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Item Ships From: Tri-State Area
Ariosto 'Lodovico', Orlando Furioso, the First English Language Edition, 1634
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Ariosto (Lodovico).
Title: Orlando Furioso In English Heroical Verse. By Sir John Harington of Bathe, Knight. Now thirdly revised and amend...
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1630s British Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
An urn-shaped Regency perfumer
Located in New York, NY
Neoclassical urn-shaped perfumer from the Regency period (1812-1820). It is beautifully patinated bronze and decorated with floral garlands and a flower finial. England.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
19th Burmese Carved and giltwood Stupa with Buddhas in Niches
Located in Stamford, CT
A wonderfully carved 18th century Burmese Shan period stupa with many seated Buddha's set in niches. With original gilding and red and green polychrome.
The stupa is a Buddhist arc...
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Mid-19th Century Burmese Other Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
20 Volumes. Benjamin D'Israeli. The Works.
Located in New York, NY
20 Volumes. Benjamin D'Israeli. The Works. Bound in full blue morocco with marbled boards and gilt tooling on the covers and raised band spine. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Col...
Category
Early 20th Century American Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Plain Tales From The Hills by Rudyard Kipling
By Rudyard Kipling
Located in New York, NY
Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling. Brilliant blue linen cloth cover with gold embossed cover. Beautiful aesthetic edition to a fine and decorative library, retailed by the Frederick Loeser...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen
1 Volume. Alfred Lord Tennyson. Lyrical Poems.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Alfred Lord Tennyson. Lyrical Poems. Edited & Annotated by Francis Palgrave. Bound in full green morocco by Bayntun, ornate floral gilt on covers and spine, raised bands, m...
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Early 20th Century British Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Problems of Design by George Nelson
By George Nelson
Located in New York, NY
First edition of George Nelson's Problems of Design, published by Whitney Publications in 1957. An important consideration of the topic by one of America's most significant and influ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1800s Veterinarians Horse Gag and Cutaway Skull
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is an early medical school demonstration model. The horse skull on its own very interesting. It shows a professionally done cutaway of the skull showing the teeth below the gum ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Industrial Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone
The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany Book by Martin, Alice Cooney, Nancy & Lars
By Nancy McClelland
Located in New York, NY
The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany
By: Martin Eidelberg, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Nancy McClelland, and Lars Rachen
Photography by Colin Cooke
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) found inspiration in the gardens of Laurelton Hall, his vast country estate on Long Island’s North Shore. There, Tiffany carefully drew and painted the flowering trees, vines, flowers, and fauna that were the chief ornaments of his prized glass lamps. This sumptuous volume features 70 lamps, photographed by Colin Cooke using his own specially developed techniques that reveal Tiffany’s mastery of glassmaking and metal work. The authors relate the chief decorative themes in Tiffany’s masterpieces...
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21st Century and Contemporary Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Hollywood Regency Crystal and Bronze Lighter Made in France att. to Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite crystal, bronze and brass cigarette lighter marked Made in France, Depose, attributed to Baccarat, circa 1950's. The egg shaped crystal orb is mounted on a cast brass base,...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
English Jacobean Walnut Prie-dieu
Located in Queens, NY
English Jacobean style (19th Cent) walnut prie a dieu with swirl supports.
Category
19th Century British Jacobean Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Histoire de la Peinture Moderne de Picasso au Surrealisme, French, 1950
By Marc Chagall, Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Histoire de la Peinture Moderne- de Picasso au Surrealisme- du Cubisme a Paul Klee. Hardcover, text in French. Printed in Geneva, 1950.
Stunning compilation of artworks from the per...
Category
20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
19th Century Polish Silver Kiddush Cup
Located in New York, NY
Engraved silver Kiddush cup, Poland, circa 1840.
On a flat base with floral decoration and with two village scenes engraving, one of the village scene depicting a tower with a simil...
Category
Mid-19th Century Polish Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Map of the Republic of Genoa
Located in New York, NY
Framed antique hand-coloured map of the Republic of Genoa including the duchies of Mantua, Modena, and Parma.
Europe, late 18th century.
Dimension: 25...
Category
Late 18th Century European Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
A German Silver Etrog Container, late 19th century
Located in New York, NY
An Exquisite German Silver Etrog Container made in the late 19th century to early 20th Century.
This Etrog Container is shaped in the shape and formed to look like a realistic Etrog...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
white and black alabaster chess board
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neo-classic style (19/20th Cent) white and black alabaster chess board
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Alabaster
"Plant Exploring the Botanical World" Book
Located in New York, NY
The ultimate gift for gardeners and art-lovers, featuring 300 of the most beautiful and pioneering botanical images ever
Following in the footsteps of the international bestseller...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Lladró at the Derby Horses Sculpture by Ernest Massuet. Limited Edition.
By Lladro, Ernest Massuet
Located in New York City, NY
Glossy porcelain sculpture racing in the racetrack limited series represented by three horses with jockey of intense red and blue colors, combination of different glazes. Base includ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Modern Teak & Green Enameled Metal Table Lighter
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A stunning sculptural mid-century or Scandinavian modern turned teak table lighter with green and black enameled accent on the base. Beautiful as both a decorative and functional pi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Thai Wood and Leather Klong Khaek Processional Drum with Distressed Appearance
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Thai wood and leather Klong Khaek processional drum from the mid-20th century, with ropes and weathered patina. Created in Thailand during the midc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Rustic Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood
Margaret Thatcher and State of Qatar, Garrard & Co. Silver Gilt Presentation Set
By Garrard & Co. Ltd.
Located in New York, NY
Margaret Thatcher and state of Qatar, Garrard & Co. Silver gilt presentation set, London, 1983.
MARK OF GARRARD LTD, LONDON, 1983
A Three piece Elizabeth II, silver and silver ...
Category
20th Century British Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Carved Thatched Roof Cottage Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Fantastic and rare example of Black Forest folk art, a tour de force of carving by a master woodworker. This lift top box in the form of a thatched cottage has many wonderful details...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Silvered Sea Shell Lister's Conch
By Creel and Gow
Located in New York, NY
Lister's conch fully silvered shell 5". Creel and Gow has been working with the same atelier in Rome, Italy for over 20 years to make our signature silvered shells. Our workshop has ...
Category
2010s Italian Victorian Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Great Women Artists
Located in New York, NY
Five centuries of fascinating female creativity presented in more than 400 compelling artworks and one comprehensive volume
The most extensive fully illustrated book of women artists...
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21st Century and Contemporary Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Upstate Living Spaces with Space to Live
Located in New York, NY
This inspiring collection of unique, intimate, and authentic interiors will have city- and country-dwellers alike dreaming of carving out a personal haven far from the five boroughs....
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21st Century and Contemporary Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Silvered Sea Shell Strombus Pugilis
By Creel and Gow
Located in New York, NY
Strombus pugilis fully silvered shell. Creel and Gow has been working with the same atelier in Rome, Italy for over 20 years to make our signature silvered shells. Our workshop has b...
Category
2010s Italian Victorian Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Festus Pragnell, the Green Man of Kilsona, First Edition Presentation Copy, 1936
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PRAGNELL, Festus (Frank William Pragnell)
TITLE: The Green Man of Kilsona. (The Ape-man of the Electron World)
PUBLISHER: London: Philip Al...
Category
1930s British Vintage Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
Green Escapes, The Guide to Secret Urban Gardens
Located in New York, NY
An insider's guide to the world's greatest 'secret' gardens, green spaces, and pocket parks tucked away in cities around the globe
Cities everywhere are graced with charming but...
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21st Century and Contemporary Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Altamira Catalog Circa 1956
By Gio Ponti, Altamira
Located in New York, NY
Mid-1950’s catalog for the fabled Altamira design center, located at 18 E 50th St in New York City, one of the top U.S. venues for high-end Italian design. Altamira commissioned a li...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Greene, Graham, Travels with My Aunt, 'First Edition - Presentation Copy - 1969'
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Greene, Graham.
Title: Travels With My Aunt.
Publisher: London: The Bodley Head, 1969.
Description: first edition presentation copy. 1 vol., inscribed on the title-page "With thanks for everything from Graham Greene...
Category
1960s British Vintage Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
American Rustic Tramp Art Game Table
Located in Queens, NY
American Rustic Tramp Art style game table with green & red painted top supported with a pedestal base on a round platform (32 chess pieces)(signed 1994 PAUL CUNNINGHAM)
Category
Late 20th Century American Rustic Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
MAHON, Lord. The Letters Of Philip Dormer Stanhope. 5 vols. 1892 IN FULL LEATHER
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MAHON, Lord.
TITLE: The Letters Of Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl Of Chesterfield; Including Numerous Letters Now First Published From The Original Manuscripts.
PUBLISHER: L...
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1890s British Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Mangal II Stories and Recipes
Located in New York, NY
The debut cookbook from the landmark East London restaurant, showcasing a collection of contemporary Turkish recipes
Discover the food and stories of Mangal II, one of London’s most vibrant food destinations, thanks to the dynamic vision of the Dirik brothers. Following in the footsteps of their father, the Turkish chef Ali Dirk who immigrated to London and opened the UK’s first ocakbasi, Mangal I, in 1994, his sons have modernised Anatolian cuisine for the 21st century.
Through heartfelt essays about the food, creativity, and legacy of the restaurant and more than 60 original recipes, readers discover delicious signature recipes such as Cull Yaw Köfte with Grilled Apple Sauce, Grilled Chickpea Hummus, Sourdough Pide, Mushroom Manti, and Tahini Tart – all by Sertaç Dirik, one of the most talented chefs of his generation. A foreword by Action Bronson...
Category
2010s Chinese Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Impressive 1800s Kalidoscope
Located in Peekskill, NY
This scope is unsigned and was acquired from a European collector. It could be American but I'm guessing its not. The eyepiece and turning mechanism are brass. The tube is canvas wra...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Industrial Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fruitwood
Midcentury Modern Porcelain Ashtray Cigarette Holder Set
Located in New York, NY
A Hungarian porcelain ashtray and loose cigarette vessel holder set, Mid-Century Modern, circa early to mid-20th century, Hungary by Hollohaza. Set has a triangular shape with gold a...
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Mid-20th Century Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
How To Become A Successful Artist
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
The must-have business guide for all artists, written by the leading specialist in the global art market
Written for artists of all levels, ages and mediums the latest book from bestselling author Magnus Resch explores how artists can have a career in the field they love. He answers the most important questions including: How do I find gallery representation? How do I write an artist statement? How should I price my artworks? And what's the best Instagram strategy? Case studies are drawn from interviews with leading experts and practitioners, including artists, gallerists, and curators. It's an invaluable resource to explain the core business principles of being an artist and reveals how to make it in the art market.
This must-have guide includes business advice from the art world’s leading experts, such as Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jeffrey Deitch, Simon de Pury, Mera & Don Rubell, Mr. Brainwash, Oscar Murillo, Sean Scully, Peter Halley, Kenny Scharf, Lucien Smith...
Category
2010s Chinese Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1990s Vintage Italian Vivid Green Murano Glass Small Cactus Plant in Gold Pot
By Formia Murano
Located in New York, NY
1990s Italian highly collectible Venetian glass cactus of limited edition, entirely handcrafted in Murano, with modern Minimalist design blown by Formia, in a lifelike organic modern...
Category
1990s Italian Organic Modern Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Italian Renaissance Bronze Crucifix
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance Gothic style (19th Cent) bronze religious crucifix with filigree cross on 4 legged base with silver plate Christ figure (19th Cent.)
Category
19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Cyprien Berard - Lord Ruthwen, ou Les Vampires - 1820 - FIRST FRENCH EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: Cyprien Berard and Charles Nodier.
TITLE: Lord Ruthwen, ou Les Vampires.
PUBLISHER: Paris: Chez Ladvocat, Libraire, 1820.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST FRENCH EDITION. 2 vols., 6-3/...
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1820s French Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Autograph Edition of the Works of Anatole France, in a Fine Leather Binding!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: France, Anatole
Title: The Complete Works of Anatole France.
Publisher: NY: Gabriel Wells, 1924.
Description: The Autograph Edition. 30...
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1920s American Vintage Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Art in Vienna 1898-1918, 4th Edition book
Located in New York, NY
The rebel artists of Vienna overwhelmed the artistic establishment of Europe at the end of the 19th century, having seceded from the traditional Viennese institutions of fine art and named themselves the Vienna Secession. Their works shocked a conservative public, but their daring sensibilities and dedication to the applied arts and architecture soon brought them an enthusiastic following and wealthy patronage. The boldly modernist paintings of Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka and others were matched by the buildings and applied designs of architects such as Joseph Maria Olbrich, who created the Secession Building as an architectural manifesto for the group. This classic book, now updated and with additional colour illustrations and a completely new introductory chapter, brilliantly traces the course of this influential artistic movement.
Contents and sections:
Introduction
Vienna 1900
Secession
The Beginnings
The First Exhibition
The Dedication of the House: Second Exhibition
Ver Sacrum III–VI Exhibitions
The ‘Klimt Affair’ – The University Paintings
Exhibitions 1900–1902
Beethoven 1902
XVI–XVIII Exhibitions, 1903
The Split within the Secession
Architecture and the Applied Arts
The Ringstrasse and the Architecture of Historicisim
Otto Wagner, 1841–1918
Joseph Maria Olbrich, 1867–1908
Josef Hoffmann, 1870–1956
The Wiener Werkstätte
Palais Stoclet – The Stoclet Frieze
Kabarett Fledermaus
Alfred Roller, 1864–1935
Hoffmann’s Later Work
Adolf Loos, 1870–1933
Kunstschau 1908 – 1909: The Early Work of Kokoschka and Schiele
Kunstschau 1908
Oskar Kokoschka, 1886–1980
Richard Gerstl, 1883–1908
Kunstschau 1909 – Vienna before the War...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Jutaku: Japanese Houses Book
Located in New York, NY
"Another winner from Phaidon... a must for those interested in architecture and design" —selectism. com.
Frenetic. Pulsating. Disorienting. Japan’s contemporary culture is constantly in flux, with a host of new architectural practices ushering in an era of continuous experimentation.
Featuring more than 400 houses, one per page, one image per house, Jutaku: Japanese Houses is a fast-paced, shock to the system that shines a Harajuku–bright neon light on the sheer volume, variety and novelty of contemporary Japanese residential architecture.
Featuring the work of many of Japan’s most famous architects including Shigeru Ban, Sou Fujimoto...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
10 Volumes. Lord Macaulay, Complete Works
Located in New York, NY
10 Volumes. Lord Macaulay, Complete Works. Knickerbocker Edition. Bound in 3/4 red calf with marbled boards. Covers and raised band spines are gilt-tooled. Top edges gilt. Marbled en...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Art Museum
Located in New York, NY
Visit the world’s most comprehensive and compelling museum in a single book – the ultimate gallery in your own home
Housing the finest art collection ever assembled, this classic ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Steiff Mother Pig and Piglets Soft Figural Sculptures, Mohair, Germany.
By Steiff
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Steiff Germany Mother Pig and Piglets Soft Figural Sculptures, Mohair, Germany. 3pc set. Large 26" high pig with two baby pigs. Two have metal tag and label. Dimensions: Height: 26 i...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
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Mohair
Jonathan Dickenson, God's Protecting Providence, Cannibals of Florida, 1790
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
"inhuman Cannibals of Florida"
AUTHOR: DICKENSON, Jonathan.
TITLE: God's Protecting Providence, Man's Surest Help and Defence, in Times of Greatest Difficulty, and most eminent Danger, evidenced in the remarkable Deliverance of Robert Barrow,.. & the cruel devouring Jaws of the inhuman Cannibals of Florida.
PUBLISHER: London: by James Phillips, 1790.
DESCRIPTION: SEVENTH EDITION. 1 vol., 136pp., 12mo., 6-3/8" x 4-3/16", bound in 1/2 brown morocco, gilt decorated spine, blind stamp to front blank endleaf of "D Hicks & Co. Book Binders...
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1790s British Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. The Discourses of Epictetus.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. The Discourses of Epictetus, translated by George Long. Bound in 3/4 tan morocco with linen boards. Gilt tooling on the raised band spines. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpape...
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Early 20th Century British Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Basquiat Gray Vinyl Record album 2019
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Basquiat & Gray:
2019 "Gray, Shades of..." Vinyl Record Album featuring offset cover art after Basquiat - who originally conceived & executed the cover ar...
Category
2010s Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Decorative Equestrian Leather Saddle
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1950s Spanish saddle decoration in leather and nickel plated details.
Measurements:
length: 60.5?
width: 15.75?.
Category
1950s Vintage Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
SOUTHEY. Selected Works Of The British Poets. 1st ED - INSCRIBED TO HIS DAUGHTER
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SOUTHEY, Robert.
TITLE: Selected Works Of The British Poets, From Chaucer To Jonson, with Biographical Sketches by Robert Southey.
PUBLISHER: London: for Longman, Rees, Or...
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1830s British Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
"Bronze perfumer with decorative butterflies. France."
Located in New York, NY
French urn shaped perfumer with lid. Patinated bronze with decorative butterflies on a square plinth. France 1820's
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Ashtray Match Box Case Set Cloisonné Enamel
Located in New York, NY
An enamel Cloisonné match box case and ashtray set, circa early-20th century, Asia. Set includes 1 matchbox holder, and 1 ashtray/dish/plate (for used matche...
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Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Enamel
A Hand Carved Wooden Mezuzah Case, Poland-Ukraine Circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite hand-carved wooden Mezuzah case, dating back to circa 1820, is a remarkable testament to the rich folk art traditions of the Jewish communities in Poland and Ukraine. ...
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1820s Ukrainian Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Lladró Arabian Pure Breed Horse Figurine by Ernest Massuet. Limited Edition.
By Lladro, Ernest Massuet
Located in New York City, NY
Glossy porcelain animal figurine of limited series of purebred Arabian horse with thick fur on a wooden base. Portrait of a purebred grey Ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Yoshitomo Nara
Located in New York, NY
The definitive book on the life and career of internationally acclaimed artist Yoshitomo Nara
Yoshitomo Nara rose to prominence in the mid-1990s, a s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Continental Bronze Dore Ceremonial Dog Pommel Sword with Scabbard
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Austrian-style (19th Century) bronze dore ceremonial hunting sword with dog's head pommel and bone handle and a leather scabbard.
Significant damage to scabbard, patina ...
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19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bone
Very Large Ophtalmotrope
Located in Peekskill, NY
What is an ophthalmotrope? An ophthalmotrope is an apparatus for demonstrating the movements of the eye and the action of the different muscles which produce them, consisting essentially of a model eyeball to which are attached strings and pulleys to duplicate the line force of the muscles.
We think this example is most likely French from the early 20th century. The base is marble with paw feet. It’s also quite large at well over 3 foot tall. This instrument is very complete. It also includes additional parts to set the mechanics up in a different way. In the pictures above the strings are attached to a keyboard. The alternative replaces the keyboard with string guide with a dozen hanging tubular weights. This is one of the largest and most decorative examples we have seen. I have only seen pictures of ophthalmotropes and never one this fine and complete. It’s as rare and impressive show piece.
This item was also used in the movie Knives Out,
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Early 20th Century French Industrial Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Agnes Strickland, Lives of the Queens of England, 6 Vols New Revised Edition
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: STRICKLAND, Agnes
Title: Lives of The Queens of England from The Norman Conquest.
Publisher: London: George Bell & Sons, 1908.
NEW REVISED...
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Early 1900s British Antique Tri-State Area - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
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Ahoy! You’ve Never Seen a Collection of Sailor Art and Kitsch Quite Like This
French trendsetter and serial collector Daniel Rozensztroch tells us about his obsession with objects related to seafaring men.
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Hollywood A-listers, ex-pat aristocrats and art collectors and style setters of all stripes appreciate the allure of the coastal California hamlet — much on our minds after recent winter floods.
Whaam! Blam! Pow! — a New Book on Pop Art Packs a Punch
Publishing house Assouline and writer Julie Belcove have teamed up to trace the history of the genre, from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Jeff Koons.
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