MARX CHARLIE McCARTHY AND MORTIMER SNERD PRIVATE CAR" WIND-UP TOY.
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Winning Bid:
$1,221.47 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
7
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, March 20, 2014 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, March 20, 2014 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #211 - Part II
Item numbers 1197 through 2870 in auction 211
Value Code:
J - $700 to $1,000 Help Icon
Item Description
Large and impressive 16" long tin litho wind-up by the Louis Marx & Co. ©1939 McCarthy Inc. Body of car has great design featuring different geometric patterns. Sticking out of the roof are separate tin litho Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd heads. Each door bears their names as well as the title "Private Car" while top of windshield frame reads "Sunshine Top." Car is designed w/pair of protruding bumpers, each complete w/rubber bumper guard. Complete w/key, toy works and travels forward until the front bumper strikes an object and this causes the vehicle to reverse its direction, this time until the rear bumper is struck. All the while both heads spin. Heads and car have small scattered paint nicks/scratches and a few scattered pinpoint spots of oxidation but overall appearance remains extremely glossy w/deep rich color. Fine.
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