"HOWDY DOODY CLOCK-A-DOODLE" RARE BOXED WIND-UP TOY.
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Winning Bid:
$792.43
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, March 14, 2019 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, March 14, 2019 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
Original illustrated cardboard box containing exceptional tin litho toy has overall size of 2.5x7x9.75" tall. Made in Japan by Bandai, 1950s and distributed by Bengor Products Co. of New York. © Kagran Corp. Box features image of the toy and Howdy Doody character portraits. Obvious box wear/aging/staining w/two lid corner splits. VG. Toy is designed like treehouse w/large cuckoo clock on top of platform and Howdy figure on a swing next under this. Tree trunk post has character portraits of Howdy, Clarabell, Flub-A-Dub, Princess, Dilly Dally and Mr. Bluster. Additional images of some of these characters appear on sides of the clock. Clarabell appears on clock's face and separate cuckoo attachment is Flub-A-Dub. Toy comes w/key and works. As Howdy swings, a bell rings and Flub-A-Dub moves. Hands of the clock also rotate. Scattered paint wear to edges w/1x1.25" triangular factory paint touch-up. A few small spots of trace oxidation to platforms. Fine overall. Among the rarest and best designed Howdy Doody items and also a very desirable item among the wind-up toy collecting community. Only the third boxed example of this toy we've offered in our 52 years.
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