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Period: Late 20th Century
Vintage Pair of Chunky Post Modern "6" Shaped Curved Bracket Lucite Bookends
Located in Amityville, NY
A pair of vintage lucite bookends with a chunky, curving, bracket shape, similar to the number "6" or letter "G". Each folded from a single thi...
Category
North American Post-Modern Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Lucite
$89 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Italian Sculpture Book Ends, Italy, 1970s, Pair
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Wonderful pair of sculpture book ends in the shape of two dogs.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Travertine
$803 Sale Price
20% Off
1960s Polished Brass Star Bookends, a Pair
Located in Cordova, SC
Pair of polished brass bookends with a brass faux ribbon detailing in the shape of a star. Both pieces are made of solid brass which has recently been polished. No lacquer coating on...
Category
Indian Victorian Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Brass
$176 Sale Price / set
48% Off
Vintage Cast Brass Double Tennis Racket Bookends, Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful pair of cast brass bookends in the form of two tennis rackets and tennis balls.
USA, Circa 1980s
Measures: 5.5"W x 2.63"D x 5.5"H.
Good original vintage condition.
Category
American Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Brass
$396 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Marble Post-Modern Sphere Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Fabulous pair of marble post-modern sphere bookends, circa 1980s. They are in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and nice veining throughout; the pair measures 5.5"W...
Category
American Art Deco Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Marble
Studio Crafted Wood Marquetry Bookends by Jere Osgood
By Jere Osgood
Located in San Diego, CA
A pair of bookends by Jere Osgood. Handcrafted with incredible detail and marquetry.
This particular design was sold through the American Craft Council's gallery, America House (see catalog page). The shop operated from the 1940's to 1970s in New York and sold works by Elsa Freund, Michael Coffey, Wharton Esherick, Paolo Soleri, Ronald Hayes Pearson, Earl Pardon, Tage Frid, Marguerite Wildenhain, and Wendell Castle.
Jere Osgood (1936-2023) was an American studio furniture maker, and teacher of furniture and woodworking. He taught for many years in the Boston University Program in Artisanry. He was born in 1936 and raised in Staten Island, New York. He studied architecture at the University of Illinois but left after two years to pursue furniture design and fabrication. Thereafter, he enrolled at the School of American Craftsmen at Rochester Institute of Technology and learned furniture making under Tage Frid. Osgood was also influenced by the work of Wharton Esherick. He supported himself while in school by fabricating and selling small wood objects of his own design. Osgood established a studio in New Milford, Connecticut, where he made small objects. In the late 1960s he began to make large projects and explored different techniques of laminating wood. He published his explorations of lamination between 1977 and 1979 in Fine Woodworking magazine. Osgood taught briefly at Philadelphia College of Art, then at Rochester Institute of Technology for three years. In 1975, he moved to Boston University where he worked with Dan Jackson...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Wood
1980s Faceted Lucite Bookends by Ritts Co. of Los Angeles
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A pair of mid-century modern "Astrolite" lucite bookends by the Ritts Company of Los Angeles that are strikingly etched and polished, which catches and refract lights beautifully. T...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Lucite
$260 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Coppia di Fermalibri in Acciaio e Ottone - Italia - Anni '70
Located in Milano, IT
Originale coppia di fermalibri nello stile di Gabriella Crespi, realizzati con pesanti elementi di acciaio sui quali sono fissati due colombi in ottone massiccio stampato. I volatili...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Brass, Steel
$614 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vintage Asprey & Co Leather And Gilt Bookends Modelled As Open Books
Located in Norwich, GB
Vintage Asprey & Co leather-covered book design bookends with gilt tooled decoration and silk bases. Modelled as opened books. Maker's stamps: Asprey & Co London. Circa 1970.
The le...
Category
British Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Leather
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
American Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
$1,800 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
American Mid-Century Modern Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Glass
$300 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Italian "Old World" Style Globe Bookends on Wood Bases
Located in San Diego, CA
Classic pair of Italian old world style globe bookends on wood "L" shaped bases wrapped in brass, circa 1970s. The bookends are in very good vintage ...
Category
Italian Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Brass
$220 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vintage Pr Pop Art Large Faux Marble Modern Ear Lobe Heavy Sculptural Bookends
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Vintage Pop Art Large Pair of Heavy Sculptural Ear Lobe Bookends
Fabulous, Fun, oversized, substantial, postmodern sculptural and functional Ear lobe set of bookends. Engraved C2C
...
Category
American Classical Roman Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Resin
Tessellated Stone Pear Sculpture Bookend
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tessellated salmon color stone pear sculpture / bookend with brass detailing in the manner of Maitland Smith
Category
Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Toyo Japan Parcel Gilt and Verdi Gris Samurai Horse Cast Iron Bookends
By Toyo
Located in Garnerville, NY
A smart looking pair of cast iron parcel gilt and verdi gris finish Samurai armor clad horse bookends. Both examples retain the oval Toyo, Japan label. Circa 1970-80.
Good overall ...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Iron
Stone Bookends
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stone Bookends, nice color weight and size! Ready to go!
Category
Italian Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Stone
$265 / set
Pair of Patinated Brass Rams Head Bookends, Midcentury
Located in San Diego, CA
A pair of vintage brass rams head bookends, circa 1970s. The bookends are in very good condition nice patina.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Brass
$220 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Blue Agate Onyx Bookends or Decorative Objects, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial pair of cobalt blue agate bookends or decorative objects, circa late-20th century, Brazil. Great as bookends and equally great as standalone decorative ob...
Category
Brazilian Organic Modern Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Agate, Onyx
Vintage Boho Brass Egret Bookends - Set of 2
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elevate your home library or display shelves with this exquisite pair of Vintage Boho Brass Egret Bookends. These captivating designer bookends showcase masterful craftsmanship, feat...
Category
Indian Mid-Century Modern Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Marble, Brass
Vintage Native American Bust with Headdress single Bookend
Located in Seattle, WA
Believed to be cast iron , not confirmed. Single Bookend of Native American bust with headdress. Vintage condition as pictured. Listening is for described item only. Online Box H2
D...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Iron
Mexican Modern Bookends by Don Shoemaker
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970. We offer this Hand carved bookends made in Cocobolo by Mexican Modernist Don Shoemaker. Include original labels from his workshop in Señal Mexico.
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Wood
$500 / set
Pair Graduated Art Deco Style Book Ends in Polished Brown and Green Onyx
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of striking stacked natural stone bookends in richly veined brown and green onyx. A graduated design, reminiscent of the Chrysler Building, allows them to be placed in different...
Category
Unknown Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Onyx
Kiss of Apollo Photography an Sculpture 1845 to the Present by Jeffrey Fraen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Kiss of Apollo: Photography & Sculpture 1845 to the Present by Jeffrey Fraenkel and Eugenia Parry Janis.
Title: Kiss of Apollo: Photography & Sculpture 1845 to the Present
Author: Fraenkel, Jeffrey; Eugenia Parry Janis
Categories: Art, Photography,
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Fraenkel Gallery / Bedford Arts: 1991
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Good
The history of “photography’s love affair with sculpture”, and a study of the ways in which new meaning can be created when one artist observes the work of another. Photographers include Atget, Eakins, Evans, Frank, Groover, Sheeler, Sommer, and Warhol among others in this handsomely designed publication.
Exhibition publication from the publisher's gallery is in excellent condition with rich orange cloth covers, gilt print at front cover and spine. Large, b&w full page prints throughout on R. page with descriptions on L. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear only, no tears.
105 pages with work by Richard Benson, Herbert List, Jan Groover...
Category
Expressionist Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Paper
Pair of Vintage Leather Wrapped Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Classic pair of green leather wrapped bookends, circa 1950s. The bookends measure 5.75" W x 4.25" D x 6" H and would make a statement in any office or den! #2096.
Category
American Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Leather
$220 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Hollywood Regency Gold Gilt Lion Bookends
By Borghese
Located in San Diego, CA
Stunning pair of majestic lion bookends in a gold gilt finish on a faux black marble base in the style of Borghese of Italy, circa 1970s. The pair is in great vintage condition and o...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Plaster
$300 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vintage Pair of Fitz and Floyd Hand Painted Ceramic Zebra Bookends
Located in Portsmouth, VA
Graphic, whimsical, and unmistakably chic—this pair of vintage Fitz and Floyd 1980s-1990s ceramic zebra head bookends is a showstopping addition to any bookcase or console. Hand-pain...
Category
American Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Boho Patinated Bronze Rabbits on Leather Blocks Bookends - Set of Two
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Discover an enchanting touch for your curated collection with this exquisite pair of Vintage Boho Patinated Bronze Rabbits on Leather Blocks Bookends. Each bookend features a charmin...
Category
American Rustic Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Italian Wooden Globe Bookends Mercurio D’oro
Located in Poperinge, BE
Vintage set of wooden bookends in the shape of a classic globe, globe with protractor, made of wood, hard cardboard and paper, at the bottom the maker's sticker of Mercurio D'oro 'Ma...
Category
Italian Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Wood
Pair of Modernist Solid Marble Bookends Memphis Era with Rare Chamfered Corners
Located in San Diego, CA
Excellent pair of modernist solid marble bookends in black, grey and white with a "greenish" hue, circa 1980s. The pair has a sharp "Memphis Era" design with rare, hard to find, cham...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Marble
Esther Fuhrman Abstract Bronze Stairway Scupture '20th C.'
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible piece by Esther Fuhrman (American, b. 1939). This beautiful abstract modern bronze sculpture of a stairway leading to a gold-tone element pie...
Category
American Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Bronze
$680 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Vintage Mid-Century Wood Plank Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Unique and simply exceptional pair of vintage bookends. Deriving on the uniqueness of the wood grain, these bookends are elegant and modernist. Simple lines contrast with organic pat...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Wood
$204 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Ritts Astrolite Lucite Bookends
Located in Highland, IN
This beautiful pair of thick faceted lucite bookends by Ritts is part of their "Astrolite" line.
6"h X 4"w X 2.75"d
Category
American Hollywood Regency Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Lucite
Polished Brass Bull and Bear Bookends Paperweights Wall Street
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage polished brass bull and bear bookends paperweights Wall Street cedor.
Great on any desk the polished brass bull and bear on stitched faux embossed leather stands bookends or paperweights.
Great decorative brass book ends. Wall Street bull and bear broker decorative desk decoration.
These stunning vintage Wall Street...
Category
Italian Post-Modern Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Red & Black Lacquered Metal Post-Modern Geometric Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Modern stylish design metal bookends in shiny lacquered black & red color. Both bookends are made complementary in style but with different geometric form. The black bookend...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Metal
Pair of Brass Bookends Representing Columns
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice and heavy pair of bookends are made of brass and are representing columns. This is a French work. Circa 1980
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Brass
$2,021 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Marble Bookends Black with White Veins 1980s Midcentury
Located in New York, NY
1980s Black / Charcoal grey with white veins.
Category
Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Marble
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
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Wood
Vintage Porcelain Camel Sculptures Figurines Bookends
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage porcelain camel sculptures figurines bookends.
Collectible pair of porcelain standing camel on stand bookends. Yellow, orange and green colors...
Category
Moorish Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Porcelain
Hand Carved Ebony Wood King Tut Tutankhamen Pharaoh Bust Book Ends Signed 1974
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Dated 1974 hand-carved King Tutankhamun bust bookends (set of 2), carved from a solid block of teak wood, feature detailed representations of the Pharaoh. The black finish highlights...
Category
Egyptian Egyptian Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Ebony
Rare Set of Two Wood Bookends by Pino Pedano, Italy, 1980s
Located in Milan, IT
Rare set of wood bookends by Pino Pedano.
Category
Italian Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Plywood
Pair of Italian "Old World" Style Globe Bookends on Wood Bases
Located in San Diego, CA
Classic pair of Italian old world style globe bookends on wood "L" shaped bases in walnut, circa 1970s. The bookends are in vintage condition . Each ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Metal
Hand Carved Marble Architectural Details from India, 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Architectural details hand carved in solid white marble, from India, mid-20th century. Intricate and precise carving details make these pieces unique. Can be used as carpet weights o...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Marble
$400 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Stellar pair of Herb Ritts Lucite Bookends
By Herb Ritts
Located in Evanston, IL
Enhance your pace with these exquisite lucite bookends, crafted by Herbert and Shirley Ritts, parents of famed photographer Herb Ritts.
Their sleek, minimalist design adds a touch o...
Category
North American Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Lucite, Bentwood
Golf Clubs Shoehorn Brass Vintage German 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Super cool and nice design sculptural golf clubs shoehorn, made by Gerstenberg, Kunstgewerbe in Germany. material is polished brass. Nice golf collectible or just do use it. Nice add...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Pair of Italian "Old World" Style Globe Bookends on Wood Bases
Located in San Diego, CA
Classic pair of Italian old world style globe bookends on wood "L" shaped bases in walnut, circa 1970s. The bookends are in very good vintage condition and measure 12.75"W x 4.5"D x ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Metal
3x Sculptural Bookends by Spisani Italy Dogs Terrier Labrador
By Povl Kjær
Located in Krefeld, DE
Very nice vintage set of three bookends by Spisani. No damages, free international shipping.
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Acrylic
Solid Brass Duck Bookends by Valenti Spain, 1970s
By Valenti
Located in Munich, DE
Huge and heavy brass bookends made by Valenti in the 1970s
They look a sculpture and will bring glamour to your home.
Category
Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Art Decò Crystal Swallows Bookends by Lalique "Hirondelles" France 1980s
By Lalique
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Splendid and elegant pair of hirondelles/swallows bookends, in frosted crystal, signed Lalique, France, circa 1980s.
The bookends are in perfect vintage condition, with no chips or c...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Crystal
$755 Sale Price / set
20% Off
TROMPE L'OEIL 1980 Memphis Three Dimensional Bookends In Steel & Lacquer
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of Memphis period bookends.
This is a pair of unusual bookends created in America during the Memphis artistic period, back in 1980. They were crafted in solid cut steel and decorated with yellow, yellow-green and black lacquer paints. The bookends were designed with the stylized figures of an apple and a banana with the trompe l'oeil technique giving the appearance to be in three dimensions.
The Memphis Style
Was emerged in 1981, when the Italian designer and architect Ettore Sottsass founded a group of artists and designers called Memphis. Bob Dylan’s song 'Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again' was playing on repeat during the group’s first meeting, which led to the group being named 'Memphis'. After the inaugural meeting, the group decided that they would meet again in February 1981. The members brought over 100 drawings with them, picturing a variety of bold, colorful designs with multiple stylistic influences. The Memphis Group went on to create furniture, fabrics, patterns, ceramics and other products in a distinctly Postmodern style that blended stylistic traits of 1950s kitsch...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Steel
$373 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Mid Century Modern Geometric Lucite Bookend
Located in Seattle, WA
Single MCM Bookend of geometric style and lucite material. Chips and minor flaws consistent with a vintage piece. Vintage Condition as pictured. Listing is for described item only. B...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Lucite
Cast Iron Fleur De Lis Bookends, a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of heavy cast iron bookends. L shapes are decorated with a Fleur De Lis set in scrolls, angled to give the look of French wall brackets. Finished in a mottled maroon color. Di...
Category
Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Iron
$325 / set
Vintage Blenko handmade Art glass Bookend
Located in Seattle, WA
A single Blenko glass bookend. Heavy. Vintage Condition as pictured. Listing is for described item only.
Dimensions. 4”W ; 4”D ; 4”H
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Cast Brass Celestial Armillary Sundial Bookends, Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful pair of cast brass bookends in the form of two neoclassical celestial armillary sundials with roman numerals
Circa 1980s
Measures: 4.5"W x 3.5"D x 6.38"H.
Good origina...
Category
Indian Neoclassical Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Brass
Post Modern Italian Red Hearths Bookends in Red Alabaster Stone
Located in San Diego, CA
Cool pair of solid hand-carved red hearts, bookends circa the 1980s made in Italy beautiful color.
Category
Italian Post-Modern Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Alabaster
Marble Sphere
Located in New York, NY
A substantial marble round ball sphere in dark grey, dark green, taupe and white hues, in the Art Deco Modern design style, circa late-20th century, 1970s. A great decorative object ...
Category
Art Deco Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Marble
$475 / item
Pair of Mod Carved Travertine Bookends by Up & Up, Italy, 1970s
By Up & Up
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Mod Carved Travertine Bookends by Up & Up, Italy, 1970s
Dimensions: Each 7" H x 4" W x 2" D
Together: 7" H x 8" W x 2" D
A sculptural pair of Italian travertine bookends by...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Travertine
Unusual Pair of Italian Mid-Century Modern Oversized Nose Bookends
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Unusual pair of oversized Italian marble composition bookends. Outrageous and fun, a must have for the person who already has everything. I am sure they don't have a pair of these!
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Composition
Vintage Pair Bookends Elephant Patinated Bronze Wood Leather
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful pair of heavy handmade bookends in Asian style, the elephants are made of patinated bronze, the books are made of wood with gold details, the bottom is finished with leathe...
Category
Vietnamese Vintage Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Late 20th Century Monkey Head Bookend With Fez Hats- a Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Unconventional and humorous, these sculptural bookends feature detailed monkey heads wearing fez hats that double as candles. The bold headwear is decorated with kiss mark patterns, ...
Category
American Art Deco Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Metal
Pair of Vintage Stacked Tortoiseshell Lucite Bookends
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A very special pair of vintage stacked tortoiseshell and clear lucite bookends. The design has hints of Art Deco and Hollywood Regency and is an eye-catcher in any library, office, ...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Lucite
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