Nicholas Brawer Gallery

09/04/2026

05/24/2026

An extraordinary survivor from the Imperial Japanese Navy: These June 1941 naval observation binoculars have been meticulously restored to concours condition by the Nicholas Brawer Gallery and now overlook Lake Tahoe, bringing distant wildlife, boating activity, and the far shoreline into striking, wide-angle focus.

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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