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Auction archive: Lot number 642

Lot of Five Tin Toys,

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$316
Auction archive: Lot number 642

Lot of Five Tin Toys,

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$316
Beschreibung:

1900-1950s, includes a ca early 20th century, polychrome painted tin teeter-totter or seesaw toy with two male figures and a tower, unmarked, in original painted finish. When the toy is engaged, the figures begin from the top of the tower and slowly make their way to the bottom by rocking up and down, 12.5" high; PLUS a ca first quarter of the 20th century, German tin windup toy of two men, with articulated arms, riding a handcar with spoke wheels. When toy is engaged, the men's arms move up and down and the handcar moves forward, 5" x 2" x 5" high; PLUS a ca 1940s-1950s J.Chein windup duck that bobs up and down when toy is engaged, in original finish, 4" high; PLUS a ca 1940s-1950s J.Chein windup clown in a handstand wearing a lithographed clown suit, clown sways from side to side when toy is engaged, 5" high; AND a ca 1940s-1950s German windup frog, in original finish, frog bobs up and down when toy is engaged, 1" high. Condition: Paint ca 85% on the teeter toy; paint ca 30% on the handcar toy, not in working order, spring is loose; paint ca 88% on the duck; paint ca 95% on the clown; paint ca 97% on the frog. All VG

Auction archive: Lot number 642
Auction:
Datum:
26 Jan 2008
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

1900-1950s, includes a ca early 20th century, polychrome painted tin teeter-totter or seesaw toy with two male figures and a tower, unmarked, in original painted finish. When the toy is engaged, the figures begin from the top of the tower and slowly make their way to the bottom by rocking up and down, 12.5" high; PLUS a ca first quarter of the 20th century, German tin windup toy of two men, with articulated arms, riding a handcar with spoke wheels. When toy is engaged, the men's arms move up and down and the handcar moves forward, 5" x 2" x 5" high; PLUS a ca 1940s-1950s J.Chein windup duck that bobs up and down when toy is engaged, in original finish, 4" high; PLUS a ca 1940s-1950s J.Chein windup clown in a handstand wearing a lithographed clown suit, clown sways from side to side when toy is engaged, 5" high; AND a ca 1940s-1950s German windup frog, in original finish, frog bobs up and down when toy is engaged, 1" high. Condition: Paint ca 85% on the teeter toy; paint ca 30% on the handcar toy, not in working order, spring is loose; paint ca 88% on the duck; paint ca 95% on the clown; paint ca 97% on the frog. All VG

Auction archive: Lot number 642
Auction:
Datum:
26 Jan 2008
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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