Maine Antique Digest, March 2017

6-B Maine Antique Digest, March 2017

AUCTION -

6-B

Cross-country skier penny toy, Meier, 1920, 2½" long,

$1003.

Three-man cycle, unknown maker, hand-painted tin,

key wind, early restoration, 8½" high, $8260.

Pig merchant, Fernand Martin, France, circa 1910,

hand-painted tin, herder prods two pigs with stick,

7½" long, $3540, despite wear to face.

Clown and pig penny toy, Germany,

clown in cart grasps pig’s tail while it

pulls, 3¾" long, $2006.

Batman roaring engine convertible, Fujimaru Toys, Japan,

boxed, friction driven, bright orange, 11" long, $4720.

Chrysler Imperial, Asahi Toy Co., Japan, friction driven, 15" long, with box, $14,160.

This upright steam engine by

Märklin was prized among

Aussie Paul Hale’s lineup

of over 100 horizontal and

vertical steam plants. With

a polished tall stack, vertical

piston, and colorful

patterned base, 13"

high, it brought $4130.

From part two of Jay Schoedinger’s 180-strong pressed steel offering, this pressed steel

and boxed HY-Way Maintenance set, Buddy “L,” 1940s, with an International tractor,

lowboy trailer, and steam shovel, 31" long, scooped up $3835. Not shown, a Buddy “L”

outdoor railroad clam shovel, 1920s, 18" long, made $3245.

Carette large deluxe limousine, early 1900s,

beveled windows, three passengers, chauf-

feur, distressed rubber tires, 16" long, $8850.