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Place of Origin: North American
Pan Am Boeing 707 Model Aircraft, circa 1958
Located in London, GB
An exceptional large scale vintage fiberglass and resin composite promotional model of a Boeing 707 in Pan Am’s iconic livery on original steel and cast iro...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Iron
Vintage Double Concave Magnifying Glass with Louis Vuitton Upholstered
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Antique magnifying glass marked B-L Z S. It is marked B-L Z S on the frame oppositethe handle. In 1908, the Bausch & Lomb company, already a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Naturalistic Life Size Mounted Premier Quality Mountain Goat
Located in New York, NY
This breathtaking taxidermy specimen features a naturalistic, life-sized Mountain Goat, expertly mounted in premier quality. The Mountain Goat is a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Victorian North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fur, Leather
Antique US Trapdoor Springfield M1873 Rifle Socket Bayonet Scabbard 22"
By Springfield Armory
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 19th century United States military socket bayonet for the Trapdoor Springfield M1873 rifle. Slim, tapered triangular blade with a slightly upturned tip. Metal scabbard with bla...
Category
19th Century American Classical Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Gore Vidal
s First Novel "WILLIWAW", Signed First Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
Gore Vidal, WILLIWAW
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1946.
First edition, first printing
Measures: 8vo, 8 x 5 1/2 in. (223 x142 mm); pp. 222 . Original black cloth, titles on spine and front board in bright blue ink, top edge black. Original dust jacket in very good condition, lightly rubbed at extremities, price clipped; back endpaper lightly tanned. INSCRIBED COPY, signed by the author on the title page to Harvey Donogan and SIGNED again in blue ink on the dust jacket next to his author photo...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Two Sided Carnival Fun House Glass Mirror
Located in San Mateo, CA
This two sided fun house mirror likely came from a carnival. There are small wheels under the base so it can be moved easily. It also had plywood covers than enclosed the mirrors for...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Plywood
Vintage MCM Domino Set in Wooden Box
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool MCM domino set in lidded wooden box, circa 1970's. The set is in very good condition, includes 28 dominoes and measures 3.5"W x 9"D x 3"H. #4300
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic, Wood
$200 / set
Architecture of William McCall, Jr., Designer in the Classical Tradition
Located in valatie, NY
The Architecture of Wm. Frank McCall, Jr., FAIA: A Complete Designer in the Classical Tradition. Stated 1st Ed and 1st printing hardcover with dust jacket. By William Robert Mitchell, Jr., and photographed by Van Jones Martin. Frank McCall Jr., FAIA was a noted architect who like his colleagues, Edward Vason Jones, James Means, Philip Shutze, et al. practiced in the classical tradition. Born April 14, 1916, in Gainesville, Florida, McCall later lived briefly in Albany, Georgia, and moved to Moultrie...
Category
1980s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Modernist Bronze
Turquoise Necklace by Pal Kepenyes
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in San Diego, CA
Fabulous vintage modernist bronze and turquoise necklace by Pal Kepenyes, circa 1970s. The necklace is in very good vintage condition with a great patina and a wonderful center pie...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brutalist North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Going Solo, Signed by Roald Dahl, First Edition in Original Dust Jacket, 1986
By Roald Dahl
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Dahl, Roald. Going Solo. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. First edition. Octavo. Signed "Roald Dahl" in black ink on the half title page. In the publisher's original hardcover navy cloth...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Hamilton 21 Jewel Railway Special Pocket Watch
By Hamilton
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique pocket watch was made by the well known Hamilton watch company of the United States in approximately 1920. The watch is in good working order with a white porcelain face...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate
Sotheby
s NY Important English Furniture
Related Decorative Arts, 1995
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's NY Important English Furniture and Related Decorative Arts, A Private Collection, April 22, 1995. Sotheby's NY, 1995. 1st Ed hard...
Category
1990s North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Johnson’s Illinois Map, USA c.1864 – Hand-Colored with Chicago Courthouse View
Located in Langweer, NL
Johnson’s Illinois Map, USA c.1864 – Hand-Colored with Chicago Courthouse View
This is a finely engraved and hand-colored map titled Johnson’s Illinois, published by Johnson and War...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Modernist Bronze Lion Necklace by Pal Kepenyes
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool vintage modernist bronze lion necklace by Pal Kepenyes, circa 1970s. The necklace is in very good vintage condition with a great patina and a red glass eyes; it measure...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brutalist North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Judith Leiber Duck Minaudiere
By Judith Leiber
Located in Stamford, CT
Judith Leiber miniature duck form purse with mirror, comb and change purse. Signed. Mid 1990's
Category
1990s Art Deco North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Michael Graves Backgammon Game Set, circa 2000
By Michael Graves (b.1934)
Located in New York, NY
A backgammon board designed by famed architect Michael Graves.
New in box; only opened for photography.
Imported, circa 1990.
Signed with metal tag.
Finely constructed of cherr...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Resin, Wood
Old Large 5 Gallon Gas Station Oil Can Vintage Industrial Style Decoration Item
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Antique Petroliana find 5 gallon zinc galvanized metal gas and oil can. Condition shows some dents and dings present. Vintage patina with rusty finish. A great piece for your garage,...
Category
1930s Industrial Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Mandalian Art Deco Flapper Enamel Mesh Purse with Floral Motif and Drop Beads
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mandalian Art Deco Enamel Mesh Purse with Floral Motif and Drop Beads, USA, Circa 1920s
Description:
A vibrant example of early American Art Deco design, this Mandalian Manufacturin...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
The Glitter and the Gold, Hardcover 1st Edition
Located in Stamford, CT
The Glitter and the Gold by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan.
1952 Hardcover 1st Edition.
Mylar clear cover has been added at a later date.
Category
1950s Regency Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Horizon Book of the Renaissance
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Horizon Book of the Renaissance. Boxed, cloth-covered hardcover book. Published by American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., of New York in 1961. Printed in the United States of Am...
Category
1960s Renaissance Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Christo and More SMS A Collection of Multiples
William N. Copley, 1968
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Yoko Ono 1, Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Chicago, IL
Christo and More SMS A Collection of Multiples 'William N. Copley, 1968'
S.M.S. is an art collection in a box that was available by subscription in 1968. Through February and December, subscribers were mailed six issues containing assorted works of art curated by William N. Copley. The portfolios consist of “original reproductions" by 73 artists including William Copley, Christo, Marcel Duchamp, Roy Lichtenstein, Joseph Kosuth, Walter de Maria, Yoko Ono, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Artschwager, Man Ray, Bruce Nauman, John Cage, Terry Riley and more.
S.M.S. included renowned and unknown artists side by side. As form of protest against galleries, S.M.S. made contemporary art affordable and accessible at a modest price of $125.00 per subscription. The portfolios are all kept in their original display covers.
Edition of approximately 2,000 published by Letter Edged in Black Press.
Volume No. 1 February 1968
Little Box of Earthquake and Cotton (cover), Irving Penn; Black Dress, James Lee Byars; Chicago Project…, Walter de Maria; My Country ‘Tis of Thee, Kasper Konig; Luggage Labels Nancy Reitkopf; Project for a Bridge, Sue Braden; A Postcard for Mother, Richard Hamilton; Two Propositions in Black, Le Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Store Front, Christo; Sol Mednick; Pharmaceuticals, Julian Levy.
Volume No. 2 April 1968
Seven Minute Recording of Contapetrie, a surrealist word game (cover), Marcel Duchamp; The Mirror of Genoveva, Meret Oppenheim; Three Color Separations, Alain Jacquet; A Two-Year-Old Girl Choked to Death Today on an Easter Egg, Ray Johnson; A Proposed Comic Section for the New York Times, Bernard Pfreim; Farwell to Faust, George Reavey; Album, Clovis Trouille; Legal Tender, Bruce Conner; 10 collages, Marcia Hertscovitz; Cynocephalus & Co., Nicolas Calas.
Volume No. 3 June 1968
Untitled abstract landscapes (cover), John Battan; Clouds, William Bryant (Bill Copley); Ode to London, Dick Higgens; Two Drawings, Ronnie Landfield; Bush in Hand, Roland Penrose; The Father of Mona Lisa, Man Ray, signed and numbered; Glove, Enrico Baj; Four Titled Abstracts, Joseph Kosuth; Correspondence, H.C. Westerman; Signal Flag Poem, Hannah Weiner; Poppy Nogoods All Night Flight, Terry Riley; Poems, Atograf.
Volume No. 4 August 1968
Untitled (cover), Robert Stanley; Drift Study 4:37:4:05:09:50 5 VII 68, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Permanent Parking Decal, Robert Watts; 100 Year Calendar, On Kawara; Lichtenstein Hat, Roy Lichtenstein; Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) continued, John Cage; Phenakistiscope, Hollis Frampton...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$3,552 Sale Price / set
58% Off
Collection of Fashion Books from the Library of Iris Apfel, Published 1998–2017
By Dolce
Gabbana
Located in Morristown, NJ
An assembled group of seven fashion publications exploring design, history, and presentation—from early 20th-century couture collaborations to contemporary reflections on style and power. Includes:
CFDA 2011 Fashion Awards — Program book celebrating the Council of Fashion Designers of America honorees, with vivid photography and graphics.
Delpozo Spring/Summer 2016 Catalogue — Five loose plates featuring Josep Font’s sculptural silhouettes, illustrations, and design notes.
Dolce & Gabbana Women Fashion Show Spring/Summer 2017 — Printed floral boards documenting the Milan runway presentation.
Dufy–Poiret: Modèles et Dessins 1917–1919 — Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Paris, 1998; exhibition catalogue pairing Paul Poiret’s fashion designs with Raoul Dufy’s watercolors...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen, Paper
Antiques At Home by Barbara Milo Ohrbach, Stated First Edition
By Barbara Milo Ohrbach
Located in valatie, NY
Antiques At Home by Barbara Milo Ohrbach. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. Publishers, 1989. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 246 pp. Guid...
Category
20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Art of Dale Chihuly Hardcover Table Book
By Dale Chihuly
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Title: The Art of Dale Chihuly.
"The Art of Dale Chihuly is published on the occasion of a major exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. It traces the evolution of the a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
100-Record Retro American Seeburg Select-O-Matic V-200 Jukebox
Located in London, GB
100-Record Retro American Seeburg Select-O-Matic V-200 Jukebox,
American, c. 1955
Dimensions: Height 149cm, width 91cm, depth 68cm
This stylish vinyl jukebox is a classic American Select-O-Matic V-200 by Seeburg. Inspired by car design, the coin operated jukebox features a distinctive metal exterior, with the front appearing almost like a car grill. The cabinet form features painted burgundy and turquoise accents, brass metal fixtures, shiny chrome trim, and a large glass dome. The mechanism features burgundy record rack side covers and strong 'High Fidelity' sound system. This revolutionary mechanism plays 45 RPM records vertically using two separate needles, allowing the jukebox to play both A and B sides of 100 different records without flipping. All the labels are displayed in a rotating title barrel, which includes great names including Billy Fury, Dusty Springfield...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Surfboards Hawaii Classic Longboard (1963)
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Surfboards Hawaii classic longboard shaped in 1963. 10' 3" square tail shape. Featuring beautiful blue-turquoise rails and bottom, pinstripe details ...
Category
1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood
Ronson 1939 Art Deco Table Touch Tip Octette Lighter Machine Age Bakelite Steel
By Louis Vincent Aronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
An Octette desk lighter designed by Ronson.
This Ronson Touch-Tip Octette table lighter was made between 1935 and 1951 by the Ronson Art Metal Works Inc. located in Newark, New Jers...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Chrome
$948 Sale Price
20% Off
Life Sixty Years: A 60th Anniversary Celebration 1936-1996 Life Magazine 1st ED.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Life Sixty Years: A 60th Anniversary Celebration 1936-1996 Life Magazine Hardcover Book.
First Edition, Hard cover, 192pp.
Illustrated throughout with great photos from the past 60 y...
Category
Late 20th Century American Classical North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Circa 1950 Vintage American Danecraft Sterling Silver Choker
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage Danecraft sterling silver choker, circa 1950. Marked "Danecraft", "Reg.U.S.Pat.Off.", "Sterling". Classic design! 1.25 troy oz.
14.5" end to end.
We are a family business th...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Platinum Ladies Wristwatch with Diamonds
Located in Toledo, OH
A stunning Art Deco style platinum ladies wristwatch with diamonds. This beautiful watch features a platinum case surrounded by 1.75-carat of diamonds. The case is marked 900 platinu...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Platinum
Industrial Design 3: June 1954 (Alvin Lustig, Art Consultant)
By Alvin Lustig
Located in New York, NY
Volume 1, number 3 (June 1954) issue of Industrial Design, edited by Jane Fisk Mitarachi and published by Whitney Publications, Inc, known contemporaneously for Interiors and for Geo...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Original Antique Map of New York State( Southern ), USA, C.1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous map of Southern New York . With a vignette of Lower Manhattan
Original color.
Engraved and printed by the George F. Cram Company, Indianapolis.
Published, C.1900.
Unfram...
Category
1890s Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Christie
s New York, Important American Furniture Catalog 1999
Located in Bradenton, FL
Christie's New York Catalog - Important American Furniture, Silver, Prints, Folk Art and Decorative Arts, from the auction on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th of January 1999.
Category
1990s North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Arts
Crafts Period Model House in Painted Metal and Wood
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful model of an Arts & Crafts period house, hand painted and constructed out of metal and wood, with front porch, glass windows, and front dormer and chimney, with great surf...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1856 "Map of the United States" by Ensign, Bridgeman, and Fanning
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a scarce American wall map of the United States and Mexico issued by Ensign, Bridgman, and Fanning in 1856. As the title suggests, the map covers all of the United State...
Category
1850s Victorian Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Long Island New York Antique Map c.1888 – The Empire State, Railroads
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of Long Island, New York – Rand McNally, circa 1888
This antique map of Long Island, New York, was published by Rand, McNally ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
3 Original 1969 Woodstock Tickets w The Experience LP Record
COA Letters
Located in Dayton, OH
Framed display of three original 1969 tickets to woodstock, and Woodstock 1969 The "Experience" miniature LP. Includes 1991 Letters of Authenticity from Globe Ticket Company and Barn...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$2,450 Sale Price
30% Off
Underwood Vintage Manual Typewriter
By Underwood Universal
Located in Pasadena, TX
Underwood ” Vintage manual typewriter
The Underwood Typewriter Company was a manufacturer of typewriters headquartered in New Yor...
Category
1940s Industrial Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
French Folk Art, First Edition
By Jean Cuisenier
Located in valatie, NY
French Folk Art by Jean Cuisenier. New York: Kodansha International Ltd., 1977. Stated First English edition hardcover with dust jacket. 310 pp. A larg...
Category
20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
RICAUT [Rycaut]. History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire. 5TH ED 1682
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: RICAUT [Rycaut], Paul.
TITLE: The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Containing the maxims of the Turkish Polity, the Most Material points of the Mahometan...
Category
1680s Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, First Trade Edition, First Printing, Original DJ
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Capote, Truman, In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences. New York: Random House, Inc., [1965]. First trade edition, first printing. Octavo. Original d...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Paper
1986 Sotheby
s New York Contemporary Art Auction Catalog
Located in Bradenton, FL
Sotheby's New York Contemporary Art Auction Catalog from May 5th and 6th, 1986. Paperback, 237 lots. Includes sales results stapled to front page.
Category
1980s Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
William VAN DER WEYDE. The Life
Works Of Thomas Paine. PATRIOT
S EDITION 1925
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: VAN DER WEYDE, William.
TITLE: The Life And Works Of Thomas Paine.
PUBLISHER: NY: Thomas Paine National Historical Association, 1925.
DESCRIPTION: PATRIOT'S EDITION. 10 v...
Category
1920s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Rare 1929 NATIONAL TRIOLIAN (wood body) Acoustic Resonator Guitar (HULA SCENE)
By National Guitar
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful 1928 / 1929 wood bodied National Triolian with Hula Girl back stencil. Beautiful finish /patina. Guitar in very good original condition. One of the cleanest I have ever se...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
David Kleinberg: Interiors
Located in New York, NY
Revered interior designer David Kleinberg invites readers inside a selection of projects representing the height of sophistication, luxury, and refinement
For over 35 years, David K...
Category
2010s North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$65 / item
John Hedgecoe
s Nude Photography, First Edition
By John Hedgecoe
Located in valatie, NY
John Hedgecoe's Nude Photography, A Complete and Practical Guide to Taking Superb Photographs. New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1984. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 224...
Category
20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Order of Things by Fashion Photgrapher Schoerner
By Schoerner
Located in NYC, NY
A unique book first edition print set on a circular format retains its original case.
Category
Late 20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic, Paper
Wicker
Bamboo Adult Tricycle
Located in Hudson, NY
This wicker and bamboo adult tricycle is sure to garner attention. Made in the 1980s, the steel frame is artfully wrapped with wicker and bamboo and com...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Mid Century Diamante Evening Bag
By Christian Dior, Gianni Versace, Paco Rabanne
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage beautiful sculptural semi-precious stone bag crafted by hand. This piece is glamourous and chic. Gold diamante evening piece hand-stitched with high quality construction an...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal
Kinetoscope Projector Thomas Edison, Dated About 1904, USA
By Edison
Located in Madrid, ES
Kinetoscope projector Thomas Edison, dated about 1904,
is a museum piece.
Film Projector Thomas Edison, USA, in excellent condition.
Mounted on a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage American Made Antique Wooden Snow Sled Toboggan
Located in Oakville, CT
Original, Vintage, American Made, Wooden Snow Sled / Toboggan. Bring the whole gang with you on this sleigh ride! The seat is 142" long with the original p...
Category
20th Century Primitive North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
In The Houses of Ireland, First Edition
By Walter Pfeiffer (b.1886), Marianne Heron
Located in valatie, NY
In The Houses of Ireland by Walter Pfeiffer and Marianne Heron. New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, Inc., 1988. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 254 pp. A beautiful chronic...
Category
20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Greater Sage Grouse Male
Female Taxidermy Game Bird Wall Mount 43"
Located in Dayton, OH
A very large and impressive wall mount game bird taxidermy featuring two Greater Sage Grouses flying out from the grasses.
Dimensions:
36" x 19" x 43" (Width x Depth x Height)
Category
Late 20th Century Country North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
Altamira Catalog Circa 1956
By Gio Ponti, Altamira
Located in New York, NY
Mid-1950’s catalog for the fabled Altamira design center, located at 18 E 50th St in New York City, one of the top U.S. venues for high-end Italian design. Altamira commissioned a li...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Portrait Gallery of Grand Bostonians from Joe Tecce
s
By Daniel Varoujan Hejinian
Located in Hanover, MA
Framed series of American modern pen and ink drawings, sixteen portraits of Boston "pols" and Italian American civic leaders, all of whom were the famous 'Friends of Joe Tecce's' of the eponymously named restaurant in Boston's North End.
The frame is sixteen feet long by one foot tall...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
Victorian Brick and Terracotta Architecture
Located in Bradenton, FL
Victorian Brick and Terracotta Architecture, in full color with 160 plates, edited by Pierre Chabat. Softcover book, first edition, published in 1989 by Dover Publications, Inc. of N...
Category
1980s Victorian Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Southern Ohio – The Buckeye State - Railroads
Townships, 1888
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map of Southern Ohio – The Buckeye State with Railroads & Townships, 1888
This antique engraved map of Southern Ohio, published in 1888 by Rand, McNally & Co. in Chicago for...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Louisiana Houses of A. Hays Town, by Cyril E. Vetter
Located in valatie, NY
The Louisiana Houses of A. Hays Town by Cyril E. Vetter. Hardcover with dust jacket. A. Hays Town changed the face of the Louisiana house. In a career that includes designing more than five hundred homes, he led architects, builders, and homeowners to embrace the finest elements of Louisiana's architectural past. Almost every home built in Louisiana during the last twenty years is in some way was inspired by Town's work.
The Louisiana Houses of A. Hays Town honors his legacy as Louisiana's premier residential architect. Color photographs of many homes -- including his own, by Philip Gould combined with the incisive text by Cyril E. Vetter produce a book that captures the appeal and beauty of the state's finest architectural tradition.
He was born and raised in rural southwest Louisiana, Hays Town graduated from Tulane University with a degree in architecture in 1926 and worked for a firm in Jackson, Mississippi, for many years. He established his own successful commercial practice in Baton Rouge in 1939, but in the 1960s, Town turned to his abiding passion, residential architecture. Throughout this chapter of his career, he perfected his inimitable style and emerged as one of the most prominent architects in the South.
Town's residential designs are perceptibly influenced by the diverse culture of south Louisiana. His synthesis of the classic Acadian cottage, Spanish courtyards, and exterior French doors...
Category
1990s North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
NAPIER Surefire 1928 Art Deco Asymmetric Pocket Petrol Lighter In .925 Sterling
By Napier Co.
Located in Miami, FL
The Surefire petrol lighter made by Napier.
This a very rare antique pocket petrol lighter created in Meriden United States by The Napier Company during the art deco period, back in the 1928. This is the Surefire pocket lighter model, which was masterfully designed with an unusual asymmetric shape. It was crafted in solid .925/.999 sterling silver and the sides are embellished with engine turned linear geometric patterns. This model itself is rare and just a few specimens are known in sterling silver or yellow gold. The lighter feature an unusual lift-arm, since the spring for the lift-arm is integrated in the arm. It was patented in 1929 in Canada by Emil Schuelke and Arthur Ross. The lighter is in excellent and near mint collectable condition.
Country: United States.
Period: Art-Deco 1928.
Material: .925/.999 Sterling silver
Finish: Engine turned and engraved with linears patterns.
Model: The Surefire Lighter. Pocket petrol.
Inventor & Patents: Emil Schuelke and Arthur Ross.
Manufacturer: The Napier Company.
Weight: 53.3 Grams, (34.20 Dwt).
Measurements: 51 mm by 34 mm by 15 mm (2.01 x 1.35 x 0.59 Inches). Measures taken from the longer and wider sides.
Marks: Stamped with the maker's mark, the mark for the assay and warranty of the .925/.999 silver and signed in full as follows, "NAPIER THE SUREFIRE LIGHTER STERLING...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
$1,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Unique XXL Moose Head Taxidermy
Located in Mortsel, BE
Introducing our exceptional moose head, a magnificent statement piece that commands attention with its impressive size and flawless condition. Expertly mounted and meticulously maint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin
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Medal-Worthy Memorabilia from Epic Past Olympic Games
Get into the games! These items celebrate the events, athletes, host countries and sporting spirit.
Ahoy! You’ve Never Seen a Collection of Sailor Art and Kitsch Quite Like This
French trendsetter and serial collector Daniel Rozensztroch tells us about his obsession with objects related to seafaring men.
Pamela Shamshiri Shares the Secrets behind Her First-Ever Book and Its Effortlessly Cool Interiors
The sought-after designer worked with the team at Hoffman Creative to produce a monograph that beautifully showcases some of Studio Shamshiri's most inspiring projects.
Moroccan Artworks and Objects Take Center Stage in an Extraordinary Villa in Tangier
Italian writer and collector Umberto Pasti opens the doors to his remarkable cave of wonders in North Africa.
Montecito Has Drawn Royalty and Celebrities, and These Homes Are Proof of Its Allure
Hollywood A-listers, ex-pat aristocrats and art collectors and style setters of all stripes appreciate the allure of the coastal California hamlet — much on our minds after recent winter floods.
Whaam! Blam! Pow! — a New Book on Pop Art Packs a Punch
Publishing house Assouline and writer Julie Belcove have teamed up to trace the history of the genre, from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Jeff Koons.
What Makes a Gem-Encrusted Chess Set Worth $4 Million?
The world’s most opulent chess set, weighing in at 513 carats, is literally fit for a king and queen.
Tauba Auerbach’s Geometric Pop-Up Book Is Mighty Rare, Thanks to a Hurricane
This sculptural art book has an epic backstory of its own.