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Vintage French Toy "Les Acrobates", circa 1920
$1,295
£978.86
€1,124.88
CA$1,803.28
A$2,006.07
CHF 1,051.61
MX$24,513.74
NOK 13,390.93
SEK 12,605.71
DKK 8,396.83
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Rare 100 year old French toy in it's original box depicting two acrobats attached to a wire frame with brown barrel weights, cascading down a green metal ladder. Once assembled (loop the hand-painted black support frame over the bottom rung of the green ladder); the two clowns in frame are placed in the top slots provided at the side of the ladder; let go and the clowns will flip over a few times until they reach the bottom. The toy is completely original and in excellent original hand-painted colors of orange and yellow clowns, with a hand-painted green ladder. The clowns are tin, mounted in a wire frame, with a metal ladder.
The original box is lithographed with the clowns performing and markings "Les Acrobates" "Made in France" "P.F. No. 450", "IMP. G. Doloy. Paris".
Dimensions: 19" high (with acrobats in place) x 4" wide (acrobat frame) x 15 1/2" deep
I have never seen this toy before, and the combination of being boxed, being rare, with a unique action, makes it especially desirable among collectors of vintage toys. I found it in an estate sale in Woodside, California.
Upon request I can provide a brief 30 second video of the "action".
Note: After 40 plus years of dealing and collecting toys, I am justly qualified to guarantee and present the authenticity of antique and vintage toys and banks; important considering fakes and reproductions in the marketplace
it would behoove an enterprising collector, dealer, or decorator to take advantage of the opportunity to buy as many of the vintage tin toys that I have listed for sale; it would create an immediate quality collection, as most of these toys came, either from a long time premium California collection or from my own shelves. It would take quite some time and effort to accumulate toys this clean, authentic, original, operable and in excellent condition.
See my other listings of over 100+ vintage toys and antique children's toy savings banks from which to chose.
- Creator:G. Doloy (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 19 in (48.26 cm)Width: 4 in (10.16 cm)Depth: 15.5 in (39.37 cm)
- Style:Folk Art (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1920
- Condition:All original paint and condition with original box.
- Seller Location:Incline Village, NV
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU973211782221
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