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Modernist Drawing, Portrait of a Man
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Surfside, FL
dance inarguably sprang from her inner sources and resources of motor power and emotional drive, the
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Early 20th Century Modern Antique Motors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Original Antique Travel Poster Villandry Touraine Castles Paris Orleans Railway
By Duval
Located in London, GB
Motor Car Tours - featuring a stunning view by Constant Duval (1877-1956) of the historic 16th century
Category

1920s French Antique Motors

Materials

Paper

Resting at The Shore, Mother and Child, Detroit Artist
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
General Motors and Chevrolet, also of Flint, Michigan. After her father moved the family to Detroit to
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Late 19th Century American Realist Antique Motors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Rare Original Speedboat Blueprint from George Lawley of Neponset, Mass.
Located in Norwell, MA
legend plate reads: Motor, Scripps-model F-6. All hatches to lift, not hinge. Length overall: 30'0
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1920s North American Antique Motors

Materials

Paper

Blueprint for Launch for the Steam Yacht Hi-Esmaro
Located in Norwell, MA
", Motor 100 HP Kermath, weight about 6,000 lbs. Handsome design with seating for many. The ending of the
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1920s North American Antique Motors

Materials

Paper

Original Antique French Railways Travel Poster Chaumont Loire Valley Castle
By Duval
Located in London, GB
motor car tours - Chemin de Fer d'Orleans Chaumont Les Chateaux de la Loire Circuits Automobiles
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1920s French Antique Motors

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Usse Loire Valley Chemin De Fer De Paris Orleans
By Duval
Located in London, GB
motor car tours - Chemins de Fer de Paris a Orleans Usse Les Chateaux de la Loire Circuits Automobiles
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1920s French Antique Motors

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage French Railways Travel Poster Langeais Loire Valley Castle
By Duval
Located in London, GB
motor car tours - Chemins de Fer de Paris a Orleans Langeais Les Chateaux de la Loire Circuits
Category

1920s French Antique Motors

Materials

Paper

Original Antique French Railways Travel Poster Chateau D Azay Le Rideau France
By Duval
Located in London, GB
Original antique French Railways train travel advertising poster for motor car tours - Chemins de
Category

1920s French Antique Motors

Materials

Paper

1920s Professional Vintage Barista Coffee Grinder Mill On Original Cabinet.
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
new electric motor that drives both mills at the same time. the motor has a connection 2x220 volts
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1920s Swedish Industrial Antique Motors

Materials

Brass, Iron, Copper

Double Sided Hanging No Smoking Please Gas Station Garage Enamel Sign
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Original 1930s double-sided enamel Stop Your Motor Please No Smoking Gas Station Garage Sign.
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Motors

Materials

Enamel

Robert Bernard Robinson, “The Hapless Fisherman”, O/C Painting, Ca. 1910s-1920s
Located in New York, NY
of Motor Magazine, often featuring lighthearted, roadside Americana scenes. His art frequently
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1910s American Art Deco Antique Motors

Materials

Canvas

Jas Shoolbred. An Aesthetic Movement adjustable height piano stool
By Jas Shoolbred Co.
Located in London, GB
scribed decoration to the seat and to the shaped legs, united by a double stretcher. This has a BSA motor
Category

1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Motors

Materials

Walnut

Couple s 25th Wedding Anniversary
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
to build the Graham-Paige Motors Corporation, further expanding their success in the automotive
Category

1920s Antique Motors

Materials

Oil

Early 20th century decorative dutch working windmill
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
with fabric inserts.  Domed top surmounted by a norwegian flag. Fitted with a motor which runs on a
Category

Early 20th Century Dutch Rustic Antique Motors

Materials

Steel

STUART TURNER 1898-1906 England Antique Half Beam Steam Engine Model
Located in Miami, FL
Scale model of motor engine designed by Stuart Turner Limited. This is a scale model of a steam
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1890s English Industrial Antique Motors

Materials

Bronze, Copper, Steel, Iron

Advertising paperweight - "J.Gliksten Sons LTD"
Located in London, GB
hardwoods for motor bodies. Estimated roughly 1900/1910. No chips or cracks. A few surface scratches and
Category

Early 1900s English Antique Motors

Materials

Glass

Portrait of Granddaddy’s White-hulled Steamship (Before the ‘29 Crash)
Located in San Francisco, CA
It’s such a “Great Gatsby” thing, owning the 100-foot-plus motor yacht, especially when proudly
Category

1920s Impressionist Antique Motors

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Technical Pencil Diagrams of Car Mechanisms
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Motor Mounting: The diagram details the mounting of the starter motor on a Morgan vehicle, highlighting
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Motors

Materials

Pencil

Lecoultre Riviere Monkey Orchestra Musical Automata Picture, France, c. 1865
By LeCoultre Cie 1
Located in London, GB
running motor wound on the left hand side of the frame, and operated by a sliding mother-of-pearl button
Category

1860s French Napoleon III Antique Motors

Materials

Metal

DOLL CO. 1900 German Antique Steam Twin Cylinders Piston Engine Machine
By Doll et Cie
Located in Miami, FL
Scale model of motor engine designed by Doll & Co. This is a model of a mill engine created in
Category

Early 1900s German Industrial Antique Motors

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Iron

1920s “TOURISTS” Cast Metal Sign Glass Cat Eye Reflectors Boarding House Sign
Located in Lancaster, PA
lodging and camps in the early days of motor tourism. Each reflector still shines brightly under direct
Category

1920s American Art Deco Antique Motors

Materials

Metal

Erhard Söhne Art Nouveau Jugendstil Jewelry Casque w/ Inlaid Brass Rose Design
Located in Beachwood, OH
of brought Unimog (Universal-Motor-Gerät) involves. After the World War II it is an important factory
Category

Early 1900s Antique Motors

Materials

Brass

Japan, Irregular-shaped vase, Sakamoto Motoyuki, Seto stoneware circa 1980
Located in PARIS, FR
as an automobile designer at Nissan Motor Corporation. He later turned to pottery, becoming
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Early 20th Century Antique Motors

Materials

Stoneware

Circa 1910 Original poster by Ernest Montaut - Szisz sur voiture Renault
By Ernest Montaut
Located in PARIS, FR
Grand Prix in motor racing history and a pivotal event in the development of early automobile
Category

Early 1900s Antique Motors

Materials

Paper, Lithograph, Linen

A Country Landscape With Harvesters At Rest, George Turner (1843-1910), British
Located in Toronto, CA
countryside before the coming of mecanisation, the motor car and urban expansion. His work was exhibited in
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1870s English Antique Motors

Materials

Paint

Industrial Restored General Electric Cast Iron and Brass Desk Fan
By General Electric
Located in Fort Collins, CO
the motor housing and base and brass for the fan's blades and cage. Please note, this design of
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Motors

Materials

Brass, Iron

Large Art Deco Geometric Jelly Mold Opaline Glass Pendant Lights with Aged Brass
By General Electric Company (GEC) 1
Located in Nottingham, GB
wide range of products including motors, generators, and telecommunications equipment. Although its
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1920s English Art Deco Antique Motors

Materials

Brass

Sir Harold Dudley Clayton: Naval architect and boat builder’s plans for Zinita
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
‘Harold Clayton, Penarth, June 1909’. There is also a plan for a ‘Motor Dinghy for Zinita, 30 ton, L.O.A
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Early 20th Century English Antique Motors

Materials

Paper

Portrait Of Victor Rigal, Alfa Romeo Racing Team, dated 1929 Monogrammed LAC
Located in Blackwater, GB
dated. Rare early Grand Prix motor racing portrait of Frenchman Rigal in his final year of racing
Category

Early 20th Century Antique Motors

Materials

Canvas, Oil

c. 1899 NOS Complete Japanned Copper Dental Drill
Located in Dekalb, IL
everything - including the ornate japanned copper swing arm, japanned rotating wheels, motors, and
Category

1890s American Industrial Antique Motors

Materials

Copper

A silver presentation bowl by Mappin and Webb presented to Lionel de Rothschild
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
inscription ‘Presented by Members of the Royal Motor Yacht Club to Lionel de Rothschild MP in grateful
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1910s English Antique Motors

Materials

Silver

Close of Day - British 1900 Victorian art pine trees landscape oil painting
By Daniel Sherrin
Located in Hagley, England
his works “In the Highlands” featured in the book “Highways and byways from a motor car, by Thomas D
Category

Early 1900s Realist Antique Motors

Materials

Oil

A Mermaid Statuette by R.Lalique
By René Lalique
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
industry was vastly moving forwards, the sculptors decided to adorn the motors of the cars with a symbolic
Category

1920s French Antique Motors

Materials

Glass

Original 1920s Magneto Lumiere L M C vintage automobile poster
Located in Spokane, WA
company, there is a Philos 6/8 HP motor car equipped with an LMC magneto-light and a Jean Majola car also
Category

1920s Antique Motors

Materials

Lithograph

Edwardian Portrait of a Young Girl - Scottish 1909 art portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
Royal Navy during the First World War and following his demobilization in 1919 he purchased a motor
Category

Early 1900s Realist Antique Motors

Materials

Oil

Snaffles Print, WW1 Military Print, the D.R.
By Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
despatch rider on a motor cycle racing past two dead riders in the road, a sign saying "Do not loiter here
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Early 20th Century English Antique Motors

Materials

Paper

Fishing Boats at the Dock
By Harry Neyland
Located in Sheffield, MA
Motor Car Co.; The Wanderers, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; Furled Sails, Drying Sails, The Huntress of
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Motors

Materials

Oil

Blackstone Cigars
By Norman Rockwell
Located in New Orleans, LA
for his outstanding compositions, including Jell-O, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Ford, Post Cereals, and
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Early 20th Century Other Art Style Antique Motors

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Cabs"
By Sir Leslie Ward
Located in Bristol, CT
Shrewsbury and Talbot driving his motor car published July 30, 1903 from the 'Statesmen' album No.758. Print
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Early 1900s Antique Motors

Materials

Lithograph

Architect s Half Model of Wrigley Yacht Wasp
Located in Norwell, MA
Period builders model of the motor yacht "Wasp". Superb example of the model makers art. We present
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1920s North American Antique Motors

Materials

Wood

World War 2 Motoring Print, Snaffles Lithograph, "the D.R."
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
D.R.'. The lithograph shows a despatch rider on a motor cycle, racing past two dead riders in the road
Category

Early 20th Century British Antique Motors

Materials

Paper

Ralph Avery New Mexico Scene, Watercolor Painting, Circa 1938-41
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
well-known illustrator, working for clients like General Motors, the Saturday Evening Post, and
Category

Early 20th Century Antique Motors

Materials

Paper

A Fine Art Deco Period Brass-Mounted Ship’s Humidor from the M. Y. Princess
By Benson x Hedges, London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
motor yacht built in 1924 for Sir James Knott by the Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. This report from
Category

Early 20th Century English Art Deco Antique Motors

Materials

Brass

DUNHILL London 1929 Ball Desk Petrol Lighter In Solid .925 Sterling Silver
By Alfred Dunhill
Located in Miami, FL
father’s London saddlery in 1893. Following the increase in motor car ownership, Alfred developed the
Category

1920s English Art Deco Antique Motors

Materials

Sterling Silver, Silver

19th Century seascape oil painting of ships off a jetty at sunset
By Henry Thomas Dawson
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Chiswick, which he took over after his death in 1878. Later in life, he helped set up a motor engineer and
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19th Century Victorian Antique Motors

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Black Louis Vuitton Motoring Trunk, 110 cm Vuitton Trunk, Vuitton Steamer Trunk
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This very nice large Louis Vuitton motor trunk in black canvas, features stamped Louis Vuitton
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1920s French Antique Motors

Materials

Brass

20th Century Swedish AB Markaryd Brass Floor Lamp by Hans-Agne Jakobsson
By AB Markaryd, Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
finished his studies, he started working as an Industrial designer for General Motors. Later on, he began
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Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Antique Motors

Materials

Opal, Metal, Brass

Large Mid 1800s Zinc Automaton Elephant
Located in Peekskill, NY
can now be plugged in and runs on dry land using a motor, cables and gears. The head moves up and down
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Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Motors

Materials

Metal

PAIR OF FULLY RESTORED ELSIE ROBERTS OSWALD PARTRIDGE MILNE TABLE LAMPs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
near Henley-on-Thames, the home William Morris, founder of Morris Motors in Oxford, later Lord Nuffield
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Antique Motors

Materials

Chrome

Fabulous Rare Pair of Art Deco REO Flying Clouds Classic Car Advertising Prints
Located in New York, NY
Palette which inspired the iconic 1980's series Miami Vice. The stylish Flying Clouds of the REO Motor Car
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Motors

Materials

Paper

ALFRED DUNHILL Paris 1928 Louis Kuppenheim Enameled Japonisme Box 935 Sterling
By Alfred Dunhill, Louis Kuppenheim
Located in Miami, FL
Dunhill He inherited his father’s London saddlery in 1893. Following the increase in motor car ownership
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Motors

Materials

Gold, Silver, Enamel

Original Vintage Auto Racing Poster Gran Premio GP Motorcycle Grand Prix Spain
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motor sport poster for the II Gran Premio de Motocicletas y Sidecars y IV Gran
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1920s Spanish Art Deco Antique Motors

Materials

Paper

Late 19th Century Model of an Electric Powered Road Vehicle
Located in London, GB
gear drive from electric motor, front 4 inch wheels with rail flange and steering.
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Late 19th Century English Antique Motors

Materials

Brass

Antique 17th Century English Quartersawn Oak Sideboard Server Court Cupboard
Located in Dayton, OH
Kettering family fortune has its origins in the General Motors stock owned by Charles F. Kettering
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Mid-17th Century Charles II Antique Motors

Materials

Brass

Antique Tortoiseshell singing bird box, by Bontems
Located in London, GB
A antique tortoiseshell singing bird box, by Bontems Circa 1890, Going-barrel movement, Motor
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1890s French Antique Motors

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Alfred Dunhill 1928 Art Deco La Captive Squeeze Travel Clock In .925 Sterling
By Alfred Dunhill
Located in Miami, FL
his father’s London saddlery in 1893. Following the increase in motor car ownership, Alfred developed
Category

1920s Swiss Art Deco Antique Motors

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver, Steel

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Antique Motors For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of antique motors for sale on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, brass and wood, all antique motors available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of antique motors available, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique motors to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Industrial, Art Deco and Arts and Crafts antique motors are of considerable interest. Antique motors have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Louis Vuitton, Darracq Motor Engineering Co. and William Roberts are consistently popular.

How Much are Antique Motors?

Antique motors can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,995, while the lowest priced sells for $250 and the highest can go for as much as $54,444.