Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Mid-Century Era Assorted Medical Doctor's Field Examination Instrument Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage medical doctor's instrument set is unsigned, except for a few numbers on several of the pieces, but presumed to have originated from German...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage 1980s U.S. Air Force Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Stealth Airplane Jet Model
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A vintage 1980s large desktop 1/72 scale model of the fastest plane in the world, at that time, the SR-71 Blackbird. This model is 18 inches long on wooden base.
Category
1980s Philippine Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Resin
Helit Yellow Plastic Ashtray, circa 1980
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Yellow ashtray manufactured by Helit, citrca 1980.
The bottom is marked, Helit 84005 made in Germany.
In good original condition, with minor wear consi...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
1940s Tin Sign Philip Morris Cigarettes Smoking Mid-Century Garage Decor Tobacco
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Over two foot wide 'Tin Tacker' Sign. A brightly colored embossed metal "Call For Philip Morris" cigarette advertising sign with a great graphics of a period bell hop...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
Vintage Table Top Apothecary Scale in Walnut & Brass, c. 1940's
Located in Deland, FL
A great design piece to round out your space. Vintage, unique and a rare find. Make it yours today!
Category
1940s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Large Vintage Die in Mother-of-Pearl and Rosewood, Denmark
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Danish Paperweight Die in Rosewood and Mother-of-Pearl, Mid-Century Modern. Measures: 2 Inch.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
Wrightsman Collection, 1st Ed. signed by Charles and Jane Wrightsman, 1966-1973
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Wrightsman collection, Vols.I-V, New York, The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, 1966-1973. First Edition, hardcovers with dust jackets. Inscribed by
the Wrightsmans, incl. a Christ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Per Lütken Holmegaard Danish Atomic Spaceship Blue Glass Ashtray
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish mid-century Danish blue glass ashtray stylized as a spaceship designed by renowned glass maker Per Lütken (Danish, 1916-1998) for the Holm...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Blown Glass
Adorable and Therapeutic Musical Clown Automaton Figure Toy
Located in Miami, FL
A fine quality therapeutic musical automaton clown toy in wonderful vintage condition.
Features porcelain head, hands and feet.
Made in France during the ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
La Ceramica in Italia
Located in New York, NY
Well-edited and lavishly illustrated survey of mid-century Italian ceramics, written by Hugo Blattler and published in Rome in 1958 by Aristide Palombi as part of the Arti Pratiche series, intended to contribute to an examination in depth of the material, as well as to the documentation and to the spreading of knowledge of each separate subject. Features vessels, lighting, fireplaces, and artworks by renowned artists such as Lucio Fontana, Salvatore Meli, Fauson Melotti, Gio Ponti, Antonia Campi, Marcello Fantoni, Franco Meneguzzo, Pietro Melandri, and Guido Gambone, along with a host of lesser-known figures. Stellar abstract designs throughout. Square 8vo (8.5” x 9”), 206 pages, hardcover, illustrated throughout in b/w. Slight lean to spine. Mild soiling to extremities, with chipping to corners. Professional repair to front hinge, as well as between pp. 194-5 and 204-5. Light chipping to first two leaves. The complete front cover remains of the dust jacket, which is still crisp and vibrant, with only minor chipping to top edge. Missing spine and back of dust jacket. A must-have for collectors and connoisseurs of Italian design and mid century ceramics.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Lions Club International Metal Plaque / Painted Advertising Sign, 1940´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Vintage Antique Lion´s Club International Plaque / Sign with mostly original hand paint. It has some age wear, but overall very good conditions.
Vintage Lions Club International metal plaque...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Leather Vaulting Horse, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Vaulting horse by unknown manufacturer from France, circa 1950.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beau...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
New York 'World's Fair' Bamboo Lamp with Parasol Shade by Christopher Tennant
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The World’s Fair Collection is a family of fixtures handmade from sustainably sourced materials and upcycled antique paper parasols given to visitors at ...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cement, Brass
1950s Swiss Chef Food Fruit Vegetable Chopper Switzerland
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Swiss chef food fruit vegetable chopper.
Made in Switzerland, Fruit-vegetable chopper.
Vintage, pre-owned. Patina present. Clear plastic has s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Gramar of Chinese Lattice by Daniel Sheets Dye, Harvard-Yenching Institute
By Michael Dye
Located in San Francisco, CA
This book was sold at auction by the Monterey Public Library as part of
a large collection of books, formerly owned by the famous Architect
Robert Stanton...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Grotrian Steinweg Model 110 Upright Piano Mid Century Modern Walnut Fabric Panel
Located in Leeds, GB
Grotrian-Steinweg model 110 upright piano with a walnut case and fabric panels.
Cabinet typical of Mid-Century Modern style. Cabinet design focuses on simple, clean lines and curves.
The front panels are stepped in construction with rounded curved corners.
The golden, Jacquard fabric panels are in a design of diagonal intersecting lines, accentuate the sound box quality of the cabinet.
The simple tapered legs are sabre cut in walnut.
Square piano...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1970s Modern Pottery Art Blue Tambourine Goatskin and Wood
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Modern Artistic blue tambourine in Goatskin. Pottery and wood.
Art 13.88 Diameter x 1.38 D.
Unrestored vintage preowned condition.
See images provided.
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Goatskin, Pottery, Wood
Carl Aubock Mid-Century Modern Brass Ashtray and Snuffer #3514 1950s Design
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock Mid-Century Modern brass ashtray and snuffer. A 1950s design produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using the same standards, high-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Chalice
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Early 20th chalice.
by unknown manufacturer, Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Materials:
Metal
Dim...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
London, Tony Armstrong Jones 'Lord Snowdon', 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 1958
By Lord Snowdon
Located in London, GB
Scarce First Edition, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1958.
The first ever photography book by the famed society and fashion photographer Tony Armstrong Jones...
Category
1950s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1960s, Stunning Alabaster Smoking Set by Romano Bianchi
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Stunning alabaster smoking set by Romano Bianchi with ashtray and table lighter, everything is handmade carved. The table lighter works perfeclty....
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Alabaster
Italian Mid Century Lacquer/Vellum Table Screen, Canaletto Style View of Venice
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian mid century Lacquer/Vellum table screen -Canaletto style view of Venice
Italy, Circa 1960s
A stunning diminutive work, in four parts beautifully ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Ceramic Peacock Bird Sculpture with Flowers in Blue, Yellow and Green
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pretty brightly painted ceramic sculpture of a peacock. This piece depicts a bird with bright blue yellow and green features, perched upon a tree stump ...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Erie County New York Judges & Police Conference Portable Lecturn or Podium & Bag
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
The maker of this lecturn is unknown, but presumed to have originated from the United States and date to approximately 1965. The podium is composed of pine boards and playwood with h...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
Set of Two Vintage Compass, 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of Two vintage Compass, 1940
Made in Barcelona, Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautif...
Category
1940s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Pair of Metal Military Red and Blue Gasoline Tanks, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pair of metal military red and blue gasoline tanks, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Italian Mid-Century Medical Laboratory Bed Brown Leather and White Metal, 1940s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century Medical laboratory bed brown leather and white metal, 1940s
Medical laboratory bed with cream white painted metal structure. The backrest, footrest and seat are ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Italian vintage red and white road cones, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian vintage red and white road cones, 1960s.
Traffic signals or cones with conical rubber structure and square support and with a hole in the upper...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic, Rubber
Gucci Rare Barometer and Clock Year 1960 Vintage Design
By Paolo Gucci
Located in Biella, IT
Gucci rare barometer and clock year 1960 vintage design. Measure h 17 inches x L12" x deep 3".
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass
Set of Four Vintage Weights, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of four vintage weights: 5, 2, 1 and a half kilograms. By unknown manufacturer, circa 1920.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with...
Category
1920s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Jean Dubuffet Book 'Brefs Excercices D'ecole Journalière', circa 1980
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Book catalog 'Brefs Excercices d'Ecole Journalière' by Jean Dubuffet for The Pace Gallery.
Manufactured in New York, circa 1980.
In good original condition, with consistent wit...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1950s Reach Stroehmann Sunbeam Bread Store Display Sign Rare Vintage Advertising
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A very rare advertising campaign tin tacker sign. 'Reach for Stroehmann's Sunbeam Bread.' A single sided tin (SST) embossed sign. Marked Q.B.A. Coop I...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Metal Toronto Tower Scale Design Models, Vintage Canada
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Scaled model of the Toronto tower. A nice architectural sculpture for every living room or desktop.
Category
1980s Canadian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Set of Two Vintage London Bus Match Box Car Toys, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two vintage London match box car bus toys.
By unknown manufacturer, circa 1960.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age an...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Set of Two Metal TV Television Tower Scale Design Models, Vienna Austria, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Scaled models of two television tower from Vienna Austria. Hand-spun in metal. A nice architectural sculpture for every living room or desktop. The smaller one measures approximate 7...
Category
1970s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Rustic Taxidermy White Tail Deer Buck Antlers Horns Dark Wall-Mounted Plaque 70s
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern white tail deer buck antlers, horns on a dark brown wooden wall-mounted plaque.
Great Taxidermy Plaque Mount, wall sculpture for ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Antler, Leather, Wood
Georg Jensen Sterling Heart Ring #89, Henning Koppel, Denmark
Located in Toledo, OH
Sterling heart ring by Georg Jensen and Henning Koppel, size 5, style #89. 10.6 grams, 1 1/4" long x 5/8" wide.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gabriella Crespi Silver Plate Sewing Egg Box, 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Egg-shaped silverplate sewing box, signed Gabriella Crespi. Sewing kit with scissors, thimble and Silk Silk threads in assorted colors. Signature engraved inside.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
Set of 5 Vintage Traditional Snow Measuring Poles, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of five vintage snow measuring poles, by unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1930.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age an...
Category
1930s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Ikat, Silks of Central Asia, the Guido Goldman Collection, 1997
Located in San Francisco, CA
Abr-bandi, the central asian name for the ikat technique, derives from the
Persian word abr which means "cloud". The ikat style is not limited to Central
Asia, but nowhere have the ikat designs known as abr, or the technique itself
proved so enduring or so gloriously inventive as in the ancient centers of
Uzbek and Tadjik handicrafts- Bukhara, Samrkand and the towns of the
Ferghana Valley.
The craftsmanship of the abr masters, the abr bandchi, was their patrimony;
their secrets and their repertoire of designs were handed down through the
generations. Yet this art form has always been responsive to change and
receptive to new weaving methods created to simplify the process without
sacrifice of artistry.
In the nineteenth century abr designs were used to decorate fabrics made into
winter and summer...
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1990s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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
1960s Indian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Authentic Massive Brass Ashtray and Extinguisher by Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
In this listing you will find an extremely rare brass ashtray or pipe holder designed by Carl Auböck in 1948. It features beautiful and elegant lines, part of the exquisite craftsman...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Set of Two Vintage Opel MatchBox Car Toys, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two vintage Opel car toys.
By MatchBox, circa 1960.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina....
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Chinese Mid-Century 14 Karat Yellow Gold & Cut and Polished Agate Necklace
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This necklace may be signed by an unknown maker, but did originate from China and date to approximately 1970 and done in the period Mid Century Modern style. The necklace is composed of 14 karat yellow gold which accents the semi--circular cut and polished agate stones in varying colors. The clasp is done with pierced Chinese...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate, Gold
Black Leather Stuffed Elephant Toy
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand-sewn black leather stuffed elephant figurine toy.
He will make a wonderful gift for anyone who loves elephants.
In the style of Dimitri Omersa'...
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1960s Gorgeous Salmon Colored Alabaster Smoking Set by Romano Bianchi
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Gorgeous salmon colored alabaster smoking set by Romano Bianchi with ashtray, cigarette box and table lighter, everything is handmade carved. Made...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Alabaster
1950s Vintage Tricle Bakelite Olympic Tape Measure Peoples Republic of China
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Tricle Bakelite Olympic tape Measure Peoples Republic of China
Wonderful vintage tape measure has a cover made from dappled rich dar...
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Mid-20th Century Baby Jesus Figure in the Cradle
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mid-20th century hand painted baby Jesus figure made of plaster in the cradle.
Made in Barcelona, Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consiste...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Plaster
Midcentury Brass Pommel with Inset Compass Gadget Cane or Walking Stick
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage walking stick or cane is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in England in circa 1965 in the period style. The walking stick is...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1970s Taxco Aztec Brooch Pin in Sterling Silver Mixed Metals Mexico
By Taxco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Taxco Aztec brooch pin in sterling silver mixed metals Mexico
Sterling silver 925
Maker stamped
Measures: 2.88 tall x 1.75 wide x .75 deep
Preow...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Copper
Carl Auböck Nickel Plated U-Shaped Brass Key Ring Chain Holder Knopferl
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist U-shaped keyring / keyholder / keychain "Knopferl", model #4617-2, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria. Identical to the brass key ring...
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20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Jere Sailboat Model Signed and Dated 1979
By Curtis Jeré
Located in New York, NY
Large and impressive sailboat model by Jere, signed and dated ( Jere 1976 ). This example can be displayed as a freestanding objet, or can be mounted on...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage Emergency Service Porcelain Sign Oval Oil Gas Station Garage Man Cave
Located in Hyattsville, MD
1950s AAA Emergency Service double-sided porcelain garage sign. Distressed condition, meaning some chips from being install back in the day, exposure to t...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Rustic Wooden Spool of Thread, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rustic wooden spool of thread, by unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1930.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, pres...
Category
1930s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Checkers in solid brass and wood, Italy 1970
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Checkers in solid brass and wood, Italy 1970
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1980s Chocolate Brown Touchtone Desk Phone
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage chocolate brown touchtone desk phone. Circa 1980s
Features a bright chocolate brown body with contrasting gray buttons.
The base has rubber feet ...
Category
1980s South Korean Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Two Painted Cast Iron Antique Car Door Stops or Book Ends
By Sexton
Located in Nova Scotia, NS
This fabulous pair of painted cast iron antique cars can be used as door stops, book ends, or shelf décor. One is a red, early Model T Ford with gold and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Iron
Italian Mid-Century White Metal Vertical Medical Scale by Salus, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century White metal Vertical medical scale by Salus, 1960s
Vertical medical scale in white painted metal. In the upper part it has a metal b...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Mid-century Modern collectibles and curiosities for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern collectibles and curiosities for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage collectibles and curiosities created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern collectibles and curiosities made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original collectibles and curiosities, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Line Vautrin, Dunhill, and Kay Bojesen. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for collectibles and curiosities differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $15 and tops out at $130,932 while the average work can sell for $755.
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