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The Mickey Mouse toy band. Louis Marx, c. 1929.

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Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
A great lithographed tin-toy with lot of action, when woundn up. MERRY MAKERS BAND clockwork driven mouse band with four mice at a piano.Three musicians with violinist seated on the piano and one dancer. Great wind-up action. round lithographed marquee backdrop reads ''Marx Merry Makers." 24 cm w./9 1/2". Excellent condition. Do remark the Mice lithographed on the piano! Louis Marx, c. 1929,

Handpainted tin birdcage mechanical. Firma Issmeier.

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Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Handpainted tin birdcage, mechanical. This is a rare beautiful wind up tin toy made by Issmeier or Plank, germany ca 1900.Very rare and a wonderful decoration in your collection of early rare toys. When the bird is wind up, it moves the wings and whistles. This could also be a great piece as accessories in a doll collection! Size H: 11" /28cm

Schuco wind up figures. Clowns w. drums.

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Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
12 cm /5" Schuco wind up figure. Clown dancing and playing the drum. A wind up mechanical toy. Tin plate. Original clothes. Very good condition. Made in Germany about 1940. Size: H= 12 cm (5 inch). A very nice old mechanical tin toy in excellent condition! PRICE IS FOR EACH CLOWN.

Schuco wind up figures. Clowns w. suitcase.

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Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
12 cm /5" Schuco wind up figure. Clown dancing with suitcase. A wind up mechanical toy. Tin plate. Original clothes. Very good condition. Made in Germany about 1940. Size: H= 12 cm (5 inch). A very nice old mechanical tin toy in excellent condition!

Anxious Bride NANNI made by Lehmann,Germany.EPL # 470.

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Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Anxious Bride NANNI made by Lehmann,Brandenburg between 1901 and 1935.An excellent toy in excellent condition and working fine. A wind up Motorcycle transport a carriage behind with a lady. When he drive too fast see rises her arms. Working fine.L= 9 inch.- 22,5 cm Literatur:se Heike Köhler og Katharina Kreschel,Von Störischer Esel zum Kletteraffen Tom.Brandenburger Museumshefte 6,Brandenburg an der Havel 2007. Jürgen & Marianne Clieslik,Ein Jahrhundert Blechspielzeug,München 1981. Helmut Schwarz og Marion Faber,Moving Times,Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk,,History on a Toy Factory,Toy Museum Nürnberg 2003. .

Mandarin tin toy made by Lehmann EPL# 565.Germany

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Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Mandarin in the early version with hand painted coolies. Made by Lehmann before 1920 in Brandenburg. This windup toy features two coolies walking along with natural leg motion carrying a man seated in a highly decorated box. The man in the box is holding the pigtail of the front coolie, presumably confirming his superior social status. Wind up. Working fine.Good condition. Only minor wear. L. 7 inch" W. 7" (17,5x 17, 5 H. cm) Literature:see Heike Köhler og Katharina Kreschel,Von Störischer Esel zum Kletteraffen Tom.Brandenburger Museumshefte 6,Brandenburg an der Havel 2007. Jürgen & Marianne Clieslik,Ein Jahrhundert Blechspielzeug,München 1981. Helmut Schwarz og Marion Faber,Moving Times,Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk,,History on a Toy Factory,Toy Museum Nürnberg 2003.

Antique handpainted tin toy of a springing monkey. Germany ca. 1910

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Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Early handpainted monkey ca. 1910. When the clockwork is activated he springs around. A very charming toy! The condition is great . Ca 1910. Length. 6"/ 15, 25 cm. Probably made by Günthermann, Germany.

Mechanical hand painted tin toy: A Fernand Martin (France) clockwork automaton, "Le Pochard" (the drunkard) from 1899.

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Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
A Fernand Martin (France) clockwork automaton, "Le Pochard" (the drunkard) from 1899. Martin toys are portraying French life in the 19th century. They are crude in one way and sophisticated in another. Martin''s genius was to observe everyday people and transform them into toys. Many times toys are made for children but with adults in mind. The subtleties would be lost on a child. This is an early toy figure of a drunkard, with painted face, grey top hat with the Martin mark, a bottle and cup, with permanent key, black metal feet, check trousers and plain tunic (some wear and tear). Made to walk with a stagger and periodically take a drink, has survived remarkable well. See F.Marchand,L''Historie des Jouets Martin,Paris 1987.