Chrome Collectibles and Curiosities

Italian Renaissance-style (20th Century) chrome armillary globe with a rust patina.

The Classic Jumbo desk lighter with bridge scoring by the Clark Brothers. This is a very nice desk-petrol table lighter created in England during the art-deco period, back in 1930. ...

From the collection of twenty-seven woods for Chinese artificial flowers, vase P by Ettore Sottsass, Edited by Design Gallery Milano, 1995. Limited edition of 12 signed and numer...

Classic 1930s / 40s Ladies Balloon Tire Bicycle . J.C. Higgins ,, Nice original condition,, Retains original paint , patina.. Also original seat,, appears to have all of its original...

- All prices are listed ex works. - 5 year guarantee. - We regularly crate, ship and install PH Pianos worldwide with full insurance. The PH grand piano Avant Grade...

This ultra chic and modern signed vintage Italian Romeo Rega vintage checkers game has sculptural components. It is great just even as a decorative ob...

Ladies Balloon Tire Springer Front Bicycle. Fleet Wing Blue bicycle. 26" Period correct whitewall tires show some age cracks . Light does work . Horn does...

For your consideration is the original Art Deco super stylish leather handbag, a great example of Modernist Deco design of the 30's period. Features a dark brown leather body with ta...

ABOUT An Art Deco Kodak Senior Six-16 Folding Camera with a leather wrapped body, chrome and black accents and flip out view finder. Shown with life size hand. Sold as decorative o...

For your consideration is this rare boxed set of an Art Deco powder compact and comb in striking cream and red enamel decoration. The mirror and compact, including the powder puff, a...

"The Big Nude" sumo book with stand by Helmut Newton. Bound printed paper, signed and numbered to interior 'Helmut Newton'. This book is number 9,908 of 10,0...

It’s easy to understand why they are called best seller. This is Poseidon, our square bathroom set entirely covered in soft and waterproof genuine leather. Our Rialto tray, together with a square soap dispenser, a toothbrush holder, and a cotton pad holder with simple and minimal design perfect for contemporary and traditional bathroom suites.

It’s easy to understand why they are called best seller. This is our Poseidon round bathroom set entirely covered in soft and waterproof genuine leather. Our Rialto tray, together with a round soap dispenser, a toothbrush holder, a cotton pad holder and a small box for rings to create a complete set. Five accessories with simple and minimal design perfect for contemporary and traditional bathroom suites.

A double gauge bubble clinometer with precision glass tubing and nickel face mounted on a teak back plate. These tilt gauges were used on vessels to measure the angular slant of the ...

ABOUT An original Eastman Kodak No. 2 folding camera. The body of camera is all leather with that folds smoothly closed to 1.5 inches. This camera has retained its original finish...

- All prices are listed ex works. - 5 year guarantee. - We regularly crate, ship and install PH Pianos worldwide with full insurance. For those who want a traditional acoustic upright piano with one of the most iconic design silhouettes, the PH Upright Piano...

Wonderfully styled Art Deco ladies watch originating from the 1934 and made by the American watchmakers Elgin. A fine classic calibre movement running well on a 7 jewel Elgin grade 4...

Fabulous Art Deco antique enamelled chrome metal two piece dressing table set with a jazzy Art Deco design in pea green and black. The set consists of a hand mirror...

A walnut cigarette box with chrome-plated brass sides and cane wrapped lid. Designed by Carl Auböck II during the 1950s, cane, wood, and brass elements combine to create this beaut...

Elegant midcentury rounded white travertine marble ashtray or bowl. Fratelli Mannelli probably designed this fantastic piece in Italy during the 1970s. This wonderful item is made in full solid Italian Travertine marble and chromed steel that gives an amazing contrast to the ashtray. A magnificent piece that is a perfect gift to decorate a modernist studio or a minimal living room...

Original chrome Stripped table lighter by Hilton with push button flint lock. Labeled "Hilton Japan".

An impeccably restored Dutch fixed gear bicycle from 20th-century Amsterdam. Crafted in the 1950s, it boasts polished metal mudguards, a chain guard, and vintage-style handlebars. It...

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Carnielli Italy prod. professional vintage punching ball boxing boxe years 1960 very good vintage condition with sign of the years use material...

Desk cigarettes humidor box with lighter designed by Ronson. This is an amazing desk cigarettes box & touch-tip lighter, created in New Jersey United States by The Ronson Lighter Co. during the art deco period, back in the 1937. This is a rare near mint box with a single lid with a five-barrels hinge and an integrated touch tip striker lighter. It was designed with strong geometric patterns and crafted in solid chromed steel. Embellished with black lacquer, creating a great color contrast and the interiors are lined up with natural cedar wood. Extremely well made and solid construction with great care and attention to details. This surely is a very decorative piece and should be a great conversation item. Model: 16268. Country: New Jersey, United States. Period: Art Deco, 1937. Materials: Chromed steel, cedar wood, black lacquer. Weight: 897.5 Grams, (1.96 Pounds). Measurements: 203 mm by 102 mm by 89 mm (8.0 x 4.0 x 3.5 Inches). Marks: Stamped with the maker's mark and signed, "FASHIONED BY RONSON NEWARK NJ US PATS BRITISH PAT IN CANADA 1935 NEWARK NJ-USA-ART METAL WORKS INC. RONSON-TOUCH-TIP ". The Ronson Lighter Company The company started as The Art Metal Works in 1897 and was incorporated on July 20, 1898, by Max Hecht, Louis Vincent Aronson and Leopold Herzig, in Newark, New Jersey. Louis V. Aronson was a huge creative driving force for the company; and, with a few business adjustments, including the addition of Alexander Harris (1910–11) as Business Manager, the company soon became World Famous. In the 1910s The Art Metal Works were producing very good quality Hood Ornaments and gained a reputation as a dependable supplier of same. All accounts state that Louis Aronson was a gifted man, who at 16 years old set up a money-making shop in his parent's home - before receiving a U.S. patent for a commercially valuable metal-plating process he developed when he was 24 years old, and he sold half the rights while retaining the Right to Use. "His experiments, which he has been conducting since his early youth, resulted in 1893 in the discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the process... and has been of great practical value to the whole industry. Retaining its rights, he sold half the patent rights, and later used part of the proceeds to open the Art Metal Works in Newark, N.J. Soon the company was producing a variety of high-quality Lamps, Book ends, Art Statues and other decorative items, prized today for their detail in the collector marketplace. Louis Vincent Aronson Louis Vincent Aronson was an American inventor, industrialist and philanthropist who is best remembered as the inventor of Ronson lighters. "He was a son of Simon and Jennie Aronson, who were natives of Prussia. He was born December 25, 1869, in New York City, and there his boyhood was spent. Aronson was an exceptionally gifted young man who graduated from public school at the age of 12 before entering a New York Technical School specializing in metallurgy, practical metal working and mechanical drawing. At the same time, he set up a laboratory in the basement of his parents' home where he experimented with plating processes and turned-out money-making items while he devised ways of metalizing common items, in a durable finish of matte gold, including flowers, butterflies, animal claws and baby shoes. Aronson natural ability for designing was honed at the technical school and served him well throughout his life. He excelled and completed the School four year academic program in three years. When he graduated in 1886, at the age of 16, he was qualified as an Expert Metallurgist, Draftsman and Designer, he also had a high-level knowledge of Chemistry. He returned to the school five years later as an instructor in metallurgy for several years before devoting all his time to his own company. When he was 24 years old, he sold the rights to a commercially valuable metal plating process according to Urban Cummings book Ronson, The World’s Greatest Lighters, Wick Lighters 1913–2000. He gained public recognition when he won an award in 1893 from the Belgian government for the creation of the first non-toxic match, and young businessman Aronson received 50,000 Francs, equaling $10,000 in U.S. dollars. In 1897 he received a U.S. patent (592,227) for a match design (called the Wind-match) that would light in windy conditions or when wet. He continued working on his match designs including inventing the “Birds Eye” or “Kitchen” match that had a dual-tip design in 1903; this was an important safety improvement because friction matches of the day would sometimes light accidentally especially when stepped on or while in one’s pocket. He realized that placing a small friction ignition chemical on the tip instead of the entire match-head greatly limited accidental ignition. This style of match is still in use today. Literature: Urban K. Cummings, Ronson, the World's Greatest Lighter: Wick Lighters 1913-1966 Bird Dog Books, California. 1992. Pp-168 Figure-187 for this box illustrated. Note: This piece and the touch-tip lighter are empty of any flammable, gas or butane substances and is ready to be ship by any carrier, Condition: The overall condition of this Ronson cigarettes...

"The Big Nude" Large Sumo Book with stand by Helmut Newton. Brand new in it's original packaging, unopened and unexposed. Bound printed paper, signed and ...

Elegante, bellissima e rara scacchiera e dama da tavolo di Romeo Rega. I pezzi degli scacchi sono realizzati con corpi in lucite e si differenziano per gli accenti in metallo cromat...

Candle Triplex 6500 table lighter designed by IMCO. This is a brilliantly engineered, unusual and quite ingenious semi-automatic table petrol lighter designed by Julius Franz Meister in Austria, back in the 1950. This model was made by the IMCO company and was named Candle triplex 6500. Has been crafted in solid chromed steel, with aluminum parts and embellished with green lacquer. This lighter is in unused grade, never fired and in superb mint condition with the original box from the stated period. About the mechanic, there is a button on the inserted lighter - pressure solution for stone-flint change. The lighter has a sliding flame regulator or windshield, a space in the base-socket for reserve stones-flints and a special filling tank that you can either pull out for filling or you can pull out the bottom for filling. Stunning modernist design. Model: Triplex Candle Table lighter 6500. Materials: Chromed Steel, aluminum and green lacquer. Weight: All together 66.30 Grams. Measurements: 63.5 mm by 63.5 mm by 207 mm (2.50 x 2.50 x 8.15 Inches). Rarity: Rare in mint, never fired condition and with the original box. Marks: Stamped with the maker's mark and signed as follow; "IMCO MADE IN AUSTRIA 6500". IMCO IMCO was a very important Austrian manufacturer of cigarette lighters. Established in 1907 by Julius Franz Meister, who was formerly a manufacturer of brass buttons for the Austro-Hungarian Army. The first IMCO lighters...

A 1930's Barker upright piano with an Art Deco style mahogany case. Cabinet features strong angular styling, evident in the chamfered corners at the top and b...

BORN IN THE FUTURE. TUNED BY THE PAST. Audiomus is more than a speaker it’s a sculptural audio experience. Combining the precision of high-end speaker engineering with the soul of c...

Fabulous Modernist statement necklace with the most desirable and exquisite detailing and craftsmanship, if you love Art Deco then this should be making your heart skip a beat. Featu...

Quirky quack medical device, called a Tractolator, which is a chair designed to stretch the neck and spine by having the patient sit in the chair with their head placed in the harnes...

Chrome yacht winch mounted to a wood block. Classic boat winch with chrome over bronze. Still retches. Quite decorative. Weight: 11 LBS Overall Dimensio...

How fabulous is this ? can't be mistaken for any other era can it. The 1930s Evans Art Deco Mesh Compact has a wonderful pale blue enamel lid with intricate silver tone design. It ha...

A 20th Century French chrome plated novelty lighter, featuring an engraved skiier in motion on one side and engine turned pattern on the reverse. Stamped at the base "Arthus Bertrand...

Wonderfully styled Art Deco ladies watch originating from France. Fabulously stylish Art Deco necklace with in nickel silver plate with a green and black centre stones. It just screa...

Unusual luminous globe on a large chromed metal base, made in Italy by Ricoscope Editions in Firenze. In perfect condition, except for two very small missing pieces at the junction ...

Very large Japanese lighter created by Swank.

Fabulous and powerful, 1/4hp GM Delco motor. Globe deli meat slicer from the forties. Super quiet motor with a new cord and switch. In excellent vintage co...

It was exhibited in the original Miami beach antique show and Palm beach "American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF)". Horse in wood and chrome. We ha...

Richard Hudnut Marvelous, you'll certainly want to add this TINY little silver tone metal rouge compact to your collection ! Features a stylised woman's outline centred in a square r...

A nice collection of eight vintage automobile / car emblems / logos, circa 1950s to 1970s. The pieces are in good to fair vintage condition with appropriate wear for their age and a...

Vintage Chrome plated table lighter, in the form of a Jet fighter Plane circa 1950 Cigarette lighter cased in the planes body, [ball catch] Stylised Bracket to hold swivel ball, to...

This is a highly collectable pair of 1930s Art Deco cocktail cufflinks with plenty of Jazz Age panache. Made of shiny silvered metal, with a geometric enamelled pattern with a striki...

This is a highly collectable pair of 1930s Art Deco cocktail cufflinks with plenty of Jazz Age panache. Made of shiny silvered chrome engine turned metal, with a geometric enamelled ...

"Cristallino" is a crystal foosball table, designed by Adriano Design and manufactured by Teckell, featuring a tempered clear crystal structure 0.59" th., with beveled and cerium oxide polished corners, a playing field in laminated crystal (molded sheet sloping at the corners) in transparent glass, players made of aluminum, one team in shiny chrome, the other in dark nickel finish. DIMENSIONS: D. 29.13" (table with rods...

Large French Art Deco galley by Anthoine Art Bois, France, 1920s. Wood and chrome. Height : 15.35"(39cm), Width : 17.3"(44cm), Depth : 5.7"(14.5cm). Excellent condition.

Great 1940s chiropractor bench; chrome and green vinyl with a Lucite handle.

ABOUT An original set of solid steel, chromed calibrating weights. Stamped Toledo on each. Two 10 lb, one 5 lb, one 2 lb and one 1 lb set in a solid Bakelite tray. CREATOR Tol...

We are delighted to offer for sale this original, early edition number 1336, NOS 1998 never fitted Dura Ace 25th anniversary groupset with all original papers...

Beautiful sculptural semi-precious stone bracelet crafted by hand with sterling silver structure. This piece is glamourous and chic. The coral hues of the glass combine with the ru...

Jet Plane Novelty Cruet set 1950s [B] Chrome Plane on stand, Salt & Pepper pots hook onto wings acting as jet engines, Bristol blue liners, Enamel badges on Wings London Crest [Souv...

Beautiful sculptural semi-precious stone bracelet crafted by hand with sterling silver structure. This piece is glamourous and chic. The amber hues of the glass combine with the li...

Art Deco "Globetrotter" Sports Petrol Lighter by Dunhill. The lighter is wrapped in Crocodile Leather with rhodium-plated trim. The Art Deco design blends streamlined contours with g...

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Post-World War II chrome table lighter with striking stepped base with geometric lines and elegant detailing and featuring "Hotel Schwarzer Bock Logde VIP Wiesbaden" along the front ...

W.J. Campbell designed this art deco cocktail smoker in 1934 for the Climax Machinery Company of Indianapolis. The smoke stand and ashtray feature a ci...

Extremely stylish and totally original are these matching pair of English Art Deco modernist enamel cufflinks dating to the 1930's. Fabulous geometric patterning and colour, with a s...

For your consideration is this virtually mint condition Art Deco ladies combination compact dating to 1928. This is a classic Art Deco Richard Hudnut Le Debut Cloisonné Powder, Rouge...