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Rustic Decor Antique Wooden Humidor
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Rustic Decor Antique Wooden Humidor
A very large highly decorative rustic wooden humidor turned out from a solid thunk, tin inset. Executed, ci...
Category
Mid-20th Century Black Forest Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Pair of Mid-Century Folk Art Leather and Paper Mache Big Cat Figures
Located in Charleston, SC
For your consideration we have 2 mid-20th century era “big cat” leather wrapped animals. One being a panther who seems to be slowly approaching ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paint, Parchment Paper
Moorish Style Double Sided Iron Halberd
Located in Queens, NY
Moorish style short halberd spear with iron shaft and double ax blade.
Category
20th Century Moorish Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Renaissance Style Small Silver Baby Crib Medal
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a small silver baby crib filigree medal. It depicts an oval medal with the relief of Virgin Mary trying to cover Baby Jesus with a blanket who is la...
Category
20th Century Renaissance Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Distressed Brown and Red Painted Ship
s Wheel
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage ship's wheel with distressed brown and beige finish with red painted accents and heavy patinated bronze center.
Category
20th Century American Colonial Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Antique Cast Bronze Newspaper Office Want Ad Accounts Cashier Flange Sign
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and heavy office sign is made of solid cast bronze and shows no foundry or maker's mark, but is presumed to have been made in the 1920s in the Art Deco style somewhere in ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Patriotic American Flag Rhinestone Jewel Pins Collection Shadowbox Framed Art
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Patriotic American Flag Rhinestone Jewel Brooch Pins Collection Shadowbox Framed Art. The custom work appears to be a mix of approximately 70-80 (unconfirmed) vintage and contemporar...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Red Decorated Lacquer Hour Glass
Located in Queens, NY
Red decorated lacquer four unit hour glass
One hour glass is missing
Category
20th Century Renaissance Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
Vintage Industrial Foundry Wooden Block Mold Architectural Valcor Engine - Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Industrial Foundry Large Wooden Block Mold Architectural Salvage from Valcor Engine Corp - a Pair. Approx 30 lbs each. Great to use as unique decorative objects or convert fo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Vintage Sun Lite II Speed Flash and Portable Battery Pack in Brown Leather Case
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Sun Lite II Speed Flash and Portable Battery Pack in Brown Leather Case. Listing includes all the accessories in the photos. The brown leather case alone is very nice. Circa ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Red Silk Damask Chasuble
Located in Queens, NY
Red silk damask and gold-thread embroidered priest's chasuble (19th Cent)
Category
19th Century Renaissance Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric
18th Century, Spanish Colonial Religious Painting of San Geronimo
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century painting of San Geronimo, oil on canvas laid on wood board. It was later placed in a restored 19th century wood and gesso frame. There is no signature.
Category
18th Century Spanish Colonial Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas
10 Karat Yellow Gold Pendant of King Tut
s Death Mask
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Made of solid 10 karat yellow gold, this figural pendant of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun's iconic 'death mask't was done during the late 20th Century in the style of the ...
Category
20th Century Egyptian Revival Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
$1,495 Sale Price
21% Off
1762 Berri, Nivernois Bourbonois, Lyonois, Bourgogine, Bresse, et, Franche - Com
Located in Norton, MA
1762 Vaugondy map, entitled
"Berrl Nivernois Bourbonois Lyonois, Bourgone, Bresse, Et Franche-Comte,"
Ric.b003
About this Item
A fine Copperplate Engraving with original han...
Category
18th Century Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1832 Large Map "Russian
Poland" Ric. R0012
Located in Norton, MA
Large map 1832
"Russian & Poland"
Ric.r0012
Russia & Poland, by J. Arrowsmith. London, pubd. 15 Feby. 1832 by J. Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street, Strand., ...
Category
19th Century Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1853 Map of "Russia in Europe Including Poland" Ric.r016
Located in Norton, MA
Description
Russia in Europe incl. Poland by J Wyld c.1853
Hand coloured steel engraving
Dimension: Paper: 25 cm W x 33 cm H ; Sight: 22 cm W x 28 cm H
Condition: Good ...
Category
19th Century Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1657 Janssonius Map of Vermandois and Cappelle, Ric. A-004
Located in Norton, MA
1657 Janssonius map of
Vermandois and Cappelle
Ric.a004
Description: Antique map of France titled 'Descriptio Veromanduorum - Gouvernement de la Cappelle'. Two detailed maps o...
Category
17th Century Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1646 Jansson Map Entitled "Procinvia Connactiae, " Ric.a006
Located in Norton, MA
1646 Jansson map entitled
"Procinvia connactiae,"
Ric.a006
Description: The PROVINCE of CONNAVGT 490 x 380From vol 4 of Jansson's Atlas Novus 1646, published in Amsterdam with...
Category
17th Century Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1635 Willem Blaeu Map of Northern France"Comitatvs Bellovacvm" Ric.a08
Located in Norton, MA
1635 Willem Blaeu map of northern France, entitled.
"Comitatvs Bellovacvm Vernacule Beavvais,"
Colored
Ric.a008
“COMITATVS BELLOVACVM…” Amsterdam: W...
Category
17th Century Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1633 Map, Entitled "La Douche De Berry, " Ric.0005
Located in Norton, MA
1633 map, entitled
"La douche de Berry,"
Hand Colored
Ric.0005
Description:
1633 map, entitled "La douche de Berry,"
Dimension: Paper: 23.3" W x 20.3" H (59 cm W x 51.7 c...
Category
17th Century Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1790 Thomas Stackhouse Map, Entitled "Russia in Europe, " , Ric.a004
Located in Norton, MA
1790 Thomas Stackhouse map, entitled
"Russia in Europe"
Ric.a004
Stackhouse, Thomas
Russia in Europe [map]
London: T. Stackhouse, 1783. Map. Matted hand-colored copper engraving. Image size: 14.5 x 15.25 inches. Mat size: 22.75 x 23.75 inches. A beautiful example of this map of Eastern Europe...
Category
17th Century Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Sports Spectator Seat
Located in Queens, NY
2 Vintage (campaign) sports spectator seat with brown leather seat strap and silver metal pole support and ground spike with pivoting metal stop (PRICED EACH)
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$550 / item
Contemporary Shabbos Cups
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary set of sterling silver Shabbos cups and matching round tray in a blue velvet box (marked with inititals: AJS; SAFRA)
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Alabaster
Bog Wood Jewelry Box Primitive Cave Man Daeodon Hunt Sterling Inlay, Midcentury
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Paleolithic hunting scene on wooden segmented jewelry/cigarette box. Fully functional, hinges work smoothly.
Category
1950s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bog Wood
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Curated 10PC Set James Patterson Slip-Covered Books Library/ Media Room Set #2
Located in Palm Springs, CA
We purchased an entire collection of books from a local Rancho Mirage, California art collector/philanthropist’s chic and perfectly designed home library. An amazing collection or Ar...
Category
1990s Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Set of 10 Curated James Patterson Slip-Covered Books Library/ Media Room Display
Located in Palm Springs, CA
We purchased an entire collection of books from a local Rancho Mirage, California art collector/philanthropist’s chic and perfectly designed home library. An amazing collection or Ar...
Category
1990s Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Massive Vintage Fiber-Glass Resin Crafted Black Magician PropDecor Piece
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Oversized Fiber-Glass Resin Crafted Black Magician Top-Hat Prop/Holiday Decor Piece
Vintage Massive Sculpted & Crafted Fiberglass Resin Black Magician/Leprechaun Top-Hat Pro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fiberglass
Vintage 14k White Gold Bypass Ring W/ 6 Diamonds Approx 1.23 Ctw
Located in Shippensburg, PA
VINTAGE 14K WHITE GOLD AND DIAMOND BYPASS RING
Size 6.5 with 6 diamonds circa 20th century
Item # 204GOZ14P
A gorgeous bypass ring executed entirely in 14 karat white gold, it f...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold
Antique Hand-Carved
Painted Wooden Mounted Architectural or Nautical Fragment
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique hand-carved and polychrome painted architectural or nautical fragment shows no sign of where is may have originated from, but is quite early dating between approximately...
Category
Early 17th Century Baroque Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Oak
Decorative Pair of Hand Painted Candle Sticks Floral Table Shelf Art Display
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
An unusual, rare pair of hand painted decorative candle sticks. Highly decorative with hand painted floral decoration on Gesso. Probably Asian, mid/late 19th Century
Not an exact pair, one dark blue and the other in black with slight variation in pattern. Both of similar size and proportions.
Later addition of copper insert for use are floor standing ashtrays...
Category
Late 19th Century Baroque Revival Antique Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Pine
Reclaimed Chrome-Plated Bronze Maritime Bell on Stand
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An interesting object for the nautical collector; a reclaimed chrome-plated bronze maritime bell marked ‘Storm Dancer 2003’ on a bespoke stainless steel stand.
Telling the unknown s...
Category
Early 2000s Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Vintage Leather Medicine Ball
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Vintage heavy leather medicine ball. Great worn chocolate brown leather patina. Hand-painted team info or weight numbers on side.
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Decorative Alidade, Metal, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
It has a cover to protect the lens made of the same gold metal in which the rest of the instrument is made. The lines, pure and clean, are the protagonists, and make it a great opti...
Category
20th Century Other Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Other
Edwardian Style 9-Karat
Amethyst with Seed Pearl Accents Drop Pendant JNW
Located in Toledo, OH
Edwardian style 9-karat
amethyst with seed pearl accents drop pendant stamped JNW. Very nice condition. Dimensions: 3" total length x 1.5" wide and weighs 8.1 grams.
Category
20th Century Edwardian Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Necklace with Hyaline Quartz Beads
Located in Madrid, ES
Necklace with hyaline quartz beads.
Necklace formed by a succession of faceted hyaline quartz discs on their foreheads. Hyaline quartz is also called rock...
Category
20th Century Other Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Quartz, Other
Cast Metal Aeronautical Smoking Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cast metal aeronautical smoking stand topped with a model of a plane with spinning propeller.
Category
1950s Vintage Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Custom Diamond 1.6cts Total
14k Gold Ladies Screw Back Earrings
Located in Toledo, OH
American, 2nd half-20th century. Each earring custom designed as a diamond set gold furled ribbon drop, hinged at top with screw back clips. Forty roun...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Vintage Boon
Lane Aluminum Hat Block Mold Form Millinery Luton Beds England A
By Boon
Lane
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Boon & Lane Aluminum Hat Block Mold Form Millinery; Luton Beds, England (A). *Listing is for (1) hat mold as pictured. Other molds available in separate listings*. Circa Mid ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
European Studio Ceramicist, Two Rattle Instruments in Glazed Stoneware
Located in København, Copenhagen
European studio ceramicist. Two rattle instruments in glazed stoneware.
Hand-painted wavy decoration in orange-brown shades.
Late 20th century.
Largest measures: 14 x 8 cm.
In ...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stoneware
Necklace with Mexican Agate Plates
Located in Madrid, ES
Necklace with Mexican agate plates.
Necklace made with cords in different shades thanks to which the beads that make it up are placed and enhanced: flat...
Category
20th Century Other Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Necklace with Jasper Plates
Located in Madrid, ES
Jasper plated necklace.
Black cord necklace that has been used to position and join the rectangular jasper plates that make up the necklace, these wider at one end than the other. J...
Category
20th Century Other Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Pair of Porcelain Apothecary Jars
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a pair of wide cylindrical white porcelain apothecary lidded jars. They are hand painted and decorated with some laurel’s branches in the front. The lids are shaped as doctoral ...
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
$880 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Beautiful Piece of Quartz Crystal Mounted on a Custom Solid Zebra Wood Base
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A stunning of colored quartz crystal mounted on a custom solid zebra wood base. The piece is oddly shaped and a custom iron holder is balancing it beautifully. The exotic zebra wood ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Collectibles and Curiosities
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Produced in 1843, the well-preserved volume is evidence of the author's exacting specifications.
Medal-Worthy Memorabilia from Epic Past Olympic Games
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Montecito Has Drawn Royalty and Celebrities, and These Homes Are Proof of Its Allure
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