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Period: 1950s
Hansen Lamps Brochure, 1952
Located in New York, NY
Accordion brochure for Hansen Lamps listing locations in New York and Dallas. Presents work by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings, Stewart Ross James, Jane Kidder, and Clark Voorhees. Published ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1950 Vintage Pictures Depicting Three Ships Launching Riva Trigoso Shipyards
Located in Milan, IT
Rectangular frame with original pictures depicting three ships launching in Riva Trigoso shipyard: Reggio ferry of Ferrovie dello Stato (8th March 1960)...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid-Twentieth Century Aluminum Gyroscope Compass Scientific Tool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Manually manipulated blue and silver anodized aluminum gyroscope composed of two gimbal rings, a central rotor, spine axle, frame and base (ca. late 1940s/early 1950s, USA).
The rotor in this case is a cube representing azimuth - the angle between North, measured clockwise around the observer's horizon, and a celestial body (sun, moon). Hence, the presence of both "N" and "E" compass directions on the rotor.
The gimbals denote "elevation" and "roll."
Interesting piece which serves as both scientific tool and modernist decorative object...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Stride Toward Freedom by Martin Luther King, Jr., First Edition, 1958
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
King Jr., Martin Luther, Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story. New York: Harper & Brothers: 1958. First edition. Presented in the publisher's original boards and dust jacket. ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
North by Northwest
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card from the first release of this Classic Hitchcock film in the US in 1959.
The artwork on this lobby card featuring the crop dust...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,715
1950 Vintage Pictures Depicting Three Ships Launching Riva Trigoso Shipyards
Located in Milan, IT
Rectangular frame with original pictures depicting three ships launching in Riva Trigoso shipyard: Monfiore transatlantic launched on August 25, 1959; M...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mildred Ball Jewelry Cufflinks and Tie Tack Pin
Located in South Charleston, WV
Rare and early work by Mildred Ball, these cufflinks and tie pin were purchased in Winston-Salem where Mildred got her start. The "Ball" without the "r" m...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Evelyn Waugh, the Ordeal of Gilbert Pinford First Edition Presentation Copy 1957
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WAUGH, Evelyn.
TITLE: The Ordeal Of Gilbert Pinford A Conversation Piece.
PUBLISHER: London: Chapman & Hall, 1957.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., inscribed on the front blank endleaf "Dear Miss. Case with respectful sentiments from Evelyn Waugh...
Category
British Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
On the Waterfront
Located in London, GB
Original American photographic production still.
For the 1954 classic drama On the Waterfront. The film starred Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J Cobb. Guinness...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Toy Hot Rod Roadster Tether Car
By All American Co.
Located in Ferndale, MI
Based on a 1930 Model A. Mfr by the all American company. This Hot Rod was made in the 1950s as part of the tether car craze. Sometimes cut up with gas engi...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$850 Sale Price
22% Off
Industrial Design large Pulley, Cable Pull by Lyon Lilienfeld, 1950s
Located in Bingen am Rhein, RP
Old large Pulley Industrial Design - 1950/60s
The old pulley (cable pull) in industrial design is an impressive piece of the past times. It combines the charm and sturdiness of the past industrial era.
This iron pulley...
Category
European Industrial Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
$239 Sale Price
20% Off
Scandinavian Modern Bird Bottle Opener
By Carl Bent
Located in Vienna, AT
Teak wood with brass vintage toy bottle opener from the 1950.
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Erskine Barber Shop Shaving Brush Tool
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage ERSKINE 200 Sterilized Barber Shop SHAVING BRUSH Nylon Bristles
Rubber Stamped Sterile 200
4.5 tall x 1.38 diameter
Preowned original vintage...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Nylon, Rubber
Numbers and Figures, Matter and Energy: Vintage Children
s Encyclopedia, 1J150
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Step into the enchanting world of vintage knowledge with this captivating tome, "Numbers and Figures, Matter and Energy," sourced from the USSR and dating back to around 1959. This r...
Category
Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage USSR Book:
Children
s Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Earth
(Circa 1957), 1J76
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Embark on a captivating journey of knowledge with this extraordinary vintage book from the USSR titled 'Children's Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Earth.' Published around 1957, this cherish...
Category
Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pinocchio
Located in London, GB
Original British front of house card used inside the foyer of the cinema.
The artwork features the films scene where pinocchio takes his first steps.
Walt Disney's second animated fe...
Category
British Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint
$617
"The Man with the Golden Arm" Original US Film Poster
By Saul Bass
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster.
Saul Bass was born in New York. Bass was a rotund, jovial character. After studying at the Art Students League and graduating from Brooklyn College, he moved west at the age of 26, and is credited with introducing an East Coast sensibility to marketing. He saw advertising as a means for funding his passion for the movies, and after 6 years working with a number of agencies, he finally had the funds to establish his own. All this time, he was forging ever-closer links with the film industry, and in 1954 this led to a commission from Otto Preminger to design the poster for Carmen Jones. The following year the director invited the artist to work on The Man With The Golden Arm...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$3,569 Sale Price
20% Off
Mini Soviet Encyclopedia, Volume 1: A-Bukovina - Vintage Book from USSR, 1J151
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Step into the captivating world of vintage knowledge with this remarkable tome, "Mini Soviet Encyclopedia, Volume 1: A-Bukovina." This hardcover encyclopedia, sourced from the USSR a...
Category
Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Biography, Sir Emery Walker, Danish, Limited Edition, English Language
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage biography of Sir Emery Walker. A Danish, limited edition overview of the British printer and photographer, published in English in 1959....
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Pottery Sculpture Head Planter, General Charles De Gaulle
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Original Pottery sculpture head planter, general Charles De Gaulle Political Memorabilia.
This original, one-of-a-kind pottery sculpture head is a...
Category
French Folk Art Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Clay
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Behind the Picture Window by Bernard Rudofsky
Located in New York, NY
First edition of Bernard Rudofsky’s idiosyncratic and iconoclastic discussion of modern living conditions in postwar America, published by Oxford University Press in 1955. 201 pages, 8vo, hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. Several black-and-white illustrations. Rudofsky (1905-1988), an Austrian/American architect, curator, critic, industrial designer, exhibition designer, fashion designer, and author is best-known for his controversial exhibitions and accompanying catalogs, including Are Clothes Modern? (MoMA, 1944), Architecture Without Architects (MoMA, 1964), and Now I Lay Me Down to Eat (Cooper-Hewitt, 1980). He is also famous for his mid-century Bernardo sandal designs, which are popular again today. Behind the Picture Window...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
3:10 To Yuma / 3h.10 Pour Yuma
Located in London, GB
Original French movie poster for, Glenn Ford's 1957 western.
The art work on this beautiful French poster is by Guy Gerard Noel (1912-1994) This is the very best looking poster from ...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Siemen Brothers Ships Telegraph
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass "Hammerhead" ships telegraph. With faceplate from Siemens Brothers and Company Limited, London. With ahead and astern ships commands includ...
Category
North American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
20th century Vieux Andenne Belgium Holy water font in porcelain with crucifix
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1950 / Holy water font / porcelain, wood / Baroque / Mid-century / Vintage
A vintage Vieux Andenne Belgium Holy water font in porcelain with crucifix from the 1950s, Belgi...
Category
Belgian Baroque Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Folk Art Model of a Lockheed Constellation Airliner
Located in San Mateo, CA
Large model of a Lockheed Constellation made by Charles Long. The airplane is made of redwood. The propellers are pine. Charles was a captain in...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Usonian + Native American Influenced Los Angeles California Pottery Dish Ashtray
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A wonderful ceramic dish or ashtray with a craquelure gloss mint green glaze with unglazed incised corners. Designed, made, and signed by Los Angeles Ceramicist Barbarba Willis. Strong Usonian and or Native American design...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stoneware
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Colorful Waldorf School Tractor with Movable Front Axle, 1950s Germany
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Old painted Waldorf school wooden toy tractor with movable front axle from Germany. 1950s / 1960s.
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Crosley Radio "Model 11-103U "Bullseye", italy, 1951
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Crosley Radio "Model 11-103U "Bullseye".
Realized in bakelite, in 1951.
Good overall condition except for some losses of color and the missing tuning lever.
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bakelite
$363 Sale Price
20% Off
Written on the Wind
Located in London, GB
Original Us film poster for the 1956 drama directed by Douglas Sirk and starred Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack.
The art work is by the America Artis and illustrator Reynold...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,029
Born to be Bad
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1950 Film Noir directed by directed by Nicholas Ray and starred Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan and Mel Ferrer.
This poster is conservation linen backed an...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$892
On the Waterfront
Located in London, GB
Original American photographic production still.
For the 1954 classic drama On the Waterfront. The film starred Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J Cobb. Guinness...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Harvey" Original British Trade Advertisement
Located in London, GB
Original British trade advertisement for Harvey, 1950.
The film was directed by Henry Costner and stared James Stewart, Josephine Hull and Peggy Dow.
This trade advertisement is qu...
Category
British Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Sleeping Beauty
Located in London, GB
Original American film poster for Walt Disney's 1959 animation Sleeping Beauty. This is the Style B poster.
The poster is conservation linen backed and wo...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$2,059
West German Augusta Semi-Auto Lift Brass Table Lighter, circa 1950
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1950 West German polished brass semi-auto table lighter by Augusta Lift Table Lighter Company. Simply pull up on the lighter and push back down to igniting the flame.
The...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$124 Sale Price
31% Off
Square Glass Ashtray by NEVADA, 1950s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful square glass ashtray/catchall made by NEVADA. Made in France back in the 1950s. Often used in Jacques Adnet furniture. We have the ashtrays for sale individually. 7 availab...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
$375 / item
Dunhill Black Leather
Cork Humidor
Located in New York, NY
A black leather and cork cigar humidor by Dunhill of England. Signed. Portugal, circa 1950.
Made of cork with black leather banding and removable cover. Underside of cover incl...
Category
Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Cork, Glass, Leather
$600 Sale Price
50% Off
Midcentury Italian Brass and Wrought Iron Magazine Rack with Ashtray, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Brass and wrought iron magazine rack in brass with ashtray, 1950s.
A magnificent and elegant piece where an artisanal work on materials meets Classic midcentury design.
A must...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Metal
"The Barefoot Contessa / La Comtesse aux Pieds Nus" Original Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Belgian movie poster for the 1954 drama The Barefoot Contessa starring Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner. The artwork on this poster is unique to the films Belgian release.
Category
Belgian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Mid-Century Danish Walnut Wood Magnifying Glass, 1950s
Located in Benalmadena, ES
This mid-century magnifying glass, likely Danish and manufactured during the 1950s or 1960s, is an example of functional design. The piece is defined by its handle and frame, both cr...
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
$363 Sale Price
20% Off
Sunset Boulevard
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card number 7 for the American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. The film stars William Holden, Gl...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,304
The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice
Located in London, GB
Original concept artwork for the French film poster. Gouache on artboard. First French release 1952
The artwork is by Roger Jacquier.
Roger Jacquier (Rojac) designed an atmospheric...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,647 Sale Price
20% Off
The Wrong Man / Il Ladro
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for Alfred Hitchcock's ‘The Wrong Man’, 1956.
This poster was created by Luigi Martinati (1893-1984) for the film's first I...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$2,059
Taxco Silver Earring and Bracelet Set
Located in New York, NY
Nice vintage Taxco bracelet and matching earrings set. Earrings 7/8" H x 3/4" W, screw back mechanism. All pieces are marked.
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
$775 / set
Italian 1950s Wicker Half Bust Mannequin
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1950s wicker half bust mannequin.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wicker
North by Northwest / La Mort aux Trousses
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful original Belgium film poster US from the first release of this Classic Hitchcock in Belgium in 1959.
This piece in unfolded and conservation linen backed it would...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rancho Alegre Modernist Sterling and Tiger Eye Cuff Links
By Rancho Alegre
Located in San Mateo, CA
Sterling and tiger eye cufflinks with an asymmetrical modernist design. These were made by the Rancho Alegre shop in Taxco, Mexico.
Category
Mexican Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Sterling Silver
James Dean
Rebel Without A Cause
Original Vintage Movie Poster, Japanese, 1956
Located in Devon, GB
A full-length James Dean smoulders on this exceedingly rare two-panel poster for the first Japanese release of the classic 1955 teenage drama 'Rebel Without A Cause' in April 1956. S...
Category
Japanese Post-Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Linen
20th Meeting of Altar Servers by Luque, Spain
Located in Miami, FL
Manuel Fernandez Luque. He was a painter of variegated compositions, parading, typical of Spanish folklore figures. His work has a literary expressionism burden becomes a tableau of ...
Category
Spanish Expressionist Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
I Confess / Io Confesso
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for I Confess 1953
This film was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and stars Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter and Karl Malden. It has an interesting story: a p...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$3,088
1950s Yatch/Aircraft Compass Bubble Torpedo Table Sculpture Art War Relic
By Bendix Corporation
Located in Hyattsville, MD
For use as Prop not functioning. No break, and no cracks to molded forms or aluminium base plate. Sits flat.
Measures: W 24 x D 9 x H 14 in.
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
The Big Heat / Il Grande Caldo
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for Fritz Lang's 1953 Film Noir staring Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame. The artwork on this poster was created one of the gr...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sunset Boulevard
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card number 6 for the American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. The film stars William Holden, Gl...
Category
American Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$411
Wrong Man
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for Alfred Hitchcock's 1957 based on a true story of an innocent man mistaken for a criminal. The art work on this poster is by Luigi Martinati (1893-198...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$4,461
Mata Hari
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster from the 1931 film that was broadly based on the life of Mata Hari, a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was a German spy during World War I. Greta Garbo starred as the title role, alongside Ramon Novarro and Lionel Barrymore...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$823
Mick McQuaid Ruberoid English advertising figure
Located in London, GB
Mick McQuaid Ruberoid advertising figure
Dimensions: H 15” x W 7” x D 7”
Weight: 1kg
Date: Mid-20th Century
Origin: England
Material: Ruberoid
Info: This item stands firm with w...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rubber
Mickey Mouse / Lights Out
Located in London, GB
Original artwork (ink and gouache)
from Mickey Mouse annual, Mickey and Friends 1951. The annual was printed in 1952. It is the from page 45 titled Lights Out...
Category
British Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint, Paper
$823 Sale Price
20% Off
Mickey Mouse / Mickey
s Garden
Located in London, GB
Original artwork ink and gouach
from Mickey Mouse annual, Mickey and Friends 1951 the annual was printed in 1952. This painting was done along side...
Category
British Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paint, Paper
Niagara
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese press sheet poster for the 1953 film “Niagara”.
This American film noir was directed by Henry Hathaway, and stars Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten and Jean Peters. It...
Category
Japanese Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$1,029
Brass and Bloodwood Pipe Holder by Dunhill w/ Silver Medico Pipe
By Dunhill
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Brass and bloodwood pipe holder by Dunhill with silver and wood pipe by Medico.
Measures: Holder: 4.5" x 4" x 4"
Pipe: 3.5" x 1.75" x 5.5".
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$450 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Large Hollywood Regency Polychrome Elephant Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Large Hollywood Regency polychrome elephant sculpture.
Large Hollywood Regency polychrome elephant sculpture or statue. Great whimsical decorative...
Category
Hollywood Regency Vintage 1950s Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Composition
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