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Place of Origin: North American
Dutch Colonial Homes in America Signed by Roderic Blackburn
Geoffrey Gross
Located in valatie, NY
Dutch Colonial Homes in America by Roderic H. Blackburn, Photography by Geoffrey Gross and Susan Piatt, introduction by Harrison Frederick Meeske. Hardcover with dust jacket. 240 pp....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis, Signed and Illustrated by Pauline Baynes, 1956
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Lewis, C. S. The Last Battle, A Story for Children. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1956. First U.S. edition, first printing. Octavo. In the original ...
Category
1950s Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Paper
American Chippendale Rare Miniature Slant Front Desk w/ original Brasses c1780s
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Savannah, GA
This rare and important slant top desk is an exceptional example of a miniature piece of furniture. Bearing all the desirable features of a Chippendale, this desk has a dovetailed tw...
Category
Late 18th Century Chippendale Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Kara Walker: Pictures From Another Time (Inscribed)
By Kara Walker
Located in New York, NY
Catalog published by the University of Michigan Museum of Art and D.A.P (Distributed Art Publishers) in conjunction with the exhibition Kara Walker: An Abbreviated Emancipation held ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1939 The WPA Guide to New York City: The Federal Writers’ Project Guide
Located in Stamford, CT
1939 The WPA Guide to New York City: The Federal Writers’ Project Guide. Rare Hardcover 1st edition.
Category
1930s Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Collection of Alice and Murray Braunfield : January 17, 2004 at Sotheby
s
By Sotheby
s
Located in valatie, NY
The Collection of Alice and Murray Braunfield : January 17, 2004 at Sotheby's. Published by Sotheby's, New York, 2004. 1294 lots on 176 pages in color and fully described. great Ame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Great Architecture of the World Hardcover Book
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Great Architecture of the World.
This book is an illustrated history from Stonehenge to the Twentieth Century.
The book is edited by John Julius Norwich. It was first published in 19...
Category
Late 20th Century Art Deco North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1948 "A Hysterical Map of Yellowstone National Park" by Jolly Lindgren, 2nd Ed.
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a second edition printing of Jolly Lindgren’s “Hysterical Map of Yellowstone National Park.” This comical pictorial map h...
Category
1940s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Bauhaus Wooden Baby Walker
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1940. We offer this rare Antique Bauhaus Wooden Baby Walker, great vintage conditions.
Category
1940s Bauhaus Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plywood
Vintage Silvertone Model 1808 Worlds Fair Radio by Sears
Roebuck
By Sears, Roebuck
Company
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1930s; Sears, Roebuck & Co. - Chicago
Vintage "World's Fair" model first released in conjunction with the 1933 "Century of Progress" World's Fair in Chicago. Features Art Deco-in...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Large 1950s Vintage Scientific Anatomical Human 3D Educational Eye Eyeball Model
Located in Lafayette, IN
1950's Vintage scientific human 3d eyeball model. Hand-painted with wonderful original patina!
Category
1950s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rubber
$499 Sale Price
75% Off
Rooms with a History Interiors and Their Inspirations
By Rizzoli International Publications, Ashley Hicks, Christian Louboutin
Located in New York, NY
Inspirational and visually on trend, Ashley Hicks's latest work is a pattern book for the 21st century. Offering insights and revelations, Hicks's own exquisitely quirky and colorful historicist interiors are discussed with designs from the recent and faraway past.
Ashley Hicks has created a mix of manifesto, souvenir album, and confession in this collection of noteworthy rooms--featuring his own one-of-a-kind interiors along with rooms that have inspired him. The manifesto aspect is rather limited, since Hicks is not a great believer in aesthetic rules or the value of so-called good taste, but as a souvenir album, it charts Hicks's personal creative journey of the last few years, illustrated with photographs of some favorite historical interiors and objects that represent a mixture of source material and inspiration.
The book's twelve chapters reveal Hicks's creative process, how he approaches different themes in his own interiors, furniture designs, and works of art, and how these themes can be applied to the works of others. Such subjects as flowers, color, layers, form, pattern, and memory are presented in the context of actual projects. Historical and recent interiors are discussed for their decorative value--notable rooms and architecture include the Pantheon in Rome; Emperor Maximilian's tomb in Innsbruck; the Royal Pavilion, Brighton; and the Petit Trianon at Versailles. Hicks has created a book for devotees of decorating and the history of interior design.
About the author
Ashley Hicks is a British author, architect, interior and furniture designer, and photographer. He is the son of Lady Pamela Hicks and the legendary decorator David Hicks. His personal Instagram profile has amassed over 200,000 followers.
Christian Louboutin is a celebrated French shoe designer.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Rare 1990s Chanel Baroque Pearl Necklace
By Christian Dior, Chanel, Thierry Mugler, Paloma Picasso, Karl Lagerfeld
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredibly chic necklace from the Autumn-Winter 1996 Chanel collection. This beautiful goldtone chain with six faux baroque pearls in white and grey is simply irresistible. This nec...
Category
1990s Post-Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
RONSON 1929 Art Deco New Yorker Skyscraper Desk Lighter In Chrome
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
New Yorker Skyscraper Desk Lighter designed by Ronson.
This is a beautiful and iconic desk lighter, created in New Jersey United States by The Ronson Metal Works Co. during the art ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel, Chrome
$488 Sale Price
30% Off
FORSTER, E. M.. A Room With A View. 1908 - FIRST EDITION - IN A FINE BINDING!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: FORSTER, E. M.
TITLE: A Room With A View.
PUBLISHER: London: Edward Arnold, 1908.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 7-7/16" x 5-1/4", bound in fine full red morocco, rib...
Category
Early 1900s Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
McKenney
Hall Hand Painted Lithograph "AMISKQUEW"; Rice
Clark Published 1843
By McKenney
Hall
Located in Incline Village, NV
"AMISKQUEW" "A Menominie Warrior", as stated on the lithograph, is a hand-painted color engraving on paper depicting a Native American Indian whose portrait was painted by Charles Bi...
Category
1840s Native American Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
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
George Nakashima, Woodworker: New Hope, Pennsylvania (1962 Catalog, Signed)
By George Nakashima
Located in New York, NY
The catalog comprises: First, an introductory paean to craftsmanship and the spirituality of woodworking culminating in Nakashima’s bold signature in ink, dated April 1962. Next, a full-page photo of the Conoid Studio followed by a succession of offerings with photos and descriptions including: Trestle Table, Cross-Legged Table, Round Turned-Leg table, Conoid Table, Turned-Leg Table, Round Clustered-Base Table, Round Pedestal Table, Frenchman’s Cove Square Table, Single Drop-Leaf Table, Boat-Shaped Table, Frenchman’s Cove No.2 Table (fold-out), Round Coffee Table, Conoid Coffee Table, Slab Coffee Table No. 2, Slab Coffee Table, Portsmouth End Table, Square or Rectangular End Table (with and without shelf), Cross-Legged Coffee Table, Conoid Studio End Tables, Conoid Desks, New Chairs, Mira Chairs, Lounge Chair, No Arm, Lounge Chair One-Arm, Grass-Seated Chair, Arm Chair, conoid Chair, New Chair plus Rockers and Arms, Lounge Chair plus Rockers and Arms, Conoid Benches, “Q” Bench, “R” Bench...
Category
1960s American Craftsman Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
White-Tailed Deer Trophy
Located in Astoria, NY
White-Tailed Deer Trophy, with six point antlers. 45.5" H x 19" W x 17.5" D. Provenance: From a multi-generation 5th Avenue Estate. Keywords: Stag, Taxidermy, Sporting, Hunting, Deer...
Category
20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
American Victorian Scale and Height Measure
Located in Queens, NY
American Victorian standing scale with mahogany center post and brass weight and height measure with platform base on wheels (signed FAIRBANKS)
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
George Washington
s America: A Biography Through His Maps Signed by the Author
Located in valatie, NY
George Washington's America: A Biography Through His Maps by Barnet Schecter. Signed by the author and inscribed to the underwriter of this publication Joan Kaplan Davidson, a very w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Hopper Drawing by and inscribed by Carter E Foster to Herbert Kasper, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Hopper Drawing by Carter E Foster. 2013, Whitney Museum of American Art. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, from May 23 to October 6, 2013. The exhibition then traveled to Dallas and finally to the Walker Art Center in 2014. The book was owned by Herbert Kasper and inscribed by the author to him. Herbert Kasper was an American fashion designer known as Kasper. He studied English and advertising at New York University and fashion at the Parsons School of Design in New York from 1951–53 and l'Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne in 1953. He left NYU to serve in the US Army in Europe. After World War II he enrolled at Parsons, where he became a protégé of milliner Fred Frederics. After graduating, he returned to Paris for two years developing his skills in design while working for Jacques Fath, Christian Dior, and Marcel Rochas. When he returned to the US, he worked for Frederics at Mr. John. He was an avid art collector, and in 2011, the Morgan Library and Museum devoted an exhibition, called “Mannerism and Modernism: The Kasper Collection of Drawings and Photographs,” to the designer.
Hopper Drawing is the first major museum exhibition to focus on the drawings and creative process of Edward Hopper (1882–1967). More than anything else, Hopper's drawings reveal the continually evolving relationship between observation and invention in the artist's work, and his abiding interest in the spaces and motifs--the street, the movie theatre, the office, the bedroom, the road—that he would return to throughout his career as an artist. This exhibition showcases the Whitney's unparalleled collection of Hopper's work, which includes over 2,500 drawings bequeathed to the museum by his widow Josephine Hopper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Three Antique Victrola Phonograph Horns
By Victrola
Located in San Francisco, CA
Three antique exterior phonograph horns attributed to Victrola, likely from a Victor Talking Machine. We have three available which can be sold individ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$650 / item
Fred Herzog, Vancouver Photographs by Fred Herzog, Signed Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Fred Herzog: Vancouver Photographs by Fred Herzog. Signed Edition exhibition catalog (Vancouver Art Gallery January 25-May 13, 2007). 160 pages with numerous color photographs throughout. "Iconic and influential color images of Vancouver street life from a master photographer who has spent the past fifty years documenting the city, published to coincide with a major exhibition of his work. His eye dwells on the raw urban underbelly of the city: second-hand shops, vacant lots, barber shops and greasy spoons, crowded with people and their stuttering dreams. Since he arrived in Vancouver from Germany in 1953, Fred Herzog has roamed the city's back streets with his camera. Herzog draws upon documentary traditions while incorporating an outsider's sensitivity to a new environment. His color images of street life in the 1950s and '60s prefigure the "New Color" of photographers such as Stephen Shore and William Eggleston. The text includes essays by Grant Arnold...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sotheby
s: Important American Furniture, Contents of "Langdon, " 2/1985
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: Important American Furniture, Contents of "Langdon," 2/1985. First edition softcover with 142 lots photographed in color and B&W, fully d...
Category
1980s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Triangular Vintage White Opaline Art Glass and Brass Kaleidoscope
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage Art Glass and Brass Kaleidoscope.
This white opaline kaleidoscope has triangular form and has a rotating blue glass ball for amazing effects.
Category
20th Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Mid-20th C. Mexican Hand-Carved Seven-Piece Frog Orchestra, with Carlos Campos
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid-20th Century Mexican Hand-Carved Seven-Piece Frog Orchestra, with Carlos Campos Band Reference
This remarkable seven-piece Mexican folk art frog orchestra dates to the mid-20th ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
The Man Who Was Vogue: The Life and Times of Conde Nast, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Man Who Was Vogue: The Life and Times of Conde Nast, by Caroline Seebohm. Published by The Viking Press, NY, 1982. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Em...
Category
1980s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Heavy Butterscotch Bakelite Bangle Bracelet
Located in Van Nuys, CA
1/4" thick Bakelite bangle bracelet in a butterscotch color.
2 3/8" inside circumference.
Category
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
$83 Sale Price
30% Off
Frank Lloyd Wright Books - Set of 2
Located in Bradenton, FL
Frank Lloyd Wright Books - Set of 2.
Years with Frank Lloyd Wright, Apprentice to Genius by Edgar Tafel. Softcover book, published by Dover Publications, Inc, of New York in 1979. I...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$195 / set
1950s Vintage Vornado Gray Electric Window Wall Fan
By Vornado
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Vintage Wall Unit Vornado Industrial Gray Electric Window Fan
18 h 37 w (open) 25.5 w closed x 9.5 d
Preowned unrestored vintage condition.
Missing circle with label in center
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Large Original Antique Map of West Virginia, USA, C.1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous map of West Virginia
Original color
Engraved and printed by the George F. Cram Company, Indianapolis.
Published, C.1900
Unframed
Free shipping.
Category
1890s Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
KLM Dutch Airlines Boeing 747-400 Jumbo Jetliner Airplane Contractor Desk Model
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool KLM Dutch Airlines Boeing 747-400 jumbo jetliner airplane contractor desk model, circa 1980s. The model measures 10" wingspan x 10.5"D x 5.75"H and sits on a nice marked...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Splendid Pair 30” Santa Claus Holiday - Ship Same Day
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Splendid pair of 30” large Danta Claus Figurines. Great outfit, trimmed with faux fur, painted faces, large beards, teddy bears and presents. Great Holiday decor.
Same day shipping, ...
Category
1960s American Classical Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Resin, Acrylic
American Country Western Leather Horse Saddle and Blanket
Located in Queens, NY
American Country Western-style brown leather horse saddle with embossed and tooled design and a sheepskin blanket.
Category
20th Century Country North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Rare Aztec Colonial Polychromed Wood Sculpture! Holy Imagene Bultos Santos Icons
Located in Peoria, AZ
MUSEUM PERFECTION !
AZTEC INFLUENCED
LATIN AMERICAN
COLONIAL ART
AMAZINGLY RARE PIECE !
Approx. 14" x 8" x 2 1/2"
After Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec empire, painting and sculpture schools were set up within missions to produce art for Roman Catholic worship in Spanish America to promote Christian evangelization. The works that emerge from this period are great historic treasures and tell us much about this time in history. Icons were important in this conversion process.
Here is an Imagene that was likely employed in a church from the 17th century. It features 5 elaborately carved faces and figures depicting angels and saints.
This piece is magnificent for many reasons, but the most important reason is that this piece illustrates the bridge between the Spanish and Aztec art schools.
The Aztecs had developed the most splendid feather art in the world. Feather mosaics (arte plumario in Spanish, amantecayotl in Nahuatl), were created by specially trained and talented Aztec nobles. The blue green iridescent color of hummingbird feathers had made them a regular form of tribute to Aztec rulers and art that featured these feathers were incomparable.
The Spanish art instructors adopted feathers into traditional Catholic imagery and this piece shows the result of such hybrid. Here feathers are
prominently sculpted into the background and were polychromed with sensational hues to reflect the native love and cultural appreciation for feather art. Few feather mosaics survive because of their temporal frailty, but the wood worked feathers in this piece give scholars and collectors a lasting indication of how Aztecs stylistically used the feathers in their pieces.
Aztec religious leaders wore headdresses and garments made of feathers - and here these saints appear to be wearing feather headdresses!
Even after centuries, the colors of this piece are incredibly compelling. Fragments of the rich blue green pigment that was applied to mimic the hummingbird feathers are still present. The golds, yellows and browns display spectacular understanding of complementary colors.
What's more this piece also shows Aztec sun imagery incorporated into the design! On the reverse side of the Saints' faces we see a vivid blue sun burst type design which clearly was an Aztec motif of the period and has no comparable counterpart in Catholic holy treasures...
Category
17th Century Spanish Colonial Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Table or Desk Top Brass Mounted 7" Double Convex Magnifying Glass
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco desk/table top adjustable magnifying glass. A 7" diameter double convex lens in an open topped brass frame suspended between two vertical posts rising from a stepped two-tie...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
English Furniture Decoration Woodwork and Allied Arts by Thomas Arthur Strange
By Thomas Arthur Strange 1
Located in valatie, NY
English furniture decoration woodwork and allied arts from the last half of the 17th century to the early part of the 19th century by Thomas Arthur Strange. New York: Bonanza Books, ...
Category
20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
100 Designers
Favorite Rooms Projects of the World
s Finest Designers 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
100 Designers' Favorite Rooms: Selected Projects of the World's Finest Designers and Architects by John L. Pellam. Barons Who's Who, 1993. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This book shows landmark projects from North America, Asia, Europe, and other regions, and residential projects in private estates, penthouses, and vacation villas around the world. Each featured room is accompanied by color photos, with background on the projects and the designers, plus photos of each of the designers. Includes a photographers' index and an index of featured designers...
Category
1990s North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1940 Mexican Silver Bird Brooch
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1940. We offer this Mexican Silver Bird Brooch. Made in silver and Agate beautiful patina.
Category
1940s Other Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate, Silver
Work of William Lawrence Bottomley in Richmond, Signed First Edition
By Christopher Weeks, William B. O
Neal
Located in valatie, NY
The Work of William Lawrence Bottomley in Richmond. Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 1985. Signed by the author, first edition hardcover...
Category
20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
American Indian Red Velvet Photo Book Of Indians
Located in Dallas, TX
A late 19th century to circa 1900 red velvet photo book with twenty seven old photos of American Indians. The engraved silver ornament on front was added at a later date to give a No...
Category
Early 1900s Antique North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Velvet
Furniture Atlas: From Rococo to Art Deco by Adriana B. Sassone, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Furniture Atlas: From Rococo to Art Deco by Adriana B. Sassone. Published by Koln: Evergreen/Taschen, 2000. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A comprehensive, illustrated guide to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage American Western Style Leather Saddle with Weathered Patina
Located in Atlanta, GA
An American Western style leather saddle from the 20th century, with dark brown/black seat, jockey, fender, horn and lighter brown stirrups. Handcrafted in America during the 20th century, this leather Western style saddle boasts a nice patina revealing its good use. Western saddles are used on working horses on cattle ranches throughout the United States, particularly in the west. They are the "cowboy" saddles familiar to movie viewers, rodeo fans, and those who have gone on trail rides at guest ranches. This saddle was designed to provide security and comfort to the rider when spending long hours on a horse, traveling over rugged terrain. The design of the Western saddle derives from the saddles of the Mexican vaqueros...
Category
20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
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
Mid 20 th c Sea Shell Selection in Shadow Box
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Special selection of large turbo shells in different colors , other shells in a shadow box.
Category
1950s Organic Modern Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Shell
Christo and More SMS A Collection of Multiples
William N. Copley, 1968
By Roy Lichtenstein, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Yoko Ono 1
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
Five Beautiful Women Hardcover by Victor Skrebneski Book 1987 1st Edition
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Five Beautiful Women Hardcover – February 19, 2008 by Victor Skrebneski (Author), Hubert de Givenchy (Introduction).
Victor Skrebneski is celebrated as one of the world’s finest fashion and portrait photographers. His diverse body of work has won him international accolades and, for more than half a century, he has photographed the world’s most famous people, from Orson Welles, Truman Capote, and Audrey Hepburn to Andy Warhol, David Bowie, and Iman.
In 1962, Skrebneski became the exclusive photographer for Estée Lauder, and over the years his flawless images of models such as Paulina Porizkova...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Stunning Stylized Mid-Century Modern Electro Voice Stereo Speakers in Walnut
By Kipp Stewart, Allied Maker, Electro Voice
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning stylized Mid-Century Modern electro voice 3-way loud speakers in oiled walnut with aluminium trim, amazing original condition, cabinets possibly...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
"Joe Penner" Vintage Clockwork Windup Toy by Louis Marx Co American Circa 1930
s
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fabulous American vintage all tin wind-up toy with attached key and clockwork mechanism, whereby upon winding it up, the character (Joe Penner) waddles aimlessly across the floor, hat flying in the air with notorious cigar in motion (see attached video with listing). The toy is in wonderful and complete original condition with all original parts and authentic factory paint. It is often found incomplete (cigar or hat missing more often than not); and usually doesn't work properly. My example works great and is in nice bright original paint and lithography, in multiple colors of a black and white checkered suit...
Category
1930s Folk Art Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tin
Vintage Coastal Shell Encrusted Totem
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Immerse your home in the romance of the sea with this magnificent vintage shell-encrusted obelisk sculpture. A true testament to coastal artistry and organic design, this totem is me...
Category
Late 20th Century Victorian North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Shell, Resin, Wood
1930s Replica Tom Blake hollow wooden surfboard
By Tom Blake
Located in Haleiwa, HI
1930s Replica Tom Blake hollow wooden surfboard. Wooden panels joined by metallic fasteners with daffodil yellow outline. Patented by the late Tom Blake (1902-1994) in 1931. The inte...
Category
1960s Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Classical Furniture by David Linley, 1st Edition
By David Linley
Located in valatie, NY
Classical Furniture by David Linley. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1993. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 192 pp. A book on classical furniture by the 2nd Ear...
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20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare Decorative Vintage Coin Saver Mid century Modern Umbrella Bank Original Box
By Banthrico Inc.
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool and unique conversation piece, never used the umbrella bank's original box and key to open it, the chrome on the top is worn due to age but this item was never used, has ...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Contemporary Art Underground: MTA Arts
Design New York
Located in New York, NY
A celebration of more than 100 major public art commissions throughout the New York transit system
Contemporary Art Underground presents more than 100 permanent projects completed b...
Category
2010s North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
6 Vol. M. Guizot, A Popular History of France
Located in New York, NY
6 Vol. M. Guizot, A Popular History of France. Translated by Robert Black M.A. 3/4 calf leather and marbled boards. Over 240 illustrations by distinguished artists. Illustrated front...
Category
20th Century North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
$1,800 / set
Large Mid-Century Era Metal Cigarette Case with World Globe
Compass Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large cigarette case was made by the well known Wadsworth's of Canada and dates to approximately 1970 and done in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The box is composed of eng...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1920s Mahogany
Brass Antique Tool Carpentry Scribe
By Stanley
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Mahogany Wood & Patinated Brass Antique Old Carpentry Marking Tool circa 1920s USA
Carpenter Scribe Marking Gauge Vintage Wood Working Tool in Wood ...
Category
1920s Industrial Vintage North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
"The Roosevelts and the Royals", Signed First Ed by Will Swift
Located in valatie, NY
The Roosevelts and the Royals: Franklin and Eleanor, the King and Queen of England, and the Friendship That Changed History by Will Swift. John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United States, 200...
Category
Early 2000s North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1950
s Aurora Toys Ring A Bell Carnival Style Toy
By Aurora
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An iron carnival style toy with wooden bead and original paper litho with pounds of pressure. Made by Aurora Toy Sales, Aurora, Illinois. A good hit will ring the bell.
Dimensions: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art North American Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
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