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Period: 1930s
Vintage Carved Butterscotch Bakelite Bangle, circa 1930s
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Excellent vintage condition with great rich color. Measures: 3 1/2" outside diameter 2 1/2" inside diameter.
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bakelite

1930s German Tin Climbing Monkey from Lehmann
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Antique German tin toy - climbing/friction monkey, 1930's. Manufactory: Lehmann Materials: Lithographic tin Model: TOM 385. Markinga: Made i...
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German Bauhaus Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tin

DUNHILL Paris 1934 Art Deco Carved Bamboo Petrol Desk Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
Bamboo desk lighter designed by Alfred Dunhill This is a rare antique desk lighter, created in Paris France by the luxury brand of Alfred Dunhill, back in the 1934. The unusual art ...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold, Brass

Stanislas de Rhodes. The Autobiography Of A Flea. Erotica Biblion Society, 1901.
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: [Stanislas de Rhodes]. TITLE: The Autobiography Of A Flea. PUBLISHER: London & New York: for The Erotica Biblion Society, 1901. [c.1935] DESCRIPTION: 1 vol., 6-7/8" x 4-3...
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British Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fabric

Olivetti Ico Portable Typewriter, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Portable Typewriter, Italy, c. 1930s. Elegant portable typewriter by, model Ico, presented in its original fitted black carrying case. Finished in glossy black enamel with chrome-pla...
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European Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Crouse Hinds Vintage Spotlight
Located in New York, NY
Vintage industrial / nautical spotlight by Crouse Hinds. USA, circa 1930-1940. Retains some original gray paint. For display only; not recommende...
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American Industrial Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Crouse Hinds Vintage Spotlight
Crouse Hinds Vintage Spotlight
$1,800 Sale Price
50% Off
Antique 1930 s Moise Klinkner U.S. Custodian Service Marshall Badge OBSOLETE!
Located in San Diego, CA
Up for sale is a very rare original Obsolete antique U.S. Treasury Department Custodian Service Marshall 6 point star badge dating from the late 1920's to early 1930's This is a proh...
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American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth, 1933
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. In publisher's original black boards with ful...
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American Arts and Crafts Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Art Deco Lipstick Holder in Silver, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A small lipstick holder in 830/1000 silver. Intricate guilloché around its perimeter. It weights in around 50 gr. and is signed by the maker and Hallma...
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Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Rare First Edition Magic Game of "Juego de Magia Borras", 1933
Located in Barcelona, ES
First edition of the well-known Spanish magic game 'Juego de Magia'. Manufactured by Borras Plana in 1933. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, ...
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Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Northwest Passage 1st Limited 2 Vol Ed by Kenneth Roberts, Signed Numbered
Located in valatie, NY
Northwest Passage, Limited 2 Volume Edition By Kenneth Roberts. Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc., Garden City, N.Y., 1937. 1st Ed hardcov...
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American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1930s Nautical Old Ship Project Ortac Morgan Giles shipyard Uffa Fox archives
Located in Milan, IT
Project of the ship Ortac; launched in 1937 at the Morgan Giles shipyard, length 10.68m overall, width 3.39m, it has a mast rather tail-heavy and it won many races of RORC class. Me...
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British Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1930s Germany Botanical Model of the Lamium Purpureum Flower
Located in Milan, IT
Educational model of the Lamium purpureum L. (false purple nettle) flower made of painted papier mâché with a Bakelite base from the 1930s, German ma...
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German Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Parchment Paper

1930s Italian antique Sketch of a Campaign to Fight Tuberculosis
Located in Milan, IT
Sketch of a futurist poster, 1930’s, campaign against tuberculosis with united strength 10 cents for poor sicks with tuberculosis, for the national campaign to inform people about th...
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Italian Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Large Tooth, Bauhaus Era Porcelain Tray for Dental Instruments, Germany, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Striking heavy white tooth shaped porcelain tray used by a Dentist in the Southern part of Denmark during the 1930s. Manufactured in Germany probably on order. Beautiful intact antiq...
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German Bauhaus Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Sterling Marcasite Lorgnette
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage 20th century ladies “purse size” lorgnette is designed in silver with a stunning marcasite handle. The “hard to find” spectacles fold snugly into each other & “lock” int...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Stone, Silver

Vintage Set of Bakelite Ashtrays, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage set of bakelite ashtrays realized in 1930s by Stadium England. Set of 4 ashtrays and a container. Very good condition.
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German Art Nouveau Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bakelite

Old Map of the American Railroad Network and All Weather Roads on Verso, 1931
Located in Langweer, NL
This is the “New Census Edition” of Clason’s United States Green Guide. It features two large maps of the United States on a single sheet. The recto map shows the complete road net...
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Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

White Rustic Glazed Bandini Art Deco Fauns circa 1938 for Zaccagnini
By Urbano Zaccagnini, Mario Bandini
Located in Melbourne, AU
A pair of cherubic fauns, playing music. One sports a cupid's bow in one hand and blows a conch Horn. A quiver of cupid's arrows lies at his feet. The second faun accompanies on a ba...
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Italian Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Terracotta

Framed Mary and Jesus Child Wax Miniature Portrait, Brass and Glass Italy, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A lovely sentimental christianity portrait of Mary holding the Jesus Child. Framed in a beautiful brass or ormolu frame, circa 1930s or older. Portrait made of Wax. A very pretty pi...
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Italian Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Danish Art Deco World Globe with Compass on a Wooden Base, Heimdal No. 34
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A rare surviver in shape of this 90 years old Globus. Its made from paper-covered bakelite suspended in a numbered brass frame on an Art Deco/architectural st...
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Danish Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

1930s Italian Medical Sketch of a Campaing to Fight Tuberculosis
Located in Milan, IT
Sketch of a futurist poster, 1930s, ten cents to fight tuberculosis, for the national campaign to inform people about the prevention of this illness. Measures: cm 32 x 42, inches 12....
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Italian Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1938 Pull Down Anatomy Chart, Denoyer-Geppert, Artist P.M. Lariviere
Located in Buffalo, NY
1938 pull down anatomy chart, Denoyer-Geppert. Artist P.M. Lariviere. KL3 circulatory system. Stunning image, screenprint on linen.
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American Industrial Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Linen

1930s Dunhill "Globetrotter" Crocodile Leather Wrapped Sports Lift Arm Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
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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English Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Chrome

Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel Building Architectural Belgium 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A decorative building sculpture as a souvenir. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is due to age. Made of metal. This item was purchased as a souvenir at a Grand Tour in Europe an...
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Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Basilique Bonsebours Souvenir Building Architectural Model vintage France 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A decorative building sculpture as a souvenir. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is due to age. Made of metal. This item was purchased as a souvenir in Paris, France and was pro...
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French Art Nouveau Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

1930 Ercole Barovier Art Deco Iridescent Murano Glass Smoke Set
Located in Brescia, IT
Art Deco Tuxedo Set Ercole Barovier 1930, Italy Iridescent Murano Blown Glass Perfect Condiction h8x17 cm h7x9 cm h5x7 cm
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Italian Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Murano Glass

Italy 1939s Sketch Futurist Poster "Day of Two Crosses" Against Tuberculosis
Located in Milan, IT
Sketch of the futurist poster "Day of two crosses, 16th April 1939, XVII", mixed technique of pastel and water-color, for an Italian campaign against tuberculosis, to inform people a...
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Italian Futurist Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Arts and Crafts Wrought Iron Stand with Glazed Tile
Located in Riverdale, NY
Arts and Crafts Wrought Iron Stand with Glazed Tile designed as a smoking/drink stand. Colorful glazed Mexican/Californian tile triangle. The stand is enameled in a bluish grey with ...
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American Arts and Crafts Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wrought Iron

1930s Moorman Farm Feeds Cast Iron Anatomical Pig Salesman Sample Figure
Located in Lancaster, PA
This rare cast iron pig was produced by the Moorman Manufacturing Company of Quincy, Illinois, as a traveling salesman’s sample in the 1930s. Designed to open on a central hinge, the...
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American Industrial Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Bracelet with Silver Pearls , 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
An elegant and simple beaded bracelet I 830s. Un-indentified European/Scandinavian maker circa 1920-40. A 'new' lock has been mounted. Measurements: L: 18,5 cm in total, pearl diam...
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European Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

1930s Bronze Cigar Lighter Siegfried DDD Hygieia Snake Martini Glass Paperweight
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Heavy bronze striker/lighter with snake on martini glass or hygieia symbol for health. Marked; Siegfried DDD (30) McMXXXVII (1937) No flint included, so not making fire, sold as-is...
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American Greek Revival Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Large European 1930 s Nautical Map Reader Magnifying Glass
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This European set of two nautical magnifying glass map-readers are quite unusual and rarely found. It is fully encased in it's heavy wooden and metal enforced box. Hailing from betwe...
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German Industrial Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Antique Greek Prayer Beads Often Referred to as "Komboskini" or "Chotki"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique Greek prayer beads, often referred to as "komboskini" or "chotki," are a form of prayer rope or string used in the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition for counting prayers ...
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Greek Balkan Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Amethyst

Vintage Wooden and Felt Hat Form Mold, Vienna, Austria, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Stunning beautiful wooden and felt hat form mold, found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austria. Has the form of the typical Art Deco style. So we believe it was made in the 1930s. Nice...
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Austrian Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Petite Vintage Micro Mosaic Bar Pin Brooch "Roma" Millefiori, Venice Italy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous petite micro mosaic jewelry. No restoration has been carried out on this charming little piece, which remains in very stabile and funct...
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Italian Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Antique English Order of the Odd Fellows Society Trophy Award c1939 Silver plate
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique English Order of the Odd Fellows Society Trophy Award c1939 Silver plate. Direct from England, just arrived in our most recent container, we have several of these one-of-a-kind English trophies that are brimming with provenance, and oh “the stories they could tell”! This large oak plaque/trophy is highly engraved, with large, dimensional descriptive plaque at the top, as follows: “INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS...
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British Other Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver Plate

PULLEN. Soapy Smith Bandit Of Skagway How He Lived; How He Died - 1933 - 1st ED
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PULLEN, Mrs. Harriet S. TITLE: Soapy Smith Bandit Of Skagway How He Lived; How He Died. PUBLISHER: Juneau: Stroller's Weekly / Skagway Tourist House n.d., (c1933). DESCRI...
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American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1930s Antique Project of the Ship Ortac Morgan Giles Shipyard Uffa Fox archives
Located in Milan, IT
Project of the ship Ortac; launched in 1937 at the Morgan Giles shipyard, length 10.68m overall, width 3.39m, it has a mast rather tail-heavy and it won many races of RORC class. Mea...
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British Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Italy 1930s Ing Ferrero Double Strain Gauge Original Box Measuring Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Double strain gauge signed Brevetti F.lli Ingg. Ferrero Savona n.384583 mod E74 - S3, circa 1930, in its original box complete with accessories and magnifying glass. It is an instrument used to...
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Italian Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

MARCIN PARIS 1930 By Frontin Lipstick Case Holder In Sterling 18Kt Gold
Located in Miami, FL
A lipstick case designed by Frontin for Marcin Paris. This an antique lipstick case created in Paris France during the art-deco period, back in 1930....
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver

"Boy Riding An Alligator" Vintage Wind-Up Toy by J. Chein Co., N.J., Circa 1935
Located in Incline Village, NV
Manufactured circa 1935 by The J. Chein Company in Harrison, New Jersey, this vintage tin toy, when wound up, depicts a young boy in islander garb, trying to ride an alligator who da...
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American Folk Art Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Tin

Petite Vintage Micro Mosaic Pin Brooch Flowers Millefiori, Venice Italy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous petite micro mosaic jewelry. No restoration has been carried out on this charming little piece, which remains in very stabile and funct...
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Italian Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

1930s German Wool Kaiserliche Marine Navy Suit Toddler Child Sailor Uniform
Located in Dayton, OH
German 1930s three piece toddler / child / doll sized uniform or sailor suit. Made of navy blue wool featuring a coat, vest and pants with white stripe and ...
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Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wool

Ulm Minster Church Souvenir Building Vintage, Germany, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A 1930s souvenir building architectural model. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal. A beautiful nice desktop item or jus...
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German Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Netherlands Black and red bakelite speaker by Louis Kalff for Philips, 1930s
Located in MIlano, IT
Netherlands Black and red bakelite speaker by Louis Kalff for Philips, 1930s Round iconic bakelite tabletop audio speaker painted black with red spots. The triangular base of the spe...
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Dutch Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bakelite

Art Deco Cartoon Style Map of Paris possibly by Arthur Zaindenberg circa 1930 s
By Arthur Zaidenberg
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco cartoon style map of Paris possibly by Arthur Zaidenberg. The map depicts witty references to Parisians lifestyle, along with drawings of notable landmarks, circa 1930's. T...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Art Deco Hand Carved Wooden Figural Humidor Bird Head, ca. 1930s
Located in Barntrup, DE
An Art Deco hand-carved wooden figural humidor in the shape of a bird head, circa the 1930s. This adorable, dark brown, linden wood humidor or a small box is masterfully carved and f...
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Swiss Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Life Size Arts and Crafts Leather Model of a Horse
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Life Size Arts and Crafts Leather Model of a Horse Almost Life Size Leather Horse This is a rare and beautiful find, it was made for Liberty but the label is no longer attached Thi...
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Arts and Crafts Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

James M. CAIN. Serenade. FIRST EDITION - PRESENTATION COPY - 1937
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CAIN, James M. TITLE: Serenade. PUBLISHER: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., inscribed on the front blank endleaf “To...
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American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fabric

Art Deco Money Bank Thermometer by Danish Architect Carl Einar Glahn 1884-1971
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Architectural Art Deco stylized money bank and thermometer fashioned out of bronze. It depicts the entrance of the Danish insurance company Baltica. This item was designed and patent...
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Danish Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Jesus Statue at Sacré-cœur Basilica Souvenir Building Paperweight Desktop Statue
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A decorative Sacré-Coeur souvenir building sculpture. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal and a marble base. This item was bought as a souvenir in Paris,...
Category

French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Marble, Metal

Vintage Butcher Accessories, Measuring Tape Pork Display Sign, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unusual set of butcher accessories. A solid brass measuring tape dispenser for measuring the chest/feed level (text in Danish) of livestock both pigs and cows and a 1930s pork meat display stick-in sign in zink or pewter. Measurements: dispenser: 5 x 2.5 cm, pork sign...
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European Bauhaus Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass, Pewter

Vintage Commemorative Medal of the Fiftieth anniversary, 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Commemorative bronze medal dedicated to Giuseppe Garibaldi, the renowned Italian patriot and military leader who played a key role in the unification of Italy. Obverse (front): Show...
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Italian Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

African Grand Kudu Mount on Ebonized Pinewood Backplate, 1st half 20th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
large partial skull and horn mount of a Grand Kudu mounted on pinewood backplate
Category

African Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Horn

All About Amos n Andy and Their Creators, by Correll Gosden
Located in valatie, NY
All About Amos 'n' Andy and Their Creators, by Correll & Gosden. Rand McNally, Chicago, 1930. 2nd Ed hardcover, no dust jacket. This is the inside story of the creation of one of the...
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American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Work of Art by Sinclair Lewis
Located in valatie, NY
Work of Art by Sinclair Lewis. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1935. "This is the story of Myron Weagle and of America. Myron wanted to create the perfect hotel, a work of art. He worked and dreamed his way from bell boy...
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American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

The Hudson by Carl Carmer, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Hudson by Carl Carmer. Farrar & Rinehart, New York:, 1939. First edition hardcover with dust jacket with Brodart cover. Best of the Rivers of America series. The Hudson is less a...
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American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Lost Horizon
Located in London, GB
Original US program cover for Frank Capra's 1937 fantasy adventure film starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt. The artwork on this piece is by the famous A...
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American Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

German Bauhaus Era Porcelain Medical Doctor Sign, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Black concave porcelain sign with white slightly raised letters. It a German sign from the 1930s. It originally hung out side a medical doctors praxis i...
Category

German Bauhaus Vintage 1930s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

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