"TOONERVILLE TROLLEY" TOY BOX & CRACKER JACK SIZE TOY.
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Winning Bid:
$300.00
Bids:
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Bidding Ended:
Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #184 - Part II
Item numbers 953 through 2651 in auction 184
Value Code:
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Item Description
Lot consists of two items. First is 2x5x6" box which originally held a tin lithographed wind-up toy. Side of box has text including "Geo. Borgfeldt and Co./The Dent Hardware Co. Fullerton, PA." Box lid has smiling face with the word "Nifty" below. Top box flap is bent where it folds into corresponding slots. Split at top corner. Light wear overall. Box remains in original form with clean illustrations on both sides. Below illustration reads "Represents The Famous Cartoon Of Fontaine Fox." Box VF. Comes with tiny 1.5" tall tin lithographed Toonerville Trolley. This is not the toy that was issued in the aforementioned box (our photo shows the toy next to the box as well as a close-up of the toy itself). Very nicely lithographed with name on either side and copyrights printed on bottom. c. 1920s. Exc. From the Gary Selmonsky collection.
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