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"F-106 Delta Darts, AMARG, Arizona" Color Photograph, limited edition

"F-106 Delta Darts, AMARG, Arizona" Color Photograph, limited edition

By Phillip Buehler

Located in New York, NY

He has continued to document twentieth-century ruins around the world, seeking to rescue the past, one step ahead of the wrecking ball.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Archival Pigment

Liquor Deli
Liquor Deli

Liquor Deli

By Terry Thompson

Located in Fairfield, CT

For nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have lived and beat the odds.

Category

2010s Photorealist Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hot Cake House
Hot Cake House

Hot Cake House

By Terry Thompson

Located in Fairfield, CT

For nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have lived and beat the odds.

Category

2010s Photorealist Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Reno Circus Circus
Reno Circus Circus

Reno Circus Circus

By Terry Thompson

Located in Fairfield, CT

For nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have lived and beat the odds.

Category

2010s Photorealist Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Orpheum
Orpheum

Orpheum

By Terry Thompson

Located in Fairfield, CT

For nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have lived and beat the odds.

Category

2010s Photorealist Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oakland Burgers & Pies
Oakland Burgers & Pies

Oakland Burgers & Pies

By Terry Thompson

Located in Fairfield, CT

For nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have lived and beat the odds.

Category

2010s Photorealist Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Joyride by Nick Weddell
Joyride by Nick Weddell

Joyride by Nick Weddell

By Nick Weddell

Located in Morton Grove, IL

Weddell’s work is an arbiter of progress, a wrecking ball of convention, and above all a harbinger of joy.

Category

2010s Abstract Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Clay

Mother Pot by Nick Weddell (INV# NP2772)
Mother Pot by Nick Weddell (INV# NP2772)

Mother Pot by Nick Weddell (INV# NP2772)

By Nick Weddell

Located in Morton Grove, IL

Weddell’s work is an arbiter of progress, a wrecking ball of convention, and above all a harbinger of joy.

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

Old Las Vegas, Fremont Street Neon Signs, Abstract Photography
Old Las Vegas, Fremont Street Neon Signs, Abstract Photography

Old Las Vegas, Fremont Street Neon Signs, Abstract Photography

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

This classic view of downtown neon signs of Las Vegas before the wrecking ball demolished one of America's most unique sights.

Category

1970s American Impressionist Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Garden of Eden

Garden of Eden

By Terry Thompson

Located in Fairfield, CT

Terry is primarily drawn to older, unique signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball. Thompson says, I see these signs as historically and emotionally charged metaphors for be...

Category

2010s American Realist Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Black Rainbow
Black Rainbow

Black Rainbow

By Evgeniy Monahov

Located in Zofingen, AG

On that day, instagram was colored with the same black squares BLM and then Evgeniy Monahov decided to paint the rainbow in a black square, a black rainbow as in the old song by St.V...

Category

2010s Realist Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel

Strategic Air Command B-52

Strategic Air Command B-52

By Phillip Buehler

Located in New York, NY

Phillip Buehler’s interest in modern Ruins started in 1973 when he rowed out to then abandoned Ellis Island and he has continued to document 20th -Century ruins around the world seek...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Archival Pigment

B52 Field

B52 Field

By Phillip Buehler

Located in New York, NY

Phil Buehler’s interest in modern Ruins started in 1973 when he rowed out to then abandoned Ellis Island and he has continued to document 20th -Century ruins around the world seeking...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Archival Pigment

Vietnam B-52

Vietnam B-52

By Phillip Buehler

Located in New York, NY

Phillip Buehler’s interest in modern Ruins started in 1973 when he rowed out to then abandoned Ellis Island and he has continued to document 20th -Century ruins around the world seek...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Archival Pigment

Nuclear Warheads

Nuclear Warheads

By Phillip Buehler

Located in New York, NY

Phillip Buehler’s interest in modern Ruins started in 1973 when he rowed out to then abandoned Ellis Island and he has continued to document 20th -Century ruins around the world seek...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Archival Pigment

Superstitious Aloysius

Superstitious Aloysius

By Phillip Buehler

Located in New York, NY

Phillip Buehler’s interest in modern Ruins started in 1973 when he rowed out to then abandoned Ellis Island and he has continued to document 20th -Century ruins around the world seek...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Archival Pigment

Tantalizing Takeoff

Tantalizing Takeoff

By Phillip Buehler

Located in New York, NY

Phillip Buehler’s interest in modern Ruins started in 1973 when he rowed out to then abandoned Ellis Island and he has continued to document 20th -Century ruins around the world seek...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sioux Warrior

Sioux Warrior

By Phillip Buehler

Located in New York, NY

Phillip Buehler’s interest in modern Ruins started in 1973 when he rowed out to then abandoned Ellis Island and he has continued to document 20th -Century ruins around the world seek...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Archival Pigment

Nike Bunker 30"x40" limited edition photograph
Nike Bunker 30"x40" limited edition photograph

Nike Bunker 30"x40" limited edition photograph

By Phillip Buehler

Located in New York, NY

Phil Buehler’s interest in modern Ruins started in 1973 when he rowed out to then abandoned Ellis Island and he has continued to document 20th -Century ruins around the world seeking...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Archival Pigment

Titan II Base

Titan II Base

By Phillip Buehler

Located in New York, NY

Phil Buehler’s interest in modern Ruins started in 1973 when he rowed out to then abandoned Ellis Island and he has continued to document 20th -Century ruins around the world seeking...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Salt Shed" Contemporary Color Photograph

"Salt Shed" Contemporary Color Photograph

By Phillip Buehler

Located in New York, NY

Phillip Buehler’s interest in modern Ruins started in 1973 when he rowed out to then abandoned Ellis Island and he has continued to document 20th -Century ruins around the world seek...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Archival Pigment

B-52 Cockpit

B-52 Cockpit

By Phillip Buehler

Located in New York, NY

Phillip Buehler’s interest in modern Ruins started in 1973 when he rowed out to then abandoned Ellis Island and he has continued to document 20th -Century ruins around the world seek...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Archival Pigment

Fallout Shelter, archival dye-sub print on aluminum

Fallout Shelter, archival dye-sub print on aluminum

By Phillip Buehler

Located in New York, NY

Phillip Buehler’s interest in modern Ruins started in 1973 when he rowed out to then abandoned Ellis Island and he has continued to document 20th -Century ruins around the world seek...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Metal

The Redpath Mansion - Highly Detailed Scale Model Sculpture, Crumbling Building
The Redpath Mansion - Highly Detailed Scale Model Sculpture, Crumbling Building

The Redpath Mansion - Highly Detailed Scale Model Sculpture, Crumbling Building

By Ivan Markovic

Located in Chicago, IL

Organizations such as Heritage Montreal and Save Montreal, contended that it possessed immense cultural value; and during the course of almost three decades – 1986 to 2014 - struggle...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Paper, Glue, Plastic, Wood, Paint

Recent Sales

14KW Black & White Diamond Wrecking Ball Earrings
14KW Black & White Diamond Wrecking Ball Earrings

14KW Black & White Diamond Wrecking Ball Earrings

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W 0.38 in D 0.38 in L 2 in

14KW Black & White Diamond Wrecking Ball Earrings

By HCL METAL WORKS

Located in Gorham, ME

White gold bezel surrounds two rosa cut black diamonds on a string of white pipe cut diamonds beads, at the end is a large faceted cut black diamond wrecking ball. These diamond wre...

Category

2010s American Artisan Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Diamond, Black Diamond, 14k Gold

Wrecking Ball
Wrecking Ball

Lance LetscherWrecking Ball, 2017

Unavailable

H 12.5 in W 6.5 in

Wrecking Ball

By Lance Letscher

Located in New York, NY

Lance Letscher has exhibited extensively in across the United States and abroad including Austin, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, as well as in London, Brussels, Munic...

Category

2010s Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Metal

Rare "Glyph Wall" by David Cressey  for Architectural Pottery
Rare "Glyph Wall" by David Cressey  for Architectural Pottery

Rare "Glyph Wall" by David Cressey for Architectural Pottery

Unavailable

H 93.5 in W 12.25 in D 5.5 in

Rare "Glyph Wall" by David Cressey for Architectural Pottery

By David Cressey

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This piece was saved from the wrecking ball in Northern CA. Exceedingly rare example of the master sculptor David Cressey.

Category

1960s American Used Wrecking Ball

Vintage Czech Sawmill Pendant Light - MKII
Vintage Czech Sawmill Pendant Light - MKII

Vintage Czech Sawmill Pendant Light - MKII

Unavailable

H 29.53 in Dm 21.66 in

Vintage Czech Sawmill Pendant Light - MKII

Located in Str‌oud, GB

These lights were once used extensively across the former Eastern Bloc, though most have now fallen victim to the wrecking ball. Supplied fully refurbished, having been dismantled a...

Category

Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Steel

Monumental Pair of Zinc Architectural Dragons or Griffins, 19th Century
Monumental Pair of Zinc Architectural Dragons or Griffins, 19th Century

Monumental Pair of Zinc Architectural Dragons or Griffins, 19th Century

Located in Buffalo, NY

Saved from the wrecking ball,, large pair of antique stylized Dragons .Late 1800s.

Category

Late 19th Century American Medieval Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Zinc

Early Workbench With Amazing Patina
Early Workbench With Amazing Patina

Early Workbench With Amazing Patina

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H 33 in W 84 in D 20 in

Early Workbench With Amazing Patina

Located in Peekskill, NY

We saved this grandaddy weeks before the wrecking ball tore down the 150 year old Connectict Factory.

Category

19th Century American Industrial Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Iron

Antique Swirled Design Wrought Iron Railing Piece Trellis or Fence Section
Antique Swirled Design Wrought Iron Railing Piece Trellis or Fence Section

Antique Swirled Design Wrought Iron Railing Piece Trellis or Fence Section

Located in Topeka, KS

We saved it, and as much as we could before the wrecking ball. We have had it langouring in storage for over 20 years and it is time to share its beauty.

Category

Early 20th Century Other Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Iron

Early Workbench with Amazing Patina
Early Workbench with Amazing Patina

Early Workbench with Amazing Patina

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H 34 in W 96 in D 16 in

Early Workbench with Amazing Patina

Located in Peekskill, NY

We saved this grandaddy weeks before the wrecking ball tore down the 150 year old Connecticut Factory.

Category

19th Century American Primitive Used Wrecking Ball

Sacto Bowl
Sacto Bowl

Sacto Bowl

By Terry Thompson

Located in Fairfield, CT

For nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have lived and beat the odds.

Category

2010s Photorealist Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Half Moon Motel
Half Moon Motel

Half Moon Motel

By Terry Thompson

Located in Fairfield, CT

Terry is primarily drawn to older, unique signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball. Thompson says, I see these signs as historically and emotionally charged metaphors for be...

Category

2010s American Realist Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Oil, Panel

Nike Bunker

Phillip BuehlerNike Bunker

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H 24 in W 30 in

Nike Bunker

By Phillip Buehler

Located in New York, NY

Phil Buehler’s interest in modern Ruins started in 1973 when he rowed out to then abandoned Ellis Island and he has continued to document 20th -Century ruins around the world seeking...

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Archival Pigment

Vintage 18K Gold Rolo Wrecking Ball Chain
Vintage 18K Gold Rolo Wrecking Ball Chain

Vintage 18K Gold Rolo Wrecking Ball Chain

Located in Rottedam, NL

Made of solid 15k yellow gold this unusual chain is decorated with two little ball orbs. The orbs have tiny spherical decor on them which makes them look as little wrecking balls.

Category

Late 20th Century Belgian Modern Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

18k Gold

Pair of Bowling Pin Sets
Pair of Bowling Pin Sets

Pair of Bowling Pin Sets

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H 13 in W 5 in D 2 in

Pair of Bowling Pin Sets

Located in San Francisco, CA

wood bowling pins and a tiny wrecking ball TALLER SET: 13" H x 4" D, Ball: 5" D SMALLER SET: 11" H x 2" D, Ball: 4" D

Category

Early 20th Century French Used Wrecking Ball

Spectacular Workbench
Spectacular Workbench

Spectacular Workbench

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H 31.5 in W 90 in D 28 in

Spectacular Workbench

Located in Hudson, NY

From Stephanie Lloyd, a wonderful workbench, rescued from a Cooperstown barn just as the wrecking ball was about to swing, then treated to some minor carpentry and surface work.

Category

Early 20th Century American Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Pine

Early Twentieth Century Salesman Sample Crane
Early Twentieth Century Salesman Sample Crane

Early Twentieth Century Salesman Sample Crane

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H 32 in W 10.5 in D 9.5 in

Early Twentieth Century Salesman Sample Crane

Located in North Hollywood, CA

One crank raises and lowers the steel hook and wrecking ball, while the other crank controls the "throw" of the crane arm.

Category

Early 20th Century American Used Wrecking Ball

Midway Gardens "Sprite" Sculptures by Frank Lloyd Wright and Alfonzo Ianelli
Midway Gardens "Sprite" Sculptures by Frank Lloyd Wright and Alfonzo Ianelli

Midway Gardens "Sprite" Sculptures by Frank Lloyd Wright and Alfonzo Ianelli

By Frank Lloyd Wright

Located in North Hollywood, CA

Designed by Wright and Alfonzo Ianelli, a few were saved from the wrecking ball, laid out in a nearby farmers fields for decades.

Category

1990s American Prairie School Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Plaster

Coca Cola Bottling Plant Molded Concrete Sign
Coca Cola Bottling Plant Molded Concrete Sign

Coca Cola Bottling Plant Molded Concrete Sign

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H 37.75 in W 192 in D 4.25 in

Coca Cola Bottling Plant Molded Concrete Sign

By Coca Cola Bottling Co.

Located in North Hollywood, CA

Fortunately, the multi sectional sign was painstakingly extracted from the structure before the wrecking ball hit! The dimensional sign is made up of 34 pieces,comprising the field a...

Category

1930s American Used Wrecking Ball

SS Olympia Ocean Liner Lobby Door
SS Olympia Ocean Liner Lobby Door

SS Olympia Ocean Liner Lobby Door

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H 85.5 in W 48.25 in D 7 in

SS Olympia Ocean Liner Lobby Door

By Alexander Stephens and Sons

Located in North Hollywood, CA

The ship was dismantled last year, and this fabulous lobby door was saved from the wrecking ball! The door was originally used in the Forward Main Deck Lobby.

Category

1950s Greek Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

Cowering Nude With Robot
Cowering Nude With Robot

Cowering Nude With Robot

By Mahlon Blaine

Located in Minneapolis, MN

As in many of the images from this series, the buildings of New York City have come alive beneath this serpent tailed goddess, and she sits atop masonry faces looking out with wrecki...

Category

1930s Art Deco Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

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Laddie John Dill 'Cement Glass Oxide' Sculptural Coffee Table, c 1980

Laddie John Dill 'Cement Glass Oxide' Sculptural Coffee Table, c 1980

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H 18.25 in W 57.5 in D 40 in

Laddie John Dill 'Cement Glass Oxide' Sculptural Coffee Table, c 1980

By Laddie John Dill

Located in Los Angeles, CA

An intriguing sculptural art coffee table by Laddie John Dill, part of his 'Cement Glass Oxide' series. Can be used as a stand alone sculpture or as a coffee table with optional glas...

Category

1980s American Organic Modern Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Cement

Ora Sorensen, "Protea I", Photorealistic Flower Painting on Canvas
Ora Sorensen, "Protea I", Photorealistic Flower Painting on Canvas

Ora Sorensen, "Protea I", Photorealistic Flower Painting on Canvas

By Ora Sorensen

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

This hyperrealist floral "Protea I" by artist Ora Sorensen is a 40x30 original oil painting on canvas. Depicted is a stalk and bloom of the South African flowering pink Protea plant...

Category

2010s Photorealist Used Wrecking Ball

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Used Wrecking Ball For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate used wrecking ball for your needs in our varied inventory. In our selection of items, you can find contemporary examples as well as an abstract version. Making the right choice when shopping for a used wrecking ball may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right used wrecking ball is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes black, gray, brown and blue. Creating a used wrecking ball has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Phillip Buehler, Adam Gunn, Terry Thompson, Nick Weddell and William Minshall Birchall are consistently popular. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and panel.

How Much is a Used Wrecking Ball?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a used wrecking ball in our inventory may begin at $400 and can go as high as $25,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,700.