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Period: 1940s
American West Tooled Leather Long Gun Saddle Holster
By Eubanks Leather
Located in Ferndale, MI
American West Tooled Leather Long Gun Saddle Holster stamped Eubanks Leather Boise, Idaho
Category

American American Craftsman Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Vintage Art Deco Bakelite Necklace, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage bakelite necklance realized in 1940s. Good condition.
Category

European Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bakelite

Art Deco / Modernist 1940s Aluminum "Amperite" RBLG Ribbon MICROPHONE
By Universal Microphone Co. Ltd
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare 1940s Aluminum Amperite RBLG ribbon MICROPHONE,, tested and working,, missing on/off toggle switch,Super unusual design, Art Deco, Machine Age,, Modernist,, The Amperite RBL...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum

1943 "USO Map Guide to Washington"
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a WWII map of Washington, DC, issued as a guide for service men and women visiting or working in the city during the war. The map was created by Allen F. Free and published a...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

A Vintage Bullet Shaped Architectural Mold
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A vintage aluminum mold, bullet shaped, on a stand.
Category

American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Art Deco Stylized Cat Door Stop in the Style of Walter Von Neesen
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous screeching black cat door stop in iron & steel. Stylized in the manner of Walter Von Neesen for Chase. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear.
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel, Iron

Johnny DC Comics Superman Chrome Brass Table Lighter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
2-3/8" dia. by 2.25" tall plated metal table lighter issued as a gift from DC Comics to their biggest distributors in the 1950s. Sides of lighter feature ima...
Category

American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Vintage German Patinated Leather Medicine Ball
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Leather medicine ball, circa 1940s, Germany. Perfectly aged patina with natural wear/soiling present, as shown. H: 13" x Diameter: 12.75"
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German Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Leather

Fishing Book, Golden Days by Romilly Fedden
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage fishing book, golden days by Romilly Fedden A good 1949 (2nd edition) angling book by Romilly Fedden entitled 'Golden Days' and printed in Grea...
Category

English Sporting Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Boat Blueprint of the "Grayling JR" from Motor Boating Publications
Located in Norwell, MA
Boat blueprint from Motor Boating's Build a Boat series. This blueprint shows a George Crouch design of the twenty-four-foot runabout "Grayling JR." George Crouch was a famous boat d...
Category

Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Plaster Cast for Coin by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Plaster cast for coin is an artwork realized by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1940s.  Slightly damaged plaster.  Written in Latin not completely visible. 4 x 4 cm.  Aurelio Mistruzzi (Villaorba, 7 February 1880 – Rome, 25 December 1960) was an Italian sculptor and medalist. Born in Villaorba di Basiliano in 1880, he attended the Udine School of Art at the courses of the sculptor De Paoli...
Category

Italian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plaster

Teak and Brass Ships Binnacle by Kelvin White of New York
Located in Norwell, MA
Five brasses have been meticulously polished and lacquered. Warm Lighting has been installed inside. A lantern housing is fitted to the hood. Brass bolts a...
Category

North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

-EVANS 1940 Spitfire Pocket Lighter With Windshield Chromed Steel And Black Lacq
Located in Miami, FL
Spitfire pocket lighter designed by Evans. Rare automatic spitfire pocket lighter, created in America by the Evans Company, back in the 1940. This very handsome piece has been craft...
Category

American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel, Chrome, Enamel

Leather Bound Volume of the San Francisco News, 1940-41
Located in San Francisco, CA
Leather bound volume of San Francisco news, 1940-41 (World War II period) with hundreds of newspaper pages.
Category

American Other Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Animal Skin, Paper

Paul Strand: Photograph 1915-1945 - Nancy Newhall - 1st edition, 1945
Located in CA, CA
Published by the Museum of Modern Art, 1st edition, New York, 1945. Hardback, English text. This exhibition catalogue is the first critical monograph issued by MoMA on a photographer. It was published in conjunction with a planned series of one-man focal retrospectives to bring some of the prominent American and European photographers to the fore, and photography has since then entered the category of fine art as far as MoMA is concerned. A catalyst and legend among his peers and the photography world at large, Strand’s revelatory photography captures a subtle change of mood, a slipt-second thought; his ‘nature morta’ of a kitchen bowl...
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Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Original Yacht Blueprint P-201-2 by John Wells
Located in Norwell, MA
Original blueprint of a one hundred foot yacht by John Wells Incorporated of New York. The plan is a top view showing the top deck and cabin level. The top deck shows dining saloon, pilot house...
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Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Uncle Sam Still Bank Composition, circa 1940
Located in Incline Village, NV
American manufacture; this colorful hand-painted still bank depicting Uncle Sam is all original with no repairs and no repaint. Fabulous crazing throughout indicative of original pai...
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Composition

Three Beautiful Ceramic Tobacco Pots Made by the Royal Goedewaagen, Holland
Located in Weesp, NL
Tobacco Pots made in Gouda, the Netherlands by the Royal Goedewaagen in 1940. The pots are handmade, turned by hand, of so-called German Westwaldclay...
Category

Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Clay

Vintage 1940s Retail Counter Top Female Mannequin Doll Store Display Black Paint
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage 1940s department store retail counter top female mannequin or doll store clothing display on round wood base. Original black paint shows age, ar...
Category

American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Composition

French Art Bronze Brooch St Eloi by Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare bronze brooch St Eloi by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin ((French, 1913–1997) circa 1946. Brilliantly designed in the shape of horseshoe with the saint spreading his arms ho...
Category

French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Victory Through Air Power By Major Alexander P. De Seversky, Signed, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Seversky, Alexander. Victory Through Air Power. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. First Edition. Signed and inscribed. In the publisher’s original unclipped dust jacket and boards....
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Luc Lanel Christofle for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique a Set of Six Cups
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Orfèvrerie Christofle for "Ile de France" 1949 Compagnie Générale Transatlantique Paquebot A set of six silvered metal cups Monogr...
Category

French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Mexico Taxco 1940 Giant Unique Lift Arm Petrol Lighter Solid 925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Giant lift arm petrol lighter made in Mexico Beautiful vintage giant lift-arm petrol lighter, created in the city of Taxco in Mexico during the late Art Deco period, circa 1940. Thi...
Category

Mexican Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Murano 1940, Italian
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'Vi...
Category

Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Murano Glass

Art Deco Black Grosgrain Handbag
Located in Devon, England
This wonderful vintage handbag was made in the 1930s-1940s for Saks Fifth Avenue in New York. The body of the bag is constructed from black grosgrain, ...
Category

Central American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Bronze Necklace Pendant Saint Laurent Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A cast bronze pendant titled Saint Laurent by French art jewelry designer Line Vautrin (1913-1997). Gilt bronze, circa late 1940s. It depicts the ...
Category

French Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Plaster Cast for Coin by Aurelio Mistruzzi, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Plaster reproduction of an ancient coin is a work by Aurelio Mistruzzi, created in the 1940s. Cast of a medal of the Papal States from 1833, Gregory XVI An.III Wishes of Peace. "Petri inopiam Chiristiani stipe svstentant" - Antiqua pietas revocata. 4,5 x 4,5 cm. Good conditions, edge slightly damaged.  Aurelio Mistruzzi (Villaorba, 7 February 1880 – Rome, 25 December 1960) was an Italian sculptor and medalist. Born in Villaorba di Basiliano in 1880, he attended the Udine School of Art at the courses of the sculptor De Paoli...
Category

Italian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plaster

Medieval Knight Helmet Chrome Eletric Lighter by Omsco
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The Vintage Knight Chrome Electric Lighter by Osco is a classic and elegant piece of smoking paraphernalia crafted with precision and attention to detail, this lighter is a testament...
Category

American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Chrome

Italian Mid-Century Medical Laboratory Bed Brown Leather and White Metal, 1940s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century Medical laboratory bed brown leather and white metal, 1940s Medical laboratory bed with cream white painted metal structure. The backrest, footrest and seat are p...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Harry Bertoia Hand-Forged Silver, Ebony and Silver Wire Pendant, USA 1942
Located in New York, NY
This early wire wrapped pendant was likely made by Harry Bertoia while he was at Cranbrook.
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver

Electro-Voice V-3 Velocity Ribbon Microphone in Box
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare in original box gorgeous vintage 1940 ELECTRO VOICE V3 STUDIO RIBBON MICROPHONE (low impedance/bi-directional) with XLR connecting cable and desk stand. This third-generation V3...
Category

American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Clothes Hangers attributed to Fontana Arte, Brass Wood Glass 1945 Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Fontana Arte.
Category

Italian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Authentic Solid Brass Boat Porthole Table
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass highly polished and lacquered yacht or boat porthole fitted to a mahogany side table. This has been meticulously polished and lacquered and t...
Category

Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Franklin D. Roosevelt Signed Letter, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original signed letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Honorable John Godfrey Saxe, a NY lawyer and State Senator. The one-page typed letter is written on...
Category

American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Vintage Army Metal Petrol Can
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
An original WWII ex-military war department 2 gallon petrol can complete with original brass screw CAP. The gasoline can has been repainted at some stage, t...
Category

British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

Tennessee Williams, Five Young American Poets, Signed First Edition, 1944
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: Williams, Tennessee. TITLE: Five Young American Poets. Third Series 1944. PUBLISHER: Norfolk: New Directions, 1944. DESCRIPTION: FIRST ...
Category

American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Fabric

Vintage Bucherer "Laurel and Hardy" Aluminum Doll
Located in Napa, CA
1940s aluminum Stan Laurel doll with articulating joints made by Swiss watch company Bucherer. From comedy duo "Laurel and Hardy" of early Americ...
Category

Swiss Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum, Metal

1949 Nineteen Eighty-Four
By George Orwell
Located in Bath, GB
The first U.K. edition of George Orwell's important and culture defining dystopian novel, a superb finely bound copy. The first UK. edition, with 'First published 1949' stated to th...
Category

British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

1940s Jeweled Enameled Brass Daybook Phonebook Note Pad with Stone Buddah
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Purse note pad book, cinches paper in binding, works well with index cards, as shown. Carved Green Stone possibly Jade of a Confucius Asian Man with Long Beard.
Category

Chinese Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Guido Cacciapuoti Bronze Horses Couples 1940 Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Guido Cacciapuoti bronze horses couples 1940 Italy.
Category

Italian High Victorian Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Seguso Smoke Set Murano Glass, 1940, Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Seguso smoke set Murano glass, 1940, Italy.
Category

Italian Other Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Murano Glass

St. Mungo Golf Ball by Mfg CO
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
St. Mungo Bramble Golf Ball. A very nice bramble pattern golf ball with original paint which remains bright and with minimal paint loss. The gutta percha covered, rubber core, golf b...
Category

British Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Rubber

Maritime Range Light with Polished Aluminum Body on Three Legs
Located in Norwell, MA
From the U.S. Navy, this awesome prismatic beacon has the most incredible lens you will ever see. Polished aluminum pole mounted high power nautical range light. Fitted with huge cut...
Category

American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

Carved Wood Folk Art Airplane, circa 1940s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This carved wood Folk Art airplane has an amazing original paint surface and functional propeller and wheels.
Category

American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Sheet Metal

1940s 42.25 in. Cast Iron Deck Cleat
Located in New York, NY
Incorporate a touch of maritime history into your space with this early 1940s deck cleat. While it bears signs of weathering, including rust and some damage around the bolt holes, th...
Category

American Industrial Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Original french travel poster / winter - Czechoslovakei / around 1940s
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1940, France, Czech Republic - framed - original, no reprint - marked by artist jr
Category

French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Glass, Paper

Héctor Aguilar Sunflower 0.940 Silver And Amethyst Quartz Brooch
Located in Mexico City, MX
An interesting 1940's Mexican 0.940 Silver brooch by Taxco silver designer Héctor Aguilar. The sunflower-shaped brooch is shows an amethyst quartz in the middle and spheres surroundi...
Category

Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Quartz, Silver

Art Deco Glass Cloud Stand Jewelry Boutique Shop Window Display Prop NYC Dept
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Interesting Department Store Window Display Prop Shelf. Heavy clear glass cloud form abut 3/16th on steel jack base, rubber feet to one side and ball feet...
Category

American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Steel

Diving Pump With Copper Tank
Located in Norwell, MA
Copper and brass ocean divers auxiliary fresh air pump. With wood T handle, brass spigot with lever handle. Steel pad feet. Highly polished and lacquered. 27"Hx18"Wx11"Dia 14lbs.
Category

North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Leather Brass Humidor #3617 by Carl Auböck II, 1940s
Located in London, GB
A leather-clad, brass-lidded humidor, designed by Carl Aubock II during the 1950s. The combination of brass and leather is typical of the designs by the second-generation Carl Aubö...
Category

Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

1940 s Swiss Army Shovel with Sheath
Located in Nantucket, MA
A military grade forged metal shovel with a protective leather cover used by the Swiss Army mountaineers during World War II.
Category

Swiss Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Iron

Vintage 1948 Sterling Silver Tennis Presentation Trophy
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive vintage George VI English cast sterling silver presentation trophy in the form of a tennis player; an addition to our diverse presentation silverware collection. This fine vintage George VI cast sterling silver presentation piece has a circular waisted form to a circular domed spreading base. The surface of the cup is plain and unembellished. This vintage tennis trophy...
Category

English Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Classic Antique Yacht Model
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique model of the cabin cruiser “Waco”. Planked hull and deck. Great cabin work with portholes, flag, helm, benches, etc. Classic yacht model with great character. Big and beautif...
Category

North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Wood

Gilt Bronze Reliquary Pendant by Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A piece of wonderful jewelry by Line Vautrin designed in 1941 on the subject of St Foi, a child martyr on the early fourth century and the patron saint of prinsoers, in a rare form of a reliquary...
Category

French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Bronze

Journey into Fear
Located in London, GB
Original American photographic production still. For the 1942 Film Noir Journey into Fear. The film starred Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rio, Orson Welles ...
Category

American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Polished Ship’s Taffrail Spinner Logs
Located in Norwell, MA
Vintage ship’s speed and distance taffrail log spinners. One is hallmarked Negus, MILF, New York, and the letter “S”. the second brass spinner has a blade...
Category

North American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Brass

Midcentury Industrial Glove Hand Mold or Cutter, 1940s
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Industrial glove cutters right out of a New York State glove factory that closed down years ago. They range in measurements. Measures: 5.5 in to 7 in high, 3 in to 4-3/8 in wide, 5/8...
Category

American Industrial Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

20th century French Old Cutler Signboard Metal and Wood Knife, 1940s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very rare and original 20th century large metal and wood knife maybe an old cutler signboard. The blade is made with metal and the handle is made with wood. Brass nails. Good con...
Category

French Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Metal

White Heat
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card number 5 for White Heat 1949. This film was directed by Raoul Walsh, and stars James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien. Cagney...
Category

American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Juke Girl
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1942 crime mystery film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and staring Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan. This poster is conservation linen backed and it would b...
Category

American Vintage 1940s Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Paper

Juke Girl
Juke Girl
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