Fall 2011 Antique Toy & Advertising Auction 2011-11-18 Auction - 384 Price Results - Pook & Pook, Inc. with Noel Barrett in PA - Page 9
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117: The 'Farie' Dolls House330: Marx Army Supply Train in box361: Eight European Train Cars for Repair/Restoration
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New Hope, PA, United States
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Fall 2011 Antique Toy & Advertising Auction

Clockwork Toys & Automata from the Frank Mohr Collection, The Patriotic Americana Collection of Greg & Molly Caron, along with a wide variety of items including Dolls' Houses and Miniatures from Various Consigners.
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Ives Double Dancers: cloth dressed painted wood figures dance atop wood box which houses the clockwork mechanism, box retains its original colorful decorative decal;10" t.
0195: Ives Double DancersEst. $700-$900
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Ives Black Preacher: cloth dressed figure of various materials including cast iron legs and tin hands, clockwork mechanism causes him to gesticulate - pounding hand on podium and rearing back and forth while turning his
0196: Ives Black PreacherEst. $2,500-$3,500
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Althof Bergmann Carrousel: this is among the larger toys by Althof Bergmann - the clockwork mechanism is in a painted tin base on wood; on the base a cloth dressed figure with bisque head and molded hat turns the crank to
0197: Althof Bergmann CarrouselEst. $6,000-$8,000
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American Tin Clockwork Equestrian: painted tin with cast iron wheels and robust clockwork mechanism in stenciled and painted tin housing; a very colorful toy with great presence;10" t.
0198: American Tin Clockwork EquestrianEst. $2,500-$4,500
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George Brown Confectionary Wagon: stenciled and painted tin with cast iron wheels, a nice example of this classic American tin toy with two hinged compartment covers and hinged canopy, it retains good color and stenciling;14.5" l.
0199: George Brown Confectionary WagonEst. $2,000-$4,000
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American Tin 'Maypole' Pull Toy: painted tin with cast iron wheels, very unusual form and action: as the toy is pulled along the floor by a young man in cadet style uniform an internal tin drive wheel turns with the axle to rotate
0200: American Tin 'Maypole' Pull ToyEst. $8,500-$12,500
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Althof Bergmann Circus Pull Toy: painted tin with cast iron wheels, as toy is pulled along the floor the lion on pole and the boy with horse rotate, a very scarce pull toy - similar can be seen in American Antique Toys by
0201: Althof Bergmann Circus Pull ToyEst. $2,500-$4,500
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Ives Boy in Horse Cart: painted tin with typical robust Ives clockwork mechanism, dressed figure of boy has cast metal head, a cute action toy with steerable rear wheels so can be made to go straight or in circles: horses
0202: Ives Boy in Horse CartEst. $3,500-$5,500
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Britains High Wheel Bicycle Rider: cloth dressed figure with cast metal head, hands, and legs; he sits astride a finely painted blue and gold high wheel bike - he is the most important part of a scarce circa 1880 W. Britain & Son
0203: Britains High Wheel Bicycle RiderEst. $1,000-$2,000
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The Automatic Foot Race by William Britain: two cloth dressed figures with painted cast metal heads, hands, and legs race around a central colorfully lithographed paper covered metal cylinder which houses a robust clockwork mechanism; an
0204: The Automatic Foot Race by William BritainEst. $8,000-$12,000
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Automaton Tea Drinker by William Britain: painted cast metal and wire with internal clockwork mechanism; a scarce early (circa 1880) clockwork toy made by W. Britain & Son, he is beautifully and colorfully dressed with Dresden paper trimmed
0205: Automaton Tea Drinker by William BritainEst. $3,000-$5,000
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William Britain Four Horse Race: the central inertia wheel drive is set in motion with a string like a gyroscope - once spinning the 4 painted metal horses with riders are set in circular motion jockeying for the lead, each horse
0206: William Britain Four Horse RaceEst. $1,400-$1,800
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Britain Bare Back Rider Toy: the central inertia wheel drive is set in motion with a string like a gyroscope - once spinning the painted metal horse with rider is set in circular motion - as the horse approaches the red and
0207: Britain Bare Back Rider ToyEst. $1,000-$1,500
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Britain Drinking Highlander Automaton: typical W. Britain & Sons construction - dressed figure with painted cast metal head, hands, and legs; internal clockwork mechanism causes figure to pour than drink using both hands, dressed in
0209: Britain Drinking Highlander AutomatonEst. $2,000-$3,000
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Boy With Donkey Platform Toy: bisque headed cloth dressed figure stands on painted tin platform with spirit painted cast metal wheels - he whips a flocked composition donkey with nodding head and flower basket - all propelled by
0210: Boy With Donkey Platform ToyEst. $800-$1,200
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Clockwork Girl Rower in Racing Shell: the cloth dressed girl doll with bisque head, cork body, and carved wood hands is seated in a robustly crafted and heavy wood shell with internal clockwork motor, the canes is fitted with a heavy
0211: Clockwork Girl Rower in Racing ShellEst. $1,500-$2,500
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French Clockwork Rowers: two cloth dressed boy dolls with bisque heads and hands and china feet ride in a painted tin row boat with cast metal wheels, the stern compartment is adorned with a French tricolor banner and houses
0212: French Clockwork RowersEst. $2,000-$3,000
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Farm Glider Wagon Toy: a most peculiar metamorphic toy made primarily of wood with painted tin driver and wheels and a lithographed tin donkey, what at first appears to be a rather prosaic farm wagon pulled by a donkey
0213: Farm Glider Wagon ToyEst. $3,000-$5,000
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Trottoir Roulant or Moving Sidewalk with Box: this wonderful French creation memorializes in toy form one of the most popular attractions of the famed Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900 which was a 3 tier moving sidewalk - each tier at a
0214: Trottoir Roulant or Moving Sidewalk with BoxEst. $3,000-$5,000
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French Horsedrawn Tin Omnibus Floor Toy - green: painted tin with stained cast metal wheels with finely detailed cast metal undercarriage spring assembly, gold lettered black tin labels on each side read 'Compagnie Generale Des Omnibus' and 'Gare
0215: French Horsedrawn Tin Omnibus Floor Toy - greenEst. $2,500-$4,500
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French Horsedrawn Tin Omnibus Floor Toy: painted tin with stained cast metal wheels, gold lettering on black paper labels on each side read 'Compagnie Generale Des Omnibus'; the 8 window vehicle is pulled by 2 fully formed horses, the
0216: French Horsedrawn Tin Omnibus Floor ToyEst. $1,000-$2,000
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Martin Auto Transport with box: the motorized tractor with maker's identifying brass label on hood and painted tin driver pulls 3 cargo trailers: one with wine cask, one with coal load and one with lumber load, offered with
0217: Martin Auto Transport with boxEst. $2,000-$4,000
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Martin Drunkard with box: cloth dressed painted tin and wire figure with cast metal feet, internal clockwork mechanism creates walking motion as figure waves his bottle and drinks from cup, offered with original box with
0218: Martin Drunkard with boxEst. $600-$900
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