See our top picks for vintage and antique gifts from our dealers’ collections. Choosing just 25 wasn’t easy but your father feel like the Most Interesting Man in the World owning any of them. Browse our vintage Father’s Day Gifts for more men’s accessories, art, and objet.
Men’s Vintage Fashion Accessories
1. Vintage “Four Vices” Cufflinks
The four vices depicted with a bottle of wine, lady, playing cards, and a racing horse. 18K gold and enamel, England, 1950s. Sooky Goodfriend [Gallery 10/646.671.2525]
2. Rare Men’s 18K Audemars Piguet Watch
Rare men’s 18K Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Dag Date Moon phase automatic wrist watch with box. 18K gold, Switzerland. Bella Antiques [Gallery 52 & 6/212.308.7330]
3. Vintage Silver Dollar Sign Money Clip
Money clip shaped as a Dollar sign, sterling silver, American, circa 1940″s. Kenneth James Collection [Gallery 47/212.888.0165]
4. 1940’s Mexican Mixed Metal Shaker and Stirrer
Mixed metal Mexican Cocktail Shaker and Stirrer. Silver, copper, brass, Mexico, 1940’s. H: 15″ including stirrer. Robin’s Antiques [Gallery 62/212.310.0158]
5. Antique English Staffordshire Toby Jug
Staffordshire pottery Toby jug, English, circa 1840. Height 9″ Leah Gordon [Gallery 18/212.872.1422]
6. Rare Dunhill Lighter Shaped Flask
A very special Dunhill chrome and leather lighter form flask, Germany, circa 1960s. Sooky Goodfriend [Gallery 10/646.671.2525]
7. 1920s Sterling Silver Corkscrew
Sterling silver, USA, 1920s. L: 4″ Robin’s Antiques [Gallery 62/212.310.0158]
8. Vintage Snooker Balls Drinking Glass Set
Set of 10 tumbler glasses decorated with numbered snooker/pool balls on various colored backgrounds, along with a triangular “rack” shaped tray, glass, paint, wood, American, circa 1980s. Height: 5-1/2″ Overall width: 5-1/2″ Sooky Goodfriend [Gallery 10/646.671.2525]
9.“Schnapps-O-Flex” Camera Decanter
Ceramic schnapps holder or decanter, entitled “Schnapps-O-Flex”, and in the form of a camera, the flash bulb is the stopper, American, circa 1980s.
Height: 8-1/2″ Width: 3-1/4″ Sooky Goodfriend [Gallery 10/646.671.2525]
10. Original Guinness Advertising Art by John Gilroy
Original advertising art for Guinness. S.H. Benson Advertising Agency, painted by John Gilroy, oil on canvas, England, for the Israeli market, 1953. Robert Lloyd [Gallery 63/212.750.8752]
11. Vintage Japanese Rice Paper with World Map
World map, on rice paper, Japan, 1874.
Dimensions: 41″ x 24″ Akasaka Collection [Gallery 14/212.223.3892]
Samurai Armor. Metal, Japan, 20th century. H: 35″
W: 20″ Akasaka Collection [Gallery 14/212.223.3892]
13. Double sided Japanese tsuba
Double sided tsuba with susano-o (in Chinese mythology, the powerful storm of the summer) with vajra (thunderbolt) and dragon. Bronze, copper, shakundo (gold/copper alloy), gold, shibuichi (silver/copper alloy). Japan, 19th century. Flying Cranes Antiques [Gallery 55 & 58/212.223.4600]
14. Musician Series by Artist Ko Kono
Leather musicians series by the Japanese Artist Ko Kono, master leather artist and craftsman form Kyoto, Japan. Leather, Japan, Japanese contemporary.
H: 9″ Niki Art [Gallery 81/212.319.5030]
15. “Spring Revealing Nature” Bronze Sculpture by Mathurin Moreau
Spring Revealing Nature Bronze Sculpture, by Mathurin Moreau. F&P Associations [Gallery 39 & 83/212.644.5885]
16. Antique Pair of Japanese Mixed-Metal Vases
Pair of Japanese Mixed-Metal Vases. Antique Pair of Japanese Mixed-Metal Vases. Lev Tov [Gallery 93/212.308.3516]
Pende Mask. Wood, paint, Congo.H: 18″ W: 15″ Hemingway African Gallery [Gallery 96/212.838.3650]
Walega Chair. Wood and paint, Ethiopia.H: 37″W: 27″ D: 24″ Hemingway African Gallery [Gallery 96/212.838.3650]
19. Blink a Gear Robot with Original Box
Blink a Gear Robot. Battery operated robot with original box. Made by Taiyo. Tin, Japan, 1960. The Antique Toy Shop [Gallery 13/theantiquetoyshop@yahoo.com]
20. Antique English Postal Scale
Mahogany and brass postal scale and weights with letter and book rates for 1915. Brass and mahogany, England, 1915.L: 10″D: 6″H: 5″ Burke’s Antiques [Gallery 4/212.570.2964]
21. 12 Caesars Set of Silver Coins
12 Caesars Set of Silver Coins. From Julius Caesar to Domitian (The Twelve Caesars). Silver, Italy, 44 BC-96 AD. Palmyra Heritage [Gallery 16/212.319.1077]
Rare Books
Winston Churchill: A Speech by the Prime Minister in The House of Commons. First Edition of Churchill’s historic speech before The House of Commons: “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” Paper, United Kingdom, 1940.H: 11″ W: 6-1/2″ Manhattan Rare Book Co [Gallery 90/212.326.8907]
22. The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakespeare
The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakespeare. Beautiful, complete 8-volume set of Shakespeare’s works bound in stunning contemporary calf bindings. Calf and paper, London, United Kingdom, 1839. The set: H: 10″ W: 12″ Manhattan Rare Book Co [Gallery 90/212.326.8907]
23.Bulgari Las Vegas Casino Chip Paperweights
Bulgari Las Vegas Casino Chip Paperweights. Bulgari sterling silver and vermeil silver Las Vegas casino chip form desk paperweights in fitted box. Nathan Horowicz [Gallery 91/212.755.6320]
Antique Round Tobacco Box with Inlay. Multiple wood marquetry round tobacco box with ebony knob. Wood, England, 1870. D: 6-1/2″ H: 6″ Burke’s Antiques [Gallery 4/212.570.2964]
25. Antique Wood and Brass Book Holder
Wood and brass book holder with retracting slide out ends and agate ends. By Bettamin patent # 16327. Walnut, brass, and agate, England, 1870.L: 13-1/4″ extends to 20″D: 5-1/2″H: 6-3/4″ Burke’s Antiques [Gallery 4/212.570.2964]
