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One of the rarest of the rare ton toys, this amazing Felix Carousel is one of only two or three examples known to collectors. The working carousel depicts Felix in various running motions when operating, as well as on vehicles.
- Auction House: Morphy Auctions
- Auction Date: April 2013
- Made by Guntermann in Nuremberg, Germany
- Condition: Excellent
- Size: 7 1/4"
- Pre-Auction Estimate: $20,000 - $40,000
- Auction Link
"This toy is one of only a couple of known examples and may have been made for a very narrowly focused regional market. I’ve seen only two of them in 35 years as a toy dealer. One was found in New Jersey and the other in Pennsylvania, Sage said. "Collectors have been looking for this toy forever. It’s like hen’s teeth. It appeared in a toy catalog, but until the first one actually turned up, many collectors thought that maybe it didn’t really exist.” The example in Morphy’s sale was sourced from the house of the original buyer and will be offered with a $20,000-$40,000 estimate."
Darktown Battery Mechanical Bank
Combining three different collecting genres for this bank .. cast iron mechanical banks, black memorabilia and baseball all make the perfect storm for collectors and probably helps keep the bidding spirited!
- Auction House: Morphy Auctions
- J.& E. Stevens & Co
- Auction Date: April 2013
- Circa: 1888 (as per Mechancial Banks.org
- Condition: Excellent
- Size: 10"
- Pre-Auction Estimate: $5,000 - $2,000
- Auction Link
Cast Iron Popeye
Another Hubley classic, a great looking Popeye toy.
- Made by Hubley
- Marks: Copyright 1929 King Features Syn., Made in USA
- Size: 9"
- Condition: Excellent Plus
- Pre-Auction Estimate: $3500. - $4000.
- Auction Link
The Hubley Manufacturing Company was in business from 1894 to the 1970s. The Pennsylvania company is best known for it's cast-iron toys which included vehicles, such as motorcycles and delivery vans.
They were also known for things like bookends, doorstops and banks.
The company produced several other types of toys over the years, even getting into plastic towards the end of their production years.
Other Hubley pictures and prices shown on these pages include the following:
Harley Davidson motorcycle
flower shop delivery van
Say it With Flowers motorcycle van
Puppo bank
cat bank
monkey cage wagon
Tin Litho Chein Popeye Floor Puncher Wind-Up Toy
This working toy is all original, including the celluloid punching bag.
- Auction House: Morphy Auctions
- Auction Date: April 2013
- Chein Company
- Size: 7.5"
- Condition: Very Good
- Pre-auction Estimate: 300.00 - 600.00
- Auction Link
Popeye first showed up in 1929 in a Thimble Theatre comic strip that featured Olive Oyl's family. A few years later he was in a Betty Boop cartoon, Popeye the Sailor.
He's been in comic books, movies, cartoon strips, has been branded on a can of spinach and was the first cartoon character to be made into a public statue. See more on the Popeye timeline!
Also see:
Toy Tin Toys
Marx Popeye & Olive Oyl Jiggers Wind-Up Toy
This working toy is all original with part of the original box.
- Auction House: Morphy Auctions
- Auction Date: April 2013
- Marx
- Size: 9"
- Condition: Toy - Very Good/Box - Good
- Pre-auction Estimate: $600. - 900.
- Auction Link
Marx Popeye Pushing Baggage Cart Wind-Up Toy
From Morphy:
Most difficult of three versions with pop-out parrot and has original pipe. T
- Auction House: Morphy Auctions
- Auction Date: April 2013
- Marx
- Size: 8 3/4"
- Condition: Excellent - Near Mint
- Pre-auction Estimate: $800. - 1200.
- Auction Link
I'm thinking it will take the true Popeye collector to be bidding on this great piece. The very large paper mache head of Olive Oyl is wired to hang on the wall. It would be fun to know just what this was originally designed for and how it was used.
- Morphy Auctions
- Auction Date: April 2013
- Size: 35" tall
- Condition: Very Good
- Pre-auction estimate: $200. - 400.
- Auction Link
Olive Oyl was around a full ten years before Popeye.
A Popeye bust to go with the Olive Oyl paper mache bust in the same auction.This large piece is also wired to hang on the wall.
- Morphy Auctions
- Auction Date: April 2013
- Label: Copyright 1942 King Features Syndicate Inc.
- Size: 30" tall
- Condition: Very Good
- Pre-auction estimate: $200. - 400.
- Auction Link
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