Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Large Mid-Century Italian Giorgio Armani Eye Glasses Factice Shop Display Piece
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This is a rare and unique item! The Armani Eyeglasses Factic for display in a shop comes with its original cardboard packaging and is made of metal a...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Metal Virgin Lourdes Memorabilia Figure, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
'Miracle du cierge' Lourde metallic virgin statue.
Made France, circa 1950.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
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Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Great Modern Architecture: the World's Most Spectacular Buildings Hardcover Book
By Frank Gehry
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Great Modern Architecture: The World's Most Spectacar Buildings Hardcover – January 1, 2009 by Bill Price. From the Publisher "All architecture is shelter...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Swarovski Crystal Swan Brooch/ Pin, Signed and Retired
By Swarovski
Located in Plainview, NY
A beautiful authentic Swarovski Swan shaped brooch or pin engraved with the Swarovski logo and 1895-1995.
The silver tone pin/ brooch is entirely done with clear colored paddle sma...
Category
20th Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
1970s Vintage Red Pez Fireman Candy Dispenser U.S, Pat. 3.410.455 No Feet
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Stunning Pop Art PEZ dispenser from Austria. Made of plastic, in the 1970s. Marked made in Austria and US Pat. 3.410.455. It is a no feet dispenser. Foun...
Category
1970s Austrian Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Yves Thomas, Waves and Storms, French Artist-Painter Book, by Yves Thomas, 2011
Located in Atlanta, GA
Yves Thomas, Vagues et Tempetes (Waves and Storms), French-English book by Yves Thomas, 2011.
Yves Thomas is a recognized listed French artist born in Normandy, France, in 1937.
The most beautiful works of Yves Thomas have something musical, sonata, and symphony mingle in the light of the painting. The black rocks declined in purple-gray, are like the shadows of a mysterious world whose surprising beauty we can observe. In these "visionary" paintings, everything evokes the passage of time, from the wear and tear of stones to stranded ships. And yet, the light of the artwork escapes this erosion so much it is alive and plays with its timelessness.
Islands, reefs, and rocks do not belong to any identifiable country.
Only light gives life and meaning to these landscapes taken from the soul.
This light merges with time which gives birth to these spaces. This time-light stands at the heart of emotion itself.
This spiritual time haunts us with its intrinsic presence and escapes the intellect to exist better. It offers the spectator the possibility of becoming clairvoyant in turn.
The art of Yves Thomas is an invitation to an inner journey but also the authentic testimony of an artist working beyond fashions and having been able to remain faithful to his dreams. He allowed the light of his paintings to flourish. Through the miracle of creation, Yves Thomas bears witness to the light of our dreams.
(credit: Artthomparis)
About the Artist:
At the age of 14, Yves Thomas copied a large painting by Antoine Jean Gros, named "The plague-stricken of Jaffa," in the Louvre Museum
Yves Thomas readily admits that "the result was not completely satisfactory" but, coming out of adolescence, he mastered drawing.
At 17, Yves Thomas joined the French Navy for five years. One can imagine the artist scrutinizing the ocean waves and attempting to capture their moving forms in his sketchbooks.
During this period, he discovered and practiced "The Camera Lucida" technique assiduously. An increasingly rigorous design naturally leads to his "Ingres" period.
Open to different trends and curious by nature, Yves Thomas began, a few years after, abstract paintings and then returned to a hyperrealistic drawing...
Category
2010s French Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Set of Michael Graves Chess and Checker Pieces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful set of Chess and checker pieces by Architect and Designer, Michael Graves. The set is made of resin and are very futuristic and modern - a c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Felt
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Sotheby's Auction Catalogue, New in Wrapper
By Sotheby's
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Sotheby's Auction Catalogue
New in Wrapper - Softcover
"A catalogue of the Sotheby's auction for the estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Pieces include Jack Kennedy's oak rocking chair, a study for the White House portrait of Jackie, a collection of Lettuce Ware...
Category
1990s American Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Swarovski Pave' Crystal Gold Leopard Brooch or Pin, Signed and Retired
By Swarovski
Located in Plainview, NY
An authentic rare retired Swarovski pave' crystal leopard brooch or pin. The beautiful brooch is engraved with the Swarovski logo in the back and is gold plated featuring clear pave ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
Scavullo Women by Francesco Scavullo, Pub, 1982
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Scavullo Women published in 1982 by Harper & Row, New York. Written by Francesco Scavullo, with 46 of his portraits and candid interviews. The black cloth bound book with its origina...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Industrial Vintage Metal Aircraft Jet Plane Model Desk Item Statue, circa 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An Industrial plane model made in the 1980s. This unique object is made of metal and has a chrome finish. A nice Industrial sculpture for displaying them on a cupboard, credenza or d...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1980s Andy Warhol Interview Magazine Collection 13 Pcs
By Andy Warhol
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A collection of thirteen iconic interview magazines published by Andy Warhol with many portrait covers by artist Richard Bernstein.These pieces are a history of art, fashion, photography and stories depicting the go go era of the 1980s with great content. Bernstein did many of the covers for 20 years with Warhol as a guiding force behind the magazine. Including covers of Madonna, Richard Pryor...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
White and Blue Acrylic Connect Four Game
Located in Greenwich, CT
The classic game of Connect Four is reimagined. Crafted out of acrylic and lacquered white, the game features dark and light blue chips that are pleasing to the eye; allowing this pi...
Category
2010s American Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Acrylic
In the American West, Richard Avendon, 1985, Signed
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Author: Text by Laura Wilson
Book: Commissioned in 1978 by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, this series of photographs is...
Category
1980s Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Industrial Vintage Metal Aircraft Plane Model Desk Item Statue, circa 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An Industrial plane model made in the 1980s. This unique object is made of metal and has a chrome finish. A nice Industrial sculpture for displaying them on a cupboard, credenza or d...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Leonard Bernstein's Edison Award, 1968
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Leonard Bernstein's Edison Award, 1968,
Last photograph is Leonard Bernstein receiving this Edison Classical Music Award in 1968
The Leonard Bernstein Edison Award, received in 1968...
Category
20th Century European Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
A for Ara, Contemporary, Floor Standing Speakers, Walnut, Gold Leaf, 2010s
By A for Ara
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair solid wood horn floor standing high fidelity speakers Model FS-1 by A for Ara. Available immediately
A fine walnut dot inlaid horn on an ebony base wi...
Category
2010s Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Sculptural Sterling Silver Choker Necklace by Graziella Laffi
Located in Atlanta, GA
A bespoken sterling silver chocker necklace very bold design by Graziella Laffi, Lima, Peru, circa 1970s. The chocker features six subtly hammered roundels radiating into a trio of Axe-shaped fixed pendants, with two smaller ones flanking a large central one. The shape of the axe was often found in the Pre-Columbian art. As a bronze age tool, it symbolizes power. The necklace is not chain link but cast and joined as a solid chocker with box clasp mechanism. The design radiates a sense of history with the primitive tribal geometry in form, yet the necklace appears beyond ethnic, it exuberates a confident and bold modernistic aesthetic. The drop of the necklace on the mannequin (not included) is 11". It has an approximate 16" circumference and weighs 320 grams (10.3 troy ounces). It was tested as 900 purity with XRF analyzer. There is a Peruvian Cultural Ministry label applied and a catalog sticker on verso as shown.
Graziella Laffi was born in 1923 in Florence, Italy to Gino Laffi, a silversmith and artist. Following her family tradition, Graziella enrolled in master classes after elementary school, focusing on design and painting. She next attended Escuela de Bellas Artes de Puerta Romana for three years, where Gino taught, and then to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, where she concentrated in architecture until the start of World War II. In 1947, Graziella, then twenty-four, immigrated with her parents to Peru. Gino later created a silversmith studio and showroom called Fabrica Laffi on Avenue Mexico, where Graziella initially learned her Craft. The Pre-Columbian culture in her adopted country inspired Graziella to travel and collect, which ultimately influence her design in the silver pieces. Graziella learned the metalworking techniques of the ancient Peruvian civilizations and rejected the current technology. She mostly used hammering, rolling and creating joints as the ancients do. As an ambassador of Peruvian culture, her work promoted the indigenous Peruvian art and rekindled the interest in its ancient heritage throughout South America, the United States and Europe. She exhibited her growing collection of Peruvian artifacts...
Category
1970s Peruvian Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Sensenich Wooden Propeller, circa 1945
By Sensenich
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a beautiful wooden Sensenich propeller, dating to 1945. The propeller is stamped "H 3668" on the rear of the hub. Given its construction and designation, it is likely this propeller was flown at the very end of WWII.
The Sensenich Propeller Company was established in 1932 to manufacture fixed-pitch wood aircraft propellers for the growing aviation market. The company started in Pennsylvania by two brothers. Their first experiments included pushing propeller-driven farm wagons down the narrow dirt roads of Lancaster County and, in the winter, strapping an engine and their wooden propeller to an ice sled, which they tethered by a hundred-foot hawser to a stout stake set...
Category
1940s American Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Brass, 21st Century Passive Calacatta Oro Marble Amplifier for Smartphones
Located in Cologna Veneta, IT
The Brass amplifier, entirely made of Calacatta Oro marble, is an exclusive and elegant design object that acts as a passive amplifier for your smartphone. To use this object, just t...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Memento Mori by Callum Campbell
Located in Geneve, CH
Memento Mori by Callum Campbell
Objects for Self Collection
Signed
Dimensions W 3.5 x H 9.3 cm
Materials: Brass
Finish: Polished
Engraved with clients name and date of birth...
Category
2010s Australian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Led Zeppelin a Photographic Collection Book by Neal Preston
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Led Zeppelin A Photographic Collection Book by Neal Preston.
Led Zeppelin: A Photographic Collection Book by Neal Preston. 1st Edition: 2002, out of print. Author: Neal Preston. Softcover book. 192 page large photo history book of the legendary rock band Led Zeppelin.This is a huge soft cover volume, Dimensions: 12 1/2" x 9 1/2" x 1/2" thick. Neal Preston's collection of behind the scenes Led Zeppelin shots are some of the most revealing ever photographed. The more legendary a rock band becomes, the harder it is to peer through the myth. And the more unpredictable and off color their actions, the harder it is for an outsider to get inside and gain their confidence to photograph their real world. Preston and his "candid" camera were right t, on their private jets, at the after shows ; live recording sessions taking unique pictures during their 70's reign as the Lords of Misrule.This is a very sought after and out of print photo collection...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Lux Mini Hoops Made by Moniomi, Square Handcrafted Marble Basketball Hoop
Located in Miami, FL
A playful and graphic layering of marble patterns that utmost depict the ALTIS aesthetics. Hues of blushes and burgundies are reflected amidst the marbles, hand-woven cotton and copp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Copper
Lladro Limited Edition of Lady in Love and Flowers for Goddess Woman, Retired
By Lladro
Located in Plainview, NY
A set of two LLadro figurines. One is " Lady in Love" figurine #6712. The figurine is in mint condition was issued in 2000 and retired in 2004. The sec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Lux Mini Hoops Made by Moniomi, Round Handcrafted Marble Basketball Hoop
Located in Miami, FL
A playful and graphic layering of marble patterns that utmost depict the ALTIS aesthetics. Hues of blushes and burgundies are reflected amidst the marbles, hand-woven cotton and copp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Copper
The Word of Colours
Located in Stockholm, SE
THE WORD OF COLOURS
Textile artist and healer Anna Charlotte Rosenberg Bosten take us on an insightful journey into the world of colours. Her creative and spiritual life choices,...
Category
2010s Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Collectable Chanel 31 Rue Cambon Magazine 2012 Karl Lagerfeld Catalog
By Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Collectable Chanel 31 Rue Cambon Magazine 2012 Catalog.
31 RUE CAMBON CHANEL MAGAZINE BOOKLET Fall/Winter 2012.
Great overall condition. The pages ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
XXII Moscow Olympic Games 1980 Porcelain Mascot Misha Mishka Bear Vintage
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Original vintage Soviet sport Mascot for the 22nd Summer Olympic Games (Games of the XXII Olympiad) in 1980 held in Moscow Russia, Misha the Moscow Olympic Games...
Category
1980s Russian Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
1996 Jack Magazine Irreverent Art Lifestyle Santa Fe
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage Jack Magazine: Got Something Better to do? Issue 3, 1996, Sante Fe, New Mexico edited by Richard Maslow and Art Directer Leah Sherman. Highly graphic and irreverent art...
Category
1990s American Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Render by Callum Campbell
Located in Geneve, CH
Render by Callum Campbell
Objects for self-collection
Signed and numbered
Dimensions: W 24 x D 8.8 H 36 cm
Materials: Brass, stainless steel
Finish: Polished
Physical appearance...
Category
2010s Australian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Original Iconic Op-Art Poster Created by Lanz Wyman for Mexico 68 Olympic Games
Located in Mexico, DF
Original Op-Art Posters printed for the Mexico 68 Olympic Games. The iconic design derives from the logo that integrated very successfully "Mexico 68" with t...
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Honne by Callum Campbell
Located in Geneve, CH
Honne by Callum Campbell
Objects for self collection
Signed and numbered
Dimensions: W 9.5 x H 19- 25 cm
Materials: Brass, LED
Finish: Polished
Note: 220-240w Australian elect...
Category
2010s Australian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Modern Sculptural Sterling Silver Necklace Graziella Laffi
Located in Atlanta, GA
A highly sculptural sterling silver necklace by Peruvian silversmith and designer Grazielle Laffi (1923-2009), Lima, circa 1970. Marks to ne...
Category
1970s Peruvian Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
In Stock in Los Angeles, Green Killer Shark Mini Portable Charger
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Killer shark mini power bank battery charger
In stock in Los Angeles
"Mr Holder was a shark who loved swimming but could not do it. He was mocked by all the other sharks who call...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Antique Religious Book Sculptural Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique religious book artwork consisting of two books tied together by a thread.
Two volumes of the Roman Missal published in Catalan by an Unknown ed...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Architectural Wooden Ornament Sculpture Tuning Fork
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning tropical wood sculpture is architecturally impressive with its stylized tuning fork design. The elongated wooden ornament sits at...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
#11/99 Limited Edition by A$AP Rocky GUFRAMINI X HOMMEMADE Shroom Cactus Mini
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Limited edition #11/99
Gufram presents the miniaturised version of the Shroom CACTUS® created in collaboration with A$AP Rocky and the artist’s new design studio HOMMEMADE Exactly a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
21st Century Leather Olimpia Round Bathroom Set Made in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
Olimpia, in all its beauty.
A complete set with all the bathroom essentials: A round soap dispenser, a toothbrush holder and a cotton pad holder to...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Leather Belt with Large Sterling Buckles Graziella Laffi
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wide leather belt with large sterling silver buckle crafted by Graziella Laffi, Lima, Peru, circa 1960-70s. The bespoken sculptural silver buckle features a biomorphic motif rooted in pre-Columbian culture. Marked: PERU, 950. The buck measures 5.75 x 5 x 2 inches and weighs about 126 grams (4.0511 troy ounces). The detachable belt consists of two parts is adjustable from approximately 33 inches to 36 inches.
Graziella Laffi was born in 1923 in Florence, Italy to Gino Laffi, a silversmith and artist. Following her family tradition, Graziella enrolled in master classes after elementary school, focusing on design and painting. She next attended Escuela de Bellas Artes de Puerta Romana for three years, where Gino taught, and then to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, where she concentrated in architecture until the start of World War II. In 1947, Graziella, then twenty-four, immigrated with her parents to Peru. Gino later created a silversmith studio and showroom called Fabrica Laffi on Avenue Mexico, where Graziella initially learned her Craft. The Pre-Columbian culture in her adopted country inspired Graziella to travel and collect, which ultimately influence her design in the silver pieces. Graziella learned the metalworking techniques of the ancient Peruvian civilizations and rejected the current technology. She mostly used hammering, rolling and creating joints as the ancients do. As an ambassador of Peruvian culture, her work promoted the indigenous Peruvian art and rekindled the interest in its ancient heritage throughout South America, the United States and Europe. She exhibited her growing collection of Peruvian artifacts...
Category
1960s Peruvian Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados Metal Virgin Traditional Figure, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional memorabilia metallic figure of virgin Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados.
Made Spain, circa 1950.
In original condition, with minor we...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
DS-2878 Boxing Handstitched Leather Punching Bag by De Sede
By De Sede
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Leather punching bag DS-2878/60 by De Sede. Matching to the re-edition of the DS-2878, De Sede boxing fans can get their hands on a very special a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique Religious Book Sculptural Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique religious book artwork consisting of two books tied together by a thread.
Two volumes of the Roman Missal published in Catalan by an Unknown ed...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Modulor, Le Corbusier, third printing, 1954
By Le Corbusier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The Modulor - Le Corbusier - third printing - 1954
In overall good condition.
A classic for all designers and lovers of design.
Category
1950s Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1980s Vintage Red PEZ Space Gun Candy Dispenser U. S. Pat. 3.370.746
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Stunning Pop Art PEZ dispenser from Austria. Made of plastic, circa 1980s. Marked made in Austria and US Pat. 3.370.746. Found at an estate sale in Vienn...
Category
1980s Austrian Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Vintage 53" Oversize Prince Pop Art Wooden Tennis Racquet Store Display
By Prince
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage 53" Oversize Prince Pop Art Wooden Tennis Racquet Store Display. item features a large unique size, "pop art" form, probably an original store displ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Clay Traditional Catalan Figure, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional catalan clay handprinted figure.
Made in traditional Catalan atelier, Spain, circa 1940.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserv...
Category
1940s Spanish Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Silver Magnifying Glass with a Feather Handle Letter Opener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very nice silver magnifying glass with a feather handle, which could be used for opening letters as well. The magnification is good and works well. A compliment to any desk or work...
Category
20th Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Plastel Medal of Mussolini by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Plastel medal of Mussolini made by Aurelio Mistruzzi, in the 1930s.
Measures: D 10 cm.
Good conditions.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
According to The Rolling Stones Hardcover Table Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Rolling Stones, ACCORDING TO THE ROLLING STONES.
California: Chronicle Books, 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover.
Large Hardcover Book. 12 X 9 X 1.6 inches; 360 pages.
Printed signatures of all of them, great collectible Rock N Roll hardcover coffee table book.
Title: According to the Rolling Stones
Publisher: Music Sales
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Hardcover
Synopsis:
Here's the inside story: the history of the Rolling Stones - according to the Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, and Ronnie Wood have come together for this remarkable project. They've also opened up their personal and band archives to include many rare and intimate images that are interwoven with the text. The book gets right to the heart of what makes the Stones the Stones, as musicians, songwriters, performers, and colleagues. They describe how their music has evolved and how it has affected and changed their lives. They also reveal, with refreshing frankness, how their own lives have helped, or hindered, their music-making. The Stones' own words - insightful, funny, poignant, surprising, and above all, completely authentic - are complemented by insider reflections from key players in their story over the years such as Ahmet Ertegun, David Bailey, and Cameron Crowe. A comprehensive reference section including discography, and chronology, studded with the Stones' personal comments on the music and memories, completes this must-read volume. Here, in their own words and images, is the life and work of a band which has played the soundtrack of our lives for the last forty years.
According to the Rolling Stones hews closely to the formula set in 2000 by the publication of The Beatles Anthology. Like its predecessor, it's a beautiful coffee table tome with hundreds of gorgeous photographs, from childhood pics of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards to concert shots from the 40 Licks Tour. The text is taken from recent interviews with the band's four latter-day members (Mick, Keith, Charlie Watts, and Ronnie Wood). Notably missing, however, is any contribution from former bassist Bill Wyman, who left the band in the early '90s and published his own history of the band in 2002, Rolling with the Stones. Where Wyman is an obsessive collector and diarist, the other Stones are more impressionistic in their memories, lending an approach to history as casual as the band’s concerts are rigorously planned and staged.
The first half of the Stones story has plenty of high drama (tours through the segregated South, Brian Jones's death, Altamont), which no one seems eager to reflect on deeply. (Charlie is the only one even to mention Altamont.) The more recent years has seen a long string of ever-more-successful tours and ever-less-popular albums, interrupted only by Mick and Keith’s near divorce in the '80s, plus rehab stints for Charlie and Ronnie. While The Beatles Anthology offered the surviving members' interpretations of their experiences at a distance of 30 or more years, the Stones are still living the tale they're trying to tell--and they aren’t always the most self-aware narrators. Or generous: Wyman's three-decade tenure is given short shrift, but the book finds enough space for some unnecessary digs (Wyman has "tiny hands," we're told, and an "almost effeminate" style of playing).
To flesh out the band members' own recollections, the book also contains 13 essays from music-industry friends (Ahmet Ertegun, Marshall Chess), collaborators (Don Was), famous fans (Sheryl Crow...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Metal Virgin Memorabilia Figure
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Spanish metallic virgin statue.
Made Spain, circa 1950.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Materials:
Metal.
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Carl Auböck Snakeskin Wrapped Brass Pipe Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brass and snakeskin pipe stand by Austrian industrial designer Carl Auböck, c.1950s. The curved brass frame is partially wrapped in a tan and brown snakeskin.
Dimensions:
5" widt...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Religious Book Sculptural Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique religious book artwork consisting of three books tied together by a thread.
Three volumes of 'El Oratorio Festivo' published in Catal...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Church Traditional Altar Cloth, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Traditional religious altar cloth artwork of a Spanish church.
Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950.
In original condit...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
2 UnoAErre Aurea Italy 14K Yellow Gold Serpentine Chains 15" & 18" 2.5g
By UnoAErre
Located in Dayton, OH
"Two vintage 14K / 585 (58.5% gold) yellow gold serpentine necklace chains with spring ring clasp, one just marked with gold content, t...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Modern Danish SIK Sterling Silver Disc Earrings from 'Silversmithy in Kolding'
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Sølvsmedien i Kolding, Denmark is closely related to Hans Hansen Silversmithy and accordingly Georg Jensen who took over the company during the 1980s. These XL (30mm) disc/ufo shaped...
Category
1980s Danish Vintage Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
André Ricard 'Olympic Torch Prototype' for Barcelona 1992 Games, circa 1992
By André Ricard
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Olympic torch prototype (PT) in chromed plastic for Barcelona '92 by André Ricard.
Manufactured in Spain, circa 1990.
In good original condition, w...
Category
1990s Spanish Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Louis Vuitton Le Catalogue Reference Book 1997
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Louis Vuitton Le Catalogue Reference Book 1997. From the Louis Vuitton store in Rodeo Drive Beverly Hills in California.
Master suitcase mak...
Category
20th Century French Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Patinated Terracotta Fireplace End 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
PATINATED TERRACOTTA FIREPLACE end 19th Century
HEIGHT 110cm
WIDTH 150cm
DEPTH 30cm
WEIGHT 130Kg
FIRE MOUTH WIDTH X HEIGHT 94 X 85 cm
MANUFACTURE Tuscany / Tuscany
MATERIAL ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Terracotta
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