Art Deco Busts
ART DECO STYLE
Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.”
ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged in the 1920s
- Flourished while the popularity of Art Nouveau declined
- Term derives from 1925’s Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) in Paris, France
- Informed by Ancient Egypt, Cubism, Futurism, Louis XVI, De Stijl, modernism and the Vienna Secession; influenced Streamline Moderne and mid-century modernism
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
- Bold geometric lines and forms, floral motifs
- Use of expensive materials such as shagreen or marble as well as exotic woods such as mahogany, ebony and zebra wood
- Metal accents, shimmering mirrored finishes
- Embellishments made from exotic animal hides, inlays of mother-of-pearl or ivory
ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.
Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.
The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)
Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.
From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.
The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.
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Style: Art Deco
Maxime Real del Sarte for Sevres, Art Deco Sculpture of Young Woman
Located in København, Copenhagen
Maxime Real del Sarte (1888-1954) for Sevres. Art Deco sculpture of a young woman in glazed ceramics, 1930s.
Measures: 25 x 13.5 cm.
Signed.
In very good condition.
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Baby Boy by Søren Kongstrand Danish Ceramic Bust in Lustre Glaze, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Commissioned work by ceramist and sculptor Soren Kongstrand who worked out of Esbjerg at the west coast of Denmark from the 1920s through to the 1940s...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Italian romantic bust of woman with 1970s rose
Located in Cantù, IT
Italian romantic bust of woman with 1970s rose
Category
20th Century Art Deco Busts
Materials
Marble
Art Deco Style Ceramic Woman Bust
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Ceramic sculpture of a female bust with elegant, straight, and elongated features, making it a very interesting and beautiful piece.
Category
20th Century Art Deco Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Marcel-André Bouraine Bronze Bust Sculpture
Located in Norwood, NJ
Marcel-André Bouraine (1886-1948) Bronze Bust Sculpture. Fine quality period Art Deco bronze bust by celebrated sculptor Marcel-André Bouraine. Mounted ...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Neapolitan
Scugnizzo
Bust by De Martino, Gilt and Burnished Bronze
By Neapolitan Craftsman
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Neapolitan "Scugnizzo" bust, Street boy, in gilt and burnished bronze, circa 1920 by Giovanni De Martino .
Sculpture in gilded bronze and dark patina on a square base in light gray marble. The realistic trait typical of the author is striking. Signature of the artist De Martino on the back
Giovanni De Martino (Naples, 13 January 1870 - Naples, 3 March 1935) was an Italian sculptor active in Paris.
Important Bronze sculpture depicting a boy's head in Naples called "Scugnizzo"
Excellent quality and sublime workmanship, note the delicacy and expressiveness.
The sculpture is signed DE MARTINO on the back. GIOVANNI DE MARTINO (Naples 1870-1935) very important sculptor known for the production of sculptures of small bronze busts, in particular street urchins, fishermen, common people, with realistic features.
Excellent quality, as seen in the detail photos. Excellent workmanship. A truly beautiful sculpture!
BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST
Giovanni de Martino (1870-1935) trained in Naples at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. He moved to Paris where he performed small sculptural groups and frequently exhibited at the "Paris Salon", winning the Louvre Museum prize for the bronze work Le Pêcheur de criquets (The Locust Fisherman).
Returning to Naples, he returned to a socialist realism and on dedication to the production of sculptures depicting characteristic Neapolitan types, in rascal species, "scugnizzi", children and young fishermen.
The dominant theme of his production is childhood: in particular he represents in his works pensive, sad, skinny children, on whose faces the signs of abandonment and suffering emerge (for this reason De Martino becomes known with the nickname of "The sculptor of children...
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1920s Italian Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Unique Ceramic Portret Buste, Girl with Blue Hair by Erwin Spuler 1930s, Germany
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful sculpture in brown earthenware modeled in the expression of a woman in polychrome glaze with blue hair, made in Germany, 1930s.
Erwin Spuler (1906-1964), who initially studied at the School of Applied Arts in Stuttgart, studied with Georg Scholz...
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1930s German Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica
$2,859 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Modernist Art Deco Statue of a Child Made of Carrara Marble
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful marble bust of a young child.
This statue is hand cut from Carrara marble.
This statue dates from circa 1930, from the modernist Art Deco period. The beautiful, smooth fa...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Art Deco Original 1930s
Girl in Hoop
Figure, England
Located in Devon, England
Superb 1930s Art Deco large female nude figure made from underwired plaster, Totally authentic. This is NOT a modern reproduction . A lovely lady who...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Busts
Materials
Plaster
Art Deco Bust On Stand, c1930 By Bohumil Rezl
Located in Devon, England
Superbly stylish is this 1930's Art Deco bust of a female, standing 32 cm high and made from terracotta this bust makes the perfect statement piece. Free from any damage and showing ...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Busts
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
Art Deco Figural Group on Marble, c1930s
Located in Devon, England
Magnificent Art Deco "Diana Huntress" figural group in spelter possibly by Molins or Ballesté. Features a female archer with a dog. All rests on a solid ...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Busts
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Large French Art Deco Mannequin Display of 1930s Chic Woman
Located in Montclair, NY
A very large and stunning hand painted French Art Deco necklace and/or camisole display mannequin bust of a chic woman. Her expression is not ...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Plaster
Art Deco Heavy Amber Glass Figural Female Bust Table Accent Lamp or Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Art Deco thick and heavy amber glass lighted table sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in the former Czech Republic in approximately 1920 in the period style. ...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Busts
Materials
Art Glass
Antique Art Deco Style Italian Alabaster Sculpture of Gypsy Signed A. Gernay
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 19 3/4 in W: 11 in D: 8 in
A mesmerizing antique Italian Art Deco-style sculpture of a gypsy from the 1920s, exquisitely carved from alabaster, showcasing the elega...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Busts
Materials
Alabaster
Human Sculpture Home Décor Busts Antique Standing Male Figure, HanChristian Brix
Located in Wembley, GB
Like Asian Yin and Yang, this large sculpture merges masculine Renaissance and mythological feminine beauty. Besides its great balance of harmony, it portrays the beauty of the inner...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Art Deco Busts
Materials
Acrylic, Plaster, Organic Material, Ceramic
$1,007 Sale Price
43% Off
Art Deco Bedouin Head Bust Terracotta, Glazed Ceramic
Wood Table Lamp, 1950
Located in Miami, FL
One of a kind bedouin head bust table lamp.
Bust is handmade out of Terracotta and Ceramic and mounted on a black lacquered base.
Marked at the reverse.
Wired for Europe, can be m...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Busts
Materials
Brass
Guido Cacciapuoti 30’s face ceramic/stoneware 1930 Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Exceptional and rare Guido Cacciapuoti 30’s face ceramic /stoneware 1930 Italy
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Large Art Deco Plaster Sculpture of Christ, Signed A. Gillé, Belgium, 1928
Located in Antwerp, BE
Monumental plaster bust in the language of Sacred Modernism. Signed and dated A. Gillé, 1928. A serene and architectural Art Deco interpretation with strong spatial presence.
Monume...
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20th Century Belgian Art Deco Busts
Materials
Plaster
Bryant Barker Signed Patinated Bronze Bust Entitled "Alicia" Maddox Dupont
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This extremely well executed antique bronze bust was done by world renowned sculptor Percy Bryant Barker of the United States and dates to 1922 and done in the period Art Deco style. The bust is composed of cast bronze with a 'verdigris' patination, and is a lifelike rendering of his subject "Alicia". The sculpture has an inscription on the back that reads "Modeled from life of her 20th Yr. at London 1922" and "Bryant Barker signed in script. We believe the subject to be Alicia Maddox duPont, daughter of Alfred duPont...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Busts
Materials
Bronze
French Art-deco-orientalist Spelter of a Nude Young Maiden, Attributed to Hottot
By Louis Hottot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Imposing fine and large French Art-Deco Spelter (Petit-bronze) figure of a standing semi-nude orientalist maiden in a brown patina, attributed to Louis Hottot (French, 1834-1905). The smiling young topless beauty, posing with her arms outstretched, her hair wrapped with a headscarf centred with a green art-glass bead and a scantily scarf tied around her waist, standing barefoot among tropical shrubs and flowers and raised on a circular mottled green marble base. A brass plaque reads "TYPHA", Paris, circa 1900.
Louis Hottot was a French sculpture who mainly specialized in Orientalist female figures and other Orientalist subjects and themes, most of his works were produced in spelter. He exhibited his works at the Paris Salon from 1885 to 1898. Hottot is best known for his Orientalist-themed sculptures, including Almie du Caire, circa 1887 and Fille d'Egypte, circa: 1885. He was a member of the Socie´te´ des Artistes Franc¸ais.
Literature:
Les Bronzes du XIXe Siecle, P. Kjellberg, Les Editions de L'amateur, Paris.
S. Richemond, Les Orientalistes...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Art Deco Busts
Materials
Marble, Spelter
$24,850 Sale Price
29% Off
Art Deco Gold Painted Bronze Figure "Arlequin Dancer" by Demetre Chiparus
Located in Neguri, Vizcaya
Dancer by Demétre Chiparus 1886 - 1947
Large chrysoelephantine sculpture in gilt bronze Marble base.
Signed "D. H. Chiparus".
Measures: 36 cms. with base and 28cm alt. total and 19 c...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco Modernist Bronze Sculpture, Bust of Young Man, Alfredo Pina
By Alfredo Pina
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ALFREDO PINA
French, 1883-1966
Bust of a Young Man
Lost-wax cast medium-brown patinated bronze over solid verde marble plinth signed in cast "A. Pina" and sealed with cachet "cire...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Gold Painted Bronze Figure "Phoenician Dancer" by Demetre Chiparus
Located in Neguri, Vizcaya
Dancer by Demétre Chiparus 1886 - 1947
Large chrysoelephantine sculpture in gilt bronze Marble base.
Signed "D. H. Chiparus".
Measures: 67 cms. alt. total and 49 cms. diam. base
Good condition.
Demétre Haralamb Chiparus was a Romanian Art Deco era sculptor who lived and worked in Paris, France.
He was one of the most important sculptors of the Art Deco era.
Sculptures of Chiparus represent the classical manifestation of Art Deco style in decorative bronze and ivory sculpture...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Bronze
French Marble Bust of a Laughing Child 1920s
Located in CA, CA
Marble bust of a laughing young girl. Delicately worked and tinted sculpture of a genre typical of late 19th Century Italy and early twentieth century.
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Marble
Art Deco Bronze Figure Dancer by Demetre Chiparus
Located in Neguri, Vizcaya
Dancer by Demétre Chiparus (1886 - 1947)
Large chrysoelephantine sculpture in gilt bronze Marble base.
Signed "D. H. Chiparus".
Measures: 52 cms. alt. total and 17 cms. diam. base...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Original Figure
The Jouster
by Josef Lorenzl, C1930
Located in Devon, England
Beautifully detailed and crafted Art Deco female figure in cold painted spelter dating to the 1930's. She's unsigned but attributed to Josef Lorenzl. It's more common than not his pieces of this styling were unsigned. From any angle she gracefully poses a movement. Her condition is very good with minimal signs indicating her age. She stands on a stepped alabaster plinth...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Art Deco Busts
Materials
Alabaster, Spelter
Art Deco Spelter Figure on Onyx Base, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this original Art Deco spelter figure depicting a young women in fashion of the day, wearing slacks and top and what ...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Busts
Materials
Onyx, Spelter
Art Deco Figural Brass Trinket Tray, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Art Deco Small bronze coloured, believed to be brass, figure of a woman resting on an alabaster circular base. She has an bakelite/celluloid face, some of the original paint work for...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Busts
Materials
Onyx, Brass
Brancusi Style Marble Head of a Woman, Early 20th Century Signed
By Brancusi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Well portioned modernist sculpture of a woman in the early art deco style.. An intense face with strong chisel marks and fine detail… Circa early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Busts
Materials
Marble
Bust of young woman in alabaster, signed "A Genna" - Amadéo Gennarelli
Located in Paris, FR
Elegant, finely sculpted alabaster bust of a young woman wearing a veil, in a soft, melancholy pose. The artist has skilfully translated the delicacy of the features and the finesse ...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Alabaster
Art Deco Colonial Sculpture
Located in bari, IT
Colonial Art Deco period sculpture in solid wood depicting an African woman.
Category
1940s Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Wood
$1,525 Sale Price
20% Off
Hand Carved Boy and Girl Alabaster Bust Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Deco hand-carved Alabaster bust set featuring a brother and sister in snow gear. The girl is smiling with a bob haircut, and the boy has a toboggan cap on. Each bust features a t...
Category
1920s American Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Alabaster
Hagenauer Manner Patina Bronze
Wood Bust, Child Head Sculpture Sucking Fingers
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco style manner of Franz Hagenauer terra cotta bust of a little girl's head sucking on her fingers.
No signature found.
Made circa 1940s.
O-652-335
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Ceramic Bust, in 1938
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Ceramic
Re-polished
Labeled
Original condition
Category
1930s Czech Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Ceramic
French Early 20th Century Art Deco Marble Figure "Kneeling Nude Girl"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French early 20th century Art Deco white marble figure of a kneeling nude beauty, attributed to Affortunato Gory (Gori) (Italian, 1895-1925). The kneeling nude figure of a you...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Art Deco Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
$11,955 Sale Price
20% Off
Ernestine Sirine-Real "Romantique Art Deco" Bust of a Man", Plaster
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ernestine Sirine-Real (1899-1994) "Art Deco Bust of a man", plaster,
circa 1930.
May be her husband the painter Charles Real (1898-1979).
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Plaster
Ceramic Art Deco Buste Mother and Child by Belgium Artist G.Wasterlain
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco large sculpture in ceramic of a Mother and Child by Belgian sculpture, Georges Wasterlain. Glazed reddish-brown stoneware with no chips or d...
Category
1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Ceramic
$2,583 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Sophisticated 1970 Buste in Art Deco Style
Located in Weesp, NL
Beautiful 1970s buste in Art Deco style. This is large buste can be used to display scarves, glasses or hats.
The bust will be shipped overseas in a custom made wooden crate. Cost...
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1970s Dutch Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Epoxy Resin
Antique Art Deco Hand-Carved Italian Bust or Sculpture of a Young Female
Base
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique bust or figurative sculpture is unsigned by the artist, but is identified as originating from Italy and dates to approximately 1920 and done in the period Art Deco style...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Busts
Materials
Alabaster
White Marble Bust of a Young Woman by Eduardo Rossi
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An elegant white marble bust of a woman by Italian sculptor Eduardo Rossi (1867 – 1926). This small female marble bust captures her feminine profile...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Busts
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Art Deco Wire Work Shop Display Mannequin A Quirky piece of Deco design
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Art Deco Wire Work Shop Display Mannequin
A Quirky piece of Deco design, this mannequin is small but full height, and a wire work form in pink
The mannequin is 61” tall and 16” a...
Category
1930s Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Wire
Art Deco Bronze Bust of a Deer by Georges Raoul Garreau, France, 1930
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze bust of a deer signed by Georges Raoul Garreau. Patinated bronze on a green marble base. France 1930.
Literature:
Dictionnaire des peintre...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Vintage Boho Patinated Plaster Bust of Man
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Infuse your interior with a sense of timeless artistry and enigmatic charm with this vintage patinated plaster bust of a man. The figure's strong, stylized features and rich, dark pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Busts
Materials
Marble
Italian Hand Painted Plaster Mannequin Head, 1920s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian unique hand painted plaster mannequin head 1920s.
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Plaster
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Ceramic Bust of Madonna from Goldscheider, 1940s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Ceramic bust of Madonna by Goldscheider, 1940s
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Neoclassical Sculpture in Gilt Painted Plaster, circa 1940-1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Neoclassical sculpture in gilt painted plaster, circa 1930-1950.
Category
1940s French Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Plaster
Carrara Marble and Bronze Sculpture, Art Deco Period, France, circa 1920
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Carrara marble and bronze sculpture. Art Deco period. France, circa 1920.
Rosso Verona marble base.
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble, Marble, Bronze
Original Plaster Bust of a Woman with Short Hair by Claudius Linossier, 1927
Located in Brussels, BE
Original plaster bust representing a woman with short hair by Claudius Linossier, 1927
Signed and dated
Signed in three different places.
This is the original plaster. It is wit...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Plaster
Hervé Guegueniat, (1903-1960) Wooden Sculpture, Signed
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Hervé Guegueniat, (1903-1960) Wooden Sculpture, Signed
Good general condition, small cracks.
Category
1960s European Vintage Art Deco Busts
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Terracotta Woman Sculpture
Located in Marseille, FR
Superb ART DECO sculpture representing a woman's head on a green marble base. Head 22 cm high base size 20 x 20 x 9 cm H.
Additional information:
Material: Acajou, Marbre & onyx,...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Art Deco busts for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Art Deco busts for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage busts created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, stone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Art Deco busts made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original busts, popular names associated with this style include René Lalique, Demetre Chiparus, Just Andersen, and Affortunato Gory. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for busts differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $320 and tops out at $72,000 while the average work can sell for $2,450.
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