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
Orange Stereophonic RR-126 Radio by F.lli Castiglioni for Brionvega, 1960s
Located in bruxelles, BE
Brionvega orange stereo radio. Very unusual in this color. The radio and record player work perfectly. There's also a bluethoot socket for connecting the cell phone. It has been com...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Pair Of Vintage Cased Opera Glasses, French, Brass, Binocular, Mid 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage cased opera glasses. A French, brass and Mother of Pearl Galilean binocular, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Leather and Brass Miners Lamp Shaped Table Lighter, France 1960s
By Hermès
Located in Milan, IT
Attributed to Hermes, leather and brass miners table lighter. France 1960s.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Italian Mid-Century Modern Brionvega Algol 11 Black Television, 1968
By Brionvega
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern Brionvega Algol 11 black television, 1968.
Brionvega Algol 11 black television, not revised. This is an object in its original state of conservation.
G...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Metallic Thread
Pop Art Exhibition Catalogue 1964 Stockholm Museum of Modern Art
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Unique catalogue of an exhibition in the Moderna Museet in Stockholm in 1964.
Amazing cover with the iconic artwork of Roy Lichtenstein.
106 works of: Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Ro...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large French Silvered Bronze Box Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A silvered bronze poudrier box "Ammonite" by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997).
In the 1940s, Line Vautrin designed a series that was inspired by the shape of na...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
German Midcentury Foosball Table
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
German 50s foosball table. Attributable to the manufacturer Leonhart, who has stood for the best quality and innovation in the field of foosball tables since the founding of the fami...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Hand Carved Wood Dog Head Estate Pipe, Antique Brienz Black Forest
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An antique Estate pipe hand carved wood Dog head pipe. Good used condition. Some minor surface wear. See pictures for details. An all original item to display in your man cave. super...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
James Bond 'Goldfinger' Original Vintage British Quad Movie Poster, 1964
Located in Devon, GB
Considered the quintessential and definitive Bond film, the third instalment in EON Productions' James Bond series set the template for many of the subsequent films, with its tongue in cheek humour, extensive use of gadgets and technology and multiple foreign locations. The first Bond blockbuster, 1964's 'Goldfinger' was also the first Bond film to utilise a standalone pre-credits sequence, the first to employ a pop star to sing the theme song and the first to win an Academy Award. The plot saw 007 uncover a plot to contaminate the United States gold reserve at Fort Knox while investigating the smuggling activities of powerful gold magnate Auric Goldfinger.
The film's lasting image is of the gold-painted girl, featured here on the sought after 'Style A' British Quad poster for the original UK release in 1964. Robert Brownjohn...
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1960s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Exhibition Catalog – Pinturas by Pablo Picasso, Sala Gaspar, 1960
Located in Barcelona, ES
Original Exhibition Catalog – Pinturas by Pablo Picasso, Sala Gaspar, 1960
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Exhibition: Pinturas – Sala Gaspar, Barcelo...
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1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Intron Table Radio Antique Collection
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Intron table radio, Antique Collection. With a veneered and lacquered wooden frame, it has an iconic Deco design in the shape of an arch, characteristic of radios of the time. The f...
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Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Record Player Cabinet by Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler, 1955, Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
This Caviuna Record Player was produced by Forma S.A. Móveis e Objetos de Arte in the 1950s, whose designs were made by Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler.
This typology was part of the storage furniture from the period, appearing in several interior projects published in the most known design and lifestyle magazines. It was part of modular furniture, commonly assembled with shelves, flower boxes, and bar compartments.
Extraordinarily complex and hand-crafted, the wood pieces produced by Forma Móveis e Objetos de Arte in Brazil in the 1950s have unique construction details, very distinctive of any production of the time in Brazil.
This Record Player is composed of two hanging doors...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
Tin Plastic Futuristic Blizzard 2000 Friction Toy Car Vintage GDR 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous vintage sheet metal and plastic Toy car. Operated by a friction engine. In very good condition, with Aging in a few spots but is still a great collectible.
A beautiful decor...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Bronze Reindeer Moss Bracelet, Hannnu Ikonen, Finland, 1970s
Located in Oirlo, LI
Beautiful large modernist bronze bracelet by the Finnish designer Hannu Ikonen with the typical cup moss or reindeer moss motif. This bracelet was made in the 1970s by the producer V...
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1970s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
4 Vols Vintage English Maps, John Speed, Cartography Folio, Reproduction, C.1953
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage 4 volume compendium atlas of England by John Speed. An English, cartography folio, reproduced and presented in slip cases by John Arlott, dating to the mid 20th ce...
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Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Batman stereo radio bar by Adalberto dal Lago & Adam Tihany for G. Rossi , 1970s
Located in bruxelles, BE
Batman record player, radio and bar by Adalberto dal Lago & Adam Tihany for Giuseppe Rossi. The top is in brushed chrome metal with integrated speakers a...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
The Bed and Bath Book, Terence Conran. 1st Edition Hardbound, 1978
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The Bed and Bath Book, by Terence Conran, Hardbound with Jacket, First Edition – 1978.
Suggests trend-setting yet functional designs for bedrooms and bathrooms to suit every area of...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Teak Type 135 Radio from Wega, 1960s
By Wega
Located in Lisboa, PT
This radio, type 135, was made by Wega in West-Germany, during the 1960's. With a teak wooden case, it has broadcast, long wave, short wave plus FM or UHF. ...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Teak
Antique "Le Jockey Club" 1930's Horse Racing Binoculars with Compass
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A French silvered brass and brown leather Horse Racing binoculars stamped "Le Jockey Club Paris" presented in their original brown leather case. ...
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Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
1957 Gretsch 6187 Corvette "Lotus Ivory/Grey Mist , original case
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Modernist design..1957 Gretsch 6187 Corvette in Lotus Ivory!
Very clean 1957 Gretsch 6187 in Lotus Ivory w/ Gray Metallic back/sides/neck...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Rosewood
SONY TC-144 CS tape recorder, 1970s
Located in Neuss, NW
Portable tape recorder with speakers TC-144 CS by Sony from the 1970s. Made in Korea.
The individual components have been tested and cleaned by a specialist workshop. Defective part...
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1970s Korean Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1960s Set of 12 Wood Toy MONKEYS Danish Kay Bojesen Era Jointed Teak & Oak
By Kay Bojesen
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Set of 12 Wood Toy MONKEYS Danish Kay Bojesen Era Jointed Teak & Oak
Collection is from different countries; most are from Japan.
Some have labels remaining.
5 large 5 medium ...
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1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak, Teak
Paul Evans Patchwork Copper Large and Small Humidors w Cigar Ashtray, c 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fantastic set of Paul Evans 'Patchwork Copper' smoking accessories, manufactured by C.C. Design Inc and retailed by Directional in the 1970s, with beautiful light patina and age, p...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Pewter
Vintage Allbrit Polar Planimeter, English, Scientific Instrument, Stanley, 1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage Allbrit polar planimeter. An English, adjustable scientific instrument by Stanley, dating to the mid-20th century, circa 1950.
Comprehensive scientific instrument set
Displays a desirable aged patina
Presented in a carry case with a rich blue velour lining
Ideal for measuring on maps or drawings
Rotating measurement scales in good order
Replete with small magnifying loupe...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Weightlifter Hagenauer Mid-Century / Art Deco Sculpture, Austria, 1930
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco / Vintage liftweight sculpture.
Weightlifter Hagenauer mid-century / Art Deco Sculpture - Austria 1930
Franz Hagenauer sculpture of a weightlifte...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Original Exhibition Catalog – Dibujos 1928-1942 by Julio González
By Julio González
Located in Barcelona, ES
Original Exhibition Catalog – Dibujos 1928-1942 by Julio González, Galeria Dreiseitel, 1974
Artist: Julio González
Exhibition: Dibujos 1928-1942 – Galeria Dreiseitel, Köln
Year: 1...
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1970s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Tiffany& Co. 18K Gold And Ruby Flower Form Brooch Pin
Located in Norwood, NJ
Tiffany & Co. vintage 18k yellow gold and ruby floral form pin brooch. Polished and Florentine finish. 9 prong set round rubies. Made in Italy. Fully marked Tiffany & Co. 18K Italy. ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Set of Two Antique Spanish Wooden Stamps, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of two antique wooden stamps, made in Spain by unknown manufacturer, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age...
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1930s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Unusual Mesmerizing Hand Built Hypnotic Wheel, by Melvin Powers, 1951
By Marilyn Powers
Located in Buffalo, NY
Melvin Powers is considered the king of hypnosis in this country. His first self published book entitled hypnotism revealed is still in print and first published in 1949, He self pub...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Large Vintage Ship Propeller Display, English Bronze, Oak, Maritime, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage ship propeller display. An English, bronze and oak decorative four-blade maritime mount, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
Of great proportion and superb decorative appeal
Displaying a desirable aged patina and in good order
Polished bronze blades present wonderful golden tonality
Propeller blades ringing...
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Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
'Tintin et les Oranges Bleues' Original Vintage French Movie Poster, 1964
By Hergé
Located in Devon, GB
A delightful French Moyenne poster illustrated by Belgian cartoonist Hergé for the second live-action feature film to be based on his beloved comic book series 'The Adventures of Tin...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen, Paper
Vintage Georg Jensen Silver Ring No. 91 by Nanna Ditzel
By Nanna Ditzel
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A Nanna Ditzel for Georg Jensen sterling silver ring. Designed as a curved undulating sculptural form. It sits beautifully on the finger, catching light from different angles. The ri...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Kay Bojesen, Toy or Decorative Sculpture, Teak, Denmark, 1950s
By Kay Bojesen
Located in High Point, NC
A teak toy or animal sculpture designed by Kay Bojesen, Denmark, 1950s.
Dimensions variable, measured as illustrated in first image.
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Teak
Batman stereo radio bar by Adalberto dal Lago & Adam Tihany for G. Rossi , 1970s
Located in bruxelles, BE
Batman record player, radio and bar by Adalberto dal Lago & Adam Tihany for Giuseppe Rossi. The top is in brushed chrome metal with integrated speakers a...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Earth table globe attributed to Maitland
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Inlaid hardstone and brass terrestrial table globe, attributed to Maitland Smith, 20th century.
This beautiful inlaid hardstone and brass table globe attributed to Maitland Smith i...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Brass
BRAUN "RT 20", Tischradio, Dieter Rams
By Dieter Rams, Braun
Located in Neuss, NW
Design classic RT 20 by Dieter Rams for BRAUN from 1961. Table radio with veneered wooden corpus in ash and grey lacquered metal front. Made in Germany.
The front has been repainted...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
32 Large Marble Chess Set Pieces Emerald Green and Onyx Pieces 1950's
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage 32 Marble Large Chess Set Hand-carved Emerald Green Malachite Onyx Pieces.
Vintage mid 20th century Mexican stone marble chess set complete chess pieces in green and white ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Malachite, Onyx, Marble
'The Man with the Golden Arm' Original Movie Poster by Saul Bass, British, 1956
By Saul Bass
Located in Devon, GB
Based on a novel by Nelson Algren, Otto Preminger's controversial and groundbreaking 1955 drama "The Man with the Golden Arm" starred Frank Sinatra in an...
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1950s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Intel Stereo Anlage, 1970's
Located in Lisboa, PT
This radio was made by Intel in Germany, during the 1970's. With a plastic case, imitating wood, it has Broadcast, Long Wave, Short Wave plus FM or UHF. Goo...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Christmas: A Story, by Eleanor Roosevelt, First Edition, in Original Dust Jacket
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Roosevelt, Eleanor. Christmas: A Story. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First Edition. Twelvemo. In the publisher's colorful original dust jacket and printed pictorial boards.
This...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1970s Sterling Silver Modernist Bracelets 925 Stretch Flex
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Two Sterling Silver Bracelets Stretch Flex
2.25 diameter (flexible) x .25 w
stamped 925
Preowned vintage condition
Refer to images
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Illuminated Magnifying Glass Eagle Hong Kong
By Eagle Tool and Metal Mfg.
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Eagle Magnifying Glass Hong Kong
2.75 h x 4.5 diameter x 9.5 long
reading magnifying glass with light by EAGLE
stamped by maker
Preowned vintage condition
Refer to images
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Late 20th Century Hong Kong Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Crucifix Cross Cloisonné Enamel Mounted on Onyx Europe, 1920
Located in Paris, FR
Crucifix Cross in decorated in cloisonné enamel mounted on Onyx Europe 1920
Very nice work , all mounted on brass, in good condition due to its age.
The cloisonné enamel show very ...
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Brass, Enamel
Vintage Dunhill Rollagas Silver Pocket Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage 1960s Dunhill Rollagas silverplate pocket light lighter featuring a textured finish.
Stamped: "Dunhill US. RE24163 PATENTED SWITZERLAND"
M...
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1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Mounted Half Block Ship Model of a 1936s America's Cup Sloop the Endeavour II
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early Mounted Half Block Ship Model of a 1936s America's Cup Sloop
This half block miniature boat model is dedicated to Joe and has quiet the provenanc...
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Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cherry, Maple
Sea Fish Saltvandsfisk Rollable Poster Print Wall Chart, Denmark 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This rare vintage wall chart shows different types of sea fish, which are native to middle Europe. This kind of wall charts are used as teaching material in German schools or diving ...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
20th c. Nautical Hand-Painted Trinket Pottery
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
A hand-painted trinket dish by ceramic pottery artist.
Category
20th Century South African Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pottery, Ceramic, Paint
1960s St Dupont Lighter Silver Design Horizontal
By S.T. Dupont
Located in Biella, IT
S.T. Dupont France lighter sophisticated horizontal line1 first edit two tone silverplate and gold-rose color design in years '60 and is in good used vi...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid Century Massachusetts Institute of Technology Collectibles
Located in Riverdale, NY
Mid Century Massachusetts Institute of Technology Collectibles. Upgrade your legacy and clout with a few well placed trinkets from Mid Century M.I.T. sca...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain, Wood, Paper
Rare Pair of Pearl & Oakley Acoustics Ceramic Chinese Urn Stereo Speakers
By Altec Lansing Corporation
Located in St. Louis, MO
Very Unique 1980s Asian Modern Pearl & Oakley Acoustics custom home audio speakers in the form of Chinese lidded urns or ceramic vases with crackle glaze...
Category
1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Vintage Leather Chaps Horse Riding Gaiters
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Equestrian Leather Chaps Gaiters
item listed is a pair
1/2 chaps 12 h x 6 d x 4 w
Preowned vintage
Refer to images provided.
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Mid-20th Century 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...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Art Glass
Complete Decorative Set of 6 Graham Greene Books Designer Edition, England
Located in Palm Springs, CA
We purchased a entire collection of books from a local (Rancho Mirage, CA) art collector/philanthropist chic and perfectly designed home library. We have decided to start selling the...
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Early 2000s English Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sterling Silver Ring Eternal Heart Love Band
By Taxco
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Sterling Silver Eternal Heart Love Ring
925
size 8.25
75 diam x .25 W
Preowned vintage
Refer to listed images
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
East of Eden by John Steinbeck, First Trade Edition, in Original DJ, 1952
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Steinbeck, John. East of Eden. New York: The Viking Press, 1952. Octavo. First trade edition, first printing. In original lime green cloth boards with green titles to the spine and o...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Beatles 'A Hard Day's Night' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Australian, 1964
Located in Devon, GB
Printed in stunning stone lithography, this incredibly rare Australian three-sheet poster advertised The Beatles' first full-length feature film 'A Hard Day's Night,' which followed ...
Category
1960s Australian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Linen
Charles Hollis Jones Lucite Chess Set with Original Nickel Base and Box, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning chess set designed by the Lucite master, Charles Hollis Jones.
The set is from the mid-1960s and is in very good original condition, the board has a few surface scratches and the pieces have a little crazing due to age and use.
There is minor crazing in some of the pieces, they all are in great shape, chess pieces range from 3" to 1 1/2" in size.
Measurements:
Board: 21 1/2" square...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Nickel
Scandinavian Vintage Wooden Truck Toy Model 1930s
Located in Berlin, DE
Decorative scandinavian vintage wooden truck,
1930s-1940s
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish 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.