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Place of Origin: American
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Pair of Arts and Crafts Pottery Elephant Bookends
Located in San Mateo, CA
Pair of Arts and Crafts period ceramic elephant bookends. These are not marked. They have in the past been attributed to Monmouth Pottery. These have a great glaze with green mottlin...
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Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts American Bookends

Materials

Ceramic

Chase Walter Von Nessen Horse Bookends Statue
By Walter Von Nessen, Chase Brass and Copper Company
Located in Oakland, CA
Extremely rare set of chase Equestrian bookends sculpture designed by Walter Von Nessen in 1932. Industrial Design incorporated with the latest mat...
Category

1930s Art Deco Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Brass

Pair of Ice Block Emerald Glass Bookends by Blenko Glass
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice pair of of free flow ice block emerald glass bookends by Blenko Glass, circa 1970s. The bookends look like a large chunk of ice with a very cool three dimensional effect and mea...
Category

Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends

Materials

Glass

Pair of Solid Marble Bookends with Brass Anchor
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of green solid marble bookends with brass anchor accent, circa 1970s. The set are in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measure 5"W x 4.75"D x 7"H. #1493.
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends

Materials

Marble, Brass

Art Deco Female Bronze Sculpture by Michael Shacham, 1977
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial signed and numbered female figurative gilt bronze sculpture on a dark green with white veining marble base, by sculptor Michael Shacham...
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Late 20th Century Art Deco American Bookends

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Pair of Carved Oak Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid-Century carved oak bookends with leaf designs (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category

20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends

Materials

Oak

Midcentury Design Line Inc. Bill Curry Stainless Modernist Cube Bookends
By Bill Curry & Design Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Very heavy and seemingly rare cube on cube stainless clad bookends by Bill Curry for Design Line.
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends

Materials

Stainless Steel

American Aestheticism, Griffoul Foundry Sculptural Bronze Bookends, Early XX C.
By M. Peinlich
Located in New York, NY
A charming set of bronze bookends. One of the bookends depicts a figure of a young girl with a questioning face expression, holding a bouquet; and the other a cupid, who peeks around...
Category

Early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement American Bookends

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Brass, Enamel & Wood Asian Style Bird Bookends by Grammes
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous pair of brass, enamel and wood Asian style bird bookends by Grammes, circa 1950s. The bookends are made of solid wood and wrapped with a brass plate that has a colorful red ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Bookends

Materials

Enamel, Brass

Art Deco Modern Bookends, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Art Deco modern oak or maple wood bookends, circa early to mid-20th century. Dimensions: 4.5" Width x 5.75" Height.
Category

20th Century Art Deco American Bookends

Materials

Maple, Oak, Wood

Pair of Vintage Western Last Co, Women's Shoe Mold Bookends
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of women's size 6 cobbler shoe forms converted to bookends (circa 1930s St. Louis, Missouri, USA). Since the shoes themselves were used as molds to m...
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1930s Folk Art Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Wood

20th Century Hand Carved Wood Folk Art Carvings / Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These amazing hand carved wood carvings of a cowboy and looks like a Indian carving. Were not sure if they were hand carved as bookends or wall plaques. Very good condition. Large plaque...
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19th Century Adirondack Antique American Bookends

Materials

Wood

Pair of Art Deco Cast Brass & Cold Painted Bookends with Perched Owls
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of Art Deco cast brass and cold-painted bookends are signed by an unknown maker, but presumed to have been made in the United States in approximately 1925. The front faces ...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco American Bookends

Materials

Brass

Pair of Antique Art Deco Carved Alabaster Bookends of Figural Maiden Busts
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of Art Deco bookends are unsigned, but presumed to have been made in the United States in approximately 1920. The bookends are composed of carved alabaster as miniature bus...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco American Bookends

Materials

Alabaster

Pair of American Victorian Bronze Book Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Pair of American Victorian bronze open book design bookends (various marks: "NEEDHAM", "B. ZOPPO FOUNDRIES N.Y.", & "10.B") (priced as pair).
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Antique American Bookends

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Acrylic Magazine Holder by Charles Hollis Jones
By Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1960’s bronze acrylic “Box Line” magazine holder designed by renowned American designer Charles Hollis Jones. Book not included. Measurements: 17” w...
Category

1960s Modern Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Midcentury Lucite Bookends by Herb Ritts for Astrolite
By Astrolite, Herb Ritts
Located in San Diego, CA
A gorgeous air of midcentury Lucite bookends by Herb Ritts for Astrolite, circa 1970s. The pair are in excellent condition and would make a great addition to any midcentury study or ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends

Materials

Lucite

Pair of early 20th Century Polychrome Bookends of Parrots by Bradley and Hubbard
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of early 20th century polychrome bookends of parrots by Bradley and Hubbard.
Category

Early 20th Century American Bookends

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Solid Cast Brass Mid Century Era Horse Related Bookends
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of solid cast brass bookends was made by the Hohn manufacturing company of New Hampshire in approximately 1970. The bookends depict a silhouette of a horse's head with a pi...
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends

Materials

Brass

M Carr American Art Nouveau Pair Bronze Egyptian Revival Bookends
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional pair Art Nouveau American Egyptian revival bronze bookends by M Carr dating from around 1910. The heavily cast bookends have a...
Category

1910s Egyptian Revival Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Mid-Century Atomic Wire Mesh Black Table Top Book Shelf
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredibly clean and modernist lines define this unique table top book shelf. This simple piece carries strong lines that manifest its era and car...
Category

1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Metal

Blenko Glass Fish Bookends
By Blenko Glass
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury solid cast glass bookends depicting a fish in bas relief technique.
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends

Materials

Glass

Brutalist Metal and Wood Horse Bookends
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique circa 1970s, USA Brutalist-style horse bookends composed of cut and soldered sheet metal heads and legs with carved wooden bodies and wire tails. Very good, vintage condition,...
Category

1970s Brutalist Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Sheet Metal

Pair of MCM Leather Wrapped World Map Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Classic pair of large leather wrapped bookends with a midcentury brass world map plaque embedded in the front, circa 1970s. The bookends measure 9" W x 6" D x 6.5" H and would make a...
Category

Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern "Astrolite" Sculptural Lucite Bookends by Ritts Co.
Located in New York, NY
This stunning pair of Mid-Century Modern ”Astrolite" bookends were realized the Ritts Co. of Los Angeles, circa 1970. They offer faceted, sculptural forms in ...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Lucite

Postmodern Pair of Solid Marble and Stone Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice step bookend in solid marble, with stone decorative accents, great condition, circa 1990s.
Category

Late 20th Century Post-Modern American Bookends

Materials

Marble

Pair of Figural Custom Bookends
By Samuel Joseph Brown
Located in New York, NY
Interesting pair of midcentury figural custom aluminum bookends created by Philadelphia artist Samuel Joseph brown (1907-1994).
Category

20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends

Materials

Aluminum

Pair of Massive Vintage Geode Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous pair of geode bookends, circa 1960s. Bookends can be set in two positions (see pictures), exposing different options and textures. Truly a unique gift!
Category

15th Century and Earlier Mid-Century Modern Antique American Bookends

Materials

Stone

Fred Farr for Revere, Chromed Spring Steel Magazine Rack, Industrial Design
By Revere
Located in Nantucket, MA
Industrial era, chromed spring steel magazine rack designed by Fred Farr for Revere of Rome, NY. Two curved spring form metal sheets press against a central ...
Category

1940s Industrial Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Steel, Chrome

1930s Nickel-Plated 'Libbiloo' Circus Horse Bookends by Russel Wright
By Russel Wright
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An early pair of nickel-plated, fanciful 'Libbiloo' circus horse bookends by Russel Wright, designed in 1928. Each marked RW.
Category

1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Metal, Nickel

Fish Bookends by Blenko
By Blenko Glass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-century era, pair of Blenko, thick glass fish bookends. Solid, handblown, with back side a smooth finish and front side a textural finish.
Category

1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Glass

Solid Pair of Polished Patinated Brass Cello Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice and rare pair of solid brass cello bookends, nicely done piece, and rare, circa 1960s.
Category

20th Century American Classical American Bookends

Materials

Brass

Midcentury Chromed Steel Railway Tie Bookends, 1985
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fun present! Midcentury chromed steel railway tie bookends, 1985 The pair of chrome-plated polished steel ties come with a foil label on the reverse reading, authentic rail fro...
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Steel

Pair of Mid-Century Brutalist Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Pair of American mid-century brutalist-style bookends with a geometric design. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category

Mid-20th Century Brutalist American Bookends

Materials

Metal

Pair of Midcentury Ben Seibel Sculptural Brass Bookends
By Ben Seibel
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Sculptural brass Ben Seibel for Jenfred bookends, circa 1950s. A freeform, organic design in brass finish with applied patina that has deepened over time giving them an even more ric...
Category

1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Handcrafted Marked Blenko Thick Clear Glass Owl Bookends
By Blenko Glass
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern handcrafted Blenko thick glass owl bookends. Original label on back of each.
Category

Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends

Materials

Blown Glass

Blenko Stylized Bamboo Glass Bookends
By Blenko Glass
Located in New York, NY
Pair of cast clear glass bookends with a stylized bamboo motif by Blenko.
Category

20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends

Materials

Art Glass

Pair of Art Deco Cast Bronzed Metal Western Cowboy Themed Sculptural Bookends
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of cast and bronze finished metal sculptural bookends were made in 1928, presumably in the United States, in the American Colonial style. Each bookend does have a manufactur...
Category

Early 20th Century American Colonial American Bookends

Materials

Metal

Pair of Faux Marble Pop Art "Nose" Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of large faux marble surrealist pop art "nose" bookends, circa 1970s. They are in good vintage condition and each bookend measures: 4" W x 8.75" H x 6.5" D. Super fun edition to...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern American Bookends

Materials

Resin

Modern Acrylic Bookends, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A pair of clear acrylic bookends with Modern edge and jewel-like design, circa mid-20th century, 1960s. Each measure: 6" Height.
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern American Bookends

Materials

Acrylic, Lucite

Vintage Modern Astrolite Products Lucite Arched Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a great set of modern Lucite bookends by Astrolite. In excellent condition.
Category

1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Lucite

Button-Up Shoe Brass Bookends
Located in valatie, NY
A pair of brass bookends in the shape of Victorian button-up shoes. No maker's mark. NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent Antiques has a large collection of used and out of print books...
Category

Early 20th Century Victorian American Bookends

Materials

Metal, Brass

Midcentury American Modern Live Edge Trapezoidal Douglas Fir Bookends
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Striking sculptural douglas fir live edge bookends (circa 1970s USA). Solid 'blocks' of stained douglas fir have been sculpted into trapezoidal forms and finished to reveal soft, pol...
Category

1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Wood

Op Art Engraved Clear Glass Arched Book Ends
By Veritas
Located in New York, NY
Pair of arched Op Art engraved clear solid glass book ends by Veritas, circa 2017.
Category

2010s Post-Modern American Bookends

Materials

Art Glass

Pair of Aluminum Eskimo / Igloo Bookends by Kentucky Tavern Creations
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful pair of aluminum bookends of an Eskimo outside an igloo by Kentucky Tavern Creation, circa 1940s. The bookends are in overall very good vintage condition with some small de...
Category

Early 20th Century American Bookends

Materials

Aluminum

Pair of Bronze Art Nouveau Dancers Bookends by F.F. Ziegler for Gorham Founders
Located in San Diego, CA
Heavy pair of bronze Art Nouveau "dancers" bookends by F.F. Ziegler for Gorham Founders, circa 1920s. Very good vintage condition with a nice patina.   
Category

Early 20th Century Art Nouveau American Bookends

Materials

Bronze

Mid-Century Modern Hawaiian Male and Female Bookends, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This pair of Hawaiian Mid-Century Modern bookends feature skillfully carved male and female busts that have been coated in a sand/plaster finish further enhancing their antiqued look...
Category

1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Wood

1950's Patinated Iron Jax Sculpture Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Classic 1950's pair of patinated cast iron Jax bookend / sculptures.
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends

Materials

Iron

Ship Bookends by Blenko
By Blenko Glass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century era, pair of Blenko, thick glass ship bookends. Solid, handblown, with back side a smooth finish and front side a textural finish.
Category

1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Glass

Signed 1980s Arts and Crafts Handcrafted Pressed Plywood Sitting People Bookends
Located in Miami, FL
Mid Century Modern handcrafted pressed plywood sitting people bookends, table sculptures, decor, room accents and accessories. Signed by Artist.
Category

1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Plywood

Pair of Marble Pedestal and Brass Crane Sculptures
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Art Deco inspired solid brass crane sculptures surmounted on dark grey Carrara marble pedestals with brass sabots. One sculpture stands 2...
Category

1970s Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Carrara Marble, Brass

Iconic Midcentury Gender Symbol / Sex Bookends by C. Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in San Diego, CA
Original pair of midcentury sculptures / bookends featuring the universal symbols for male and female (Sexes) signed by C. Jere, circa 1960s The pieces are made of heavy metal with a gold leaf-like finish and have a wonderful, worn vintage patina. Each symbol is approx. 7" tall and sits upon a 4" x 4" base. These iconic 1960s Curtis Jere gender symbol bookends...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends

Mid-Century Modern Copper and Pewter Bookends Signed Nelson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These whimsical bookends depict two human figures running on human hamster wheels. The figures themselves are pewter, and the bookends are copper. Artist signed on both bookends.
Category

1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Copper, Pewter

Whimsical Pair of Curtis Jere Brass Onyx Tennis Player Bookends, Mid-Century
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Whimsical pair of girl and boy signed Curtis Jere brass tennis player bookends on onyx bases. Great gift for the tennis player who has everything!
Category

1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Onyx, Brass

Rare Bookmatched Black Petrified Wood Polished Monolithic Bookends
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Good weight, bookmatched, felted on two edges. Measured while set together, which is 10 inch wide.
Category

1960s Post-Modern Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Petrified Wood

Pair of Acrylic Lucite Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Lucite / Acrylic bookends by Ritts and Co. - super sleek and perfect for any space. Especially good for the modern or minimalist space. The pair a...
Category

20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Bookends

Materials

Lucite

Solid Cast Polished Bronze Sterling Bronze Co. Cherub Bookends, Circa 1930s
By Sterling Bronze Co.
Located in New York, NY
ATA1390 A pair of polished bronze cherub bookends signed by the New York maker Sterling Bronze Co. Overall: 3-1/2" h. x 5" w. x 4" d. Please c...
Category

1930s Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Bronze

Whimsical Pair of Walnut Signed Deborah Bump Owl Bookends Mid-Century Modern
By Deborah Bump
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Whimsical pair of carved solid walnut owl bookends by artisan Deborah Bump. Well carved owls in her well-known Minimalist Mid-Century style. This is the 1...
Category

1970s Vintage American Bookends

Materials

Metal

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