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Departments of the catalogue

Objects organised
by how they lived.

Curio’s departments bring together function, material, engineering, and cultural use—giving each object a meaningful context before it becomes a filter.

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Mechanical camera from Curio's cameras and optics department
Cameras & optics · Curio 0047
Vintage chair representing Curio furniture and lighting
Departments
11
Objects
335
Available now
335
Represented eras
7
Origins
54

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Each department is led by its own evidence: mechanisms and optics, movements and timekeeping, material construction, authorship and edition, or the visible logic of tools.

Collectible accessories department01

Collectible accessories

Collectible accessories

“Maker, period and condition are documented for each listed object.”
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Catalogue
7 objects
Available
7 now
Era
1920–1939 · 1960–1979 · 1980–1999
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Audio & radios department02

Audio & radios

Audio & radios

“Maker, period and condition are documented for each listed object.”
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Catalogue
51 objects
Available
51 now
Era
1920–1939 · 1940–1959 · 1960–1979 · 1980–1999
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Cameras & optics department03

Cameras & optics

Cameras & optics

“Maker, period and condition are documented for each listed object.”
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Catalogue
57 objects
Available
57 now
Era
1900–1919 · 1920–1939 · 1940–1959 · 1960–1979 · 1980–1999
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Mechanical objects department04

Mechanical objects

Mechanical objects

“Maker, period and condition are documented for each listed object.”
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Catalogue
4 objects
Available
4 now
Era
1940–1959 · 1960–1979 · 1980–1999
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Optical equipment department05

Optical equipment

Optical equipment

“Maker, period and condition are documented for each listed object.”
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Catalogue
26 objects
Available
26 now
Era
1860–1879 · 1880–1899 · 1920–1939 · 1940–1959 · 1960–1979 · 1980–1999
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Film & slide projectors department06

Film & slide projectors

Film & slide projectors

“Maker, period and condition are documented for each listed object.”
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Catalogue
7 objects
Available
7 now
Era
1940–1959 · 1960–1979
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Laboratory instruments department07

Laboratory instruments

Laboratory instruments

“Maker, period and condition are documented for each listed object.”
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Catalogue
7 objects
Available
7 now
Era
1920–1939 · 1940–1959 · 1960–1979
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Scientific instruments department08

Scientific instruments

Scientific instruments

“Maker, period and condition are documented for each listed object.”
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Catalogue
74 objects
Available
74 now
Era
1860–1879 · 1880–1899 · 1900–1919 · 1920–1939 · 1940–1959 · 1960–1979 · 1980–1999
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Clocks & timepieces department09

Clocks & timepieces

Clocks & timepieces

“Maker, period and condition are documented for each listed object.”
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Catalogue
7 objects
Available
7 now
Era
1900–1919 · 1940–1959 · 1960–1979
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Typewriters department10

Typewriters

Typewriters

“Maker, period and condition are documented for each listed object.”
Browse typewriters in the Curio catalogue.
Catalogue
64 objects
Available
64 now
Era
1900–1919 · 1920–1939 · 1940–1959 · 1960–1979 · 1980–1999
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Mechanical typewriters department11

Mechanical typewriters

Mechanical typewriters

“Maker, period and condition are documented for each listed object.”
Browse mechanical typewriters in the Curio catalogue.
Catalogue
31 objects
Available
31 now
Era
1940–1959 · 1960–1979 · 1980–1999
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One standard across departments

Identity, condition,
and evidence.

Whether Curio is reviewing a watch movement, chair joint, photographic lens, printed edition, or mechanical tool, the same obligation applies: make the object legible before asking a buyer to trust it.