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Biedermeier Chest of Drawers, North German, around 1820
Located in Greding, DE
Three-drawer Biedermeier commode standing on square-tapered legs. The slightly convex front gives the piece a refined silhouette. Veneered in mahogany, with key escutcheons designed ...
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Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Magnets

Materials

Magnets

French Provincial Waxed Pine Bookcase Display Cabinet Cupboard
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FRENCH WAXED PINE DISPLAY CABINET OR CUPBOARD Circa mid-to-late 19th century Item # 306REP14A A delightful French Provincial cabinet of the 19th century, it features a positively g...
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19th Century French French Provincial Antique Magnets

Materials

Magnets

18th Century Italian Walnut Cassone with Carved Figure Ends & Paw Feet
Located in Milford, NH
front two panels have been converted to doors, with magnets added. The cassone dates to the 18th
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18th Century Italian Antique Magnets

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

Lake Fog
Located in Palm Springs, CA
and collaborative projects, helping to establish the burgeoning workshop as a magnet for experimental
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1920s American Impressionist Antique Magnets

Materials

Lithograph

The Drinker - Early 20th Century French Post Impressionist Paris Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
70 cm) including the frame In the early years of the twentieth century, Paris became a magnet for
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Magnets

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Miss Whitehead - The Bank Nun
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
grotesque magnet for lingering Romantic-era anxieties about the circulation of paper credit, financial
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19th Century Antique Magnets

Materials

Engraving

Portrait of Maiden in Coastal Landscape - Scottish Victorian art oil painting
By Robert Fowler
Located in London, GB
abroad in Paris and Munich. His studio became a magnet for other artists, writers and musicians. He moved
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1890s Victorian Antique Magnets

Materials

Oil

1897 Decorative Botanical Prints – Calceolaria Hybrida, Rugosa, and Alonsoa
Located in Langweer, NL
cheerful flowers are a magnet for pollinators like bees. 3. Alonsoa incisifolia - Common names
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1890s Antique Magnets

Materials

Paper

Art Deco ATO Mantel Clock
By ATO
Located in Norwich, GB
curved bar on the pendulum is a hollow rod containing a magnet at it’s right hand end. As the magnet
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Magnets

Materials

Chrome

Antique Art Deco ATO Mantel Clock
Art Deco ATO Mantel Clock
H 8.25 in W 7.25 in D 4.25 in
1897 Vibrant Botanical Prints – Baby Blue Eyes, Cherry Pie and Blue Eyed Mary
Located in Langweer, NL
both ornamental and a magnet for pollinators like butterflies. 3. Venus' navelwort (*Omphalodes
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1890s Antique Magnets

Materials

Paper

19th c American Cherry Two Part Step Back Cupboard w/Tiger Maple Drawer Fronts
Located in Milford, NH
added on the back for stability, and some of the hardware has been replaced, including magnets added to
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19th Century American Federal Antique Magnets

Materials

Glass, Cherry, Maple

precision table regulator with electric winding system BRUXELLES XX century
Located in Milano, IT
, magnets, two contact wheels and governor for electrical winding. The clock stands on an ebonized wooden
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Early 20th Century Antique Magnets

Materials

Brass

1897 Original Botanical Prints – Perennial Phlox, Gilia Varieties and Collomia
Located in Langweer, NL
blooms and is native to mountainous regions of North America. Its vibrant flowers are a magnet for
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1890s Antique Magnets

Materials

Paper

Large English nautical magnetic compass in brass and glass early 1900s
Located in Milan, IT
Neckam "De nominibus utensilium" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called
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Early 1900s Antique Magnets

Materials

Brass

Bown Steel Aseptic Dental Cabinet by Lee S. Smith & Son w/ Twelve Drawers, 1909
By Lee S. Smith & Son 1
Located in San Francisco, CA
easily installed via magnets to the interiors of both cabinets. Stands on 19th century-style bun feet
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Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Magnets

Materials

Brass, Steel

Galvanometer Antique Measuring Instrument Used for Telegraph Cables 1850 circa
Located in Milan, IT
. Tool constituted by a magnet bar movable inside a coil and connected to a needle. In the absence of
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1850s British Antique Magnets

Materials

Wood

13/14thC Large Thickly Cast Iron Korean Buddha, 9020
Located in Ukiah, CA
Very rare large thickly cast iron Korean Buddha (a magnet sticks to it). In an extremely early
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15th Century and Earlier Korean Antique Magnets

Materials

Iron

"Central Park South" Georgina Klitgaard, Female Modernist New York Cityscape
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
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Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Magnets

Materials

Oil

"Washington Square Park" Georgina Klitgaard, People in Cityscape Modernist Scene
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
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Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Magnets

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Catskill Mountains" Georgina Klitgaard, Country Landscape Modernist Hills
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
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Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Magnets

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Bearsville, New York" Georgina Klitgaard, Modernist New York Wooded Landscape
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
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Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Magnets

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Fodder Stacks, Bearsville" Georgina Klitgaard, Modernist Agricultural Landscape
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
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Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Magnets

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Newton’s Farm" Georgina Klitgaard, Modernist Hazy Autumn Landscape Painting
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
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Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Magnets

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Truck Gardens" Georgina Klitgaard, Modernist Country Landscape With Train
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
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Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Magnets

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Riverbank" Charles Sprague Pearce, American Impressionist Boat Sketch
By Charles Sprague Pearce
Located in New York, NY
, advised him to study in Paris rather than in Munich, Germany, traditionally a magnet for American art
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique Magnets

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Fodder Stacks, Bearsville" Georgina Klitgaard, Modernist Country Landscape
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
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Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Magnets

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Johnny Walker’s Place" Georgina Klitgaard, 1929 American Modernist Landscape
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
Harrison helped found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for
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1920s American Modern Antique Magnets

Materials

Oil

Antique L. M. Ericsson AC110 Iron Skeleton Telephone Taxen Eiffel Dachshund #3
By L.M. Ericsson
Located in Sweden, SE
brass, wire, ebonite and magnet steel. Much of the walnut used for cabinets was imported from the US. As
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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Magnets

Materials

Metal, Brass, Bronze

L. M. Ericsson BC 2000 Telephone Made in 1900 Designed as Old Times Book Press
By L.M. Ericsson
Located in Sweden, SE
number of firms to ensure supplies of essentials like brass, wire, ebonite and magnet steel. Much of the
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Magnets

Materials

Metal, Brass

"Girl with Doll" Charles Sprague Pearce, American Impressionism, Figurative
By Charles Sprague Pearce
Located in New York, NY
in Munich, Germany, traditionally a magnet for American art students. Pearce arrived in the French
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1890s Impressionist Antique Magnets

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Fruit" Georgina Klitgaard, Apples and Pears Still Life, Woodstock Female Artist
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
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Early 20th Century Modern Antique Magnets

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nautical Brass Magnetic Compass with Original Box by E. Vion Paris, Early 1900
Located in Milan, IT
attribute to the Amalfiers the exploitation of the properties of the magnet. The cardanic suspension made
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Early 20th Century French Antique Magnets

Materials

Brass

Pair of Monumental Carved Stone Garden Fruit Basket from Famed Vouziers Mansion
Located in St. Louis, MO
Florissant, Missouri. The French Country Chateau Vouziers was built in 1926 on a 250 acre estate for Magnet
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1920s French Antique Magnets

Materials

Stone

"In the Market Place" Algiers
By Lucien Abrams
Located in San Antonio, TX
was a magnet for European artists during the nineteenth century. Like his French colleagues, Abrams
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1880s Impressionist Antique Magnets

Materials

Oil

A Renaissance Revival , Copper & Brass Mounted with Malachite Top, Jewelry Box
Located in Sheffield, MA
500 times in a minute, at a short distance from the poles of a series of 64 permanent magnets
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19th Century English Renaissance Revival Antique Magnets

Large French Antique Larder Linen Cupboard in Raw Wood Farmhouse
Located in Wolverhampton, GB
. The top cupboard locks with the key provided, the bottom shutting with a magnet. The shelves inside
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Early 20th Century French Antique Magnets

Materials

Oak

Reggiani Style Midcentury Spherical Chrome Adjustable Pair of Table Lamps, 1960s
By Reggiani
Located in Cassina de'Pecchi, IT
in Italy in the 1960s. The Bases and the spheres-lights, joined by a magnet, can be separated
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1660s Italian Space Age Antique Magnets

Materials

Chrome

1960s Italian Burr Walnut Veneer Sideboard
Located in PARIS, FR
compartment. The doors are closed by magnets. The sideboard stands on six ball feet inspired by antique
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1660s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Magnets

Materials

Wood, Walnut

1960s Italian Burr Walnut Veneer Sideboard
1960s Italian Burr Walnut Veneer Sideboard
H 27.96 in W 70.87 in D 19.69 in
English Georgian Mahogany Hanging Corner Cabinet
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
. Attractive patina. Painted shelved interior. Original back. Later added magnet for door close. A few minor
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19th Century Antique Magnets

Materials

Mahogany

English Georgian Mahogany Hanging Corner Cabinet
English Georgian Mahogany Hanging Corner Cabinet
H 43.71 in W 31.89 in D 15.75 in
Swedish Art Deco Period Cabinet
Located in Hudson, NY
, newly customized. Locks removed and magnet based mechanism installed by previous owner. Highly
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1920s Swedish Art Deco Antique Magnets

Materials

Ash, Birch, Elm, Palisander, Sycamore, Walnut

Swedish Art Deco Period Cabinet
Swedish Art Deco Period Cabinet
H 66.5 in W 62.5 in D 27 in
Early Victorian Pink Tourmaline, Diamond and Pearl Cluster Ring
Located in Brooklyn, NY
[Sri Lankan] Magnet" because it could attract and then repel hot ashes due to its pyroelectric
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1840s British Early Victorian Antique Magnets

Materials

Diamond, Pearl, Tourmaline, 10k Gold

"CA", France, Movement, Rare French Table Clock with Arcane Time Display
By Mathieu Planchon
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
large five- arm hour wheel with screwed on circular magnet disc. "Mysterious clock" - no one can
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Magnets

Materials

Wood

Historic 1926 Casa Del Mar Hotel Santa Monica Chandelier
By Charles Plummer
Located in North Hollywood, CA
quickly became a magnet for the newly rising Hollywood elite. The hotel, designed by architect Charles
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1920s American Renaissance Revival Antique Magnets

Materials

Copper

Meteorite Twannberg 128 gramms Swiss Hexahedrite Iron Shaped by Nature TW 1253
Located in Meinisberg, CH
, black and white flamed marble block and held in place by a strong magnet. The specimen can be removed or
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15th Century and Earlier Abstract Antique Magnets

Materials

Iron

Notre Dame, Paris
By Antal Berkes
Located in New Orleans, LA
the focal point of this time. A hundred years ago, Paris was a magnet. Artists and thinkers traveled
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Early 20th Century Antique Magnets

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of Translucent Pink and White Opaline Glass Lusters, Late 19th C
Located in Queens Village, NY
, creating a cozy atmosphere. Like a magnet, Lily was pulled to the lusters and stared at them in awe for
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Magnets

Materials

Gold Leaf, Gold, Gold Plate, Enamel

English Aesthetic Movement Ebonized Wood and Pottery Mantle Clock
By Lewis Foreman Day
Located in Brooklyn, NY
became a magnet for young women moving away from rural towns seeking opportunity - some because they had
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Magnets

Materials

Metal

Saint Catherine arguing with the pagan philosophers
By Gonçal Peris
Located in Barcelona, ES
, especially painting. The city acted as a powerful magnet for patrons and artists from all over Europe, such
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18th Century and Earlier Gothic Antique Magnets

Materials

Egg Tempera, Wood Panel

Weimar Art Deco Portrait
By Isobel Steele Mackinnon
Located in New York, NY
. Hofmann’s Munich-based school was a magnet for foreign students after World War I, ever after Hofmann left
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1920s Feminist Antique Magnets

Materials

Gouache, Oil, Tempera

After the masked ball
By Max Rabes
Located in Eltville, DE
Tunisia and Algeria followed, in particular to Biskra, which became a magnet for many artists owing to its
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1920s Impressionist Antique Magnets

Materials

Gouache

Art Deco Ruby Diamond Platinum Love Magnet Heart Charm
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed as an elongated horseshoe magnet with a milgrain edge Terminating as a bezel set ruby
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1920s Art Deco Antique Magnets

Materials

Diamond, Ruby, Platinum

Large John Smith’s Advertising Mirror, Pub Mirror for Magnet Ales
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A large John Smith’s advertising mirror, pub mirror for Magnet Ales This is wonderful pictorial
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Early 20th Century English Industrial Antique Magnets

English Regency Mahogany Center Table
Located in Stamford, CT
An English Regency mahogany center table with a gilded leaf-carved, pedestal and segmented inlaid top.
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1820s English Regency Antique Magnets

Materials

Magnets

Mark III Ship's Binnacle
Located in Norwell, MA
brass hood, port and starboard magnets, brass arms, wet compass and rear chart tube. Measures: 59" tall
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Late 19th Century Antique Magnets

Mark III Ship's Binnacle
Mark III Ship's Binnacle
H 59 in W 33 in L 59 in
Edwardian Mahogany Butler's Bell Box for Servants
Located in Austin, TX
casing of mahogany with brass hardware. With original brass maker's label: Magnet Perfect for your
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Early 20th Century English Antique Magnets

Materials

Brass

1916s Pocket Magnetic Compass for the Raf Officers Antique Surveyor Measurement
Located in Milan, IT
Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called "sailor's friend". Even the inventory of a Sicilian ship of
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1910s Antique Magnets

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Small Brass Antique Telescope with Leather-Covered Handle
Located in Milan, IT
" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called "sailor’s friend". Even the inventory
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1870s French Antique Magnets

Materials

Brass

Gübelin Turtle Mystery Water Clock
By Gubelin
Located in New Orleans, LA
basin resides the eight-day movement that operates a magnet. The turtle contains a small piece of metal
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Early 20th Century Swiss Art Deco Antique Magnets

1915s Magnetic Pocket Compass Short & Mason Antique Scientific Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Neckam "De nominibus utensilium" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called
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1910s Antique Magnets

Materials

Brass

1917s Verner's Pattern Small Brass Nautical Compass Supplied English Officers
Located in Milan, IT
Provins, where the magnet is called "sailor’s friend". Even the inventory of a Sicilian ship of 1200’s
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1910s British Antique Magnets

Materials

Brass

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Antique Magnets For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of antique magnets available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, brass and wood, all antique magnets available were constructed with great care. Antique magnets have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Regency antique magnets are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made antique magnets over the years, but those made by E. Vion Paris are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Antique Magnets?

Antique magnets can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,056, while the lowest priced sells for $649 and the highest can go for as much as $47,000.