Nicholas Brawer Gallery

03/17/2026

Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein with the finest large aperture Swiss binoculars of WWII. Now on display at the Gallery, 1046 Madison Avenue.

03/15/2026

Our most powerful Cold War-era, tripod-mounted, mirror-polished naval binoculars in the great room of an Aspen estate.

12/05/2025

One of our 1940s Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft-spotting binoculars—keeping company with a KAWS bear in a Manhattan penthouse, sharing a view of the city and beyond together.

12/02/2025

A one-of-a-kind tether racing car from the late 1940s – cast, built and tuned by hand. A rare piece of early American miniature racing car history - now on view at the Gallery, 1046 Madison Avenue.

12/01/2025

One of the original 100 Dooling “PeeWee” tether cars from late 1941—a rare survivor from the earliest days of American miniature model car racing.

Only a handful of these first-run cars are still around, and almost none remain in this condition. This example is completely original and un-raced: the Vivell .35 engine, untouched tires with visible mold flash, and undrilled bridle-mount points all show it never saw the track. It also retains its period documentation.

For collectors, this is the one you hope to find: a clean, documented, first-run PeeWee—one of the most important American miniature race cars ever made.

Available for purchase now.

11/30/2025

A rare Cold War–era set of official U.S. Government–issued 1:72 recognition models, dated 1958–1961. These were used in military identification training, teaching the rapid “friend or foe” spotting that mattered in the early jet age. Each retains its raised lettering, date, and U.S. PROPERTY stamp under the wings.

This set includes:

• English P1B Fighter — Nov. 1958
• English N.113D (Scimitar) Naval Fighter — Jan. 1959
• USSR “Fishpot” (Sukhoi Su-9) — Apr. 1959
• Bréguet 1050 Alizé — May 1960
• French Mirage III — Apr. 1961

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11/11/2025

A meticulously restored set of high-powered, Cold War-era naval binoculars from the Nicholas Brawer Gallery enhancing ocean views from a modernist masterpiece in Sag Harbor.

11/08/2025

Penthouse, Bloomberg Building. Panoramic views over Manhattan enhanced with a set of our meticulously restored vintage naval binoculars.

11/07/2025

10/25/2025

The most powerful Cold War-era naval binoculars ever made, restored to concours condition by the Nicholas Brawer Gallery 1046 Madison Avenue.

10/12/2025

Basquiat & Binoculars