AMER AUGUST 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, August 24, 2015.
INTERESTING LOT OF SIX FOLK ART TOYS.1) A 16" h x 8-1/4" w x 7" d, handmade winding acrobat grouping, the flat carved acrobats connected to a wire winder, when wound acrobats function. 2) A 9" h x 8" w x 8" d, mammy washing clothes toy with string activated motion, as string is pulled the mammy washes the clothes. 3) A 9" h x 7-1/2" l x 6" w, small painted wooden manufactured pull toy, a manufacturers label which is not legible, when pulled the figure of a black child turns and 3 colorful block turn and go up and down. 4) A 7" h x 7-1/2" w, animated magic lantern slide of a man on donkey cart, made of tin and glass, set into a wood stand. 5) A 5" h, figure of a small black child, marked on base "A George Pal Puppetoon". 6) A 10" h, articulated black faced clown, exaggerated facial features, swinging arms and legs, in old crusty yellow, black, white and red paint. SIZE: As noted above. PROVENANCE: From the personal estate collection of John W. Armiger Jr. CONDITION: All used showing wear to paint surfaces, 3) Stick rod for boy shortened and missing hand. As found. 49055-63 WAG (800-1,000)