Donal Markey Collection 2011-03-26 Auction - 635 Price Results - Bertoia Auctions in NJ - Page 9
Donal Markey Collection
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Vineland, NJ, United States
Auction Details

Donal Markey Collection

Toys. Banks. Folk Art Known as one of America's foremost experts in toy antiquities, Donal's discriminating eye for the rare, the beautiful, and the unusual will be represented in a most unprecedented two-day sales event. Still and Mechanical Banks, Early Clockwork Toys, Advertising and Trade Signs, Hand-painted Furniture, Folk Art and many more sensational Early American­ items will offer surprises for even the most advanced collectors, and this, we call, a true legacy.
SOLD
CAST IRON QUAIL PAPER WEIGHTS: Hubley, well cast, depicts two quails on base, each staring in same direction. 3" l.
Est.
$250
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$300
SOLD
ASSORTED ANIMAL PAPER WEIGHTS: Cast iron grouping includes chicken, three bears with pencil holder, cat playing with ball and frog card holder. 2" l x 2 1/4" h.
Est.
$250
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$300
SOLD
GNOME PENCIL HOLDER PAPER WEIGHT: Cast iron, colorfully painted in blue and red, great facial details, includes pencil on string, tied to side hole. 1 7/8" h.
Est.
$225
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$250
SOLD
LOT OF THREE DOG PAPER WEIGHTS: Hubley, cast iron, includes Fido, Puppo and seated dog, very colorful "Acco" embossed on Fido example. 1 3/4" h.
Est.
$225
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$300
SOLD
GROUPING OF DECOY PAPER WEIGHTS: Hubley, lot features six varied colored decoys, one contains "Bronx Zoo" souvenir decal, nice detail overall. 3" to 3 1/2" l.
Est.
$300
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$400
SOLD
LOT OF CAST IRON MAMMY ITEMS: Hubley, grouping includes three Mammy paper weights, one in red, one in blue and one in green outfit, together with Mammy with basket on head, once used for candy. 2 5/8" to 5" h.
Est.
$350
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$400
SOLD
LOT OF TWO HUBLEY VEHICLES: Both cast iron, includes silver bus and red ladder truck, nickeled ladders, rubber tires. 5" to 5 1/2" l.
Est.
$300
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$400
SOLD
KENTON CONTRACTOR'S DUMP TRUCK: c. 1920's, cast iron, finest example known, painted in red overall, features three lever activated dump buckets in open bed, spoke wheels, seated driver, unplayed with condition. 8 1/4" l.
Est.
$800
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$1,000
SOLD
HUBLEY AUTO EXPRESS: Cast iron, painted in bright red, extensive gold highlights, yellow cast spoke wheels, seated darkey driver, embossed open bed reads "Auto Express," with Keystone emblem. 9 1/4" l.
Est.
$1,500
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$2,000
SOLD
HUBLEY COAL TRUCK: Cast iron, possibly the finest known example, great green and yellow color scheme with red spoke wheels, darkey driver, gold trimmed headlights, early side slit bonnet, appears right out of toy
Est.
$2,000
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$3,000
SOLD
HUBLEY FLOOR TRAIN PASSENGER SET: c. 1919, includes a 4-4-0 black cast iron locomotive with P.R.R. tender, together with beautiful blue "NARCISSUS" observation and two "WASHINGTON" coaches as cataloged by Hubley. 27" overall
Est.
$1,000
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$1,500
SOLD
CARPENTER PASSENGER FLOOR TRAIN WITH BOX: Rare example, c. late 1890's, cast iron, paint condition is amazing, includes a 2-2-0 black and red locomotive with 1880 pat. date embossed on boiler, and four wheel tender, and red and gold
Est.
$3,000
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$3,500
SOLD
HUBLEY FLOOR TRAIN SET: Cast iron, includes black 2-4-0 locomotive with four wheel black P.R.R. tender, together with olive green Penn. R.R. Hopper dump car and nickel lever, and red P.R.R. caboose. 21 1/2" overall
Est.
$500
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$700
SOLD
DENT "PRISCILLA" PADDLE WHEELER: Cast iron, well molded and painted in bright white color overall, yellow deck, red highlights, a stunning example, articulated walking beam. 10 1/2" l.
Est.
$800
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$1,000
SOLD
KENTON AMBULANCE: Cast iron and painted in olive green, embossed sides trimmed in gold, well cast, a real gem of an example, seated nickel driver, disc wheels trimmed in silver and green. 5 1/2" l.
Est.
$1,000
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$1,200
SOLD
LOT OF TWO RACERS: Both cast iron, includes a blue racer with driver and Kenton No. 3 racer, repainted in red, rubber tires. 6 1/2" l.
Est.
$400
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$450
SOLD
BOY ON TRICYCLE TOY: Hubley, cast iron, painted in green overall, nickel spoke wheels, unique casting, scarce example. 4 3/4" l.
Est.
$500
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$600
SOLD
CAST IRON TOYS AND AIRFLOW VEHICLE: Lot includes Kilgore Bluestreak in red, yellow and blue, two nickel wing airplanes, Champion Solo Cop cycle and pressed steel Wyandotte air flow in orange. 4 3/4" to 5 3/4" l.
Est.
$200
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$250
SOLD
GROUPING OF CAST IRON ROAD SIGNS: Varied lot includes "Don't Park Here," "Keep to Right," "Flag," "Hawthorne Follies 1923;" street lamp, street sign. Machine Co. ad and two "No Parking Here" signs. 2 1/4" to 7" h.
Est.
$250
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$300
SOLD
CAST DISPLAY PIECES: Lot includes Hubley horses, painted in brown and mounted on wood base, bronze Old West cook scene and monkey on bicycle card holder in lead, copr. 1897. 4 1/2" to 7" l.
Est.
$200
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$300
SOLD
LEAD CHRISTMAS FIGURES SET: Box marked Art Craft Prods., features hand painted flat lead figures, trees, sleigh and reindeer, able to form a complete North Pole visual. Figures approx. 2 1/2" h.
Est.
$200
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$250
SOLD
PUPPY SMOKING CIGAR ASH TRAY: Hubley, cast iron, whimsical casting depicts seated puppy with large cigar in mouth which overhangs on ashtray base. 5 3/4" l. x 5" h.
Est.
$350
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$400
SOLD
HORSES AT STABLE BOOKENDS: Cast iron, well cast example, horse's heads appear to be looking out of stable door, painted overall. 4 7/8" h.
Est.
$250
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$300