Old Salem Toy Museum & T.A. Gray Collection 2010-11-19 Auction - 254 Price Results - Pook & Pook, Inc. with Noel Barrett in PA
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DoneNov 20, 2010 4:20 PM EST
Downingtown, PA, United States
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Old Salem Toy Museum & T.A. Gray Collection

The Old Salem Toy Museum along with toys from the Thomas A. Gray collection to be sold at auction in New Hope, Pa. on November 19 & 20, 2010.Last May the Old Salem Toy Museum in Old Salem, N.C., closed its doors for the last time on a spectacular collection of antique toys, holiday items, dollhouses, miniatures and other children's playthings, some dating to as early as 225 A.D. The collection was built over many years by businessman Thomas A. Gray and his mother Anne P. Gray, members of a highly respected family of North Carolina philanthropists. Both Tom Gray's grandfather, James A. Gray, and his great-uncle, Bowman Gray Sr., held the position of chairman of the board of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. One would presume correctly that the museum's toy collection ranked among the very finest of its type
 
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Lot: Schoenhut Clown & Poodle: included is a poodle with cloth fur and ears along with earlier two-part face clown (no wood cone under hat) Size: clown appr. 8" t.
0003: Lot: Schoenhut Clown & PoodleEst. $300-$400
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Lot: Schoenhut Bulldog & Clown: included is glass eyed white bulldog along with earlier two-part face clown (no wood cone under hat) Size: clown appr. 8" t.
0004: Lot: Schoenhut Bulldog & ClownEst. $300-$500
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Lot: Schoenhut Lion Tamer, Lion & Leopard: carved painted wood lion and leopard with glass eyes, ball jointed necks, open mouths, leather ears and rope tails; lion with fuzzy cloth mane and lion tamer with jointed elbows in felt suit with
0005: Lot: Schoenhut Lion Tamer, Lion & LeopardEst. $400-$600
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Schoenhut Kangaroo-Painted Eye: scarce carved and painted wood jointed figure with open mouth and leather ears Size: 8" t.
0007: Schoenhut Kangaroo-Painted EyeEst. $500-$700
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Schoenhut Ostrich & Clowns: carved and painted wood jointed figures with 2 early two-part head clowns with ears (one with wood cone under hat) Size: clowns 8" t.
0008: Schoenhut Ostrich & ClownsEst. $400-$500
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Schoenhut Giraffe with Cage: painted wood jointed figure with painted eyes, leather ears, closed mouth and rope tail offered with gilded tin cage Size: appr. 11" t.
0009: Schoenhut Giraffe with CageEst. $400-$500
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Schoenhut Monkey-White Face: painted wood jointed figure with two-part head, rope tail and red felt suit trimmed with yellow fringe Size: 7.5" t.
0010: Schoenhut Monkey-White FaceEst. $200-$300
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Schoenhut Horizontal Bar: painted wood and wire circus accessory Size: 8.5" l. x 10.25" t.
0011: Schoenhut Horizontal BarEst. $300-$400
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Schoenhut Hobo with Valise & Teeter Totter: painted wood, cloth dressed jointed figure with two part head and leather ears offered with painted wood cane and cloth and faux leather satchel along with Schoenhut Teeter Totter Size: 7.75" t. and
0012: Schoenhut Hobo with Valise & Teeter TotterEst. $400-$500
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Schoenhut Lithographed Tent with Side Show Banners: the ultimate centerpiece to a Humpty Dumpty Circus display, the largest and most desirable tent offered by Schoenhut with colorful lithographed rear panel depicting the joyful audience and circus
0013: Schoenhut Lithographed Tent with Side Show BannersEst. $10,000-$12,000
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Schoenhut Circus Chariot: the chariot is made of wood with an embossed paper mache panel applied to the curved front and down the side, it has show wagon wheels and is pulled by a glass eyed burro fitted with a 2 wheeled
0014: Schoenhut Circus ChariotEst. $2,000-$3,000
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Schoenhut Circus Band Wagon with Musicians: as good a description of this piece as one can find is in the essential Schoenhut Toy Price Guide by Keith Kaonis and Andy Yaffee: "The Band Wagon is the most flamboyant piece in the Schoenhut
0015: Schoenhut Circus Band Wagon with MusiciansEst. $20,000-$30,000
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Schoenhut Grotesque Show Wagon: this is arguably the scarcest of the Humpty Dumpty Circus show wagons - not as showy as the band wagon or as necessary as a cage wagon - its actual purpose is a bit unclear until you think of the
0016: Schoenhut Grotesque Show WagonEst. $15,000-$20,000
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Schoenhut Circus Cage Wagon: no circus parade would be complete without a few cage wagons - one just isn't enough, this example is in very fine condition with original dressed driver and 2 glass eyed horses, the molded paper
0017: Schoenhut Circus Cage WagonEst. $6,000-$8,000
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Schoenhut Ringmaster & Lion Tamer: felt and muslin dressed painted wood jointed figures with painted bisque heads, lion tamer jointed at elbow, both with molded hair on head and face; offered with whip and hoop Size: appr. 8.5" t. ea.
0018: Schoenhut Ringmaster & Lion TamerEst. $400-$600
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Schoenhut Acrobats, Horse & Accessories: carved and painted wood jointed grouping includes lady and gentleman acrobats with painted bisque heads and molded hair, a black and white performing horse with platform, paper decorated pedestal and
0019: Schoenhut Acrobats, Horse & AccessoriesEst. $300-$500
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Schoenhut Circus Strong Man with Weights: painted bisque head with brown hair, on painted wood jointed body with original clothes, offered with scarce 100 LB and 50 LB dumbbells and 200 LB weight Size: 8" t.
0020: Schoenhut Circus Strong Man with WeightsEst. $700-$900
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Schoenhut Chinese Acrobat & Black Dude: cloth dressed painted wood jointed figures including Chinese acrobat and black dude, both 1 part heads along with paper decorated drum and 2 ladders Size: dude 8.5" t.
0021: Schoenhut Chinese Acrobat & Black DudeEst. $300-$500
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Schoenhut Max & Moritz Figures: cloth dressed jointed wood figures depicting two popular characters by Wilhelm Busch that presumably inspired Rudolph Dirks to create The Katzenjammer Kids Size: 7.75" t and 8.5" t.
0022: Schoenhut Max & Moritz FiguresEst. $200-$300
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Lot: 3 Schoenhut Bandsmen: cloth dressed painted wood jointed figures retaining very strong two-part painted composition faces with painted wood and rattan instruments Size: appr. 8.25" t. ea.
0023: Lot: 3 Schoenhut BandsmenEst. $1,500-$2,000
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Schoenhut's Indoor Golf Game in original box: circa 1920, Philadelphia Pa., paper covered box with paper label "Schoenhut's.....with one Tommy Green club No. G/7", painted composition and wood Tommy with cast metal arm unit connected to wood
0024: Schoenhut's Indoor Golf Game in original boxEst. $900-$1,200
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