USA - Collectibles and Curiosities

Mid-20th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

52 Star American Flag Cloth Jacket Emblem with Peace Symbol Configuration, circa 1964-1975: This unusual flag image is great for two reasons. One is the rather obvious fact that i...

Assouline Publishing

21st Century and Contemporary Books

Shaker Function, Purity and Perfection is an homage to the traditional Shaker values of grace and simplicity. Featured are 28 essential pieces that highlight the defining elements of...

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture

Amazing work of African American folk art. Very detailed and many layers of original paint surface. Found in the southern United States. Great storage box on top of the alter with a ...

Romeo Rega

Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Games

Brass, Stainless Steel, Chrome

This ultra chic and modern signed Italian Romeo Rega checkers game has sculptural components. It is great just even as a decorative object or for real playing checkers. It is from th...

21st Century and Contemporary Chilean Other Taxidermy

Wood, Feathers

Full sized taxidermy Chilean flamingo specimen, excellent condition.

Vintage 1950s American Steampunk Toys and Dolls

Copper, Iron

Vintage Bronx toy factory industrial doll head mold. Awesome screw eyes. Fantastic patina and layered surface from exposure to various chemicals and high heat during the manufacturin...

Antique 1850s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

33Stars, Medallion Configuration, pre-civil war through war period, 1859-1861 33 star American national parade flag, printed on coarse, glazed cotton. The stars are arranged in a...

Melvin Lindquist

Vintage 1970s American Vases

Wood

Melvin Lindquist began turning in the 1930s as a vertical turret lathe operator for the General Electric Company. In his shop at home, he began an exploration of the vase form throug...

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Antique 19th Century French Primitive Toys and Dolls

Wood

19th century French painted carousel horse mounted on a wrought iron base. The size of actual horse is 42" W x 30" H x 10" D. The iron base and pole measure 12" x 24" x 74" H.

E. A. Séguy

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Books

Paper

'Insectes' by E.A. Seguy (1877-1945), Paris Published by Edition Ducharte et Van Buggenhoudt, Paris, 1925 20 plates (Pochoirs in Color) (Complete) 12 3/4'' wide by 17 3/4'' high ...

Giorgetti S.p.A.

2010s Italian Modern Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Leather

White saddle leather punching bag with black powder coated suspension chain and hardware. Measures: Diameter 13” x 43” long.

Roycroft

Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Garden Ornaments

Copper

Large Arts & Crafts / Art Nouveau copper Architectural Baptismal, holy water, garden ornament, 47 inches high, wonderful patina, surface. Amazing design and proportion, missing one d...

J. Wyld

Antique 1830s English Neoclassical Maps

This oversized map of Napoleon’s Empire at the time of 1811 was published in London. The cartographer is J. Wlyd and features charts of the French department to the left. It is hand ...

Mid-20th Century French Other Mounted Objects

Resin

Very decorative pair of cast resin faux red coral on integral black oval bases. Great scale at 20 inches high by 10 wide, these really make a statement, mid-20th century.

Hermès

Vintage 1980s French Mid-Century Modern Collectible Jewelry

Brass, Leather

Original Hermès 'Sac à Dépêches' briefcase, made in France for Bonwit Teller, circa 1980s. Sliding locker fastener on flap with three interior pockets, includes original keys. Perfec...

U.S. Government

Mid-20th Century American Industrial Historical Memorabilia

In 1961 this mannequin was featured in a Life Magazine cover story. After Khrushchev scared the world by setting off a hydrogen bomb 1n 1961 the US wanted to know its long term effec...

Levi & Salaman

Antique 1870s English Victorian Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver, Crystal

Unusual, Victorian, sterling silver-mounted, footed, crystal match striker, Birmingham, England, 1878, Levi and Salaman - makers. Measures 2 1/4 inches high x 2 inches diameter. Matc...

Antique Late 19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

38 STAR ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, MADE DURING THE PERIOD WHEN COLORADO WAS THE MOST RECENT STATE TO JOIN THE UNION, 1876-1889, WITH PENCILED INSCRIPTION FROM THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY ...

Late 20th Century Industrial Carts and Bar Carts

Chrome

A bespoke piece, using two original 1970s chrome porthole windows with new rivets put back in (the original rivets pop out when ship's are dismantled), and then fashioned into a bar ...

Bruno Foucart & Jean-Louis Gaillemin

1990s French Modern Books

Paper

An excellent reference book on the major French interior designers from the 1940s. Included is work by Jacques Adnet, Andre Arbus, Rene Drouet, Maxime Old, Rene Prou, Jules Leleu, Je...

Frank L. Baum

Early 20th Century American Books

Fabric, Paper

Rare early edition of "The Tin Woodsman" by, Frank L. Baum- Illustrated by, John R. Neill. Features a blue cloth front and back hard cover with a pasted front cover illustration. Inc...

20th Century Japanese Industrial Nautical Objects

Nice find of a double-sided ship's telegraph sends instructions from the bridge to the engine room. Originally used on a Japanese merchant ship and manufactured by Nunotani Keiki Sei...

Mid-20th Century Wall Mirrors

Mirror, Teak

Teak mirror with silver marine paint originally used in the stateroom of a mid-century passenger ship. Rare find and nice size. Hang vertically or horizontally. Nautical antiques ...

Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces

Metal

A pair of exquisite deco-period glass sconce shades with shell motif on chrome and black metal backplates. Rewired for American use, porcelain socket and takes a regular size light b...

Mid-20th Century Industrial Nautical Objects

This is a rare and unusual find, a brass ovoid-shaped porthole window from an enclosed-type lifeboat from the 1980s. The base was designed by Deborah Lockhart Phillips and can be com...

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Antique 1810s English Regency Tea Caddies

Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood

Tea Caddy made of rosewood with extensive mother-of-pearl decoration to the top and front. Special features include bun feet and unusual handles on either side with mother-of-pearl b...

Antique 1890s Swiss Decorative Boxes

Brass

In good working condition, this Swiss music box plays six songs, which are listed under the Columbia label inside the lid. When cranked, music is produced as the pinned, brass cylind...

Mid-20th Century Nautical Objects

An adjustable teak and brass desk light from a midcentury cruise ship. A cone-shaped shade with a porcelain socket which takes a standard light bulb. Rewired for American use. The sh...

Mid-20th Century German Industrial Nautical Objects

A chrome ship's clinometer made by world-renowned Wilhelm Ludolph/Institut Bremen of Germany and signed as such. These tilt gauges were used on vessels to measure the angular slant o...

Vintage 1950s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

49 embroidered stars on a small scale pieced-and-sewn American flag reflecting the addition of Alaska in 1959, official for just one year, made by Annin in New York city: 49 star ...

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Scientific Instruments

Glass, Giltwood

18th century French neoclassical barometer from the Louis XVI period. Strictly a stunning decorative object with great style in giltwood. The face is in French.

John Thomson

Antique Mid-19th Century Scottish Late Victorian Pottery

Pearlware

A circa 1850, pearlware historical childrens' miniature toy doll plate titled “Indian Chiefs,” one of a series of plates commemorating the California Gold Rush, 1848-1855. A black...

Helmut Newton

1990s Monacan Modern Books

One of the most impressive books ever published! The 464 page, sixty six pound book is one of the largest ever created. Each of the edition was numbered, (ours is 3594 / 10,000) and ...

Early 20th Century French Scientific Instruments

Beautifully constructed and in working condition, heavy in weight with both vertical and horizontal axes.

Antique Late 19th Century English Books

Paper, Leather

Vaughan's Sermons in two volumes 1870,71,72 and 1873-1874. Brighton: Brighton Pulpit office, no date. Full calf bindings with marbleized edges. Unpaginated. A series of sermons preac...

Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Ceramics

Ceramic

Lovely pair of rare 19th century, British Staffordshire, ironstone, Victoria ware, blue and white pottery tureens with lids or covers. One large, one smaller. Fully marked, mad...

Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Games

Bone, Walnut

Fantastic walking stick from circa 1860. Presenting a very rare walking cane from the 19th century. British. This walking stick was definitely 'custom made' for a Gambler !!!! It...

Antique Late 19th Century English Books

Leather, Paper

The Poetical Works of John Milton. London: Frederick Warne and Co. No date. Full calf "Albion" edition hardcover with gilt edges. 581 pp. The book contains the poetic work, explanato...

Early 20th Century English Books

Leather, Paper

Sir Edwin Landseer R.A. by James A. Manson. London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ld., 1902. First edition full calf with gilt armorial binding and marbleized edges. The biography...

21st Century and Contemporary Books

With more than 480 illustrations, this is the most comprehensive publication to date on one of the greatest painters of the 20th and early 21st centuries, Lucian Freud. Lucian Fre...

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Chairs

Tapestry, Wood

This fine, antique prayer chair, or Prie-Dieu, was carved in France, circa 1880. The frame of the prayer chair features beautiful hand-carved motifs which are further embellished wit...

20th Century French Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Marble, Bronze

A fine large French figural bronze of a golfer on a round marble base. Raised mark reads: Bronze Garanti - Paris - J.B. Deposee Dimensions are height 17 1/2 inches x diameter 9...

Vintage 1970s Swiss Decorative Boxes

Fruitwood

A quality fruitwood case with a glass door allows for viewing the metal discs that play on this upright music box by Thorens of Switzerland. The set includes ten discs with titles li...

2010s American Taxidermy

Texas longhorn, white with brown spots. 80" spread. Exceptional mount. Detachable horns for shipping. PERIOD: Contemporary ORIGIN: Texas SIZE: 80" spread x 36"

RS Barcelona

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Games

Oak

It’s a piece of Fine furniture and a ping-pong table. Standard sized, with a wood veneer surface and solid wood legs, a design, and a structure that gives it full playability. When n...

Teckell, Marc Sadler

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Game Tables

Crystal

T1 is a billiard-pool table made entirely of glass, where the playing surface is specially treated reproducing the friction of traditional cloth. The feet are sheets of glass bevell...

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Collectible Jewelry

Gold, Silver

An authentic Q. Titius, Silver Denarius Coin (Rome, circa 90 BC), set in a custom squared 22-karat gold bezel and 22-karat gold bail, with gold beaded accents. The obverse, or front,...

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Greek Collectible Jewelry

Gold, Silver

An authentic Greek (Macedonian) Alexander the great silver Drachm coin (circa 336 - 323 BC) set in a 22-karat gold bezel and bail adorn with tanzanite stones. The obverse, or front, ...

Francis Triay

Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Pottery

Clay

Ceramic carafe by Francis Triay (France, 1927-2013), early 1970s, signed. Handmade clay pottery with textured exterior and bright red glazed interior. Fine and delicate details, a si...

Pierre Jacquemon

Vintage 1950s American Brutalist Paintings

Oil

Oil painting on canvas by listed French born painter Pierre Jacquemon (1936-2002). Gold, copper and bronze tones give depth of color and a wide range of nuance that seems ever changi...

Antique 19th Century American Architectural Elements

Metal, Zinc

An American zinc pediment from the 19th century. This antique zinc pediment, with it's overall triangular-shape, once adorn the entry exterior of an old building. This piece is nicel...

Iradj Moini

Early 2000s North American Modern Collectible Jewelry

Metal

Stunning statement piece incorporating a superb array of carefully carved jade, amethyst, peach coral, amber and crystals and gold toned base metal. C. 2000. Signed on back. Size: 3....

Matthew M. Orante

Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Models and Miniatures

Large Folk Art model Eiffel tower. Created by Matthew M. Orante using 783 pieces of wood. Model accompanied by original newspaper article.

Antique 1870s American Renaissance Revival Desks

Birdseye Maple, Bronze, Felt, Walnut

Important American Wooton cabinet desk labelled Wooton Desk Manf. Co., Indianapolis, 1874. This particular desk is a piece of our nation's history and was exhibited at the 1876 Cente...

Steinway & Sons

Antique 1880s American Musical Instruments

Fabulous Steinway Piano made in 1886 and fully restored. Elegant high polished ebony finish and has 85 keys, 88 keys was not introduced until 1893. Well cared for but may need a tuni...

Early 20th Century English Books

Leather, Paper

The Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet and Olla Podrida by Captain Frederick Marryat. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1910. Leather bound hardcovers. 350, 334 pp. Two antiq...

Bjorn Weckstrom

Vintage 1970s Finnish Modern Collectible Jewelry

Bronze

Björn Weckström bronze pendant Bethlehem steel sculptural signed Finland, 1970s. Weckstrom's iridescent flame bronze collection is inspired by the aerodynamic designs of the American...

Mid-20th Century Indian Mounted Objects

Wood

This set of nine wooden exercise bats are from India and were made from chechum wood, circa 1950. The exercise bats were individually mounted inside a black box for display. They can...