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Item Ships From: California
Vintage DRUGS Street Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage DRUGS street sign with white background and black lettering. Interesting piece of transportation history. No drugs zone, with increased penalties. Probably used close to a school zone...
Category
1970s American Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Monumental George Bush Sculptural Head
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental sculptural head of President George Bush. Made of foam, paste and hand-painted. Very unique piece of sculpture. Massive scale. President Nixon...
Category
1980s American Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Paste, Foam, Paint
$725 Sale Price
69% Off
"Amérique du Sud Des Pays et des Hommes", South America Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
”Amérique du Sud Des Pays et des hommes” book.
South America - Countries and People - tome 1
Amérique du Sud tome 1: Vénézuela, Colombie, Equateur, Pérou, Bolivie, Chilie
Des pays...
Category
1980s Guatemalan Folk Art Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
'Enter Here' Vintage Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage metal street sign illustrating 'Enter Here.' Sign is affixed to a pipe with reflective tape on the front. Meant to be driven into th...
Category
1970s American Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Heavy Iron Industrial Work Boots Factory Molds
Located in Santa Monica, CA
These are super cool and sculptural. Really heavy iron Industrial work boot molds. These things are solid! Stamped with factory numbers and mold info. Vintag...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial California - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Benin Bronze Bell Sculpture Depicting an Oba
By People from Benin
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An exquisite Benin bronze sculpture in shape of a bell depicting an Oba. Oba translates to "ruler" in the Yoruba and Bini languages of contempor...
Category
20th Century Nigerian Tribal California - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
$1,560 Sale Price
35% Off
Navajo Picture Writing on Muslin, Four Corn Maidens with Four Lizard Guardians
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unknown
Navajo picture writing on muslin
Four corn maidens with four lizard guardians
Muslin, mineral pigments, sand.
Navajo Medicine Man active 1947 -...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American California - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Goyard Trunk, 1940s France
By Goyard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic vintage Goyard trunk. Wooden frame wrapped in the iconic Goyard canvas print with saddle leather and brass hardware. Incredible patina and colori...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Brass
$12,500
Early 19thc Original Painted Miniature Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine original paint decorated child's or doll house chair. Great for a teddy bear collection. The condition is very good.
Category
Late 19th Century North American Country Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century Sponge Ware Pottery Serving Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century sponge ware pottery bowl. The condition is very good. Great for serving berries or vegetables. Great size!
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Original Fire Blanket and Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique piece of fire/safey history. Metal Fire Blanket sign/holder. Measure: 5.5 feet tall. Made by Mine Safety Appliances Co. Pittsburgh PA. Original fire blanket seemingly unused i...
Category
1970s American Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Beatrice Wood Signed Midcentury Monumental Large Figurative Luster Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
We try not to use the term "museum quality" often but in the case of his particular work, it is more than apt.
A simply breathtaking piece by famed American ceramicist Beatrice Wo...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern California - Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
19Thc Highly Decorated Three Gal.Cowden & Wilcox Jug
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 19Thc highly blue decorated Cowden & Wilcox pottery jug is from Harrisburg,Pennsylvania and is in fine condition.The heavy blue decoration is quite unusual with a tulip va...
Category
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Los Angeles County Horse Crossing Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very cool vintage sign from Los Angeles County. Massive yellow sign with black horse and rider. Marked Los Angeles County on front. Great piece for ...
Category
1970s American Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Horse & Rider Hand Hooked Rug Mounted & Framed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine hand hooked horse & rider rug is in a black frame and mounted ready to hang in your home. It is wired for hanging and in pristine condition. Its been prof. cleaned.
Category
1930s English Adirondack Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
19thc Cast iron Bull Windmill Weight W/Custom Made Cast Iron Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fairbury iron works was founded in 1890 and manufactured its first windmill in 1899. In 1900 the company was renamed Fairbury Windmill Company. Company ceased production in 1961.
...
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack California - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$2,995 Sale Price
22% Off
Vintage Carved Wood Articulated Clown Figure
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Chunky hand carving with simple facial detailing a pointed hat. Found in the southern US. Presented on a custom museum stand.
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Southwestern Native American Hopi Hand Carved Child Cradle Kachina Katsina Doll
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully hand-painted and decorated Native American Hopi Kachina Katsina doll. We believe this was a child's cradle first Kachina doll. It is hand carved from light wood (likel...
Category
20th Century American Native American California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Appliqué Poppy Quilt with Scallop Border
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Appliqué poppy quilt with fantastic scallop border. The appliqué and quilting work is very good. Condition is very good as well.
Category
1940s American Country Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
19th Century Early Hand Carved Dough Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine early hand carved dough bowl was found in the mid west and is in worn and aged condition. The dry patina is fantastic and condition is...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Bob Stocksdale Signed Set of Six Mid-Century Modern Wood Turned Bowls
By Bob Stocksdale
Located in Studio City, CA
A very handsome, darkly colored set of six bowl by American master wood turner Bob Stocksdale. All are signed and marked ("Mahogany of Guatemala") by Stocksdale. Stunning in any sett...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Indian Chief Painting Signed & Dated 1936
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing Indian Chief oil painting signed M.Soto & dated 1936. This amazing oil painting is in very good condition and has a great look.
Category
20th Century American Adirondack California - Folk Art
Materials
Boxwood
Antique Ingersoll Watches Adverting Trade Sign, circa 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique double sided trade sign for Ingersoll Watches in the shape of a pocket watch.
Excellent old sign in original condition.
American, late 19th-ear...
Category
Early 20th Century American Other California - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Carousel Horse
Located in Napa, CA
Vintage Carousel Horse believed to be from the 18th century with wonderful worn distress finish.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Antique California - Folk Art
$7,500
Signed Oil Painting of Horses on Board
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This oil painting is signed in the lower left hand illegible signature. Very well done in great condition and retains the original frame.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack California - Folk Art
$950 Sale Price
42% Off
Vintage Mexican Ceramic Sculpture of Hatching Alligators Signed by Nacho Mejia
By Sergio Bustamante
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mexican Ceramic Sculpture of Hatching Alligators — Signed by Nacho Mejia, in the Style of Sergio Bustamante, 1980s
Keywords: Mexican folk art, Sergio Bustamante style, Nacho Mejia, Tonalá pottery, vintage ceramic sculpture, surrealist decor, collectible animal sculpture, handmade art, 1980s ceramics.
Bring a touch of surrealism and vibrant Mexican artistry to your collection with this whimsical 12-inch ceramic sculpture, crafted in Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico and signed by artist Nacho Mejia. Inspired by the fantastical style of Sergio Bustamante, this highly detailed piece depicts four baby alligators emerging from a cracked egg, a rare and imaginative scene rendered with playful drama.
Created in the 1980s, the sculpture is hand-sculpted and hand-painted, showcasing lifelike textures, rich green glazes, and intricate crack detailing on the eggshell that heightens its surreal, animated quality. The piece is signed on the base: "Nacho Mejia, Tonala Jal Mex", authenticating its origin and connection to the renowned Tonalá ceramics tradition.
Features:
* Vintage original, circa 1980s
* Handcrafted in Mexico
* Signed by artist: Nacho Mejia
* In the style of Sergio Bustamante
* Made of glazed, clay-based ceramic
* Surrealist folk art depiction of hatching crocodiles/alligatorsCollector Appeal:This one-of-a-kind work is ideal for collectors of Mexican folk art, Bustamante-style sculptures, or surrealist animal ceramics...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican California - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Hand Painted Keep Off Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage wooden Keep Off sign. Hand painted with red background and white lettering on thin wood board. Great colors and graphics. Great vintage condition. Coo...
Category
1950s American Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Hand Carved Wood Machete
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unusual hand carved wood machete. Just under 2 feet in length. Brown handle with blackened blade. Wear and age to wood. Great tabletop object.
Category
1960s American Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Original Painting “Life in Penestanan” by Kt. Teker
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful original vintage painting signed by Kt. Teker depicting life in Penestanan. This beautiful depiction of Penestanan in Bali, brings...
Category
1970s Indonesian Folk Art Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage "We Love Our Children" Street Sign, 1980s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fun vintage street sign that reads "Please Drive Slowly. We Love (Heart) Our Children". Black lettering and trim on a reflective silver background...
Category
1980s American Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage 1940's PHILCO TV Kids Ride On Toy Truck
Located in San Diego, CA
1940's PHILCO Television metal Ride On Toy Truck.
Beautiful original distressed condition.
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
19thc Velvet Crazy Quilt from Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19thc velvet and embroidered quilt is in pristine condition. It was found in Pennsylvania.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Velvet
Mata Ortiz Polychrome Pot with Marbleized Slip by Ramiro Veloz Sr., 1990
By Ramiro Veloz Sr
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mata Ortiz polychrome pottery vessel
Ramiro Veloz Sr., Master Potter
1990
Hand-Coiled low fire clay
Pueblo Quezada, Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Mexico
An extraordinary ultra thin walled ...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Other California - Folk Art
Materials
Clay
19thc Original Painted Horse Windmill Weight on Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing Fisk made original painted heavy iron windmill weight is in fine condition.It has been placed on a wood base mount,custom made of course.The surface of the paint is the ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
19th Century Yellow Ware in Seaweed Pattern Mixing Bowls, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These two yellow ware seaweed pattern mixing bowls are in fine as found condition. There are no chips or cracks and have wonderful blue painted sea...
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Sculptural Wood and Iron Strap 19th Century Farm Implement
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Super clean lines and sculptural 19th century American farm implement. Over eight and a half feet wide large scale looks amazing hung on a modern white...
Category
Late 19th Century North American Folk Art Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Navajo Picture Writing On Muslin, Two Humpback Yeis with Two Bat Guardians
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unknown Navajo Medicine Man
Navajo picture writing on muslin
Two Humpback Yeis With Two Bat Guardians
Muslin, mineral pigments, sand
Navajo Medicine Ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American California - Folk Art
Materials
Other
Jean Negulesco Continuous Line Drawings
By Jean Negulesco
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Beautiful continuous line drawings by Jean Negulesco - Oscar award winning Hollywood director.
Newly framed in maple with original stamp
Category
1970s American Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Vintage Pueblo Triple Stand Turquoise Nuggets and Heishi Shell Disc Necklace
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary example of an original vintage 1950s Pueblo turquoise nugget and heishi shell disc necklace with sterling silver clasp presenting in excellent original condition.
T...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American California - Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Sterling Silver
Vintage Make Sure Door Locks Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique vintage street sign that reads "Make Sure Door Locks Securely behind You" Red lettering on a reflective silver background. Great vintage co...
Category
1980s American Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Strong Marka Antelope Human Mask Wood with Metal, Mali Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Strong Marka antelope - human wood mask with metal, Mali Africa. Large square open eyes, long nose with horizontal lips, three projecting brass metal braids ending with feathered cl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Russian Icon Painting Theotokos Vladimir Madonna Mother Mary Child Jesus Christ
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully engaging, darkly nuanced Theotokos of Vladimir Russian icon (or possibly Our Lady of Kazan Icon/Mother of God of Kazan) tempera painting (and possibly gold leaf) on a wooden panel featuring the Madonna (Mother Mary) and infant child (a baby Jesus Christ) in her arms. Theotokos is the term for an Eastern icon...
Category
19th Century Russian Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Large 19th Century Spongeware Mush Cup and Saucer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These large oversize cup and saucer sets are very hard to find in good condition. There are so few out there that did not get damaged.
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
19th Century Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century portrait of a gentleman in a black coat. Presented in a period frame.
Category
19th Century European Other Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Noblewoman's Ceremonial Overskirt, Kuba People
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Noblewoman’s Ceremonial Overskirt
Shoowa People, DR Congo
First half 20th century
Raffia, palm fiber, stem stitch and cut pile embroidery
49 x 23 ins. (124.5 x 58.5 cm)
The eroded ...
Category
Early 1900s Congolese Tribal Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Raffia
$3,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Baule Standing Female Figure With Scarifications Hands Ivory Coast Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Baule Standing Female Figure with finely carved raised scarifications, hands on side of stomach with long figures. From Ivory Coast, Africa
It is in good condition with wear, polis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Jean Negulesco Continuous Line Drawings
By Jean Negulesco
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Beautiful continuous line drawings by Jean Negulesco - Oscar award winning Hollywood director.
Multiple Colors available with original stamp
Newly framed in maple.
Category
1970s American Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
20th Century Pacific Islander Samoan Fijian Hand Carved Wood Kava Bowl
Located in San Diego, CA
A wonderful 20th Century Samoan/Fijian circular wooden kava bowl called a tanoa fai'ava and carved from a single piece of wood and standing on seventeen round legs. Made of a native ...
Category
20th Century Samoan Tribal California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Bronze Letter Wax Seal Stamp Featuring Nude Bathing Women Art Nouveau
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Late Victorian bronze nude bathing women Art Nouveau letter wax seal stamp unused and never monogrammed.
Circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
$510 Sale Price
40% Off
Anonymous Abstract X Geometric Painted Board
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bold geometric abstract board found in Texas. We have a collection of these boards from an anonymous artist. Painted on recycled cupboard doors, table tops, stool tops and bread boards. Very dynamic when hung in collections.
This door appears to have been painted on an old cupboard...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
20th C Original Painted Hubley Boston Terrier Doorstop
By Hubbly
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20th C original painted Hubley Boston Terrier doorstop.
Category
20th Century American American Classical California - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Rare Early 20th Century Spongeware Sugar Shaker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20th century spongeware sugar shaker in great condition. The replaced cork is a rubber seal and keeps bugs out.
Category
Early 20th Century American Country California - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Middle Eastern Moorish Dallah Arabic Brass Coffee Pot
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern traditional Arabian brass Dallah coffee pot.
Coffee pot hand-hammered and chased copper with riveted brass finish and a very large spout....
Category
Early 20th Century Omani Islamic California - Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Large Teak Burl Wood Bowl, East Java or Madura, 18th/19th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A beautiful bowl, originally a musical frame drum called Terbang, which was used in ecstatic devotional music. The drum was hewn from a single piece of teak...
Category
Late 18th Century Javanese Organic Modern Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Teak
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Navajo Ganado Geometric Indian Weaving
By Navajo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine Navajo geometric Ganado Indian weaving is in fine condition and has been professionally cleaned.Great area rug or for the wall.Amazing condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Adirondack California - Folk Art
Materials
Wool
American Folk Art Workshop Wrench Wood Trade Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic and substantial wood and iron wrench tool sign. Hand written fractions and original yellow paint. Very sturdy and well made. Great industrial workshop turned folk art. The ...
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage California - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Collection of Seven 19th Century Flo-Blue Spinach Leaf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of seven flow blue collection in mint condition and hand-painted. This is a real find and great colors.
Mush cup and saucer measure -
Mush cup - 6 inches x 5 inches x 3.5 in...
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Country Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Duster with Ostrich Feathers and Leather, Handcrafted
By Kiante Elam
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Duster with ostrich feathers and leather, handcrafted.
Category
2010s American California - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Early Standing Bambara or Malinke Female Figure Deep Patina, Mali West Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Bambara or Malinke standing female figure with arms at sides, heavy wear and polish from handling and use. Possibly cut from the top of prestige staff. Fine refined abstract ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal California - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$2,360 Sale Price
32% Off
Antique Greek Pair of Silk/Metal Thread Embroideries, 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Greek Pair Silk/Metal Thread Embroideries, 18th Century
Additional Information:
Dimensions: 0'11" L x 0'6" W
Origin: Greece
Period: 18th Cen...
Category
18th Century Greek Antique California - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
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