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Caja De Musica Music Box by Acoocooro
Located in Geneve, CH
Caja De Musica Music box by Acoocooro Dimensions: W 54 x D 54 x H 119 cm. Materials: Hand-carved solid oak wood table/pedestal and box; Corian resin box cover; steel and solid wood...
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2010s Mexican Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Pair of 20th Century Italian Geese
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of 20th Century Italian Geese metal 45cm high x 25cm perfect condition, like new
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20th Century Italian Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Vintage Silver Necklace, Earrings, and Ring Set
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Vintage Silver Necklace, Earrings, and Ring Set This vintage-style jewelry set features a necklace, a pair of earrings, and a ring. Each piece is crafted of silver and adorned with a...
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20th Century Argentine Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

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Synthetic

Sterling Silver Torah Pointer or Yad - Hallmarked in London in 1929
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1929, this charming, Sterling Silver Yad, or Torah Pointer, is of traditional form. The yad measures 11.5"(29cm)in length, by 1.5"...
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1920s English Vintage Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

George III Mahogany Mercury Stick Barometer by Henry Andrews, Royston
Located in Norwich, GB
George III stick barometer in a finely figured mahogany case with canted corners and architectural pediment surmounted by a central ivory finial. Exposed mercury tube with bulb ciste...
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mahogany

Architectural Paper Model with Wood Frame and Glass Top, Italy, 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1960s architectural model with wood frame and glass top.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

French Louis XVI Carved Giltwood Mercury Barometer
Located in Norwich, GB
Louis XVI carved giltwood and painted mercury wheel barometer. Eight inch circular painted wood register dial with central rosette within the scale calibrated from 27-28-29 and ...
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

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Giltwood

Wood Foundry Mold, Italy, 1980s
Located in Milan, IT
Marvellous wood foundry mold. Small scale architectural attitude piece also available in different landscapes.
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1980s Italian Vintage Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Chad Gadya, Terracotta Passover Scene by Ze ev Raban, Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Ze’ev Raban plaster -plaque made in Bezalel School, Jerusalem This image is of the “father who bought the goat for two zuzim”. Designed by Ze’ev Raban, made circa 1915-1920. Signed w...
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Early 20th Century Israeli Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Terracotta

Wood Foundry Mold, Italy, 1980s
Located in Milan, IT
Marvelous wood foundry mold. Small scale architectural attitude piece also available in different landscapes.
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1980s Italian Vintage Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Pre World War I Nautical Compass by E.S.Ritchie
Located in Norwich, GB
Pre World War I Nautical Compass by E.S.Ritchie Nautical compass mounted by a brass gimbal into a copper brass bound case with sloping glazed aperture with heavily bevelled glass. Flat brass bezel with five holding screws signed ‘E.S.Ritchie’ and numbered 5779. Side opening compartment for a lighted wick with drawer beneath. The compass is mounted in a heavy painted brass bowl with very fine copper pivot supporting the floating direction card. A diaphragm is located in the base of the bowl for temperature compensation. c.1910 E.S.Ritchie founded the business in 1850 to manufacture mechanical, electrical and scientific instruments. In 1857 he turned his attention to navigational instruments and begun making marine bearing compasses for the U.S.Navy before the American civil war. At the time the British admiralty dry mounted nautical compasses were considered by all navies and commercial shipping companies as the highest technological standard of the day, however, in 1860 Ritchie had received a US patent for the first successful and practical liquid-filled marine compass for general use. A major step forward in the technology of the compass. With the damping provided by the liquid, together with gimbal mounting, the floating card of the Ritchie compass...
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1910s Vintage Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Copper

Cast Metal Aeronautical Smoking Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cast metal aeronautical smoking stand topped with a model of a plane with spinning propeller.
Category

1950s Unknown Vintage Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Art Nouveau style 900 Sterling Silver bracelet
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Art Nouveau style 900 Sterling Silver bracelet Beautiful bracelet with intricately designed links that look like intertwined branches, with an instinctive easy-lock closure. Length: ...
Category

20th Century Argentine Mid-Century Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

C. 1966 Three Books by President Lyndon B. Johnson to Gordon Bunshaft of SOM
Located in Philadelphia, PA
These are three books signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson and inscribed to Gordon Bunshaft. Bunshaft and Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill Architects (SOM) designed the Lyndon B. Johns...
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1960s American Modern Vintage Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Elegant Large Rosewood Chest and Mother of Pearl End 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant large rosewood chest and mother of pearl end 19th century. Spectacular and elegant large box of French origin from the end of the 19th century made of solid noble wood...
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Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rosewood

Judaica - Traditional English Sterling Silver Spice Box or Besamim - London 1930
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1930, this charming, Sterling Silver Spice Box, is of traditional form, with gilt bells and eagles. The spice box measures 11"(28cm) tall, by 3.5"(9cm) wide...
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1930s English Vintage Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Original Midcentury Metal Airplane Propellor with Nosecone
Located in Pemberton, NJ
A wonderful original midcentury metal airplane propellor with nosecone. This piece was the prized possession of a retired Vietnam Air force officer ...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Historical book "Die Frau als Hausärztin" from 1918 - a unique collector s item
Located in Praha, CZ
I am offering for sale a rare copy of the book "Die Frau als Hausärztin" by Dr. med. Anna Fischer-Dückelmann, published in 1918. This historical medical handbook for women provides v...
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1910s German Art Deco Vintage Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Stunning Antique Sterling Silver Pair of Rimonim - made in London in 1922
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1922 by Arthur Bowe trading as Noble & Co., this attractive pair of George V, sterling silver Rimonim have ornate lattice work throughout the bodies and featu...
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1920s English Baroque Vintage Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Smalll Victorian Monocular Field Microscope
Located in Norwich, GB
Small Victorian monocular field microscope Brass framed monocular field microscope house in it’s original mahogany box with hinged brass carrying...
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1890s English Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

19th Century Cross
Located in Madrid, ES
19th Century cross. Made in olive wood and silver metal. Measures: 8x5 cm. Good condition.
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19th Century Italian Gothic Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Modernist Pin 18k Gold Diamonds and Polished Stone by Susan Helmich
Located in Toledo, OH
Modernist pin by Susan Helmich, stamped 1097 18K, yellow gold with diamonds and a polished stone. Very good condition. Dimensions: 2 1/2" W x 1 1/2" H. Weight: 29 grams.
Category

Late 20th Century North American Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold

Mortar with Inscriptions. Bronze, Spain, 1823
Located in Madrid, ES
Mortar with inscriptions. Bronze. Spain, 1823. Con maza. Mortar made of bronze with an enlarged mouth and a cone shaped body developed without discontinuity and with a decreasing diameter to the base; It has two handles or "pieces" towards the smooth decorative moldings that it has on the upper part. The piece presents, almost on the edge, an inscription (I AM FROM D GREGORIO OCANA ANO DE 1823) in capital letters and a date in roman with spaces between them; and the text (the other way around) “Mazon fecci”; both flanked by a simple molding above and another below. This large-sized mortar is of the type that is usually known as "hospital" because it is usually used for medicines in environments with many patients or in important apothecaries. Typologically, it follows the usual line in these examples of the Spanish school during the 19th century: smooth, with moldings and, as a general rule, without those ribs (or derivatives thereof) that used to appear in the previous ones. Compare, for example, with the large pharmacy mortar in the Municipal Museum-Archive of Calella (with inscription, ribs and human heads as handles), a large pestle...
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1820s Spanish Neoclassical Revival Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

E.T. Statue. Three-dimensional Resin and Enamel - Italy 1990s
Located in modena, Emilia-Romagna
This artistic masterpiece is a tribute to the famous extraterrestrial invented by Steven Spielberg in 1982--a must-have collector's item for fans of the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestri...
Category

1990s Italian Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Enamel

Cross of Caravaca 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Cross of caravaca XVII century. Very beautiful cross of caravaca made in bronze. 17th Century. Measurements: 15x6 cm. Good condition.
Category

17th Century Italian Gothic Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Possibly Saint Hubert or Saint Eustace, Wood, Spanish School, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Possibly Saint Hubertus or Saint Eustace. Carved, polychrome and gilded wood. Spanish school, 16th century. Carving in polychrome and gilded wood, sim...
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16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Set of 6 Square Malachite Napkin Rings by Marcela Cure
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 6 Square Malachite Napkin Rings by Marcela Cure Dimensions: W 7 x D 7 x H 1 cm Materials: Malachite Our luxurious Malachite Napkin Rings are completely made with natural ...
Category

2010s Colombian Post-Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Malachite

E.T. Statue. Three-dimensional Resin and Enamel - Italy 1990s
Located in modena, Emilia-Romagna
This artistic masterpiece is a tribute to the famous extraterrestrial invented by Steven Spielberg in 1982--a must-have collector's item for fans of the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestri...
Category

1990s Italian Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Enamel

Cross of Caravaca 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Cross of caravaca XVII century. Very beautiful cross of caravaca made in bronze. 17th Century. Measurements: 14X6 cm. Good condition.
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17th Century Italian Gothic Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Very Rare English Antique Sterling Silver Monkey Pepper Pot - London 1881
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1881, this charming and very rare, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Pepper Pot, is modelled as a Monkey. The pepper pot measures 2.75"(7cm) tall, by 1.25"...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

17th Century Portuguese Tile Panel Representing "The Saints"
Located in Madrid, ES
17th Century Portuguese Tile Panel Representing "The Saints" restored 15cm x 29cm Amazing Unique Art Work.
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17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Porcelain

Cold Painted Bronze Nodding Child with Cigar, Trade Stimulator circa 1890
Located in London, GB
A really novel cold painted bronze of a nodding boy smoking a cigar, I'm told these were used as trade stimulators often selling matches, just the sli...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Children, Polychromed Pine Wood, Spain, 18th Century and Later
Located in Madrid, ES
Couple of children. Polychrome pine wood, Century XVIII. Pair of polychrome pine wood carvings that represent two children in an attitude of playing a musical wind instrument, both seated, with their hands towards their faces, and slightly raising one leg to add some movement to a posture that, otherwise, it would be perhaps too static. Due to their postures and attitudes, they would be part of a large and quality altarpiece, judging by the size, the details, the hair, the proportions, etc., elements in which the musical angels were not something strange. Note that those present do not have wings, calling themselves in these cases "putti" and being, in the same way, figures of habitual presence in religious environments despite having emerged from Renaissance classicism and its sources from Antiquity. The proportions of the sizes, the anatomy, the symmetry, the certain plasticism of the hair, etc. are elements that speak of an influence of Neoclassicism in these sculptures. Likewise, a certain resemblance to works from the 18th century of the Castilian school can be appreciated." Size: 22 x 42 x 85 cms / c/peanas 37 x 37 x 180 cm. Weight is merely orientative. Bases and wooden instruments...
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18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Other

Map "Estuary- Mouth of the Thames"
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
ST/426 - Antique French Map of the estuary of the Thames, map dated 1769 - "Mape of the entrance of the Thames. Designed by filing of Navy cards fo...
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Mid-18th Century French Other Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Vintage Design Silver Bracelet
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Vintage Silver Bracelet by Designer Vintage Mexican silver bracelet, articulated link design. Each link features a combination of silve...
Category

20th Century Mexican Post-Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Comequandofuoripiove Case + 2 Decks of Cards by Studio Lievito
Located in Geneve, CH
Comequandofuoripiove case + 2 decks of cards by Studio Lievito Dimensions: D15 x W17 X H6 cm Materials: bianco carrara marble, mohogany wood. Weight: 2.6 kg A reference to one of the most characteristic uses of marble and to the territory of origin of Studio Lievito, this package recalls the box where the lard is stored during its seasoning. Ashioned of white carrara marble with a sliding mahogany drawer, this elegant case comes with two decks of 54 poker cards designed by Studio Lievito. The whimsical name of this piece derives from the catchy phrase (“like when it’s raining outside” in English) used to easily remember the value order in the deck of French cards...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Marble

Novelty Sterling Silver Dog Pepper Pot, London, 2000
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 2000, this charming, sterling silver pepper pot, is fashioned as a dog wearing a hat and collar. The pepper pot mea...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Important Pendant In Yellow Gold Cameo Old "Oval" pendant in 18k 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Important Pendant In Yellow Gold Cameo Old "Oval" pendant in 18k set with claws decorated with a shell cameo representing the profile of a young woman. Weight: 25.5g Dimensions: 5x...
Category

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold

Small Olive Wood Domino Set by Marcela Cure
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Olive Wood Domino Set by Marcela Cure Dimensions: Upper W 24 x D 9 x H 5 cm Materials: Olive Wood with Malachite inlay. Our Small Olive Wood Domino set is composed of 28 pieces of wood with malachite inlay, elegantly stored in a leather box. Nothing better than having fun, and if you can do it...
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2010s Colombian Post-Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Malachite

Mid-Century Personal Weight, Luxa/Vista Semily, 1980 s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in czechoslovakia. Made of Metal,Plastic. Fully Functional. Good original condition.
Category

1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Set of 6 Octagonal Malachite Napkin Rings by Marcela Cure
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 6 Octagonal Malachite Napkin Rings by Marcela Cure Dimensions: W 7 x D 7 x H 1 cm Materials: Malachite Our luxurious Malachite Napkin Rings are completely made with natur...
Category

2010s Colombian Post-Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Malachite

Materials Matter Set by Theodora Alfredsdottir
Located in Geneve, CH
Materials matter set by Theodora Alfredsdottir Unique set Materials: Granite Dimensions: 11 x 6 x 18 cm Theodora Alfredsdottir is a product design studio based in London. The...
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2010s English Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Granite, Marble

Antique Late Victorian English Sterling Silver Garnet Brooch Bracelet Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique brooch and bracelet set is signed by an unknown maker, and originated from England and dates to approximately 1900 and done in the period Late Victorian style. The set i...
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Early 20th Century English Late Victorian Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Emaculate GOLD RING WITH DIAMONDS American 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Emaculate GOLD RING WITH DIAMONDS American 20th Century in 18 kt white gold, with SI2 central stone, color D~E, with an estimated weight of 2.14 ct, surrounded by 26 brilliants (1.5...
Category

20th Century American Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold

Early 20th Century Silver Spice Tower by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Silver and silver filigree spice container, Jerusalem, circa 1920. Ball spice container raised on a stem, On a round decorated base with fili...
Category

Early 20th Century Israeli Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Gold Italian Signed Pinky Ring Unique Piece
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Italian singular pinky gold ring with particular shape "wave pattern" signed Laura Rivalta -  
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1990s European Other Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold

Early 20th Century Silver Spice Tower by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Silver and silver filigree spice container created at Bezalel School Jerusalem, circa 1910. Marked: "Bezalel Yerushalem" (with soldered silver...
Category

Early 20th Century Israeli Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

French Giltwood Wall Mercury Barometer
Located in Norwich, GB
French giltwood cased diamond barometer, verre eglomise dial with seven weather indications and original pointer signed 'Fouin', circa 1830.
Category

1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Giltwood

Valenza Goldsmith Art Rare Book
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rare Italian book on the goldsmith art of Valenza, one of the rare most famous cities in the world for the creation of jewelry. Book tests by Libero Lenti and Gino Pugnetti. Color ...
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1970s Italian Other Vintage Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Bronze Mortar with Inscription, Spain, 1816
Located in Madrid, ES
Pharmacy mortar. Bronze. Spain, 1816. Mortar with an excavated mouth, decoration of derived ribs in pilasters and a stripe in the upper area with an inscription (I am from Don Juan Antonio...
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1810s Spanish Neoclassical Revival Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Set of 6 Round Malachite Napkin Rings by Marcela Cure
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 6 round malachite napkin rings by Marcela Cure Dimensions: W 7 x D 7 x H 1 cm Materials: Malachite Our luxurious Malachite Napkin Rings are completely made with natural malachite. They are the perfect finishing touch for a beautiful table. Three different geometric shapes available: circular, square and octagonal. All of the pieces in this collection are carefully handcrafted in wood and semi-precious stones, a true work of art. Marcela Cure is an interior designer from Barranquilla, Colombia, who, in addition to designing contemporary spaces with a Latin Punch, creates exquisite hand-sculpted art objects in materials sourced from the earth. Inspired by the creative legacy of her late mother, a renowned plastic artist, Marcela dedicated herself to designing her own spaces with such impeccable taste and creativity, that friends and family began to comission her design projects. It was at the end of 2015 that "Marcela Cure" was established as an interior design firm focused on contemporary and luxury projects, from which modern, cheerful spaces with an evident Latin American spirit are proposed, as well as contemporary art objects.
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2010s Colombian Post-Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

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Malachite

Modernist Sterling Silver Ring Tree Modelled as a Tree Branch from 2001
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 2001, this fun and unusual sterling silver ring tree is in the form of a tree branch. It measures 5"(12.5cm) tall, 11"(18cm) a...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Organic Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sterling Silver

Constantin Bookends, C by Colé Italia
Located in Geneve, CH
Constantin Bookends by Colé Italia, C with Agustina Bottoni Dimensions: H.20 D.7 W.7 cm Materials: The body is a cube in Marquina black marble with white veins. The top is in solid...
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2010s Italian Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Oak, Walnut

FRAME DRIVING SCHOOL 70 S 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Large Globe 50S THE GLOBE IS IN PLASTIC AND THE FOOT IN WOOD. 1950s. IT HAS LIGHT. GOOD CONDITION WITH CENTURIES OF USE. MEASUREMENTS: 110 CM IN HEIGHT AND 60 CM IN DIAMETER good con...
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20th Century English Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plastic, Wood

The Architectural Forum August 1941 Magazine Time Inc
Located in Chula Vista, CA
The Architectural Forum August 1941 spiral bound magazine of building and architecture Time Inc publisher 9 .19 W x 11.88 H x .25 Original preowned vintage co...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

The Architectural Forum September 1939 Magazine Time Inc
Located in Chula Vista, CA
The Architectural Forum September 1939 Published by Time Inc Time Warner spiral bound magazine of building and architecture 9.25 W x 11.88 H x .5 Thick Origin...
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

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Unknown collectibles and curiosities are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Unknown collectibles and curiosities, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 896 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 24 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original collectibles and curiosities by Unknown were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. Prices for Unknown collectibles and curiosities can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $40 and can go as high as $188,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $793.
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