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"Pretty in Pink" oil painting of conch shells in front of a blue door
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
frequently include animate and inanimate symbols of the nautical world—toiling sailors, faded buoys with
Category

2010s Used Buoys

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Voille de Mer" oil painting of a folded sail with blue ocean behind
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
frequently include animate and inanimate symbols of the nautical world—toiling sailors, faded buoys with
Category

2010s Used Buoys

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Tied and True" oil painting of a folded sail and bow in blue ocean behind
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
, faded buoys with chipped paint, weather-battered rowboats. “Maybe I prefer the maritime places, objects
Category

2010s Used Buoys

Materials

Linen, Oil

"North Star" oil painting of a folded sail with green ocean and clouds behind
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
, faded buoys with chipped paint, weather-battered rowboats. “Maybe I prefer the maritime places, objects
Category

2010s Used Buoys

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Petit Bateau" photorealistic oil painting of a white dinghy on exposed linen
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
, faded buoys with chipped paint, weather-battered rowboats. “Maybe I prefer the maritime places, objects
Category

2010s Used Buoys

Materials

Linen, Oil

US Coast Guard Manitou Harbour Cutter Orange Tug Boat Life Preserver Ring 30"
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid century nautical maritime U.S. Coast Guard Manitou hard foam preserver buoy safety ring
Category

Mid-20th Century Used Buoys

Materials

Foam, Paint

Untitled, Red Rose #1
By Elisabeth Montagnier
Located in Surfside, FL
of unusual objects "that spoke to her" : a multicolored curtain, a buoy, A globe, butterflies
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Late 20th Century Modern Used Buoys

Materials

Aluminum

Butterfly, Modern French Framed Photograph
By Elisabeth Montagnier
Located in Surfside, FL
: a multicolored curtain, a buoy, A globe, butterflies, scoubidous, figurines, plastic skulls ... And
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Used Buoys

Materials

C Print, Color

Butterfly, Modern French Framed Photograph
By Elisabeth Montagnier
Located in Surfside, FL
: a multicolored curtain, a buoy, A globe, butterflies, scoubidous, figurines, plastic skulls ... And
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Used Buoys

Materials

C Print, Color

Butterfly, Modern French Framed Photograph
By Elisabeth Montagnier
Located in Surfside, FL
: a multicolored curtain, a buoy, A globe, butterflies, scoubidous, figurines, plastic skulls ... And
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Used Buoys

Materials

C Print, Color

Untitled, Red Rose #1
By Elisabeth Montagnier
Located in Surfside, FL
of unusual objects "that spoke to her" : a multicolored curtain, a buoy, A globe, butterflies
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Used Buoys

Materials

Aluminum

Elisabeth Montagnier Untitled, Vintage Red Rose #2 Mounted to Aluminum
By Elisabeth Montagnier
Located in Surfside, FL
"that spoke to her" : a multicolored curtain, a buoy, A globe, butterflies, scoubidous, figurines
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Used Buoys

Materials

C Print

Landscape Beach photograph, mounted on aluminum.
By Elisabeth Montagnier
Located in Surfside, FL
multicolored curtain, a buoy, A globe, butterflies, scoubidous, figurines, plastic skulls ... And then she
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Buoys

Rolex Yacht-Master 42 18 Karat Gold Black Dial Ceramic Bezel Men s Watch 226659
By Rolex
Located in Aventura, FL
between two buoys – is also a key component in the model’s distinctive visual identity. Like all Rolex
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modernist Used Buoys

Materials

White Gold

UNTITLED (RED ROSE) Elisabeth Montagnier Photograph Mounted to Aluminum
By Elisabeth Montagnier
Located in Surfside, FL
"that spoke to her" : a multicolored curtain, a buoy, A globe, butterflies, scoubidous, figurines
Category

Late 20th Century Used Buoys

Materials

C Print

Like A Bird
By Sébastien Levigne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
themes (rocks, low tide, washed up buoys...). In 2003, he decided to abandon his scientific projects to
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Buoys

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

To Elsewhere
By Sébastien Levigne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
buoys...). In 2003, he decided to abandon his scientific projects to embark on an artistic career. Today
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Buoys

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media

Remove the Small Wheels
By Sébastien Levigne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
his favorite themes (rocks, low tide, washed up buoys...). In 2003, he decided to abandon his
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Buoys

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Cottage by a River - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Antoine Guillemet
By Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guillemet
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
exhibiting at the Impressionists shows. Guillemet continued to paint coastal scenes in Normandy but buoyed by
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Used Buoys

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Encyclopedia Naturalis
By Sébastien Levigne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
his favorite themes (rocks, low tide, washed up buoys...). In 2003, he decided to abandon his
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Buoys

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

On The Wall
By Sébastien Levigne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
completing his thesis. The oceans were his favorite themes (rocks, low tide, washed up buoys...). In 2003, he
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Buoys

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media

Where to Place Dreams When They are Too Worn
By Sébastien Levigne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
his favorite themes (rocks, low tide, washed up buoys...). In 2003, he decided to abandon his
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Used Buoys

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Woman by River - Impressionist Oil, Landscape by Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemet
By Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guillemet
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
coastal scenes in Normandy but buoyed by his initial success. He returned throughout his career to
Category

1870s Impressionist Used Buoys

Materials

Oil, Panel

Guibourg pres de Dinan - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Antoine Guillemet
By Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guillemet
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
continued to paint coastal scenes in Normandy but buoyed by his initial success. He returned throughout his
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Used Buoys

Materials

Oil, Panel

Large Colorful Modernist Pastel Abstract Expressionist Painting Sylvia Carewe
Located in Surfside, FL
), features a very primitive, nocturnal composition of several boats and buoys rocking on the waves—a frequent
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Used Buoys

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art Women LGBTQ+ Blue Plants Water
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Summer Show and in 2021 she was selected for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Isabel Rock's work is
Category

2010s Surrealist Used Buoys

Materials

Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen

Vintage Cream Leather Corbusier and Perriand LC4 Chaise Longue for Cassina
By Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Cassina, Cassina
Located in Highclere, Newbury
. Buoyed by this, and encouraged by the research he was conducting on a new book that he later published in
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Early 20th Century Italian Bauhaus Used Buoys

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Monumental stoneware sculpture by noted artist Chris Gustin 1985
Located in Palm Springs, CA
; Trinity Buoy Wharf; London, England Clay, Fiber, Metal, Wood Invitational; Schick Art Gallery
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Late 20th Century American Used Buoys

Materials

Stoneware

Sun Dappled Buoys
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years. Both cities are on the Atlantic coast of France and have rich maritime histories, highlighted by prospero...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used Buoys

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Menemsha Buoys" oil painting of blue, green, and white buoys
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
nautical world—toiling sailors, faded buoys with chipped paint, weather-battered rowboats. “Maybe I prefer
Category

2010s Used Buoys

Materials

Linen, Oil

Buoy —Mid-Century Modern
By Edward August Landon
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Edward Landon, 'Buoy', color serigraph, 1945, edition 35, Ryan 27. Signed in pencil in the image
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Used Buoys

Materials

Screen

1960s Large Bamboo Buoy, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
1960s large bamboo buoy, Japan. A very intriguing large hand-woven bamboo or reed buoy; a real
Category

Late 20th Century Japanese Folk Art Used Buoys

Materials

Bamboo

Pair of Vintage Metal Buoys
Located in High Point, NC
This pair of bicone-shaped metal buoys was made in Belgium, circa 1950. Both buoys hang from chains
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1950s Belgian Industrial Used Buoys

Materials

Steel

Pair of Red and Green Nautical Buoys
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Nice pair of vintage red and green American nautical buoys. Original hand painted surface. Found in
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1960s American Country Used Buoys

Materials

Wood

Set of Ten Colorful Vintage Fishing Buoys
Located in Chicago, IL
This set of ten colorful vintage fishing buoys are from India.
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20th Century Indian Used Buoys

Materials

Plastic

1971 Curtis Jere Pelican on Buoy Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in San Francisco, CA
Really neat 1971 Jere sculpture of a pelican on top of a buoy. It is in 2 pieces the whole metal
Category

1970s Used Buoys

Materials

Stone, Metal

Pair fishing float buoy black clear glass sea nautical
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
RARE, BLACK & CLEAR GLASS FISHING FLOATS OR BUOYS WITH THE MAKERS MARKS FOR SMALL NETS c.1910
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1910s English Art Deco Used Buoys

Materials

Blown Glass

Early 20th Century Cape Cod Cast Iron Nautical Ocean Buoys
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Objects in images appear much bigger in person! Substantial cast iron nautical ocean buoys with
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Early 20th Century American Steampunk Used Buoys

Materials

Iron

Vintage Painted Wood Authentic Lobster/Crab Trap Buoys Maritime Nautical Décor
Located in Topeka, KS
Awesome set of eleven (11) authentic wood lobster or crab trap buoys. Each is painted with their
Category

20th Century American Other Used Buoys

Materials

Wood

16 Antique Japanese Hand Blown Glass Fishing Floats Nautical Buoy Marker
Located in Dayton, OH
recycled glass bottles and used to buoy a fisherman's net when cast into the water. Measures: 10".   
Category

Early 20th Century Rustic Used Buoys

Materials

Blown Glass

3 Vintage Green Japanese Blown Glass Fishing Floats Nautical Buoy Marker
Located in Dayton, OH
Set of three vintage green hand blown glass Japanese fishing net floats. Measure: 5".  
Category

Mid-20th Century Japonisme Used Buoys

Materials

Blown Glass

Seven Early 20th Century Dutch Marine Canvas Signal Day Shapes and Metal Buoys
Located in Haarlem, NL
Set of seven very decorative antique early 1920s Dutch marine signal day shapes and metal buoys
Category

Early 20th Century Dutch Used Buoys

Materials

Iron, Metal

Antique Hand Blown Green Glass Japanese Float Fishing Net Nautical Buoy Marker
Located in Dayton, OH
Net wrapped hand blown green glass Japanese fishing float.   
Category

Early 20th Century Japonisme Used Buoys

Materials

Jute, Blown Glass

Mariners charts of Massachusett Long Island by George Eldridge 1901
Located in Norwell, MA
Harbors. The chart displays depths, buoys, lighthouses, etc., Shown is Manhasset Neck, Carpenters Neck
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Early 1900s North American Used Buoys

Materials

Paper

Audoux Minet Rope and Glass Table Lamp
Located in East Hampton, NY
Audoux Minet rope table lamp with a green glass round buoy.
Category

1960s Used Buoys

Materials

Rope, Blown Glass

Copper Life Bouy on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Joseph Sankey & Sons Corrugated Copper life buoy on stand used on an ocean liner. Great as an art
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Used Buoys

Materials

Copper

Chanel Nautical Pearl Light Gold Brooch
By Chanel
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The Chanel Brooch in the shape of a marine buoy in gold metal and resin with CC logo. Collection
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21st Century and Contemporary Used Buoys

Materials

Gilt Metal

Rare Vintage Flos Macrame and Murano Globe Pendant Light
By Flos
Located in North Miami, FL
Very much looking like a marina floating buoy, this Murano glass globe is wrapped in beautiful
Category

1990s Italian Post-Modern Used Buoys

Materials

Rope, Murano Glass

200 Pound 1947 US Coast Guard Bronze Bell
Located in Norwell, MA
Massive U.S. Coast Guard 200 pound buoy bell. Dated 1947. There also is a raised letter H. Painted
Category

1940s American Used Buoys

Materials

Bronze

Early 20th Century S.S.L.E Hurwitz Alemeda Calif, Life Perserver, circa 1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
, including kisby rings, Mae Wests, life buoys, perry buoys, cork jackets and life savers. That last name is
Category

Early 20th Century American Used Buoys

Materials

Rope, Foam

Early 20th Century Oil - Sailing Boat
Located in Corsham, GB
A seascape featuring a sailing boat and buoy in the foreground. Presented in a distressed gilt
Category

20th Century Used Buoys

Materials

Oil

Award Winning Abstract Seascape Oil Painting by Frances Herron Dated 1959
By Frances Herron
Located in Peabody, MA
Abstract oil on canvas titled “Buoys”, by Frances Herron, dated 1959. This painting was awarded a
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Used Buoys

Materials

Canvas, Paint

American Art Deco Skyscraper Form Table Lamp
Located in Hanover, MA
Skyscraper form in the manner of Jules Buoy American art deco table lamp made of mirror polished
Category

1930s American Art Deco Used Buoys

Materials

Copper, Stainless Steel

"Liberté", a photorealist side profile of a rooster with a proud red features
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
nautical world—toiling sailors, faded buoys with chipped paint, weather-battered rowboats. “Maybe I prefer
Category

2010s Realist Used Buoys

Materials

Linen, Oil

1980s Christian Dior Navy Knit Crew Neck Nautical Logo Oversized Mens Sweater
By Christian Dior
Located in West Hollywood, CA
oversized sweater features a crew neckline and is made complete with a ring buoy embellishment and yellow
Category

1980s American Used Buoys

Set of 3 Glass Japanese Fishing Net Floats
Located in Winter Park, FL
recycled glass bottles encased in tightly knotted rope and were used to buoy a fisherman's net when cast
Category

20th Century Japanese Used Buoys

Materials

Rope, Blown Glass

Early 20th Century Japanese Green Glass Fishing Float in Tied Knotted Ropes
Located in Haarlem, NL
the surface by these hollow glass balls which functioned as Buoy. These glass floats are no longer
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Used Buoys

Materials

Rope, Blown Glass

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Used Buoys For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of used buoys is available on 1stDibs. Finding the perfect contemporary, Surrealist or modern examples of these works for your space is difficult — today, we have a vast range of variations and more on offer. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Used buoys available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes gray, beige, brown, blue and more. Michel Brosseau, Isabel Rock, Benson Landes, Michael Davis and Elisabeth Montagnier took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in paint, oil paint and fabric, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much are Used Buoys?

Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — used buoys in our inventory begin at $117 and can go as high as $425,000, while the average can fetch as much as $3,224.