“LIONEL MICKEY MOUSE CIRCUS” TOY WIND-UP TRAIN WITH MICKEY CIRCUS BARKER FIGURE.
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Winning Bid:
$933.70 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
12
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Thursday, June 23, 2011 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, June 23, 2011 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #203 - Part II
Item numbers 1429 through 3205 in auction 203
Value Code:
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Item Description
c. 1935 set #1536. Train consists of 7.25” long wind-up painted metal engine, 4” long coal car with attached painted composition figure of Mickey Mouse, 3 different 6” long tin litho train cars. Engine works and comes w/key. Few factory paint touch-ups which blend and some minor scattered paint nicks but remains totally bright with high gloss finish and a high grade example. VF/Exc. Coal car is marked “Mickey Mouse Stoker” and Mickey is depicted holding metal shovel. Figure is designed to move up and down as if he is shoveling as the train travels. Small traces of wear to both figure and tin car. Fine/VF. The three train cars each have different title and these are “Mickey Mouse Circus/Mickey Mouse Band/Circus Dining Car.” Each features great illustrations on all four sides which include Mickey and Minnie, Horace, Clarabelle, Donald Duck, Pluto, Big Bad Wolf, Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother as well as circus animals. Circus car has Mickey and Minnie greeting each other outside animal cage. Complete w/pair of original couplers. Scattered paint nicks/scratches. Fine. Dining car has them enjoying refreshments. Replaced couplers. Noticeable paint wear and some traces of oxidation. VG. Band car has Mickey as band conductor with Donald, Fiddler and Fifer pigs. Replaced couplers. Scattered paint nicks/scratches. Fine. Final item is 5" tall Mickey painted composition figure depicting Mickey as a circus barker. Small scattered traces of paint wear but Fine overall. No track is included but generic and can easily be found. A true classic for both collectors of Disneyana and train sets.
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