"BLONDIE'S JALOPY" MARX WIND-UP.
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Winning Bid:
$1,427.80 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
5
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, March 15, 2018 9:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, March 15, 2018 9:00:00 AM)
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Auction:
Auction #223 - Part 2
Value Code:
K - $1,000 to $2,000 Help Icon
Item Description
Large and impressive 16" long tin litho wind-up. Marx, ©1935 KFS. Car has "Blondie's Jalopy" name on front fenders w/portrait images of Blondie and Cookie on doors. Daisy appears on back fenders. Separate tin litho Dagwood and Alexander heads (wearing original painted wood hats) stick out of roof w/top of windshield frame reading "Sunshine Top." Car is designed w/pair of protruding bumpers, each complete w/rubber bumper guard. Comes w/key, toy works and travels forward until front bumper strikes an object, causing the vehicle to reverse its direction until rear bumper is struck. While car travels, both heads spin. Grille plating is missing most luster and car body as well as figures' necks show scattered paint nicks/scratches. Fine/VF overall.
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