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1960s Red Eye Orb Paperweight Mid-Century Eyeball Iris Sculpture Venini Style
1960s Red Eye Orb Paperweight Mid-Century Eyeball Iris Sculpture Venini Style

1960s Red Eye Orb Paperweight Mid-Century Eyeball Iris Sculpture Venini Style

$495

1960s Red Eye Orb Paperweight Mid-Century Eyeball Iris Sculpture Venini Style

By Venini

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Wonderful, minimalist design reminescent of Caliari Venini Inciso Art Glass Cubes. This one has a red sphere inside a sky blue and clear larger orb. It retains both, 'Made in Italy,' and the Murano Cendese...

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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass

Letter Tray Desk Organizer Rosewood Danish Desktop Georg Petersen Selectform
Letter Tray Desk Organizer Rosewood Danish Desktop Georg Petersen Selectform

Letter Tray Desk Organizer Rosewood Danish Desktop Georg Petersen Selectform

$1,495

Letter Tray Desk Organizer Rosewood Danish Desktop Georg Petersen Selectform

By Georg Petersens Møbelfabrik

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Very active Rosewood grain to all surfaces. This is the early production Selectform model, designed and made by Georg Petersen Mobelfabrik A/S. This example retains the Georg Peter...

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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desk Sets

Materials

Rosewood

US General Accounting Office Desk Set Scissor Letter Open Box Solingen Germany
US General Accounting Office Desk Set Scissor Letter Open Box Solingen Germany

US General Accounting Office Desk Set Scissor Letter Open Box Solingen Germany

$395

US General Accounting Office Desk Set Scissor Letter Open Box Solingen Germany

Located in Hyattsville, MD

United States General Accounting Office Official Scissors Desk Set in Wooden Box with the Official Cast Metal Seal affixed to the top of the box. Made by Solingen of Germany. Possibl...

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1990s German Post-Modern Desk Sets

Materials

Stainless Steel

Vintage 1950s Garage Autohaus Brazed Assembly Brass Nuts Paperweight Motor Oil
Vintage 1950s Garage Autohaus Brazed Assembly Brass Nuts Paperweight Motor Oil

Vintage 1950s Garage Autohaus Brazed Assembly Brass Nuts Paperweight Motor Oil

$395

Vintage 1950s Garage Autohaus Brazed Assembly Brass Nuts Paperweight Motor Oil

Located in Hyattsville, MD

A wonderful entrancing brazened assemblage of nuts and a bolt, with good weight, 2 inch square in size. Reminiscent of the work of Claus Oldenburg but in normal scale. W 2 x H 2 x ...

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Vintage 1950s Paperweights

Materials

Brass

Victorian Paperweight Hand like Odd Fellows Sign or Haunted House Addams Family
Victorian Paperweight Hand like Odd Fellows Sign or Haunted House Addams Family

Victorian Paperweight Hand like Odd Fellows Sign or Haunted House Addams Family

$1,800

Victorian Paperweight Hand like Odd Fellows Sign or Haunted House Addams Family

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Wonderful very old professional office relic with a cheeky message; Hands off! Private papers. Reminiscent of the odd fellows Victorian Era designs. Created from some kind of powdere...

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Antique 1890s American Late Victorian Paperweights

Materials

Slate

George Nelson Safety Number Lucite Ruler Graphical Mid-Century Vintage 1960s
George Nelson Safety Number Lucite Ruler Graphical Mid-Century Vintage 1960s

George Nelson Safety Number Lucite Ruler Graphical Mid-Century Vintage 1960s

$695

George Nelson Safety Number Lucite Ruler Graphical Mid-Century Vintage 1960s

By George Nelson

Located in Hyattsville, MD

USA, c.1960s. George Nelson & Associates design attributed Lucite Ruler from the SAFETY NUMBERS Graphic Design + Clock Series for Howard Miller. Unsigned. The ruler is about 13 inch...

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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paperweights

Materials

Lucite

1970s Patinated Brass Ashtray Table Sculpture Mid-Century American Design
1970s Patinated Brass Ashtray Table Sculpture Mid-Century American Design

1970s Patinated Brass Ashtray Table Sculpture Mid-Century American Design

$545

1970s Patinated Brass Ashtray Table Sculpture Mid-Century American Design

By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Arnaldo Pomodoro

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Similar to the ubiquitous Art Deco black bakelite ashtrays designs prevalent in American Diners and Bowling Alleys of the early Twentieth Century. The bottom is rounded like a coco...

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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Brass

1960s George Nelson Ruler from the SAFETY NUMBERS Graphic Design + Clock Series
1960s George Nelson Ruler from the SAFETY NUMBERS Graphic Design + Clock Series

1960s George Nelson Ruler from the SAFETY NUMBERS Graphic Design + Clock Series

$556Sale Price|37% Off

1960s George Nelson Ruler from the SAFETY NUMBERS Graphic Design + Clock Series

By George Nelson

Located in Hyattsville, MD

USA, c.1960s. George Nelson & Associates design attributed Lucite Ruler from the SAFETY NUMBERS Graphic Design + Clock Series for Howard Miller. Unsigned....

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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets

Materials

Lucite

Big Inch Art Deco Tape Dispenser Large Footed Streamlined Tear Drop Atomic Era
Big Inch Art Deco Tape Dispenser Large Footed Streamlined Tear Drop Atomic Era

Big Inch Art Deco Tape Dispenser Large Footed Streamlined Tear Drop Atomic Era

$796Sale Price|20% Off

Big Inch Art Deco Tape Dispenser Large Footed Streamlined Tear Drop Atomic Era

By (after) Raymond Loewy

Located in Hyattsville, MD

A wonderful throwback from the pre-Atomic Era. We have never seen one of these before, extremely over built shop tape dispenser. Came out of an old very dormant QBC Print Shop in Vi...

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paperweights

Materials

Metal

Modernist Abstract Sword Copper Plated Brass Letter Opener like Carl Aubock
Modernist Abstract Sword Copper Plated Brass Letter Opener like Carl Aubock

Modernist Abstract Sword Copper Plated Brass Letter Opener like Carl Aubock

$268Sale Price|20% Off

Modernist Abstract Sword Copper Plated Brass Letter Opener like Carl Aubock

By Werkstätte Carl Auböck

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Honest time worn age. Heavy wear and patina to plating letter opener, beautiful understated piece. This was definitely the estate owners go to desktop tool. A bit over 8 inches lon...

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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Letter Openers

Materials

Brass

Bronze Foot an Early Example from the Carl Aubock Workshop Sculpture Paperweight
Bronze Foot an Early Example from the Carl Aubock Workshop Sculpture Paperweight

Bronze Foot an Early Example from the Carl Aubock Workshop Sculpture Paperweight

$636Sale Price|20% Off

Bronze Foot an Early Example from the Carl Aubock Workshop Sculpture Paperweight

By Werkstätte Carl Auböck

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Marked, "MADE IN AUSTRIA" We are assume this is an earlier version of the, 'Best Foot Forward' desktop paperweight. Wonderful patina, presented in as found condition.

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Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

Antique Baccarat Concentric Millefiori Signed Glass Paperweight
Antique Baccarat Concentric Millefiori Signed Glass Paperweight

Antique Baccarat Concentric Millefiori Signed Glass Paperweight

$796Sale Price|20% Off

Antique Baccarat Concentric Millefiori Signed Glass Paperweight

By Baccarat

Located in Hyattsville, MD

A magnificent c.1950s Baccarat Five Row Concentric Close-Packed Millefiori Paperweight. The base features the acid etched post-war Baccarat mark. Large and showy with great bright co...

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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Paperweights

Materials

Glass

Vintage 1970s Roger Bezombes Bronze Starfish Medallion Table Sculpture
Vintage 1970s Roger Bezombes Bronze Starfish Medallion Table Sculpture

Vintage 1970s Roger Bezombes Bronze Starfish Medallion Table Sculpture

$316Sale Price|20% Off

Vintage 1970s Roger Bezombes Bronze Starfish Medallion Table Sculpture

By Roger Bezombes

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Florentine Bronze medal from the Monnaie de Paris (cornucopia hallmark from 1880). Minted around 1971. This is a Starfish like form Paperweight by Fr...

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Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

1970s Tarnished Brass Post-Modern Desktop Tape Dispenser Disco Nightclub Era
1970s Tarnished Brass Post-Modern Desktop Tape Dispenser Disco Nightclub Era

1970s Tarnished Brass Post-Modern Desktop Tape Dispenser Disco Nightclub Era

$600Sale Price|20% Off

1970s Tarnished Brass Post-Modern Desktop Tape Dispenser Disco Nightclub Era

By Milo Baughman, Harvey Probber

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Good working order, warm tarnish brass, a natural time-worn patina. Loaded up with a roll of clear tape.

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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Rare 1979 Donovan Leisure NYC Cia Law Firm 50th Anniversary Brass Paperweight
Rare 1979 Donovan Leisure NYC Cia Law Firm 50th Anniversary Brass Paperweight

Rare 1979 Donovan Leisure NYC Cia Law Firm 50th Anniversary Brass Paperweight

$4,400Sale Price / item|20% Off

Rare 1979 Donovan Leisure NYC Cia Law Firm 50th Anniversary Brass Paperweight

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Extremely rare New York City historical relic. A fiftieth anniversary brass cubic monolith commemorative desk sculpture. Issued to monogram; AWS. Approx. 45-60 members of firm a that time, only a handful were issued this paperweight in solid Brass weighing 8 lbs. 4.2 oz. Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine was an American white-shoe law firm, located in New York. It was founded in 1929 by General William "Wild Bill...

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Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Brass

1960s Alexander Girard Ashtray La Fonda Del Sol Restaurant NYC New York City MCM
1960s Alexander Girard Ashtray La Fonda Del Sol Restaurant NYC New York City MCM

1960s Alexander Girard Ashtray La Fonda Del Sol Restaurant NYC New York City MCM

$2,500

1960s Alexander Girard Ashtray La Fonda Del Sol Restaurant NYC New York City MCM

By Alexander Girard

Located in Hyattsville, MD

A very rare and vintage New York City relic. No chips, No handling damage. However this example does have some manufacturing defects that are all Photo'd.

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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Porcelain

1980s Plated Brass Bridge Bolts Bookends Paperweights Quirky Vintage Mid-Century
1980s Plated Brass Bridge Bolts Bookends Paperweights Quirky Vintage Mid-Century

1980s Plated Brass Bridge Bolts Bookends Paperweights Quirky Vintage Mid-Century

$388Sale Price / set|20% Off

1980s Plated Brass Bridge Bolts Bookends Paperweights Quirky Vintage Mid-Century

By Werkstätte Carl Auböck

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Brass electroplated Bridge Bolts as bookends or office decor. Each about 5 lbs. and 3.5 wide by 4 inches high. Appropriated objects similar conceptually to the works of the Carl Aubo...

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Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Paperweights

Materials

Metal

1960s Microchip Lucite Paperweight Vintage Retro Tech Sculpture MCM Anachronism
1960s Microchip Lucite Paperweight Vintage Retro Tech Sculpture MCM Anachronism

1960s Microchip Lucite Paperweight Vintage Retro Tech Sculpture MCM Anachronism

$1,036Sale Price|20% Off

1960s Microchip Lucite Paperweight Vintage Retro Tech Sculpture MCM Anachronism

By Enzo Mari

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Super fun and retro piece of office or desk decor. Good size at almost 4 wide. Reminiscent of the famous designs in lucite by Enzo Mari.

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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Lucite

1950s Lisa Larson Cat Stoneware Sculpture Paperweight Gustavsberg Danish MCM Era
1950s Lisa Larson Cat Stoneware Sculpture Paperweight Gustavsberg Danish MCM Era

1950s Lisa Larson Cat Stoneware Sculpture Paperweight Gustavsberg Danish MCM Era

$316Sale Price|20% Off

1950s Lisa Larson Cat Stoneware Sculpture Paperweight Gustavsberg Danish MCM Era

Located in Hyattsville, MD

One day in the middle of the 1950s, Lisa modeled a cat with the tail straight up in the air. The cat was made of dark brown stoneware with carved stripes. This modernist figurine was...

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Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

1950s German Newspaper Advertising Tin Clips Midcentury Graphic Design Set
1950s German Newspaper Advertising Tin Clips Midcentury Graphic Design Set

1950s German Newspaper Advertising Tin Clips Midcentury Graphic Design Set

$764Sale Price / set|20% Off

1950s German Newspaper Advertising Tin Clips Midcentury Graphic Design Set

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Small collection of light duty metal clips, from German newspapers. Silkscreen on thin metal. All working. Kölnische Zeitung (Cologne Gazette) Frankfurter Rundschau Rheinische P...

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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Tin

1950s Kay Bojesen Danish Teak Dust Bin Crumb Sweeper Set
1950s Kay Bojesen Danish Teak Dust Bin Crumb Sweeper Set

1950s Kay Bojesen Danish Teak Dust Bin Crumb Sweeper Set

$336Sale Price|20% Off

1950s Kay Bojesen Danish Teak Dust Bin Crumb Sweeper Set

By Kay Bojesen

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Kay Bojesen. Sweeper kit consisting of a sweeping tray and a brush of wood. Wonderful early impressed marks; k.b. eneret, translating kb exclusive, and Kay Bojesen paper label.   

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Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern More Desk Accessories

Materials

Teak

1970s Pair of Vintage Lucite Hourglass Sculpture Style of Charles Hollis Jones
1970s Pair of Vintage Lucite Hourglass Sculpture Style of Charles Hollis Jones

1970s Pair of Vintage Lucite Hourglass Sculpture Style of Charles Hollis Jones

$2,400Sale Price / set|20% Off

1970s Pair of Vintage Lucite Hourglass Sculpture Style of Charles Hollis Jones

By Milo Baughman, Charles Hollis Jones

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Fun pair of functional sculptural accents. Measures: LG - 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. MD - 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.  

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Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Obelisks

Materials

Acrylic

1920s Dental Paperweight Sculpture Glass Slab Temperature Gauge Thermometer
1920s Dental Paperweight Sculpture Glass Slab Temperature Gauge Thermometer

1920s Dental Paperweight Sculpture Glass Slab Temperature Gauge Thermometer

$685

1920s Dental Paperweight Sculpture Glass Slab Temperature Gauge Thermometer

By S.T. Dupont, Honeywell

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Rare item from the L.D. Caulk Co. of Milford Delaware. New old stock, New in box. A true Relic from yesteryears building technics. A beautiful desktop sculptural object. Temp rises w...

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Vintage 1920s American Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass

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