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Period: 1940s
Vintage Wood Croquet Set
Located in New York, NY
A vintage croquet set.
USA, circa 1920-1940.
Includes wooden mallets, wood balls, and metal wickets in a rustic green wheeled stand.
Original paint.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Lonsdale Library Book, Hounds and Dogs
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hounds & Dogs, Lonsdale Library Book.
One of the volumes from Lonsdale Library, Hounds & Dogs, their care, training & working. The book with over one hundred illustrations.
The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, Editors The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, Sir Theodore Cook & Mr. Eric...
Category
English Sporting Art Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Mid Century Leather Cowboy Saddle by Simco
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Real cowboy basic well made and used leather saddle. Stamped Simco. In excellent vintage condition with normal wear and tear, no damage and the le...
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
Mills Novelty Art Deco Green Porcelain Penny Scale
Located in Ferndale, MI
Art Deco period penny scale by Mills Novelty co. Period green porcelain pedestal with cream colored foot hold.
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Iron
Letter / La Lettre
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster for William Wyler's 1940 Film Noir starring Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall and James Stephenson. The screenplay by Howard E. Koch is based on the 1927 play...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Set of Vintage Snowshoes, 1943
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Vintage pair of snow shoes. Manufatured in 1943 by Snowcraft Inc. in Norway, Maine, US.
Category
Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Mid Century Heavily Tooled Western Leather Saddle
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Well tooled and embossed leather western riding saddle. Possibly a junior size. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear.
Category
American Country Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
Raw Deal
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for The 1948 Film Noir Raw Deal.
This film was directed by Anthony Mann and starred Dennis O'Keefe and Claire Trevor.
This poster is conservation linen backed...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Walt Disney Presents the World's Greatest Shorts
Located in London, GB
This rare original British animation poster was designed to advertise Walt Disney shorts. In England posters were not produced for every short cartoon, ...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Go West
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still for the American comedy Go West directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Groucho Marx, Chico Marx and Harpo Marx.
Thi...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Mark of Zorro / Il Segno Di Zorro
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1940 adventure romance film The Mark of Zorro.
This film was directed by Rouben Mamoulian The cast includes Tyrone Power...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
The Grapes of Wrath / Les Raisins de la Coiere
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster for the 1940 masterpiece directed John Ford and starred Henry Fonda, John Carradine, Jane Darwell.
The striking artwork is by Bernard Lancy (1892-1964) an...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
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 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum, Other
The Lost Weekend
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card number 6 for the 1944 Film Noir The Lost Weekend.
This film was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Ray Milland, Jane Wyman and Phillip Terry.
This piece woul...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Festival Mondial Du Film Beau-Arts De Belgique
By Felix Labisse
Located in London, GB
Original Belgian film poster for the Festival Mondial du Film Beau-Arts de Belgique (La Naissance du Cinema Lumiere Melies)
Mondial du Film et Des Beaux-Artsheld in Brussels, Belgiu...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Rebecca / Rebeca
Located in London, GB
Original IArgentine film poster for Rebecca, 1940.
Daphne du Maurier's gripping 1938 novel was made into a film in 1940 by Alfred Hitchcock. It was ...
Category
Argentine Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Rebeca
Located in London, GB
Original Argentinean film poster from (1940) 43 x 29 in. (109 x 74 cm)
This poster would have been used outside the cinema at the films original release.
This psychological drama-t...
Category
Argentine Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Vintage Army Metal Petrol Can
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
An original WWII ex-military war department 2 gallon petrol can complete with original brass screw CAP. The gasoline can has been repainted at some stage, t...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Comptoir Canoë Canadien Et Méthacrylate
Located in SAINT-SEVER, FR
Sur la base d'un piètement d'atelier industriel en fonte, monté sur roulette, repose solidement un canoë canadien, distribue par Manufacture Saint-Etienne dans les années 1940. Le canoë est recouvert d'un épais plateau en méthacrylate formant un comptoir, un mange debout...
Category
French Sporting Art Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Fruitwood
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 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Leather
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 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Montague J Dawson, ‘Valetta Harbour’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Montague J Dawson (1895-1973), ‘Valetta Harbour’, oil on board, painted in a grisaille palette with a British Hunt Class Type II destroyer in Valetta Harbour, Malta, signed ‘Montague Dawson’, English, 1940.
Footnote: Montague Dawson RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) was born in West London, in Chiswick in 1895, Montague Dawson was the grandson of Victorian landscape painter Henry Dawson. He studied under the seascape artist Charles Napier Hemy...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paint
BENEY 1940 Art Deco Penge Model Petrol Pocket Lighter In Chromed Steel
Located in Miami, FL
Petrol pocket lighter designed by Robert Ernest Beney.
This is an unusual petrol pocket lighter, created in London England by the Beney company back in the 1940. This lighter is the Penge semiautomatic model and has been crafted with modernist art deco patterns in solid chromed steel with engine turned geometric designs. The lighter is in near mint condition with very little trace of use. This lighter is a treasure from the past, that embodies the elegance and style of its era, making it a must-have for collectors and enthusiasts alike.
Brand & Model: Beney, Penge
Mechanism: Petrol, push button semi-automatic.
Material: Chrome, steel and brass.
Year: 1940-1946.
Weight: 49.5 Grams, (31.75 Dwt).
Measurements: 53 mm by 40 mm by 10 mm (2.09 x 1.58 x 0.39 Inches).
Hallmarks: The lighter is stamped at the base with British marks and signed in full, "BENEY PENGE MODEL MADE IN ENGLAND".
The Beney Company
The Beney Company was founded by Robert Ernest Beney in 1918, who invented and sold the first Beney mechanical lighter in 1919, three years prior to Dunhill. Beney also designed an automatic mechanism for Dunhill's hunting horn lighter...
Category
English Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Brass, Steel, Chrome
Steel Shafted Tom Morris Golf Club, St Andrews
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Steel Shafted Tom Morris Golf Club.
An early steel shafted golf club, No. 7 iron, stamped Tom Morris, St Andrews. The club head has a curved hollowed back and is stamped 'Walker Cup...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Steel
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
Located in London, GB
Original British trade advertisement for the 1949 adventure, fantasy science film Tarzan's Magic Fountain.
The film was directed by Lee Sholem and starred Lex Barker, Brenda Joyce, ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Set of Six wooden Gymnastic Clubs, with Storage Wicker Basket, Vintage German
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This is an eye-catching set of 6 Gymnastic Maces in an antique basket constructed in hand-braided rattan or wicker. Nice addition to your home, patio or garden. This is in used condi...
Category
German Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wicker, Wood
Flamingo Road / Viale Flamingo
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1949 Film Noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford, Sydney Greenstreet and Zachary Scott. This siz...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Juke Girl
Located in London, GB
Original Us film poster for the 1942 Film Juke Girl.
directed by Curtis Bernhardtand starred Ann Sheridan and Ronald Reagan.
This poster is conservation linen backed and it would be ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
The Phantom of the Opera / Il Fantasma Dell' Opera
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1943 Horror film The Phantom of the Opera.
This film was directed by Arthur Lubin. The cast includes Nelson ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Notorious
Located in London, GB
Original US trade advertisement from the first release of this Hitchcock Classic, 1946 thriller Notorious.
The film starred Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine.
Th...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Mighty Joe Young
Located in London, GB
Original British trade advertisement for the 1949 Andventure, Fantasy film Mighty Joe Young.
The film was directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and stared Terry Moore...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Pair of Vintage Children's Ski Boots in Leather, Wasserdicht
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Child's waterproof leather ski boots.
A pair of children's German square toe leather ski boots. The brown leather on the boots is in excellent condition, th...
Category
German Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Leather
"Kiss the Blood Off My Hands / Le Sans Peur" Original Belgium Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Belgium movie poster for Norman Foster's 1948 film Noir starring Jane Fontaine, Burt Lancaster.
The art work on this poster is unique to...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Springtime for Thomas
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for Springtime for Thomas (1946)
This seven minute cartoon would have been shown before the main feature at the cinema. Tom and Jerry cartoons were extremely...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Second Chorus or Follie di Jazz
By Enrico De Seta
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1940 musical comedy second chorus.
This Hollywood musical stars Paulette Goddard and Fred Astaire and features Artie Shaw...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Journey into Fear
Located in London, GB
Original American photographic production still.
For the 1942 Film Noir Journey into Fear. The film starred Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rio, Orson Welles ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Brighton Rock
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1947 Crome thriller Brighton Rock.
This film was directed by John Boulting and starred Richard Attenborough, Hermonie Baddeley, William Hartnell....
Category
British Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
"Cry of the City" Original American Lobby Cards
Located in London, GB
Original American set of eight lobby cards for Robert Siodmak's 1948 film Noir staring Victor Mature, Richard Conte.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
"Great Expectations" Original Belgian Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Belgian movie poster for David Lean's film adaptation of Charles Dickens famous novel. The artwork on this poster is unique to the film B...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Son of Fury / Il Figlio della Furia
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1942 film Son of Fury starring Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney and George Sanders.
This film was directed by John Cromwel...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Juke Girl
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1942 crime mystery film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and staring Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan.
This poster is conservation linen backed and it would b...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
The Spiral Staircase / La Scala Al Chiocciola
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1946 mystery, horror film The Spiral Staircase.
This film was directed by Robert Siodmak and stared Dorothy McGuire...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Located in London, GB
Original British trade advertisement for the 1949 Comedy, Horror Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff.
The film was directed by Char...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
'Crossfire' Original US Lobby Card
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card for the 1947 film noir directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Robert Young, Robert Mitchum. This lobby card is also signed by Robert...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Angels with Dirty Faces/Gli Angeli Con La Faccia Sporca
Located in London, GB
Original Italian movie poster for Michael Curtiz's Classic 1938 crime film staring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, the poster is designed by the wonderful Italian artist ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Letter From an Unknown Woman
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1948 drama directed Max Ophuls and starred Joan Fontaine, Louis Jordan.
The poster was printed in 2 sheets and designed to be pasted up on bill board...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
White Heat
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card number 5 for White Heat 1949. This film was directed by Raoul Walsh, and stars James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien. Cagney...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
American Mid-Century Metal Toboggan Sled
Located in Queens, NY
American 1940s wood and metal toboggan (sled) with a steering wheel and brake lever
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
The Lost Weekend / Dias Sin Huella
Located in London, GB
Original Argentine film poster for the 1945 Drama / Film Noir The Lost Weekend.
This film was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Ray Milland, Jane Wyman ...
Category
Argentine Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Set of Nine Vintage Steel Measurement Pyramids, Czechoslovakia, circa 1940s
Located in Zohor, SK
Rare accessory with a real history behind it. A metal pyramid originally used as a meassurement instrument at a sports field in Czechoslovakia since 1940s. The field was for ball and...
Category
Czech Industrial Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Steel
"White Heat / La Furia Umana" Original Italian Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for White Heat, 1949. This film was directed by Raoul Walsh, and stars James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien. Cagney was synonymous with gangste...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
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 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Set of Three Curling Stone Desk Pieces, Paper Weight, Pen Holder
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Three Piece Curling Desk Set.
A nice collection of three miniature desk top granite curling stones. Two are paperweights complete with handles and the third is a pen holder. A great ...
Category
British Sporting Art Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Granite
St. Mungo Golf Ball by Mfg CO
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
St. Mungo Bramble Golf Ball.
A very nice bramble pattern golf ball with original paint which remains bright and with minimal paint loss. The gutta percha covered, rubber core, golf b...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Rubber
American Legion Baseball and Basketball Folk Art Paintings
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pair of baseball and basketball paintings found in a Midwestern American Legion hall. These were proudly displayed behind the legion hall bar. Grea...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Antique Baines Football Trade Card, Third Lanark
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Baines football trade card, Third Lanark.
A rare circular football trade card in the shape of a leather football ball. Made by the toy shop owner from Bradford, John Baines. Baines ...
Category
British Sporting Art Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Shockproof
Located in London, GB
Two atmospheric original production still for the 1949 Film Noir classic starring Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knoght, John Baragrey.
The film was directed by Douglas Sirk.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Blonde Ice
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1948 film noir directed by Jack Bernhard and stars Leslie Brooks, Robert Paige and Michael Whalen.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
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