30 Intentional And Accidental Pieces Of Art That People Have Found All Over The World (New Pics)

As you can see from the photos on this list, the Lost Found Art Instagram page is full of exciting images and fun facts about people, places and history. Did you know that homemade Halloween costumes for children back in the day were often much scarier than the looks we see today? Have you ever seen an antique prosthetic hand?

This page shares plenty of fascinating curiosities that have been lost in history or simply aren’t talked about as often as they should be. But the unique nature of the account has gained them plenty of followers, over 90k to be exact, since they started posting in 2015. Now, they’ve shared over 5,000 images, and fans can’t seem to get enough.

But despite how captivating their Instagram presence is, Lost Found Art is much more than just a social media page. In fact, it’s actually a “unique design company that specializes in sculptural installations and assemblages using antique and vintage pieces,” their website explains.

“Our works are created with an eye to scale, balance, color and surface interest, and the end result is a strong visual statement that combines artistic statement, whimsy, form and uniqueness,” Lost Found Art notes. 

“We can customize to fit any space, décor, or point of view. Subtle or outrageous, free standing or wall mounted, our collections become the focal point of any room in your home or business,” Lost Found Art continues on their site. 

“Our designs work equally well in a contemporary setting as they do in the more traditional. Lost Found Art also offers in-house consulting in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut areas, providing an expert eye to residential owners and businesses in order to maximize the display potential of existing personal collections.”

Lost Found Art even has various collections on their website that visitors can peruse. You can find antique paint brushes, palettes, baseball mitts, decorative birds, rolling pins, cutting boards, garden shovels, mirrors, bowling pins, baking pans, cheese graters, knives, buckets, bottles and more. The collections are excellently curated blasts from the past, and they fabulously turn regular old items into pieces of art.    

There are even individual objects on sale on Lost Found Art that would be sure to add some quirky charm to your home. The vintage prosthetic hand is one of them, along with an antique Art Deco circa 1920’s wooden store mannequin display. You can also purchase a 1950’s antique pinball game playing field or a “funky little futuristic 1950’s egg beater.”   

While the items featured and sold through Lost Found are often much older than the company, that has been around for a while as well. In 2006, Mark Indursky, one of the owners of Lost Found Art spoke to the New York Times about how he turns vintage items into sculptures. At the time, Indursky was selling a collection of vintage baseball mitts, about which he said, “I like the scale and the innocence.” But he’s particular about what items he’ll take on, as he told the New York Times, “I don’t do cookie jars.”