ski Photograph, Bend Zie Knees
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
'BEND ZIE KNEES', 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+ premium synthetic glass. Black & white alpine photos are the perfect addition to any home or ski lodge, so please do check out our other ski photos...
Category
English Sporting Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Wood
Italian Gymnastic Horse in Red Leather and Iron
Located in Milano, IT
Italian exercise horse with beautiful 1950's patina in excellent vintage condition. The frame is made of tubular iron that is well solid to support large loads. The iron feet are IN ...
Category
Italian Country Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
1950s Retro Midcentury Perforated Metal Basket Office Desk Car Key Dish Bowl
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Architectural tabletop key basket.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
3 Vol Set Catalog Of The Byzantine & Early Mediaeval Antiquities Dumbarton Oaks
Located in valatie, NY
Set of 3 Catalogues Of The Byzantine And Early Mediaeval Antiquities In The Dumbarton Oaks Collection. 1st Ed hardcovers with dust jackets in various conditions. Published by Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, DC. Volume 1 and 2 signed by the authors with owner's bookplate of 'Nasli Heeramaneck' and his wife Alice. The Heeramaneck's were Parsian American art dealers, specializing in Asian and Pre-Columbian art. Born in Bombay, they moved to New York in the 1920s, and lived and worked there until their deaths. Works collected by them, are now held by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Museum of New Delhi, and Yale University. Volume I focuses on Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, Glyptics, and Painting. Volume II focuses on Jewelry, Enamels, and the Art of the Migration Period...
Category
Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Modern Murano Seguso Styled Amethyst Art Glass Cigar Ashtray
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Mid-Century Modern unique art glass cigar ashtray is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Murano Italy in circa 1965 in the style of Angelo Seguso. The body of the ashtra...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Art Glass
Bronze Necklace Pendant Saint Laurent Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A cast bronze pendant titled Saint Laurent by French art jewelry designer Line Vautrin (1913-1997). Gilt bronze, circa late 1940s. It depicts the ...
Category
French Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Wood Table Ship's Door
Located in Norwell, MA
Unique table fabricated from a great old ships door with built in brass porthole with door handle and hinges. Arts and crafts trestle base.
Overall dimens...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Plastic School Model Of Diamant, Czechoslovakia 1960s
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful and unique vintage science model of diamant. This is a school model originating in Czechoslovakia. Produced and used until now since 1960s. The...
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
An Art And Crafts Mezuzah Case, Israel 1948. Judaica
Located in New York, NY
An Art and crafts Mezuzah Case made in Israel in 1948.
Early Israeli Mezuzah case on a shaped piece of wood covered in green velvet with a scroll encased...
Category
Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Large Cenedese Italian Sommerso Murano Glass Ashtray, Italy 1960´s
By Cenedese
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Large Cenedese Italian Sommerso Murano glass ashtray. Italy 1960´s
Utilizing the Sommerso technique this large, heavy piece of glass features an unusual design.
It looks like a secci...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Murano Glass
1st edition 1965 Peter Beard 'End of the Game' Viking Press
By Peter Beard
Located in Vancouver, BC
“The deeper the white man went into Africa, the faster the life flowed out of it, off the plains and out of the bush…vanishing in acres of trophies and hides and carcasses” proclaimed renowned photographer and artist Peter Beard in his 1965 seminal publication The End Game, a tome highlighting the atrocities of man made destruction done to Africa’s wildlife in the National Parks of Kenya’s Tsavo lowlands and Uganda.
An incredible 1st edition issue of "End of the Game...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Harvey
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card number 6 for Harvey, 1950.
This Lobby card has been signed by James Stewart.
This lobby card was previously in the collection of a US collector, who obtained the signature in person at the Motion Picture retirement home in Los Angeles, run by the Academy, where he visited. Harvey is a classic James Stewart comedy-drama, based on Mary Chase's Pulitzer prize-winning play of the same name. It was directed by Henry Koster, and tells the story of a man whose best friend is a pooka (a mythology spirit able to take on the form of various animals). In this film Harvey is a 6' 3½" tall rabbit...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Nude Art Deco Smoking Flapper Slag Glass Ashtray by Houzex
By HouzeX Glass Co.
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Made by Houzex, this brown and green slag ashtray features a spelter metal sculpture of a nude flapper girl smoking a long pipe. This is a great example o...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Roy Lichtenstein at the Tate Gallery 1968 'Exhibition Catalog'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Roy Lichtenstein Ileana Sonnabend Paris 1965:
Vintage original 1960s exhibition catalog published on the occasion of Roy Lichtenstein's 1965 show at t...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bespoken Large French Bronze "Chatelain" Link Brooch Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large bespoken bronze brooch by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940. Called "chatelaine", this bronze brooch features articulated chain links with hangi...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Yacht Club Commodores Flag
Located in Norwell, MA
Nautical Boat Flag in Frame. Yacht club commodores flag showing three stars surrounded by a knotted rope. White hoist with brass grommets. Set into a custom frame.
Weight: 5 lbs
Ove...
Category
North American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen
Yacht Pulley Block by Merriman
Located in Norwell, MA
Nautical pulley block by Merriman of Boston. Brass badge with trident and M.B. Hardwood housing is pinned together and holds the polished brass sheave. Awesome restoration. Great Nau...
Category
North American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Royal Navy Submarine Captains Telescope From Gieves
Located in Norwell, MA
Leather bound British royal navy officers spyglass by Ross London for Gieve Matthews & Seagrove limited. High quality in great condition and exceptional optics. Barrel color is engra...
Category
North American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1930s Ozark Swirl Pottery Early Touring Souvenir Cactus Bowl Dish Roadside Gift
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful pattern, one of the best I have seen. Rare in Small size. No drain hole. Sold as a shelf prop, would not use, does not ring true, has cracks.
Category
American American Craftsman Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Concrete
Vintage Alpine Photograph, Climber, Simelistock, Switzerland
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage photography, antique Alpine mountaineering photograph.
'CLIMBER' Simelistock, Switzerland, a new mounted black and white photographic image after an original 1930s mountaineering photograph. Black and white alpine photos are the perfect addition to any home or ski lodge.
Engelhoerner is the name for a group of limestone mountains that are hidden behind several higher mountains like the Wetterhorn and Wildgerst. These small mountains (Rosenlauistock (2198 m), the Kingspitz, Simelistock, Mittelgruppe, etc.) are well sort after by rock climbers...
Category
British Sporting Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Merciful Jesus Bust, Northern Europe
Located in Chorzów, PL
Merciful Jesus Bust, Northern Europe.
Very good condition.
dimensions: height 32 cm, width 36 cm, depth 16 cm.
Category
Belgian Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Terracotta
Lost Horizon
Located in London, GB
Original US program cover for Frank Capra's 1937 fantasy adventure film starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt.
The artwork on this piece is by the famous A...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Plastel Medal of Mussolini by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Plastel medal of Mussolini made by Aurelio Mistruzzi, in the 1930s.
Measures: D 10 cm.
Good conditions.
Category
Italian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1947 Film Noir starring Lawrence Tierney and Ted North and directed by Felix E. Feist.
This poster is conservation paper backed and it would be shipp...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Hermes Solid Silver Cigarette Box & Matchbox With Gold Horse Detail c.1960
By Hermès
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A Vintage mid-20th Century Hermes cigarette box and matchbox holder crafted from solid silver, adorned with exquisite gold horse detailing. This e...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
1930s Replica Tom Blake hollow wooden surfboard
By Tom Blake
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1930s Replica Tom Blake hollow wooden surfboard. Wooden panels joined by metallic fasteners with daffodil yellow outline. Patented by the late Tom Blake (1902-1994) in 1931. The inte...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Automobile Amusement Park Battery Powered Toy Car c1930's Believed one-of-a-kind
Located in Chicago, IL
Certainly, the most unusual Child’s Battery Powdered Electric Child's Car I have ever seen. As the story was told to me back in the 1970’s, it was actually produced for the owner of an amusement park...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron, Chrome, Steel
Beaded Ndebele Initiation Doll
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare imported commodity, glass beads have been a symbol of wealth and importance in south African cultures for centuries, and were exclusively distributed by the region's oba (king...
Category
South African Folk Art Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Cotton, Wood
Rare Architecture Book / Das Unesco-gebäude in Paris, 1958
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1958
- Photos: Lucie Hervé
- publisher: Gerd Hatje
- many photos
- good original condition
- 93 pages
- jr.
Category
Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Women's Tahitian Black Pearl Necklace with a 14 Karat Gold Ball Clasp
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage women's Tahitian graduated black pearl necklace is unmarked with respect to a specific maker, but is marked with European g...
Category
Italian Baroque Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Inside the Space Ships, Signed by George Adamski, First Edition, 1955
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Adamski, George. Inside the Space Ships. New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1955. Signed first edition, third printing. Original dust jacket. Housed in custom slipc...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1966 I Go By Sea, I Go By Land
By P. L. Travers
Located in Bath, GB
An uncommon to see signed novel by P. L. Travers, a touching war novel inscribed by Travers.
The author's presentation copy, signed to the recto of the front endpaper, 'Mary Cadogan...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Marvella Faux Pearl Necklace and Earrings Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Marvella Sterling Pearl Necklace and Earrings Set: Timeless Elegance in 925 Silver
Marked: "925"
Elevate your style with this exquisite pearl...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
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