Unknown Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Antique Brass on Leather Horse Sleigh Bells, Circa 1900's.

A collection of 15 sets of 10 large tall-size decorative Swedish leather-bound books from the 1950s.

Victorian Taxidermy Diorama with Partridge, Germany ca. 1900 An antique diorama with a taxidermied partridge (Perdix perdix) sitting in a handpainted landscape. Mounted in an eboniz...

Awesome Barnfind, this large Tadpole Rider Tricycle pedal car. This antique pedal car was made in France circa 1930-1940. It's made of heavy solid m...

Vintage Brass Club Fender. A wonderful club fender with an open front, brass uprights and a shaped brass base. The upholstered seat is 20 cm wide with the measurements inside the sea...

Philips & Medea, 'Playbox' record player, Italy 1974 Italy, 1974 Stunning 'Playbox' record player unit by Philips & Medea made in Italy in 1974. The solid construction is based on a...

This is an absolutely unique antique Victorian Brown's Self-Interpreting Family Bible dated: The Bible is leather bound, enriched with gilded decoration and contains the Old and New...

Antique Victorian player piano by The Cable Company of Chicago which features a Carolina Inner-player. Circa 1915. Includes: I Love Paris and Oh Lady Be Good by Max Kortlander, Hey There and Mack the Knife by J Lawrence Cook, Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White by Sid Laney, If You Knew Susie Fox Trot, Bye Bye Blackbird Fox Trot, Loving You Has Made Me Bananas by Dick Watson, and two unmarked. The Cable Piano Company, Chicago established 1880 by Herman D. Cable born in New York in 1849. The Cable Piano Company was originally with the Wolfinger Organ Co., which later changed to the Western Cottage Organ Co., and then to Chicago Cottage Organ Co. In 1890 H. D. Cable consolidated with Conover Bros. and his two brothers, Fayette S. and Hobart M. Cable. Cable and Conover acquired the Schiller Piano Co. of Oregon, Ill. By 1920 The Cable Piano Co. had two factories. One factory located in Chicago at 22nd Street, Paulina and Dale Place. The second factory at St. Charles, Ill. In the 1920s George J. Dowling was president and The Cable Co. was manufacturing Conover, Cable, Kingsbury; and Wellington, and Schiller pianos. Player piano names Conover Carola Inner-Player, Conover Solo Carola Inner-Player, Carola Inner-Player, Solo Carola Inner-Player, Euphona Inner- Player, and Solo Euphona Inner-Player. “Tonarch” and “Crownstay”, trademarks of the Cable Co., Chicago. “Tonarch” a patented sounding-board-and- frame construction used in uprights and “Crownstay” designed to maintain the curvature of soundboards in grands. Other owners of the Cable Company include Aeolian with the factory at 2718 Pershing Ave., Memphis, TN., Jackson & Wabash, Chicago, Ill., and Winter & Co. The Cable Piano Company claimed to be "the world's greatest manufacturer of pianos, inner player pianos, and organs." Cable built a factory in 1901 in St. Charles on 3.5 acres west of the Fox River. Cable Piano Company became known not only for its products, but also for its working conditions. During the factory's heyday in the early 1900s, there were as many as 500 employees, many of whom were women. Employees could enjoy the company sponsored brass band and male chorus, or play on the company baseball team. With its own electric plant and fire protection...

Antique Charles L. Millar golf walking stick, Glasgow. A desirable walking cane with the handle in the shape of a diamond back golf club head made by Charles L. Millar, Glasgow. The...

A leather had made whip. The piece is a great decor piece in a Ralph Lauren style space or to tell a decor story with saddles, blankets and western gear. The piece could also be ...

A circa 1950s Spanish saddle decoration in leather and nickel plated details. Measurements: length: 60.5? width: 15.75?.

The latest instalment of this indispensable survey of contemporary drawing, chosen by the world's leading art experts Over the past 50 years, drawing has been elevated from a supporting role to a primary medium, ranking alongside painting as a central art form. Since the publication of Vitamin D (2005) and D2 (2013), contemporary artists have continued to explore drawing's possibilities - from intimate to large-scale works, in a diversity of mark-making processes and materials. Vitamin D3 showcases more than 100 such artists, nominated by more than 70 international art experts. The more than 70 nominators include: Iwona Blazwick, Louisa Buck, Mark Coetzee, Thelma Golden, Laura Hoptman, Geeta Kapur, Pablo León de la Barra, Christine Macel, Kate Macfarlane, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Zoe Whitley. The more than 100 artists include: Miriam Cahn, Robert Crumb, Tom Friedman, Tania Kovats, Claudette Johnson, Rashid Johnson, Otobong Nkanga, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Deanna Petherbridge, Christina Quarles...