"LIONEL MICKEY MOUSE CIRCUS" TOY WIND-UP TRAIN WITH MICKEY CIRCUS BARKER FIGURE.
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Winning Bid:
$926.05 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
9
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #206 - Part II
Item numbers 1279 through 2976 in auction 206
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 w/attached painted composition figure of Mickey Mouse, three different 6" long tin litho train cars. Engine works well and comes w/key. Coal car is marked "Mickey Mouse Stoker" and Mickey is depicted holding metal coal shovel. Figure is designed to move up and down as if he is shoveling as the train travels. The three train cars each have different title and these are "Mickey Mouse Circus, Mickey Mouse Band" and "Circus Dining Car." Each features great illustrations on all four sides which include Mickey and Minnie, Horace Horsecollar, Clarabelle, Donald Duck, Pluto, Big Bad Wolf, Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood and grandmother as well as circus animals. Circus car has Mickey and Minnie greeting each other outside animal cage. Dining car has them enjoying refreshments. Band car has Mickey as band conductor w/Donald, Fiddler and Fifer pigs. All five train components have moderate scattered wear including paint/nicks/scratches/flakes. Engine is VG. All else about Fine. Engine has two replaced wheels, two replaced side rods and a replacement smokestack ring. All replacement pieces have been professionally made. Final item is 5" tall Mickey painted composition figure depicting Mickey as a circus barker. Tiny scattered traces of paint wear to shoes but VF overall. 15 sections of track (curved and straight) are included. A true classic for both collectors of Disneyana and train sets.
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