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NOS - Mid-Century Modern Carl Auböck Style Brass Initial "R" Paperweight, Japan
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in St. Louis, MO
NOS in box Mid-Century Modern Brass letter or initial "R" paperweight in the style of Carl Auböck, stamped Japan. I have owned and sold other brass initial paperweights signed Auböck...
Category
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Serge Mansau for Fratelli Guzzini Italy MCM Designed Lucite Tape Dispenser - NOS
By Serge Mansau, Fratelli Guzzini, Robert P. Gottlieb
Located in St. Louis, MO
Serge Mansau (1930-2019) for Fratelli Guzzini Italy mid-century modern designed clear lucite tape dispenser, new old stock. Great desk accessory.
See my other listing for vintage R...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
NOS - Mid-Century Modern Carl Auböck Style Brass Initial "J" Paperweight, Japan
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in St. Louis, MO
NOS in box Mid-Century Modern Brass letter or initial "J" paperweight in the style of Carl Auböck, stamped Japan. I have owned and sold other brass initial paperweights signed Auböck...
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1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
MCM Bruce Fox Gold Anodized Aluminum 3D "Excellence" Motivation Desk Accessory
By Bruce Fox
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Bruce Fox motivational desk accessory 3D Font " Excellence " in gold anodized aluminum. In fine condition, maybe needs to clean a little better, mino...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
1980s Op-Art Multi Colored Lucite Sculpture of a Circle, Triange & Rectangle
By Vasa Velizar Mihich, Shlomi Haziza
Located in St. Louis, MO
In the style of Vasa Mihich or Shlomi Haziza, 1980s sculpture colored beveled shapes made of acrylic or lucite with pink circle, yellow triangle, teal rectangle on a purple base. Thi...
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1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
Checkerboard Table Clock, "Tempo 21" Tower 2 by George Nelson, 1984
By Howard Miller, George Nelson
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare postmodern cream, brown, and navy checkerboard table clock by Howard Miller Clock Company. From the 1984 "Tempo 21" collection. Very few signs...
Category
1980s North American Post-Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Danish Mid-Century Modern Beni Mobler Denmark Teak Waste Basket or Trash Can
By Beni Møbler 1
Located in St. Louis, MO
Danish modern teak bent plywood waste basket or trash can with and what looks like Rosewood interior designed Jan Nielsen for Beni Mobler Denmark. In very ...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Teak
Vintage Merle Edelman Op Art Face / Head with Eyes Inside Lucite / Acrylic 1970s
By Merle James Edelman, Abraham Palatnik
Located in St. Louis, MO
Mid-Century Modern c. 1970's Merle Edelman half round Op Art face lucite sculpture with 3D eyes over a black geometric grid. Similar style as Abraham Palatnik. In fine condition, no ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
Vintage Danish Kay Bojesen 1950s Wooden Oak Hippo Figurine Desk Pencil Holder
By Kay Bojesen
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Kay Bojesen " The Hippopotamus" oak figurine. Kay designed in 1955 because he needed a device to store his pencils. This hippo desk accessory ...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
Postmodern Howard Miller George Nelson 1984 Olympus Table Clock "Tempo 21"
By Howard Miller, George Nelson
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare "Olympus" table clock by Howard Miller Clock Company. From the 1984 "Tempo 21" collection. The circular red clock face is upheld by a green pyramid base...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
MOMA Robert P. Gottlieb Mid-Century Modern Designed Lucite Tape Dispenser 63'-73
By Robert P. Gottlieb, Two's Company
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage Robert P. Gottlieb Lucite / Steel Tape Dispenser in production from 1963-73. Two's Company, Mount Vernon, NY.. In the permanent Collection of MOMA New York. In fine working c...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Vintage Omersa Leather Turtle Use as Paperweight or Decorative, Retains Label
By Dimitri Omersa, Omersa
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage Dimitri Omersa embossed brown leather Turtle with label. Can be used as a paperweight or as decoration. Fun size. In fine condition, retains label.
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1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Dorothy Draper Hollywood Regency Brass Cabbage Paper Weight with Label
By Dorothy Draper
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Mon choux! Here's Dorothy Draper's "peu chou" (little cabbage) as the french say. A neat, organically shaped petite cabbage paper weight from the Dorothy Draper Company, Signature Co...
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Late 20th Century North American Hollywood Regency Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
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Carl Auböck Paperweight #5371 or 5788 "Heart", Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck paperweight #5371 or 5788 "Heart", Austria. Price is per piece. Available in different sizes.
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2010s Austrian Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Cenedese 1980s Italian Modern 24K Gold Dust Twisted Murano Glass Tree Sculpture
By Cenedese
Located in New York, NY
Italian crystal glass tree ornament of organic sleek modern design, a vintage creation part of a collection assembled by Cosulich Interiors & Anti...
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1980s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
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Gold
Vintage Professional Tape Dispenser by Nopifan, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A patented stationary tape dispenser from the Danish Company Nopifan. Its made from enameled cast iron and weighs in around 8kg. Regardless of how strong the pull or how strong a tap...
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1930s Danish Bauhaus Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
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Iron
George Nelson Mid Century Ball Clock in Brass and Wood
By George Nelson
Located in Weesp, NL
Interestingly, while nearly all of the designs that came out of George’s studio were attributed to him, many were actually designed by him and his team. Some were even designed solely by someone else working at the studio.
Nelson famously recounted the story of how the Ball Clock came to life in an interview decades after it’s release:
“It was one of the really funny evenings. Noguchi came by, Bucky Fuller came by, and here was Irving, and here was I, and Noguchi - who can’t keep his hands off anything - he saw we were working on clocks and started making doodles. Then Bucky sort of brushed Isamu aside. He said, ‘This is a good way to do a clock’ and made some utterly absurd thing. Everybody was taking a crack at this, pushing each other aside and making scribbles. At some point we left – we were suddenly all tired, and we’d had a little bit too much to drink – and the next morning I came back, and here was this roll of paper, and Irving and I looked at it, and somewhere in this roll, there was a ball clock. I don’t know to this day who cooked it up.”
Nevertheless, whoever it was that came up with George Nelson’s designs, it’s almost certain that they would never have come to fruition if it wasn’t for George’s vision and forward-thinking approach.
Can you tell me more about his clocks?
George’s clocks were one of his most impressive bodies of work. In total, he and his team designed over 130 clocks in just three decades.
While it is widely accepted that Irving Harper was the lead designer for the Howard Miller Clock Company at George Nelson Associates, the collection arose after two insightful observations from George: one, that people no longer used the numbers to tell the time; and two, that since most people now used their wristwatch to tell the time, interior clocks were now free to become more decorative in nature.
The clocks were designed and released in batches of 8 and were initially only given numbers for names. The Sunflower Clock was simply ‘Clock 2261’, the Flock of Butterflies Clock was 'Clock 2226’, and so on.
The Ball was the first clock designed by George and his team and it was followed shortly after by the Star, Sunburst, Spindle, Asterisk, Turbine, Flock of Butterflies, Eye and others. The clocks were purposefully abstract and were designed to complement the modernist furniture emerging at the time.
As well as wall clocks, George’s studio also produced a series of desk clocks during that time, most notably the bubble-shaped Night Desk...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Empire Style Table Clock and Inkwell
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Empire style table clock and inkwell
Origin France Circa 1900
The watch has a Paris machine and it works
Golden bronze and Onix materials
Very good general condition
the marble ...
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Early 1900s French Empire Antique Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Pop-Art Enzo Mari Style Lucite Cube Sculpture
By Enzo Mari
Located in Raleigh, NC
Vintage blue lucite cube sculpture with suspended steel marbles. In the style of Enzo Mari.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
Rare Vasa Mihich Iridescent Op Art Acrylic Lucite Tower Table Sculpture in Pink
By Vasa Velizar Mihich
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare form and color sculpture by Vasa Mihich. This features beautiful colors of pink, yellow and orange. Signed, numbered and dated by the artist.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
H 13 in W 6.5 in D 6 in
1950's Rare George Nelson for Howard Miller Chronopak 4765 Clock
By George Nelson
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful example of a mid century design by George Nelson for the Howard Miller clock company, this Chronopak Model 4765A clock is in beautiful condition and running well and keep...
Category
1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Carl Auböck Paperweight #4867 "Egg", Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Paperweight #4867 "Egg", Austria. Price is per piece.
Category
2010s Austrian Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Victor Vasarely Vintage Op Art Acrylic Cube Graphic Sculpture Desk Accessory
By Victor Vasarely
Located in North Miami, FL
This four sided every changing graphic optical Op Art lucite vintage cube sculpture by Victor Vasarely is vintage from the 1970s. They were produced in ...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic, Paint
Early Production Iconic Ball Clock Designed by George Nelson for Howard Miller
By Howard Miller, George Nelson
Located in San Diego, CA
A very hard to find and early iconic ball clock designed by George Nelson for Howard Miller, circa 1950s. The clock is in original vintage condition with an 8 feet long plug in elec...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
George Nelson for Howard Miller Clock #4766
By Howard Miller, George Nelson
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice vintage mid century modern George Nelson for Howard Miller 4766 Clock in working condition. The clock has an alarm function that is working as well. The clock bears a Treadway...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
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Metal, Brass
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Vintage 1969 Pop Art Illusion, Stacks of 500 One Dollar Bills Lucite Sculpture
Located in St. Louis, MO
This vintage 1969 pop art illusion Lucite sculpture that has what appears to be a five stacks of $100.00 banded $1 dollar bills inside... It is as if the bank banded these together to with five $100.00 each bands for a total of $500 and then in cased in Lucite. It is for sure there are two real one dollar bills from series 1969 B with secretary John B Connally's signature, on front and back of the sculpture. A great Pop Art desk...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper, Lucite
H 2.5 in W 6.69 in D 3.19 in
1960s Pop Art Lucite Light Bulb Table Sculpture, Vintage Mid-Century Modern
Located in St. Louis, MO
Mid-Century Modern Pop Art era Lucite light bulb table sculpture or paperweight. This is a vintage sculpture for your coffee or side table or a great paperweight for your desk. This ...
Category
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage 1969 Pop Art Illusion, Stacks of 500 One Dollar Bills Lucite Sculpture
Located in St. Louis, MO
This vintage 1969 pop art illusion Lucite sculpture that has what appears to be a five stacks of $100.00 banded $1 dollar bills inside... It is as if the bank banded these together to with five $100.00 each bands for a total of $500 and then a Lucite mold was poured... It is for sure there are two real one dollar bills from series 1969 B with secretary John B Connally's signature, on front and back of the sculpture. A great Pop Art desk...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite, Paper
H 2.5 in W 6.69 in D 3.19 in
Einar Barnes for P.S. Heggen Norway Teak with Rosewood Wastebasket, 1960s
By Einar Barnes , P.S. Heggen
Located in St. Louis, MO
Einar Barnes for P.S. Heggen Danish modern waste bin, wastebasket or trash can in two-tone combination of Teak and Rosewood. A wastebasket with delicate construction that is lightwei...
Category
1960s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Rosewood, Teak
H 17.38 in W 15.5 in D 8.75 in
Set of 10 Signed Vasa Mihich Lucite Laminated Op-Art Cube Sculptures Dated 1989
By Vasa Velizar Mihich
Located in St. Louis, MO
Faceted colorful Lucite set of ten Vasa Mihich cube sculptures, one is signed Vasa and dated '89. 2" square blocks of colors, change at angles of play of light into different hues. V...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
Mid-Century Modern Carl Auböck Style Brass Initial "M" Paperweight, Japan
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in St. Louis, MO
Mid-Century Modern Brass letter or initial "M" paperweight in the style of Carl Auböck, stamped Japan. I have owned and sold other brass initial paperwei...
Category
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
H 3.75 in W 5.13 in D 0.19 in
Italian Midcentury Brass Shopping Bag Tote in the Manner of Gio Ponti circa 1950
By Gio Ponti
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Iconic and oh so chic Italian brass tote bag with brass rope handles and creased sides in the manner of Gio Ponti, circa 1950. Use this glowing brass tote to store your magazines or ...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
H 11 in W 12 in D 4 in
Gucci Centennial of the Founder Guccio Gucci Desk Paperweight
By Gucci
Located in St. Louis, MO
From the estate of the former owners of the Gucci Store in Plaza Frontenac - St. Louis. Is a Gucci desk paperweight, leather and plated gold, for the centennial of the founder Guccio Gucci...
Category
1990s Italian Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Strombergshyttan Mid Century Spherical Orb Glass Paperweight
By Strombergshyttan
Located in St. Louis, MO
Strombergshyttan, Sweden Mid-Century Modern spherical glass orb paperweight, internally decorated with black glass 1960s. Light scratches. Signed...
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
1980s Gucci Leather Desk Set Calendar and Notepad
By Gucci
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage 1980s Gucci leather desk set calendar and note pad. Calendar is reversible to solid leather. Wear to leather.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Florence Knoll Two-Tier Paper Filing Tray
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Kansas City, MO
Original Florence Knoll file tray in excellent original condition.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Carl Aubock Brass Paper Weights in S & W Forms
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in St. Louis, MO
Brass paperweight by Carl Aubuck, Vienna Austria., in S & W firm ( or W could be a M), priced individually, S 4.25 x 3 x .25. W 4 x 6 x .25
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Missouri - Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
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