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Monday, December 11, 2006

Art Nouveau Silver Medal: Swimming Competition 1932

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Art Nouveau Silver Medal: Swimming Competition 1932
: "Very decorative Silver medal for winner of a swimming competition held in 1932 in Austria ( 4 x 100 meter crawling ) .




Artist signed: Weinberger ( famous Austrian Art Nouveau / Art Deco designer ).

Size: 2,2 x 1,5 inches. 40 gram. Fine condition."

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Thursday, December 07, 2006

Catholic Church in Tsingtau: Vintage Postcard.

We have bee listing some nice old postcards related to old Qingdao, like this one: Catholic Church in Tsingtau: Vintage Postcard. "Old China: Vintage postcard from Qingdao, China. „ Tingtao Catholic Church (!) “.



Color postcard with front view of the church building in Qingdao.

Military matter imprint at back. Unused, fine condition."

More Qingdao postcards HERE

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Eugen Jochum Autograph: Hotel Imperial Wien. CoA

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Eugen Jochum Autograph: Hotel Imperial Wien. CoA: "Eugen Jochum: Authentic, hand written signature on a card of the Hotel Imperial in Vienna.

4 x 6 in. Very fine condition




Eugen Jochum ( 1902 –1987 ) was an eminent German conductor. Jochum studied the piano and organ in Augsburg and conducting in Munich. His first post was as a rehearsal pianist for the Munich Opera, and then in Kiel.

He made his conducting debut with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in 1927, and the same year he was appointed musical director in Kiel. His early conducting posts including music director in Duisburg, at the Berlin Radio, and conductor of the Hamburg Opera, where he performed music by composers such as Paul Hindemith and Béla Bartók elsewhere banned by the Nazis. He later formed the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and conducted the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. In 1975, he was appointed conductor laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra. He conducted often at Bayreuth, Salzburg and Berlin.

Jochum is most famous for his interpretations of Anton Bruckner. His performances of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Haydn, Schumann, Wagner and Carl Orff are also renowned."

More Classical Music Autographs HERE

Sunday, June 04, 2006

Japanese Art Deco: Outstanding Litho Postcard

Outstanding Litho Postcard: "Most attractive Japanese Art Deco Postcard depicting a peddler carrying big boxes.

Issued by Seikwado Shiba, Tokyo.




Mint, very fine condition."

More Japanese Postcards: HERE

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Christopher Lee Autograph on large Photo

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Christopher Lee Autograph on large Photo
: "Christopher Lee Autograph on 8 x 10 inches b/w photograph. Fine condition.

The autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.




b/w photo ( no postcard ) of Christopher Lee with a blue autograph. A Certificate of Authenticity comes with the item.

In 1958, Lee made his inaugural appearance as “the Count” in The Horror of Dracula, with Cushing as Van Helsing. It would remain the favorite of Lee's Dracula films.

With the release eight years later of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Lee became the first actor ever to portray both Holmes and Holmes' brother.

Other Lee roles of note include the title characters in 1959's The Mummy and the Fu Manchu series of the '60s, and the villainous Scaramanga in the 1974 James Bond effort The Man With the Golden Gun. "

More autographs: HERE

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Chinese Snuff Bottle in Shape of a Pig.

This is really a nice one: Chinese Snuff Bottle in Shape of a Pig: "Old Chinese snuff bottle from end of 19th – beginning of 20th Century. Yellow Peking glass opaque colour.

Very fine condition ( the brownish snout - is part of the design ).

Intact stopper with spoon.

2.5 x 1.8 x 0.8 inches, 51 gram."




 Old Chinese Snuff Bottles HERE

Oskar Werner Autograph: Signed Photo. CoA

Oskar Werner Autograph: Signed Photo. CoA

Size: 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Fine condition.

The autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Oskar Werner was 18 years old when he made his stage bow at the Burgtheater in Wien.

He was a lifelong pacifist, a pure, traditional mime, a gifted reciter.





“Werner's definitive screen performance was the romantic intellectual Jules in Francois Truffaut's Jules et Jim (1962), though it was his portrayal of the philosophical Dr. Schumann in Ship of Fools (1965) that earned the actor his only Oscar nomination. His friendship with Truffaut soured after their second collaboration, Fahrenheit 451 (1967); exhibiting profound disillusionment, Truffaut complained (not without justification) that Werner had become a 'cold' performer.

Oskar Werner died at the age of 62, just before he was scheduled to deliver a lecture at a German drama club”. "

More autographs: HERE

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Art Nouveau Bronze: Knight and Angel. Signed Weinberger

Decorative bronze plaque with a knight on horseback, an angel following him. ca. 1910.




Artist signed: Weinberger.

Diameter: 1.2 inches. No faults, very fine condition, nice patina."

More Art Nouveau Bronzes HERE

Monday, March 13, 2006

1914: Emperor Francis Joseph Plaque

Franz Joseph, Austrian Emperor commemoration medal in bronze, Art Nouveau design.



More Art Nouveau Bronzes HERE

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles BIBA: Outstanding Art Deco Style Postcard. Gold - Black

This is a rare, genuine BIBA postcard, from the Iconic Store on Kensington High Street, typical “biba” Design, stiff card.

Unused, very fine condition."



More Art Deco and Art Nouveau Postcards HERE

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Antiques and unique Collectibles Mitzi Marbach: Dekorative Art Nouveau Postcard

Mitzi Marbach: Very decorative Art Nouveau postcard by Mitzi Marbach, a famous Austrian Jugendstil artist.



It shows a girl and a gentleman on a windy spring day.

Unused, very fine condition."

More Art Deco and Art Nouveau Postcards HERE

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Antiques and unique Collectibles Old China: Opium Flatware. 19. Century

Authentic Opium flatware from China, Qing Dynasty. Metal, fine chasing of the handles, decorative dragon motif.

Lenght: 6.5 inches. Diameter of Handles: 0.9 inches. Weight: 122 grams. For protection reason the flatware has been kept in white powder. There is still powder at the handles. This can easily be brushed way. Fine condition, scarce.

It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity."





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