DONALD DUCK & MICKEY MOUSE "FARM CREST" DAIRY SAND PAIL & SHOVEL.
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Winning Bid:
$702.08 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
12
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, November 12, 2015 12:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, November 12, 2015 12:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #216 - Part II
Item numbers 978 through 2735 in auction 216
Value Code:
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Item Description
4.25" tall (6.5" to top of raised handle) tin litho. Ohio Art, 1930s. This pail (and included 6.25" long generic tin litho shovel) was a premium variety issued by Farm Crest Dairy as noted by "Farm Crest" name at bottom and was most likely issued filled w/cottage cheese. Also produced w/o dairy name. Sides feature great wrap-around scene depicting Donald Duck as ship's captain looking through telescope at Mickey Mouse, who is depicted as an island castaway in tattered attire. Donald's ship has Donald figurehead w/"Sir Donald Duck" title. Interior base has some oxidation, but this has stabilized. Exterior has slight fade and shows some scattered general lt. wear but remains glossy. Displays VF. Shovel shows general wear from use and is Fine/VF. This is only the second example of this premium pail we've offered in our 48 years. Doug & Pat Wengel Collection, this is the actual example shown in their book "Comic Character Metal Sand Toys."
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