Collectibles and Curiosities on Sale

Swarovski crystals make these stunning and gorgeous statement earrings perfect for that glamorous look. Vintage 1980s punch with Art Deco timeless style. Gold plated white metal (the...

Antique map titled 'Italia Antiqua of Oud Italje (..)'. Very decorative map of ancient Italy and the islands Corsica, Sicily and Sardinia after N. Sanson, published by Francois Halma...

Hobie Jeff Hakman 1965 duke meet replica big wave gun surfboard. Shaped by the legendary Richard "Dick" Brewer in 2005. This historic wooden surfboard is composed of a balsawood shape with 5 redwood stringers, 5-piece wood tail block, and sleek jet-black fin with white halo. This collectible surfboard has never been ridden. One of just 25 balsawood surfboards shaped by Dick Brewer to commemorate Jeff Hakman’s victory at the 1965 Duke Kahanamoku...

This is a printed silk handkerchief from the interwar period, with an Italian aviation theme. This handkerchief features four early aircraft plane models, two of which are seaplanes. The inner field of the handkerchief is pale blue and contained by a black three-line waving border. The outer field is medium blue, with a darker blue at each corner. A white and black fasces rests in each corner. The center of the silk features a golden spread-wing eagle. Above the eagle’s head floats a gold crown. The eagle’s talons grip a shield printed with the Savoy arms, a white cross on a red field. Two gold fasces adorn either side of the shield. In most historical accounts of the early days of military aviation, our reverence for the activities of the American Expeditionary Force and its French and British companions-in-arms on the western front has led us to overlook the immense Italian contribution to the formation of airpower doctrine. The first aerial force projection occurred on Nov. 1, 1911, when Lt. Giulio Gravotta, flying a German-built monoplane, dropped one bomb on Zard and another on Taciura -- in Libya -- during the Italian-Turkish War. This event occurred just a little more than a year after the first flight of an Italian-designed and built aircraft. At about the same time, Gianni Caproni, a young Italian engineer with a passion for innovation and a vast admiration for the Wright brothers, built his first flying machine. By May 23, 1915, the day Italy entered World War I, Caproni had become Italy's leading aircraft designer and manufacturer. Caprooni designed and built a multi-engine bomber with range and bomb capacities to make it a potent offensive weapon. On Aug. 20, 1915, two of these Caproni three-engine bombers attacked the Aisovizza aerodrome with explosive and incendiary bombs, a preview of the most sustained, effective air offensive of the First World War. By early 1916, regular raids against Austro-Hungarian targets were being conducted by seven squadrons of Caproni bombers, with some 540 bombing missions flown by the year's end. Missions were on the increase, both in distance to targets and number of aircraft involved. In late 1917, due to the lack of suitable training facilities in the United States, a contingent of some 500 Americans were sent to Foggia, Italy, to learn military flying. After completing their training, the new pilots were commissioned in the Army Air Service, and the majority of them were sent to France to serve with the American Expeditionary Force. About 75 remained in Italy under the command of Capt. Fiorello LaGuardia...

Antique map titled 'Asiae Nova delineatio'. Rare miniature map of Asia. This map covers the entirety of Asia from Europe to Japan and from the Arctic to New Holland or Australia. The...

Rare Japanese "SWIFT" Microscope By Stereo Ninety

Vintage adjustable necklace stand and jewelry holder.

A beautiful, old earth globe with a compass. A particularly beautiful piece with a straight stand and wooden base with embedded compass. "Mang's new earth globe", comes from the Stuttgart publishing house Adolf Mang (1849-1933) and was manufactured in the beginning of the 20th century. The product is in a good and functional condition for over 100 years. However, the earth map...

Leporello of 17 yellow-coloured thick paper leaves lined in red, with 8 full-page gouaches on one side and 8 half-page gouaches on the other side, the latter side with many small dra...

Collection of Masonic keepsakes consisting of two silver round lidded containers both showing different symbols of Freemasonry. Lidded containers may have been used to hold a ring, c...

Antique map titled 'L‘ Asie Suivant les Nouvelles Decouvertes dont les Point Principaux (..)'. By N. de Fer, 1700. Depicting China, Japan, India, New Zealand, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, ...

An uncommon map of Europe prepared by Nicolas Blankaart, extending to the Middle East and the northern tip of Africa, as it was during the time of the Roman Empire. The map is filled...

Antique print titled 'De Stadt Coulang'. This original engraving originates from the 1672 German edition of Baldaeus' 'Nauwkeurige beschrijving Malabar en Choromandel, derz. aangrenz...

Silver jewelry with round brilliant cut rock crystal. Salovaara, Åbo 1973. Neckline of sterling silver. Norway. Kultaseppä Salovaara was founded ...

Detailed map, with beautiful hand-coloring, of Southeast Asia, extending from the tip of Cambodia to Java, centered on Singapore and the Straits of Malacca. This map originates from ...

Large original painted 19th Century drum with one original stick.