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 celebrated 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.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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
1950s Modernist Cufflinks Crushed Stone Taxco Mexico
By Taxco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1950s Mexican Crushed Stone Cufflinks set artisan Taxco Mexico
11/16 x 11/16 x .75 d
Original preowned vintage condition
Refer to images
signed with stamp
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone
Vintage Wicker Wheel Wonder – 6-Foot Display Bicycle
Located in New York, NY
Life-Size Wicker Display Bicycle, Mid-20th Century
A whimsical, mid-century sculptural bicycle meticulously hand-woven from natural rattan, complete with spoked wheels, chain guard, ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rattan, Wicker
Kay Bojesen Original Painted Beech Zebra Figure with Patina, 1950s Danish Modern
By Kay Bojesen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Type: Wooden toy zebra, Figurine. Material: Beech. Color: White and black.
Design: Kay Bojesen. Origin: Denmark. Period: Manufactured in the 1950s (Designed in 1935). Measurements: ...
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Beech
$663 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Squared White Travertine Marble Italian Ashtray After Mannelli, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Elegant midcentury squared white travertine marble ashtray. This fantastic piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s after Fratelli Mannelli.
This wonderful item took inspirati...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Travertine
Large Naval Pulley Table Lamp with Flintlock Pistol, Barometer & Horn
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large early 20th Century naval pulley converted into a table lamp with gentleman’s flintlock pistol, bullets, barometer and powder horn.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Hat Shop Display c.1930-1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
This Marten Hats display bust was once used in a hat shop to showcase stylish head wear. Made of a heavy composition material with a bronze-tone finish, it has a classic, eleg...
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Composition
Midcentury Aluminia Thule Tray Vase by Anni Jeppesen for Royal Copenhagen
Located in San Diego, CA
Midcentury vase and tray by Anni Jeppesen for Royal Copenhagen, circa 1960s. The set was often called a cigarette holder and ashtray. Each one is signed with her cypher "AJ" mark and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
World Relief Map
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large world relief map.
Measures: Width 232 cm.
Height 158 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Acrylic
$2,149
Midcentury Italian Multicolored Murano Glass "Chubby" Cat Sculpture, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing hand blown midcentury multicolored Murano glass "Chubby" cat sculpture. This piece was designed in Italy during 1970s.
The sculpture represents a chubby, fluffy cat bendin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid Century Lucite Table Lighter
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Great table lighter. Lucite form in an inviting design. Does't appear to have been used.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Lucite
Vintage Ashtray US Oberammergau US Army School
By Lladro
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage ceramic ashtray with Imagery of the US Oberammergau US Army School established in Germany in the 1960s. Ashtray is in good condition.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
$96 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed Mid-Century Modern Biomorphic Shaped Ceramic Ashtray with Swirled Glaze
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This hand-crafted ceramic ashtray is signed with an illegible signature, but presumed to have originated from the United States, possibly California, and dating to approximately 1965...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of rare Wire Glove Stretchers, Europe, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
Pair of Wire Glove Stretchers in Turquoise Rubber with Red Wooden Handles, 1950s
Origin: Presumably Germany or Austria, circa 1950
A rare and visually striking pair of mid-century g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wire
Signed 1st Edition of 'Minding the Store' by Stanley Marcus
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A SIGNED FIRST EDITION of ‘Minding the Store’ A Memoir by Stanley Marcus.
Published by Little, Brown (1974).
First Edition Second Printing. Pages 383.
Dust Cover in fai...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Lithography Map, County Durham, English, Framed Cartography, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique lithography map of County Durham. An English, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest, dating to the mid 19th century and later.
Superb lithography of Cou...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Antique "Mariquita Perez" Doll
Located in Miami, FL
Midcentury antique "Mariquita Perez" doll.
Mariquita Perez appeared in the market in 1940, being the best known doll of the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s in Spain, Portugal and in so...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Unusual Giant Comb, Barbershop Sign, Denmark, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A large unique comb that hang outside a Barbershop in Esbjerg, Denmark. From circa 1950-1980. It is made from solid aluminium and is a rather precise and detailed imitation of the vi...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
$890 Sale Price
25% Off
Abstract Sculpture
Located in Rochester, NY
A striking metal sculpture of a fish. Iron with gold gilt decoration. Probably Asian.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Iron
Ettore Sottsass Pink Ceramic Shiva Flower Vase, by BD Barcelona
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Shiva ceramic flower vase designed by Ettore Sottsass, circa 1973, edited by BD in Barcelona.
In good original condition with minor wear consistent with age and use preserving a b...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
The Sculptures of Picasso Photographs by Brassaï 1949 1st Edition
By Brassaï, Pablo Picasso
Located in CA, CA
First edition, published by Rodney Phillips & Co, 1949.
A very important book of Picasso's sculptures beautifully photographed by the renowned French photographer Brassaï, a close f...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
LB LTD Tri-Ang Steel Train-Steam Locomotives Toy
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a bright orange and black color train-steam locomotives metal toy. It has four black tires and a little silver metal bell in the front top of...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
$176 Sale Price
25% Off
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
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
'Maison Kuiper' Pair of Fur Hats, 1950s
Located in Tilburg, NL
'Maison Kuiper' pair of 2 fur beret style hats, The Netherlands, 1950s.
This is a rare pair of beret style hats in fur made by 'Maison Kuiper' a very ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fur
$1,290 / set
Modern Hand-Carved Ebony Bracelet, circa 1970s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Stunning large modern hand-carved ebony bracelet made from 28 single pieces of ebony.
Measure: opening 2.25 inches.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ebony
Bronze Brooch by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A gilt bronze brooch by French art jewelry designer Line Vautrin (1913-1997) Untitled circa late 1940s. The brooch depicts a horn with twisted texture wrapped with articulated chains. No signature found.
Provenance: From a former Collection of a Line Vautrin jewelry...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Maison Lancel Brass Dolphin Sconces Ruffled Opaline Glass Shade France 1950-Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Superb pair of Maison Lancel brass dolphin sconces, wall lights with original white ruffled Opaline glass shade.
These animal sculpture lighting was m...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
ENGLAND 1950 Mid-Century Desk Table Lighter In a Carved Wood Yacht
Located in Miami, FL
A yacht desk lighter made in England
This beautiful desk lighter, was created in England during the mid-century period, back in the 1950. Crafted in the shape of a yacht, carved in ...
Category
1950s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$488 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Vietnam War Naval Air Medal / POW Hero
Located in San Diego, CA
A Vietnam war naval "Air Medal" and issued to lieutenant commander Dennis Moore of the U.S. Navy for "meritorious achievement in aerial flight. The medal (complete set of medal and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Height Adjustable Tie/Jewelry Holder in Lucite & Nickel by Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful nickel and Lucite towel, ties or jewelry holder designed and manufactured by Charles Hollis Jones in the 1970.
The piece is in excellent original condition with only min...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Nickel
Audrey Hepburn, Original Vintage Photograph by Vincent Rossell, Paris, 1962
Located in Devon, GB
From the Personal collection of Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn on the set of 'Paris When it Sizzles,' Paris, 1962 by Vincent Ro...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Red & Silver Mercury Blown Glass Church Christmas Tree Ornaments Lot of 3
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
What a cute lot of three traditional style church shaped hand blown Christmas tree ornaments that would make a fabulous addition to any seasonal decor. The churches are silver mercur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Blown Glass
$116 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Facendo Mobili Con Poltrona
By Poltronova
Located in New York, NY
Second edition of this compendium of radical and post-modern design produced by the Tuscan-based firm Poltronova from its early collaborations with Ettore Sottsass, who became Art Director in 1958, through the heyday of 1960’s anti-design and to the mid-1970s. Features work by both Old Guard masters and emerging leaders of the Radical Movement including (in addition to Sottsass) Archizoom, Superstudio, Sergio Asti, Gae Aulenti, Angelo Mangiarotti, Allesandro Mendini, Massimo and Lella Vignelli, Gianni Ruffi, Giovanni Michelucchi, Gianfranco Fini, Mario Ceroli, Ugo Nespolo, Roberto Barni, Paolo Portoghesi, Gino Marotta, and the group De Pas, D’Urbino, and Lomazzi. Written by Pier Carlo Santini and published by Artigraf Edizioni in 1996, following its initial run in 1977. 4to, 181 pages with text in Italian; stiff printed wraps with printed brown paper dust jacket. Fully illustrated, primarily in black-and-white. Includes artist biographies. A scarce and significant resource chronicling the contribution of this avant-garde design firm. A crisp, collectible copy with only minor bumping to the dust jacket and extremities. From the estate of design guru Jim Walrod...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare Table Lamp Natural Specimens Shellfish Shells & Resin, Original Midcentury
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
It is very rare, nothing usual. Midcentury resin table lamp with shells seafood inside. Crab and Shellfish, natural sand crab preserved in a b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Shell, Resin
University of Pennsylavania Vintage Pennant by Collegiate Ames
Located in Philadelphia, PA
University of Pennsylavania
Vintage Pennant
by Collegiate Ames
"in good vintage conditions"
"size does not include tassels"
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Felt
1970s Pal Kepenyes Sculptural Brass Pendant
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1970s Pal Kepenyes Sculptural Brass Pendant
4 h x 2 w x .13
Preowned vintage
Refer to images please
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Leather Medicine Ball
Located in Vienna, AT
Original patinated leather medicine ball from the 1950s. A set of two.
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
$696 / set
1950’s Spaniard Navy Mortar
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a 1950’s Spaniard Navy Mortar. It depicts a long cylindrical rusted metal barrel supported by a rectangular metal table shaped stand with two rectangular flat walls at each e...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Framed United States Map
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage aged paper map of the United States mounted on particle board and framed in a simple wooden frame.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
1970s Finnish Aarikka Jewelry Wooden Bead Pin Brooch
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Classic Finnish 1970s jewelry by acclaimed Finnish designer Kaija Aarikka (1929-2014). Lacquered wooden beads set in two circles with additional hanging ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Brass
Friso Kramer Hand Signed Miniature Chair Toy Sculpture Ahrend de Cyrkel
By Friso Kramer
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Friso Kramer miniature chair toy sculpture
Manufactured in the Netherlands by Ahrend de Cyrkel.
Scaled miniature plastic Friso Kramer Revolt chair. Comes in pieces to be assemble...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Huger West Germany Meteobar skeleton design years '60 rare real fine barometer
Located in Biella, IT
Huger West Germany meteobar design in years '60 rare and real fine skeleton barometer
the barometer is in brass and is perfect vintage and original, working condition
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Luxury Liner Ship Model
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-century model of a luxury liner boat / ship model painted red, white and blue with 2 smoke stacks supported on a stand.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint
Vintage Leather Small Model of a Seal, 1960s-70s
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Leather Small Model of a Seal,
1960s-70s
The rare small leather model of a tortoise shows the outer shell with typical markings on the back. The head has scored eyes and mo...
Category
1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
1950s, Miriam Haskell Mineral Jewel Parure Set Vintage Designer Costume Jewlery
By Miriam Haskell
Located in Hyattsville, MD
All pieces are signed Miriam Haskell. No broken or cracked pieces. Some patina noticed on the brass hardware.
Necklace L: 16.5 in.
Nine strands of orange, pink, russet & lime dia...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Art Glass
$2,636 Sale Price
20% Off
Skodje Skern The Oldest Game in the World
By Skodje
Located in New York, NY
Wenge wood game board by Skodje Skern, Denmark, circa 1960.
Game board made from a solid piece of wood, designed for playing "Kahala," one of the earliest known games.
Signed ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Era 9 Karat Yellow Gold Men's Omega Wristwatch with Boxes & Papers
By Omega
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This 9-karat yellow gold men's wristwatch was made by the highly renowned Omega watch company of Switzerland in approximately 1965 in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The watch is in new/old stock condition showing no scratches or significant wear or damage to the face, the lugs, crystal or crown and retains its original elasticized metal gold toned band. The watch is complete with its instruction manual and warranty papers and both it's inner red leather bound box...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Gold
Vintage Skiing Boots by Botas, Czechoslovakia, 1980's
Located in Praha, CZ
Well-preserved skiing boots by Botas, size EU42/US8, made in Czechoslovakia, in the 1980's.
Made of leather, plastic and metal.
Revived, cleaned, shows signs of wear and age.
Fully f...
Category
1980s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Plastic, Polyester
Model of Danish Corner Chair in the Manner of Finn Juhl
By Finn Juhl
Located in New York, NY
Apprentice cabinet makers would make models of furniture as a part of their training. A lovely addition for a collector of miniature chairs and a generally appealing decorative acces...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Bertoia Foundation Sterling Silver Gong Style Pendant Designed by Harry Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
This is a hand-hammered reproduction of a rare design that Harry Bertoia did at the Bertoia Studio in the 1970s, Bertoia toyed with creating a complete line of jewelry since the 1940...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-Century Modern Mexican Sterling Silver Geometric Linked Choker Necklace
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This chunky sterling silver ladies choker necklace was made in Mexico in approximately 1970 in a Mid-Century Modern style. The thick sterling silver links are geometrically shaped in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Hand Turned Wood Mortar and Pestle 1950
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome Mid-Century Modern mortar and pestle hand turned from one piece of dense wood. It is in wonderful vintage condition. Please see photos, circa 1950-1960.
Whether you need or...
Category
1950s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
'The Birds' Original Vintage Movie Poster by Boris Grinsson, French, 1963
Located in Devon, GB
A spooky French moyenne poster by prolific French poster artist Boris Grinsson for the original release of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 psychological masterpiece 'The Birds,' starring blonde beauty Tippi Hendren in her debut role. Based on Daphne du Maurier...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Linen
1970s Solid Bronze Belt Buckle Wood Abalone Inlay
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Solid Bronze Abalone Belt Buckle
stamped by maker
3.25 w x 2.25 h x .38 d
Preowned vintage
Refer to images
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Three-Dimensional Anatomical Midcentury Wall Plaster Sculpture, Germany, 1950s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Midcentury three-dimensional anatomical plaster painting representing human respiratory system, provenance Hygiene Museum Dresden with museum sticker ...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster, Wood
$506 Sale Price
20% Off
Nobel Prize giulio Natta collection de 1954 in perfect condition available
Located in Guazzora, IT
The Moplen Car is a pedal car that represents an icon of 20th century design and technological innovation. Made entirely of Moplen, a thermoplastic polymer developed in 1954 by the ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
$620 Sale Price
20% Off
Barry Kieselstein Cord Large Eagle Head Sterling Alligator Belt
Located in Westport, CT
Barry Kieselstein Cord Large scale eagle head sterling belt buckle with sterling loops and tip, all stamped sterling 1992 USA with hallmarks, all original brown alligator belt.
Meas...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage John Players Navy Cut Cigarette Advertising Shipping Crate or Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Made in the mid-1860s, this wooden and silk screened shipping crate was made for the iconic Player's Navy Cut cigarettes. The crate appears to have been shipp...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
1950s Rare Marijuana Ashtray Bowl San Francisco Architect California SF
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Amazing 1950s sculptural ashtray created in the MCM period in San Francisco. Small studio craft, low numbers produced. Signed.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage 1998 Philip Treacy Bespoke Unused Pheasant Feather Fascinator Hat
Located in London, England
A stunning bespoke and never worn Philip Treacy fascinator in its original blue box. Original receipt available. The hat is secured onto the head via two metal clips and an elastic...
Category
1990s British Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$1,331 Sale Price
44% Off
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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Antique Wood Stirrups
Automaton Collectible
Bezalel Plaque