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Item Ships From: New York
Collection of 18 Prints of Musical Instruments from Gabinetto Armonico, 1722
Located in valatie, NY
A collection of 18 framed prints from engravings of musical instruments from the book by Gabinetto Armonico, which was published in 1722. The book had a total of 150 instruments. The...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Michael Del Piero: Traveled and Textural (Hardcover)
Located in Wainscott, NY
Interiors designed by Michael Del Piero are full of delightful contradictions. She designs minimalist rooms rich with historical character, meticulously edited gallery-like spaces th...
Category
2010s New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Linen, Paper
Bill Blass Collection: New York, October 21-23, 2003 Sotheby
s
Located in valatie, NY
The Bill Blass Collection: Sotheby's New York, October 21-23, 2003. 1st Ed softcover auction catalog. Large 474-page catalog for the auction of r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Quality Street by J. M. Barri - FIRST EDITION, DELUXE, illustr. by Hugh Thompson
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913.
Illustrated by Hugh Thompson. First, Limited Edition.
4to, Deluxe Edition, 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (312 x 242 mm); pp. viii + 198 + 2. Twenty-two ...
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Early 20th Century American New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Philippe Anthonioz Artist Presentation Booklet (Inscribed to Thierry Despont)
By Diego Giacometti
Located in New York, NY
Self-published presentation booklet of sculptural works by French artist, sculptor, and furniture-maker Philippe Anthonioz (b. 1953), who worked closely with Diego Giacometti in that...
Category
Early 2000s French Modern New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
New York Beat: Jean-Michel Basquiat Downtown 81 (Inscribed by Glenn O’Brien)
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
New York Beat: Jean-Michel Basquiat in Downtown 81: INSCRIBED by GLENN O’BRIEN:
Inscribed by early Basquiat champion
historic downtown art scene critic
curator, Glenn O’Brien, ‘New York Beat’, brilliantly documents the production of Downtown 81, director Edo Bertoglio's seminal take of New York's Downtown scene, featuring a turn, 19 year old Jean-Michel Basquiat as semi-biographical protagonist.
Includes text by the film’s co-producer, Glenn O'Brien - who has hand inscribed this example; with photographs by Bertoglio
Maripol. Reverse of interior jacket forms a striking vertical poster...
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Early 2000s American New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$431 Sale Price
25% Off
Medieval Style Armor Gauntlet Articulated Steel
Located in Rochester, NY
Articulated medieval style steel gauntlet. Well made, mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Medieval New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Steel
Hummelo
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
An intimate look at the personal garden of the Dutch landscape designer renowned for his plantings at the High Line in New York City, and Lurie Garden at Chicago’s Millennium Park.
...
Category
2010s Chinese New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$40 / item
1950s Aluminum on Wood General Electric Logo, Sign Plaque
By General Electric
Located in Buffalo, NY
1950s aluminum on wood General Electric logo, sign plaque. Salvaged from General Electric Buffalo NY office, stunning, original plaque, cast aluminum depicting famous G E Logo, mount...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
A Moroccan Brass Hamsa Amulet
Located in New York, NY
This striking Hamsa amulet, crafted in Morocco in the early 20th century, captures the rich artistic heritage of North Africa. Fashioned from warm, aged brass, the piece features a b...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
La Plume, Special Issue Devoted to Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in New York, NY
Re-bound set of six consecutive issues of the renowned French magazine La Plume devoted to the work of Art Nouveau artist and graphic designer Alphonse Mucha. Founded in 1889 by Leon...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Metal Model Airplane
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century metal model airplane with propellers mounted on a ½ globe base (with a light inside the plane)
Missing one propeller
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
A Rare Folio of Swiss Civil
Military Costumes after Hans Holbein the Younger
Located in Middletown, NY
Holbein, Hans the Younger (after) Chrétien de Méchel
Recueil de XII costumes suisses civils et militaires, hommes et femmes, du seizième siècle. Gravés d'après les dessins originaux ...
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Late 18th Century Swiss Antique New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
John Ruskin, OF QUEENS
GARDENS
Located in Middletown, NY
London / Edinburgh: George Allen / Ballantyne Press, 1902
8vo, 8 x 5 3/4 inches (203 x 145 mm), (4), 68, (1) pp. Printed on handmade Arnold paper with a flower and vine border on eac...
Category
Early 20th Century English New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Christopher Robin Birthday Book – A. A. Milne (owned by Tolkien
s daughter)
Located in Middletown, NY
A unique and charming piece of Tolkieniana.
The Christopher Robin Birthday Book, Priscilla Tolkien’s copy with names of family members and friends f...
Category
Early 20th Century English New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Cyrano De Bergerac, by Edmond Rostrand with Riviere Binding
Located in Middletown, NY
Cyrano's nose got in the way of his heart. A must-have for collectors of French classics.
Rostand, Edmond (1868 – 1918). Cyrano de Bergerac.
Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasq...
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Late 19th Century European Antique New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Maxfield PARRISH
Edith WHARTON - Italian Villas and Their Gardens
Located in Middletown, NY
FIRST EDITION of Italian Villas and Their Gardens; Illustrated with Pictures by Maxfield Parrish and by Photographs
New York: The Century Co., 1904.
8vo.; 10 1/2 x 7 1/8267 x 180 m...
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Early 20th Century American New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
New Life for the Noble Tree: Masterworks by George Nakashima
Sotheby
s
By George Nakashima, Sotheby
s
Located in New York, NY
Catalog of a sale held at Sotheby’s, New York, on December 15, 2006, showcasing the Arthur and Evelyn Krosnick collection of George Nakashima furniture and lighting, or actually the second collection, as the first—112 pieces-- was completely destroyed by fire in 1989. George Nakashima essentially stopped what he was doing and focused on rebuilding the collection replacing the lost items with what he deemed better examples, owing to his own technical and artistic maturation, though many were completed under the guidance of his daughter, Mira, after George passed away in 1990. Highlights include an important “Arlyn” table, lot 313, that fetched $822,000 (a record for the artist) on a pre-sale estimate of $300,000-$500,000; a superb “Minguren II” table that brought $180,000; a magnificent “Arlyn II” coffee table that sold for $204,000; and a set of eight Conoid chairs that sold for $96,000. The catalog of the Krosnick sale remains a touchstone for collectors interested in the work of George Nakashima. 103 pages with 85 lots, mostly with full color illustrations, printed wrappers. Price results...
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Early 2000s American American Craftsman New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1920s J.C. Deagan 725 Marimba Model B, Rosewood Keys, 3 Octave
By Deagan
Located in Buffalo, NY
1920s J.C. Deagan 725 Marimba model B, rosewood keys, 3 octave, original condition, amazing Art Deco design. Retains 4 original mallets, Last patent date 1926.
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Steel
Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains
Located in Middletown, NY
Among the most beautifully printed books on Chinese ceramics.
Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains
by: Bushell, Dr. Stephen W. and William M. Laffan
New York: Pr...
Category
Early 20th Century New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vanity Fair by Wm.Thackeray, Cosway Style Binding, First Edition, First Issue
Located in Middletown, NY
Vanity Fair; A Novel Without a Hero. With Illustrations On Steel and Wood By the Author.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848 / Vanity Fair; A Novel Without a Hero. With Illustrations On ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
1 Vol. Dante Alighieri, The Vision: or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise
Located in New York, NY
1 Vol. Dante Alighieri, The Vision: or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise (with a Life of Dante). The Albion Edition. Translated by Henry Francis Cary. Vellum bound, Vellucent Binding. Co...
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19th Century English Antique New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Problems of Design by George Nelson
By George Nelson
Located in New York, NY
First edition of George Nelson's Problems of Design, published by Whitney Publications in 1957. An important consideration of the topic by one of America's most significant and influ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Asia in Amsterdam: The Culture of Luxury in the Golden Age by Karina Corrigan
Located in valatie, NY
Asia in Amsterdam: The Culture of Luxury in the Golden Age by Karina Corrigan. 1st Ed hardcover exhibition catalog. Published by Peabody Essex Museum / Yale University, 2015. Hardcov...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Stanford White in Detail
Located in New York, NY
A rich presentation of the sensual and scenographic effects created by the Legendary Stanford White, whose designs extend beyond architecture to encompass lavish interiors, jewelry, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$40 / item
Huge Decorative Scientific Induction Coil
Located in Peekskill, NY
We were told that this coil was originally from West Point but there is no paperwork to back that up. We also guessed at its age. But it looks to be over 100 years. We have owned many coils over the years but nothing of this Size or quality. The wood furniture surrounding the coil is beautiful showing turned wood ends. In almost ll cases these Induction coils...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Christies: Property from the Estate of Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard, 3/18/05
Located in valatie, NY
2005 Catalog Christie's; NY Property from the Estate of Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard 3/18/05. This first edition auction catalog consists of 275 pages, 412 lots illustrated, in color, a...
Category
Early 2000s American New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Rare and Important Italian White Marble Bust Sculpture of Jesus Christ, C. 1850
Located in Queens, NY
Rare and important Italian white marble bust sculpture of Jesus Christ, C. 1850.
A truly exceptionally carved marble relief of Holy Jesus Christ. ...
Category
19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Woman as Design: Before, Behind, Between, Above, Below by Stephen Bayley, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Woman as Design: Before, Behind, Between, Above, Below by Stephen Bayley. Published by Conran Octopus, 2009. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Extract: "This is a complicated, ambit...
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21st Century and Contemporary English New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Cabinets of Wonder by Christine Davenne
Christine Fleurent 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Cabinets of Wonder by by Christine Davenne and Christine Fleurent (Photographer). 1st Ed hardcover. published 2012, by Harry N. Abrams. "Skulls, butterflies, hunting trophies, ancient Egyptian artifacts...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Out of the Studio by Tom Bianchi, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Out of the Studio by Tom Bianchi. Published by St.Martin's Press, 1991. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The unself-conscious and affectionate con...
Category
1990s New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Form and Re-Form: A Practical Handbook of Modern Interiors (First Edition)
By Paul Frankl
Located in New York, NY
First edition of this landmark work by Austrian/American architect, designer, and author Paul T. Frankl (1886-1958), an exemplary combination of incisive text and striking graphic de...
Category
1930s American Machine Age Vintage New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Mr. Yorick (Laurence Stern)
Located in Middletown, NY
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928.
Limited Edition, numbered
8vo, 9 x 5 3/4 inches (230 x 145 mm); iv + 152 + ii pages, printed on English hand-made paper in 14 pt....
Category
Early 20th Century English New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library 17th-19th C, 2 Vol Set, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Dutch Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library 17th-19th Centuries, 2 Vol Set with Slip Case, 1st Ed. Published in NY by Pierpont Morgan Library, 2006. Ranging from preparatory studi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Gardens of the North Shore of Chicago
Located in New York, NY
A privileged view of private gardens along the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago’s gold coast.
Ben Lenhardt, an avid gardener and preservationist, explores the rich tradition of garde...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
$65 / item
Dorothy M.T. Colles Anthology Manuscript in Painted Binding
Located in Middletown, NY
This elegantly decorated Florentine album belonged to the young Dorothy Colles, who received it as a present in 1931 when she was 14 years of age. On the cover Colles notes "This boo...
Category
1930s European Vintage New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Japan Furniture Exhibition
61
By Sori Yanagi
Located in New York, NY
Catalog accompanying an exhibition held in the United States in 1961, sponsored and published by the Japan Export Furniture Manufacturer Association (JEFMA), a trade organization of 48 leading furniture makers in Japan, in collaboration with their government-run National Industrial Arts Institute, with the dual purpose of stimulating the production of Japanese “Good Design” in furniture, and introducing the results to the U.S. market. According to the introduction to this, the second iteration of this exhibition, “it is full three years since the First Exhibition was held in the United States in 1958…these recent years, we Japanese furniture manufacturers have increasingly equipped with facilities for mass production, so that we are now in a position to offer the products of better quality at lower prices. At the same time we have been making efforts to create furniture of graceful design with Oriental taste, using Japanese traditional craftsmanship. We have mainly selected the furnitures which are ready for mass production, and added some pieces of Japanese taste.”
The 24 page catalog presents chairs, tables, and case pieces by prominent Japanese architects and designers including Katsuo Matsamura, Taichiro Nakai, Kozo Asari, Hideo Saito, Takeshi Mineo, Yujiro Yamaguchi, Ryuchi Ise, Fukuji Suzuki, Masaharu Ito, Keisuke Nakamura, Yo Yamagishi, Shigeru Imai, Shiro Kodo, Tadao Kawanami, Akira Sogi, Tomoichi Yoshida, Sori Yanagi, Taichiro Nakai, Toshio Miyake, Motoi Kojima, Fukui Suzuki, Akira Takayabu, Selichi Watanabe, and T. Nii, along with works from the Industrial Arts Institute and an armchair by American ex-pat Noemi Raymond, wife of architect Antonin Raymond. Manufacturers include. Manufacturers represented in the exhibition include Akita Mokko Co, Bokai Industry Co, Fuji Furniture Co, Haneda, Kosajujo Co, Inada & Co, Iwai Kogyo Co, Imada Mokko Co, Kobe Wood Chemics Assoc., Kosuga & Co, Kotobuki Seating Co, Kobyashi Fukuzo & Co, K.K. Shimada Seisakusho, Kubo Shoten Co, Kassai Manufacturing Co, Miyoshi Mokko Co, Okamura Mfg. Co, Sakigake Furniture, Santa Kogyosho Corp, Tendo Mokko, Tsuji Mokko Co, Tottori Kagu Kogyo Co, Taihei Mokko Co, Toki Mokko Co, Toyohashi Mokko Co, Yamaguchi Co...
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1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mr. Punch
s Motor Book, First Edition
By The London Charivari
Located in valatie, NY
Mr. Punch's Motor Book, London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1931. First edition hardcover with no dust jacket as issued. 99 pp. A humorous book of comics taken from Punch; or The London Ch...
Category
20th Century European New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
London Uprising-Fifty Fashion Designers, One City Book
Located in New York, NY
"A backstage pass into the studios of the capitals coolest designers. A gorgeous tome." Sunday Telegraph, Stella magazine
"London has always been a creative hub... This handsomely illustrated volume explores the studio spaces of the city's fashion designers, from tiny, one-room start-ups to internationally successful businesses. Each chapter is written by a fashion authority... The book celebrates the people who bring so much sartorial exuberance to the capital." Harper's Bazaar
An unprecedented and intimate behind-the-scenes look at London designer fashion over the last fifteen years, edited by Tania Fares and Sarah Mower and profiling 50 leading London fashion designers, from Paul Smith and Stella McCartney to Erdem and Simone Rocha.London has long been a fashion-world capital, and the past fifteen years have been an especially fertile period in its centuries-long history of setting trends. This stunning book is an all-access pass into the world of designer fashion - an exclusive behind-the-scenes studio tour that calls in on fifty of the city's leading design talents - London-based global superstars - all of whom open up about their practice and philosophy, and share a wealth of images from their private collections.
Profiles include:
J.W. Anderson
Burberry
Victoria Beckham
Manalo Blahnik
Alexander McQueen
Chalyan
Mulberry
Jasper Conran
Giles Deacon
Charlotte Olympia
Tom Ford
Holly Fulton
1205
Molly Goddard
Ashish
Hillier Bartley
Anya Hindmarch
House of Holland
Margaret Howell...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mid Century Cast Plaster Sculptural Giant Clam "Tridacna" C1955"
By Serge Roche
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic and such a realistic example created from plaster. Large giant clam shell to be used in a decorative setting by itself in a minimalistic style or as a cornucopia with fruit...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Plaster
Artist Series Bomber Ski BASQUIAT BLACK CROWN HELMET in Size Large
Located in Rhinebeck, NY
Artist Series BASQUIAT BLACK CROWN HELMET by Bomber Ski.
The iconoclastic spirit of the pioneering artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is expressed in the Black Crown Helmet, featuring his ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Polystyrene
19th C. John Byrne Brass Telescope with tripod
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
19th C. John Byrne brass telescope with tripod. Marked John Byrne New York 1882. 3.5 inch refracting telescope with 43.5 inch main tube. A wonderful piece of history, Optics are not ...
Category
Late 20th Century American New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Japanese style Raku Chess Set
Located in New York, NY
A refined chess set with pieces that were individually handcrafted and fired in a raku kiln.
Raku refers to a type of low-firing process that was inspired by traditional Japanese ra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stone
Handmade Sterling Silver and Gold-Plated Mezuzah Case Carmel Shabi Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite handmade Mezuzah case is a unique piece crafted in Jerusalem in 1986 by the renowned Israeli artist Carmel Shabi. Made of sterling silver (...
Category
Late 20th Century Israeli Modern New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
The Love Affairs of Lord Byron by F. Gribble – COSWAY STYLE BINDING
Located in Middletown, NY
A sumptuous extra-illustrated copy with Cosway-style binding by Bayntun of Bath.
London: Eveleigh Nash, 1910.
Octavo, 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 (210 x 137 mm),pp. i-xii, 382. Illustrated with ...
Category
Early 20th Century English New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
George III Mahogany Banjo Barometer Edinburgh
Located in Huntington, NY
George III Mahogany Banjo Barometer By Edie & Son. Edinburgh
Alexander James Adie FRSE MWS (7 November 1775, Edinburgh – 4 December 1858, Edinburgh) was a Scottish maker of medical ...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Luigi Ghirri It
s Beautiful Here, Isn
t It... by Luigi Ghirri, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Luigi Ghirri: It's Beautiful Here, Isn't It... by Luigi Ghirri. Published by Aperture, NY, 2008. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Ghirri was an extraordinary photographer, as well as a writer and curator whose career was so rich and varied that it seems like a lesson in the contemporary history of the medium. Although well known in his native Italy, Ghirri does not yet have the international audience his work merits--perhaps because he died so young. This is the first book published on Ghirri in the U.S. It will establish him as the seminal artist he was. Uncannily prescient, Ghirri shared the sensibility of what became known in the U.S. as the New Color and the New Topographics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The World of Comets; by Amedee Guillemin, Edited by James Glaisher, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The World of Comets; by Amedee Guillemin, Translated and Edited by James Glaisher. Published in London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1877. 1st Ed leather hardcover. Wit...
Category
1870s Antique New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Italian Sketches and New Italian Sketches by John Addington Symonds
Located in valatie, NY
This set of antique books were published in England by Leipzig Gernhard Tauchnitz in 1883 and 1884. The two volumns contain Italian sketches by a ...
Category
19th Century English Antique New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Vintage Wood Croquet Set
Located in New York, NY
A vintage croquet set.
USA, circa 1920-1940.
Includes wooden mallets, wood balls, and metal wickets in a wheeled white painted stand.
Original paint.
Category
1940s American Vintage New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
A Unique Embroidered Tallit Bag Austria -Hungary circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
This richly embroidered Tallit bag from Austria-Hungary, dating to around 1900, is a unique and visually captivating example of Eastern European Judaica textile artistry. Crafted fro...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Fabric, Velvet
A Rare and Important American Marble Sculpture of Thomas Jefferson, Circa 1870
Located in Queens, NY
A Rare and Important American White Marble Sculpture of Thomas Jefferson Holding The Declaration of Independence. Circa 1870, in the Manner of Horatio Stone (1808 –1875).
Inscribed on scroll: 'The Declaration of Independence, It becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another. etc. etc. T. Jefferson.
The present work is unsigned but is reminiscent of Horatio Stone's life-size marble figure of John Hancock...
Category
19th Century American American Classical Antique New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
Learning From Las Vegas (First Edition)
By Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
Located in New York, NY
First edition of this revolutionary/reactionary study of the Las Vegas strip co-authored by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour. Published in 1972 by the MIT Press,...
Category
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Teak Hand Crafted Architectural Model of a Northern Thailand Spirit House
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-800 hand made in teak wood architectural model of a northern Thailand Spirit house.
Category
1970s Thai Vintage New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood
The Paris Review No. 114 Spring 1990
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Paris Review No. 114 Spring 1990
Publication features Robie Macauley "Silence, Exile, and Cunning"
Artwork reproduction after Jean Michel Basquiat (Cover) and Meyer Vaisman
Stori...
Category
1990s New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Italian Medieval / Renaissance Style Full Suit of Armor
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Medieval / Renaissance-style (19th Century) metal life size suit of armor with fluted breast plate on a square wooden base.
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use...
Category
19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Sotheby
s Catalog, An Important Russian Imperial Jewel. Geneva, 2005 1st Ed
By Sotheby
s
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Catalog, An Important Russian Imperial Jewel. Geneva 17 November 2005. 1st Ed hardcover. "An impressive and highly important diamond ornament from the collection of the Russian Imperial Family, Russia, second half of the 18th century. This diamond necklace with bowknot clasp is not only a remarkable jewel in itself, but its Russian royal provenance puts it in a class of its own. It evokes the blinding splendour of Catherine II, Empress of Russia: the magnificence of her court, her parks, her palaces, her art collections, and monuments. The most striking and colourful figure on the stage of European political life, for thirty four years she ruled a mighty empire which stretched from Siberia to Poland and left it stronger, larger and richer than when she came to the throne in 1762. After her death in 1796, her friend the Prince de Ligne, who had named her Catherine the Great, declared that this title- which has never been lost- resumed all her genius, courage, sense of justice, and force of character.
Using her court as a stage, she played the part of an autocratic but enlightened ruler to perfection, imposing in her public appearances, kind and charming in private. The French ambassador, the Comte de Ségur who noticed how “her majestic head and brow, proud look and dignified deportment made her seem taller than she was”, was also impressed by her feminine grace “ her aquiline nose, well shaped mouth, Saxe blue eyes beneath dark lashes, gentle glance and seductive smile”. In spite of her success, she once confided to the Prince de Ligne that she could have served Russia better if she had been born a man. Ever the courtier, he assured her that being a woman was a positive advantage. “Believe me, you are so much more impressive in your beautiful embroidered orange red velvet dolman or tunic than a man decked out in boots and shoulder sash can ever be. In addition the five huge diamonds blazing out from your hair are far more effective than a man’s hat which is either ridiculously small or ridiculously big”. He was right. Her diamond jewellery proclaimed her power and her rank as Empress and appealed to the Russian taste for sumptuous goods. It impressed the Rev. William Coxe, visiting St. Petersburg in 1778: “the glory and the splendor of the clothing of the court and abundance of precious stones leave the opulence of other European courts far behind” and his opinion was shared by the acute Madame de Stael...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Brooke Astor Auction at Sotheby
s, NY September 2012, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Brooke Astor Auction at Sotheby's, NY September 2012. 1st Ed softcover auction catalog. Brooke Astor was the ultimate New York philanthropist marrying...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Complete Collection Gilt Leather Bound Book Set
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Gilt leather bound sturdy / library room complete collection set. The set include twenty 28 volumes. Funk & Wagnalls, New Encyclopedia. Each book is in gr...
Category
Mid-20th Century New York - Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
$2,745 / set
"The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" Book by William L. Shirer
By William L. Shirer
Located in valatie, NY
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. First edition BCE hardcover with ...
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