Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
POSTMODERN STYLE
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
- A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
- Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
- Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
- Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980)
- Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
- Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
- Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood
- Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
- Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Ettore Sottsass
- Robert Venturi
- Alessandro Mendini
- Michele de Lucchi
- Michael Graves
- Nathalie du Pasquier
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
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Style: Post-Modern
Vintage Red Pop Art APC Pouring Paint Can Bank
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A perfectly Pop Art 1980s pouring paint can piggy bank/sculpture. Metal paint can with a quarter-sized coin slot in its bottom appears to be defying gravity by resting on a pouring ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Large Vintage Porcelain Cigar Ashtray 1980
s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large vintage square ceramic porcelain cigar ashtray.
Large collectible cigar ashtray in yellow and black and white check with gilt borders that break at cigar rests at either side.
Gold lettering in the center reads “Cigar”. and there is a knight on horse...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
Scarface
Original Vintage Australian One Sheet Movie Poster, 1984
Located in Devon, GB
Considered to be one of the best gangster films ever made, 'Scarface' follows the rise and fall of Cuban refugee Tony Montana (Al Pacino) as he becomes the biggest drug lord in 1980s Miami. Directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone, the cast also featured Michelle Pfeiffer in her breakthrough role as coke-addict mob wife Elvira Hancock. The film's excessive violence, profanity and scenes of graphic drug usage were met with a negative critical response on initial release, but subsequent reappraisal has established 'Scarface' as a cult classic. A loose remake of the 1932 film of the same name, De Palma dedicated his version to Howards Hawks and Ben Hecht...
Category
1980s Australian Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Linen
Postmodern Chrome Table Lighter by Sarome Japan
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Postmodern chrome table lighter.
Excellent vintage condition, works great.
Great decorative collectible rare vintage table lighter.
Lighter made by Sarome, Asia Japan.
Measure: 5.75 in H, 2.5 in D.
About Sarome:
SAROME
Japanese cigarette lighter manufacturer founded in 1940.
The brand is named after SAROME, god of flames, object of fascination for humans. SAROME artisans craft delicate, glossy lighters in Tokyo to fascinate and enchant. Though known early on in Europe mainly for our superb crafting of cigarette lighters the luxury brand spread Worldwide.
Sarome lighters...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Enter The Dragon
Original Vintage Movie Poster, Polish, 1981
By Jakub Erol
Located in Devon, GB
Renowned Polish poster artist Jakub Erol focused on a stark monochrome portrait of Bruce Lee punctuated with a blood red slash for the first Polish release of the seminal 1973 martia...
Category
1980s Polish Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Audrey Hepburn
Breakfast at Tiffany
s
Original Movie Poster, Japanese, 1969
Located in Devon, GB
Candy colors combine to perfection with the adorable Audrey on this charming Japanese B2 poster for a 1969 re-release of the perennially popular 'Breakfast at Tiffany's.' Holly Golightly would be Audrey Hepburn’s defining role, establishing her status as one of the greatest screen legends and style icons of all time. It seems unbelievable now that Truman Capote, author of the novella on which the movie was based, had his heart set on Marilyn Monroe for the part. Monroe pulled out of the running when her acting coach advised her not to play 'a lady of the night...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Hermes Paris Silver Bracelet “Boucle”
By Hermès
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Hermès Paris Vintage Silver Bracelet
The bracelet features the iconic belt buckle shape, a recurring Hermès motif that directly references its equestrian heritage. Engraved with the ...
Category
20th Century French Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
MOCA: This Is Not To Be Looked At Hardcover Book
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
MOCA: This Is Not To Be Looked At.
This Is Not To Be Looked At: Highlights from the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Hardcover – April 1, 2008
by Paul Schimm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
International Design Yearbook 16 Hardcover
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
International Design Yearbook 16 Hardcover.Covering five major areas of domestic design, International Design Yearbook 16 devotes separate chapters to furniture, lighting, tableware,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bronze Scultural Singing-Stone MDL. C. Speaker
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Playfully hinting at popular outdoor rock shaped speakers, this bronze cast music box domesticates the shape of a stone found in the mountains near Mexico City. A listening- stone-for-interiors that explores connections between sound and sculpture. An object through which to rehearse the sculptural convention of listening to the material. When sculpting in stone, it is common practice to press one’s ear against the material while lightly tapping it. The sounds and vibrations can reveal properties in the medium that are hidden from sight; hollows, interior fractures, hardness, and so on. There is an instant feedback from listening to stones when sculpting them; a true conversation with the material.In the tradition of bronze sculpture there has been a pursuit in perfectioning casting techniques in order to achieve better sonic resonance. Bronze casting was used to make some of the first metal instruments like bells, cymbals, horns among others
Exhibited at
XPAN: Mexico City (2023)
Chic By Accident...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Muhammad Ali: Skill, Brains and Guts
Original US One Sheet Movie Poster, 1975
Located in Devon, GB
Originally released in 1970 as 'A.k.a. Cassius Clay', this boxing documentary film followed the life and career of legendary former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. Directed by Jim...
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Bronze Scultural Singing-Stone MDL. C. Speaker
By Panorammma
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Playfully hinting at popular outdoor rock shaped speakers, this bronze cast music box domesticates the shape of a stone found in the mountains near Mexico City. A listening- stone-for-interiors that explores connections between sound and sculpture. An object through which to rehearse the sculptural convention of listening to the material. When sculpting in stone, it is common practice to press one’s ear against the material while lightly tapping it. The sounds and vibrations can reveal properties in the medium that are hidden from sight; hollows, interior fractures, hardness, and so on. There is an instant feedback from listening to stones when sculpting them; a true conversation with the material.In the tradition of bronze sculpture there has been a pursuit in perfectioning casting techniques in order to achieve better sonic resonance. Bronze casting was used to make some of the first metal instruments like bells, cymbals, horns among others
Exhibited at
XPAN: Mexico City (2023)
Chic By Accident...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Postmodern Funnytime Kitchen Timer by Roberto Pezzetta for WikiDue
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A whimsical Italian postmodern multicolor kitchen timer designed by Roberto Pezzetta for WikiDue. Stacked light blue, red and yellow discs give it a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Modernist Architect Designed Dog House Bow Wow House by Robert Young Architect
Located in New York, NY
Incredible Modernist dog house designed by noted NYC and Hamptons based contemporary architect Robert Young. The dog house, known as the Bow Wow House, feat...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Nirvana
In Utero
Original UK Bus Stop Promotional Poster, 1993
Located in Devon, GB
An oversized UK promotional poster for the September 1993 release of NIrvana's third and final studio album 'In Utero,' following the chart success of the album's lead single 'Heart ...
Category
1990s British Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Linen
Vetement Couture Limited Edition Calfskin Paperbag Clutch Messenger Bag, 2019
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vetement Couture limited edition calfskin paperbag clutch messenger bag, fall winter 2019. Numbered, limited edition.
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Magnets
Deep Throat
Original Vintage Movie Poster by Studio Lem, French, 1975
Located in Devon, GB
Perhaps the most popular X-rated movie of all time, Gerard Damiano's 1972 sexploitation classic 'Deep Throat' was one of the first pornographic films to in...
Category
1970s French Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Decorative Sculptural Lighter in Chechen Wood by Alina Rotzinger
Located in Geneve, CH
Decorative Sculptural Lighter in Chechen Wood by Alina Rotzinger
Materials: Chechen wood.
Dimensions: Ø 20 x H 140 cm.
Composed by Alina Rotzinger as design director and artist, and...
Category
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Jaws by Peter Benchley, First Edition with Dust Jacket, 1974
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Benchley, Peter. Jaws. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. Stated First Edition. Octavo. In original black cloth boards with silver titles to the spine, original unclipped ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Shining
Original Vintage British Quad Film Poster, 1980
Located in Devon, GB
A scarce and unusual 'Weekend Mirror' style teaser quad for the British release of Stanley Kubrick's 1980 modern horror masterpiece 'The Shining,' starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. Based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King, the seminal psychological horror initially opened to mixed reviews, before growing momentum over the summer of 1980 to become an American box-office success. With anticipation building for the October 1980 British release, Warner Bros. made the canny marketing decision to reproduce a tabloid newspaper spread from the Saturday, August 30, 1980, edition of the Daily Mirror, on "the tide...
Category
1980s British Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Linen
Omega De Ville Vintage 1960s Women
s Watch
By Omega
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Omega De Ville Vintage 1960s Women's Watch
This vintage Omega De Ville women's watch, from the 1960s, features a gold-plated case and a stainless steel caseback. Its gold-tone dial i...
Category
20th Century Swiss Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Plate
The Terminator
Original Vintage Movie Poster by Milan Pecák, Czech, 1990
Located in Devon, GB
Along with Jakub Erol's stylized design for the Polish release, celebrated Czech artist Milan Pecák's imposing illustration of Arnold Schwarzenegger as 'The Terminator' is one of the...
Category
1990s Czech Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Linen
Prize by Curtis Kulig
Hand-Signed Artist Book
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Curtis Kulig "Prize", signed artist monograph
Published on the occasion of the 2018 New York exhibition prize, Curtis Kulig (at agnès b), the publication features 40 mixed-media works on paper that explore the nuanced and poetic movement of professional boxing.
Hardcover first edition (2018); 96 pages.
Hand signed by Kulig on the interior first page
Introduction by Curtis Kulig featuring an essay by Karen Wong and a story by Max Blagg.
9.25 x 9.25 inches.
New/excellent condition.
Obtained directly from artist.
Curtis Kulig is best known for his iconic “Love Me” campaign that became a public art sensation and propelled him into the spotlight. With its message of hope and optimism, the slogan took on a life of its own, resulting in worldwide recognition and numerous successful commercial partnerships for the artist.
Excerpt from the Show Press Release
"October 2, 2018, New York, NY… agnès b. is pleased to present the solo exhibition Prize by Curtis Kulig on view from October 11 to November 25, 2018.
This new exhibition features an installation that includes more than 30 drawings, ceramics, a large-scale painting, and an 8mm film...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1980 Post Modern Ashtray Illinois Land of President Lincoln Round Ceramic Dish
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
1980 Post Modern Ashtray Illinois Round Ceramic with Colorful Architecture Design.
Vintage collectible Illinois ashtray souvenir with landmark circular ashtray with green, red black ...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Taschens Alex Steinweiss From the Estate of Christian Audigier
Located in Waxahachie, TX
From the estate of Christian Audigier
21 May 1958 – 9 July 2015
He was a French fashion designer known for the Ed Hardy and Von Dutch clothing lines.
Chris...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$300 Sale Price
75% Off
A Fistful of Dollars
Original Vintage Movie Poster, Japanese, 1967
Located in Devon, GB
Featuring a stylish photomontage with Clint Eastwood’s surly stare front and centre, this scarce B2 poster advertised the first Japanese release of Sergio Leone's 1964 Spaghetti Western ‘A Fistful of Dollars.’ First released in Italy as ‘Per un pugno...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Basquiat magazine 1987
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1987 Jean-Michel Basquiat magazine (Basquiat Stephen Barker magazine):
Ultra-rare Basquiat edition of the German art journal, Wolkenkratzer. Remarkab...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Post Modern Alabaster Ashtray 1970, Made in Italy
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large vintage Polished Alabaster square ashtray with a low profile and wide bowl.
Vintage beige stone large ashtray with brown and grey color accents...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble, Stone, Alabaster
Taxi Driver
Original Vintage Movie Poster by Andrzej Klimowski, Polish, 1978
Located in Devon, GB
Set amidst the moral decay of New York City following the Vietnam War and Watergate scandal, Martin Scorsese's 1976 psychological thriller 'Taxi Driver' starred Robert De Niro as a l...
Category
1970s Polish Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pair of Taschens Berlin and Paris Books From the Estate of Christian Audigier
Located in Waxahachie, TX
From the estate of Christian Audigier
21 May 1958 – 9 July 2015
He was a French fashion designer known for the Ed Hardy and Von Dutch clothing lines.
Chris...
Category
Early 2000s German Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$200 Sale Price
50% Off
Urban Architecture European Masters/3 Hardcover in Slipcase 1991
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Urban Architecture European Masters/3 Hardcover in Slipcase 1991.
First Edition. Hardback.
Fine copy in the original color printed boards.
Complete with a fine, color printed slipcas...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Manhattan
Original Vintage Us Lobby Card Movie Poster, 1979
Located in Devon, GB
An international style US lobby card for Woody Allen's 1979 romantic comedy "Manhattan," starring co-writer and director Allen as a twice-divorced middle-aged comedy writer dating a ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pink Floyd
The Wall
Original Vintage Movie Poster, Australian, 1982
Located in Devon, GB
Based on Pink Floyd's 1979 narrative concept album of the same name, "The Wall" follows the descent into madness of Bob Geldof's troubled rock star Pink as he constructs a metaphoric...
Category
1980s Australian Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1980s Keith Haring Silk Tie Black Burgundy Vintage Commissioned Playboy Archives
By Keith Haring
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A limited edition Black and Burgundy silk tie created from a commissioned design by Keith Haring for Playboy Magazine in 1986. Without issues, the colors are burgundy and black, both...
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Gufram GUFRAMINI Bocca, 1:8 Scale by Studio 65
Located in Toronto, ON
Step into the enchanting world of GUFRAMINI, an awe-inspiring collection that distills the magic and timeless appeal of Gufram's most celebrated works into intricate miniature forms....
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Foam
The Terminator
Original Vintage Movie Poster by Milan Pecák, Czech, 1990
Located in Devon, GB
Along with Jakub Erol's stylized design for the Polish release, celebrated Czech artist Milan Pecák's imposing illustration of Arnold Schwarzenegger as 'The Terminator' is one of the...
Category
1990s Czech Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Emilio Pucci - Fashion Story -Limited Edition Taschen 2010
By Emilio Pucci
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
EMILIO. PUCCI Fashion Story by Armando Chitolina Edition and Vanessa Friedman Tashen 2010.
"Limited Edition of 10,000 Copies.
Each unique copy is bound with one of a selection of lim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Cubo
TS 502 Radio by Richard Sapper
Marco Zanuso
Located in Toronto, CA
A remake of a cult object of Italian design: the legendary radio cubo ts502 designed by Richard Sapper and Marco Zanuso. The same materials of the past. The ZAMAK metal alloy, the 6 ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Vintage Mid-Century Glass Ruby Red Cigar Ashtray
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage mid-century large round glass ruby red cigar ashtray
Mid-Century Modern glass ashtray circa 1960's – 1970's USA.
Hand-made by Viking Art Glass...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Art Glass
Mad Max
Original Vintage Movie Poster by Tom Beauvais, Belgian, 1982
By Tom Beauvais
Located in Devon, GB
Making a bold visual statement with a clean and straightforward design, this small-format poster for the first Belgian release of George Miller's groundbreaking 1979 pre-apocalyptic action thriller 'Mad Max' utilises the same superb Tom Beauvais artwork created for the British campaign posters, which draws us in as we look down the twin-barrels of a shotgun. As noted by Sim Brannaghan in his 2006 book on 'British Film Posters,' the Beauvais design strips "the film down to its basic elements of cop, the car & the road". Set in a bleak dystopian near-future Australia veering towards societal collapse due to critical petrol shortages, the influential film starred a little-known Mel Gibson in the titular role as a police officer turned vigilante when his family are murdered by a sadistic biker gang. Essentially a revenge western meets apocalyptic road movie, the film's sparse dialogue made way for a kinetic combination of visceral action sequences, chaotic car chases and an other-worldly visual style, hinting at the barren wastelands we would see in later films. Shot on a shoestring budget of $400,000 Australian dollars...
Category
1980s Belgian Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Barbet Schroeder
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Original Vintage Movie Poster, Japanese, 1971
Located in Devon, GB
A bewitching full-bleed black and white photograph of a supine Mimsy Farmer confronts us on this scarce english-language poster for the first Japanese release of Barbet Schroeder's 1...
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper, Linen
Andy Summers "Throb" 1983 Book Signed Autograph Police Photos Collectible
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Andy Summers "Throb" 1983 Book Signed Autograph Police Photos.
Andy Summers-"Throb"-1983-
Softcover Book of Photographs
Signed By Andy Summers " to Lis...
Category
20th Century French Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Original Vintage Movie Poster, Hungarian, 1984
Located in Devon, GB
Twenty one colourful pups perch playfully in four rows on this jolly poster by Hajnal Gabriella for a 1984 Hungarian re-release of Walt Disney's animated adventure 'One Hundred and One Dalmatians.' Based on the 1956 novel 'The Hundred and One Dalmatians' by Dodie Smith, Disney's seventeenth animated feature film followed the dognap of a litter of Dalmatian puppies by the fur-crazed Cruella de Vil...
Category
1980s Hungarian Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Alien
Original Vintage Film Poster by Zdenek Ziegler, Czech, 1982
Located in Devon, GB
Although Western films were shown during the Soviet era in the Communist Bloc, American publicity materials were banned, allowing the state-commissioned artists to operate with total...
Category
1980s Czech Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Postmodern Rimini Blue Ceramic Fish Money Box by Bitossi, Italy
By Bitossi
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This is a Rimini blue lacquered ceramic money box by Bitossi, one of the most known Italian ceramic company that was founded i...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
"Once Upon a Time in America" Original Vintage Movie Poster, Hungarian, 1988
Located in Devon, GB
Artist Ferenc Molnár confronts us with a gun-toting gangster in triplicate on his splattered monochrome poster for the first Hungarian release of the sprawling 1984 crime epic 'Once ...
Category
1980s Hungarian Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Yehia Yemini Silver Plate Candleholder, Bezalel School, Jerusalem Signed
By Yehia Yemini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very nice candleholder by the very well known silversmith and jeweler Yehia Yemini ( Yihye Yemini, 1896-1983) Bezalel School Jerusalem .This candleholder made in Star of David shape ...
Category
1980s Israeli Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver Plate
Sterling silver chain link bracelet
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Sterling silver chain link bracelet
Beautiful silver bracelet that represents chains that can be used by both women and men, with an instinctive and easy opener.
Length: 21 centimeters
Category
20th Century Argentine Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Baume
Mercier Men
s Calendar Watch in 18 kt Gold Vintage
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Baume & Mercier 18 kt Gold Vintage Men's Calendar Watch
Beautiful Baume & Mercier 18 kt gold watch with tiger's eye dial and integrated calendar, lea...
Category
20th Century Swiss Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Small Olive Wood Dice Set by Marcela Cure
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Olive Wood Dice Set by Marcela Cure
Dimensions: W 19 x D 19 x H 7 cm
Materials: Olive Wood with Malachite inlay.
Our Small Dice set is composed of 9 (6cms) wood dice with malachite inlays. Acrylic tray included.
Nothing better than having fun, and if you can do it...
Category
2010s Colombian Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Malachite
$2,961 / item
900 Silver Choker Necklace by Antonio Belgiorno
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
900 Silver Choker Necklace by Antonio Belgiorno
This 900 silver choker necklace by Antonio Belgiorno is a modern and elegant piece that will add a sophisticated touch to any outfit. ...
Category
20th Century Argentine Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
Enorme Telephone Ettore Sottsass Postmodern
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Enorme telephone. Mint condition with box. We think that it's difficult to use telephone now. Rather displaying.
Category
1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Postmodern Space Age Deutsche Bank Pill Shaped Balancing Penny Bank, 1970s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Space Age Deutsche Bank Pill Shaped Balancing Penny Bank, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1970 to 1979.
Additional information:
Materials: Plastic
Style: Memphis, Postm...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plastic
Nirvana Original Concert Poster for the Oakland Coliseum, California, 1993
Located in Devon, GB
A scarce small format concert poster for a New Year's Eve performance by Nirvana with support from the Butthole Surfers and Chokebore at the Oakland Coliseum, California, on 31 Decem...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Massive Post-Modern Stacked Art Glass Menorah by Bill Meek Studio
Located in San Diego, CA
Massive post-modern stacked art glass menorah by Bill Meeks Studio, circa 1995. The piece features stacked pieces of free form art glass to form what looks like an ice sculpture. Ab...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Art Glass
$2,450 Sale Price
30% Off
Post-Modern Lucite and Brass Menorah
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful post-modern lucite and brass menorah, circa 1980s. The piece features a etched lucite base and back with brass candle vessels. The menorah is in very good vintage conditio...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Modernist Jewelry Necklace Display Stand
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This jewelry stand is built for displaying beautiful necklaces. The stand itself is made of heavy metal and is extremely sturdy. It has a modernist design and looks like a sculpture ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Bel Ava Washbasin by Studio Nosqua
Located in Geneve, CH
Bel Ava Washbasin by Studio Nosqua
Dimensions: D 52 x W 52 x H 93 cm
Material: Glass.
Basin drain not included.
Between desertic expanses and frozen mountains, Bela Ava offers you ...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Glass
$1,682 / item
Michael Graves Postmodern Chess and Checkers Set
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Michael Graves Postmodern Chess and Checkers Set.
Original postmodern Michael Graves chess and checkers set.
Maple woo...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Resin, Wood
Pillow Computer
by Schimmel
Schweikle
By alfa.brussels
Located in Antwerp, BE
Pillow computer (prototype)
Sizes: width 137 cm, depth 109 cm, height 37 cm material: wood, PU-foam, faux fur, car paint, computer edition: prototype,...
Category
2010s European Post-Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Faux Fur, Foam
Post-modern collectibles and curiosities for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Post-Modern collectibles and curiosities for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage collectibles and curiosities created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with plastic and other materials. While there are many designers and brands associated with original collectibles and curiosities, popular names associated with this style include Cleto Munari, Ettore Sottsass, Michael Graves (b.1934), and Angelika Taschen. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for collectibles and curiosities differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $250 and tops out at $325 while the average work can sell for $288.
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