The Paul Morantz Collection

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From the estate of well-known Southern California attorney and investigative journalist Paul Morantz comes an incredible collection of original animation art, illustration art, pin-up art, vintage tin toys, Disneyana, ceramics, and more. With over 1000 items, this collection contains something for the collector in all of us and is not to be missed. You won't want to miss this incredible auction.
All items are sold as is. Contact Van Eaton Galleries for condition reports and shipping information. 21% Buyer's Premium for all lots.
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Popeye & Barnacle Bill in a Barrel Wind-Up Tin Toys.101 - Popeye & Barnacle Bill in a Barrel Wind-Up Tin Toys.
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(J. Chein Co., 1932) A pair of tin litho wind-up toys featuring Popeye and Barnacle Bill. When wound, they waddle in circles with heads waggling. Meas
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (350.00) = 350.00
 
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A Rare Drumming Popeye Sparkling Toy.102 - A Rare Drumming Popeye Sparkling Toy.
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(J. Chein, 1932) A rare Drumming Popeye Sparkling toy with original box. When operated, a mechanism inside the drum spins, creating a rat-a-tat-tat so
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (800.00) = 800.00
 
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A Boxing Popeye Wind-Up Toy by J. Chein.103 - A Boxing Popeye Wind-Up Toy by J. Chein.
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(J. Chein, 1930s) A Popeye wind-up tin toy by the J. Chein Co. The toy depicts Popeye boxing a balloon and features a tin litho figure and base with
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (550.00) = 550.00
 
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Popeye Bag Puncher Wind-Up Tin Toy.104 - Popeye Bag Puncher Wind-Up Tin Toy.
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(J. Chein & Co., 1930s) A Popeye tin litho bag puncher toy by J. Chein & Co. When wound Popeye punches the bag for his workout. The toy is i...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (1,400.00) = 1,400.00
 
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A Popeye Wooden Jointed Figure.105 - A Popeye Wooden Jointed Figure.
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(Jaymar, 1930s) A 5" tall jointed wooden figure produced by Jaymar in the 1930s. The toy shows scattered wear but still stands well on its own ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t****g for (55.00 + 11.55BP) = 66.55
 
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A Wimpy Celluloid Wind-Up Figure with box.106 - A Wimpy Celluloid Wind-Up Figure with box.
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(Japan, 1930s) A celluloid wind-up toy of Wimpy with the original box. When wound, he functions properly, shuddering and shaking while twisting at the
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (325.00) = 325.00
 
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A "Popeye Express" Marx Wind-Up Toy.107 - A "Popeye Express" Marx Wind-Up Toy.
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(Marx, 1932) A "Popeye Express" Wind-up toy by Marx. When wound, Popeye walks forward swiftly pushing the cart, while the parrot rocks bac...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (375.00) = 375.00
 
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A Rare Popeye Paint Set with Tin Litho Case.108 - A Rare Popeye Paint Set with Tin Litho Case.
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(American Crayon Company, 1933) A Popeye paint set by The American Crayon Company. With Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Swee' Pea on the cover, the tin l...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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A Popeye the Pilot Wind-Up Tin Toy.109 - A Popeye the Pilot Wind-Up Tin Toy.
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(Marx, 1930's) A Popeye Tin Lithograph airplane toy by Marx. This is a scarce earlier version of the Popeye the Pilot Toy, which saw graphic and...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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A Walking Popeye Wind-Up Toy by Marx.110 - A Walking Popeye Wind-Up Toy by Marx.
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(Marx, 1932) A walking Popeye tin litho wind-up toy manufactured by Louis Marx & Co. The toy features a tin litho Popeye carrying parrot cages w...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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A Popeye Tin Litho Pipe Kazoo.111 - A Popeye Tin Litho Pipe Kazoo.
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(King Features, 1934) A tin Popeye pipe kazoo. Copyrighted 1934, these were sold in stores and through comic books at least as late as 1950. Measuring
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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Large Popeye Composition and Wood Jointed Doll.112 - Large Popeye Composition and Wood Jointed Doll.
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(Ideal, 1935) A 14" Popeye doll with moveable composition head and body, with painted wood jointed arms and legs. Produced by the Ideal Toy and...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (175.00) = 175.00
 
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A Popeye Pipe Toss Game.113 - A Popeye Pipe Toss Game.
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(Rosebud Art Co., 1935) A Popeye Pipe Toss Game produced by Rosebud Art Company of New York. A boxed ring toss game with Popeye's wooden pipe as...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to R***o for (50.00 + 10.50BP) = 60.50
 
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A "Wimpy's Musical Hum-Burger" Tin Litho Toy.114 - A "Wimpy's Musical Hum-Burger" Tin Litho Toy.
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(Northwestern Products, 1936) A tin litho "Wimpy's Musical Hum-burger" toy. Designed to look like Wimpy's favorite food, the hambu...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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A Popeye and Olive Oyl Jiggers Toy & Box by Marx.115 - A Popeye and Olive Oyl Jiggers Toy & Box by Marx.
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(Marx, 1936) A Popeye and Olive Oyl Jiggers Toy by Louis-Marx & Co. Olive Oyl plays the accordion while Popeye dances a jig when the built-in ke...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (700.00) = 700.00
 
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A Rare Popeye the Pilot Wind-Up Tin Toy.116 - A Rare Popeye the Pilot Wind-Up Tin Toy.
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(Marx, 1940's) A Popeye Tin Lithograph airplane toy by Marx. When wound, the plane curves backwards and forwards in all directions. The toy has ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (375.00) = 375.00
 
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A Rare Popeye & Brutus "Funny Fire Fighters" Tin Toy.117 - A Rare Popeye & Brutus "Funny Fire Fighters" Tin Toy.
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(Marx, 1941) A very rare Popeye "Funny Fire Fighters" wind-up tin litho toy with celluloid figures of Popeye and Brutus. When wound, the t...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (900.00) = 900.00
 
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A Popeye Dippy Dumper Wind-Up Tin Toy.118 - A Popeye Dippy Dumper Wind-Up Tin Toy.
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(Marx, 1940s) A DIppy Dumper wind-up tin toy with a celluloid Popeye driver. When wound, the truck curves back and forth, tipping up so the truck bed
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (250.00) = 250.00
 
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Bluto Mechanical Horse & Driver Tin Toy by Marx.119 - Bluto Mechanical Horse & Driver Tin Toy by Marx.
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(Louis Marx, 1950s) A tin litho horse and cart with a celluloid "Bluto" driver produced by Louis Marx & Co. in the 1950s. The 7" ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (125.00) = 125.00
 
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Popeye Mechanical Horse & Driver Tin Toy by Marx.120 - Popeye Mechanical Horse & Driver Tin Toy by Marx.
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(Louis Marx, 1950s) A tin litho horse and cart with a celluloid "Popeye" driver produced by Louis Marx & Co. in the 1950s. The 7"...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to G******m for (250.00 + 52.50BP) = 302.50
 
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A LineMar Olive Oyl Spinning Tin Top.121 - A LineMar Olive Oyl Spinning Tin Top.
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(LineMar, 1950s) A friction operated Olive Oyl Ballet Dancer tin toy by LineMar. The 5.5" tall toy operates with a 6.5" metal key that se...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (125.00) = 125.00
 
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A Battery-Operated Bubble Blowing Popeye Tin Toy.122 - A Battery-Operated Bubble Blowing Popeye Tin Toy.
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(LineMar, 1950's) A Battery-Operated Bubble Blowing Popeye by LineMar. Identified as one of the most sought-after bubble blowing toys, Popeye is...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (750.00) = 750.00
 
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Popeye the Basketball Player Wind-Up Tin Toy.123 - Popeye the Basketball Player Wind-Up Tin Toy.
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(Linemar, 1950's) A tin litho Popeye the Basketball Player wind-up toy by LineMar. When wound, Popeye tosses the ball up into the hoop. Measurin...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to B********a.. for (700.00 + 147.00BP) = 847.00
 
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A Popeye Wind-Up Turnover Tank by LineMar.124 - A Popeye Wind-Up Turnover Tank by LineMar.
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(Linemar, 1950s) A tin litho wind-up tank by Linemar. When wound, the tank rolls forward with Popeye pushing up from underneath to roll it over backwa
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (250.00) = 250.00
 
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A Roller Skater Popeye Wind-Up Tin Toy.125 - A Roller Skater Popeye Wind-Up Tin Toy.
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(Linemar, 1950's) A scarce tin litho wind-up roller skater Popeye. Featuring a built-in mechanism and key, when wound Popeye rolls in circles an...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (550.00) = 550.00
 
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A Popeye Wind-Up Tricycle by Linemar.126 - A Popeye Wind-Up Tricycle by Linemar.
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(Linemar, 1950s) A Popeye Mechanical Tricycle with Revolving Bell wind-up tin toy by Linemar. The toy features a tin litho tricycle and body with cel
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (550.00) = 550.00
 
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A Mechanical Tumbling Popeye by LineMar.127 - A Mechanical Tumbling Popeye by LineMar.
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(LineMar, 1956) A Mechanical Tumbling Popeye manufactured in Japan by LineMar. The toy features a tin litho Popeye, with metal and wood pipe, and buil
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (550.00) = 550.00
 
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A Popeye Daily Dime Tin Litho Bank.128 - A Popeye Daily Dime Tin Litho Bank.
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(King Features, 1958) A Popeye Daily Dime Bank. Designed to help save up $5.00 by adding a dime a day, the tin litho bank will not open until (50) dim
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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A Pair of Tin Litho Sparkling Popeye Toys.129 - A Pair of Tin Litho Sparkling Popeye Toys.
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(J. Chein, 1959) A pair of Sparkling Popeye toys by the J. Chein Co., with (1) original box. One toy still sparkles in the pipe area when used, the ot
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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A Juggling Popeye and Olive Oyl Wind-Up Tin Toy.130 - A Juggling Popeye and Olive Oyl Wind-Up Tin Toy.
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(Linemar, 1960's) A tin litho wind-up Juggling Popeye and Olive Oyl by LineMar. When wound, Popeye's arms spin, and the baton he holds strik...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00) = 1,000.00
 
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A Popeye Lunchbox & Bottle by Thermos.131 - A Popeye Lunchbox & Bottle by Thermos.
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(Thermos, 1964) A Popeye lunchbox and bottle by Thermos. The bottle and lunchbox feature Popeye, Wimpy, Swee'Pea, Olive Oyl, and Brutus (Bluto) ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to g*****1 for (80.00 + 16.80BP) = 96.80
 
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Pin.132 - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Pin.
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(Buck Rogers, 1935) A Buck Rogers pin produced by the White Head and Hoag company of Newark N.J. This scarcer version of the pin includes "Mem...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to M*******n for (60.00 + 12.60BP) = 72.60
 
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A Buck Rogers Flying Saucer Toy.133 - A Buck Rogers Flying Saucer Toy.
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(1940s) A very rare Buck Rogers Flying Saucer toy. Essentially two paper plates held together with a metal band on the edges, the toy dates to the lat
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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A Luxury Liner Cruise Ship Windup Toy.134 - A Luxury Liner Cruise Ship Windup Toy.
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(Unknown, 1940s) A Luxury Liner Cruise Ship tin lithographic windup by an unknown manufacturer. The propeller spins once the built-in key is wound. Me
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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New York World's Fair Wall Thermometer.135 - New York World's Fair Wall Thermometer.
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(Syroco, 1939) A 1939 New York World's Fair Syroco wood wall thermometer. Measuring 5.5"x3.5", the piece is in very good condition wi...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to S*****7 for (150.00 + 31.50BP) = 181.50
 
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A Rare Cast Iron Chicago 1933 Greyhound Bus.136 - A Rare Cast Iron Chicago 1933 Greyhound Bus.
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(AMC, 1933) A hard-to-find cast iron Chicago World's Fair Greyhound Lines Arcade Transport. The 11.5" long toy has rubber wheels, (4) runni...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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A Superman Wood and Composition Jointed Doll by Ideal.137 - A Superman Wood and Composition Jointed Doll by Ideal.
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(Ideal, 1940) A 13" tall Jointed doll by the Ideal Novelty & Toy Company. The moveable head and upper body are composition while the rest o...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (950.00) = 950.00
 
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A Superman Rollover Plane Wind-Up Tin Toy.138 - A Superman Rollover Plane Wind-Up Tin Toy.
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(Marx, 1940) A tin litho wind-up Superman and plane toy. The toy was designed to roll forward with Superman periodically flipping over to move it in a
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00) = 1,000.00
 
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A Superman Wind-Up Turnover Tank.139 - A Superman Wind-Up Turnover Tank.
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(LineMar, 1940) A tin litho wind-up tank by Linemar. When wound, the tank moves forward with Superman pushing up from underneath to roll it over backw
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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A Superman Wind-Up Turnover Tank with Original Box.140 - A Superman Wind-Up Turnover Tank with Original Box.
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(LineMar, 1950s) A tin litho wind-up tank by Linemar. When wound, the tank rolls forward with Superman pushing up from underneath to roll it over back
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (550.00) = 550.00
 
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A Superman Tin Litho Dime Bank.141 - A Superman Tin Litho Dime Bank.
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(D.C. Comics, 1940's) A Superman Daily Dime Bank. Measuring 2.5"x2.5", the bank features a classic image of Superman breaking chains a...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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A Vinyl Superman Multi-Purpose Wallet.142 - A Vinyl Superman Multi-Purpose Wallet.
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(Standard Plastic Products, 1966) A vinyl Superman wallet produced in the 1960s. The Yellow vinyl exterior features a classic image of Superman breaki
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to g*****1 for (60.00 + 12.60BP) = 72.60
 
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A Superman Metal Lunch Box.143 - A Superman Metal Lunch Box.
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(Aladdin, 1978) A Superman Lunch Box manufactured by Aladdin. The metal lunch box features Superman, Lois Lane, Jor-El, and other characters in colorf
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******8 for (225.00 + 47.25BP) = 272.25
 
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A Battery-Operated Superman Tin Tank by Linemar.144 - A Battery-Operated Superman Tin Tank by Linemar.
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(LineMar, 1958) A battery operated tin toy of Superman pushing a tank to flip it. This toy does test with batteries powering it properly but does not
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (1,900.00) = 1,900.00
 
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A WWII Raggy Doodle Parachute Trooper Toy.145 - A WWII Raggy Doodle Parachute Trooper Toy.
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(Prager & Rueben, 1943-1945) A Raggy Doodle Paratrooper toy designed by aviatrix Elvy Kalep. Pat the Paratrooper was designed to "present m...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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A Rare Black Beauty Rocking Horse by Delphos.146 - A Rare Black Beauty Rocking Horse by Delphos.
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(Delphos, 1948) An extremely rare Black Beauty Rocking Horse by the Delphos Bending Company. Measuring 14.75"x 33"x26.75" tall, the h...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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A Porky Pig with Umbrella Wind-Up Tin Toy.147 - A Porky Pig with Umbrella Wind-Up Tin Toy.
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Marx, 1939) A Porky Pig wind-up tin toy by Marx Toys. Tested for function, Porky's parasol spins and he shudders when fully wound. Measuring 5.5...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (125.00) = 125.00
 
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A Marx Dippy Dumper Wind-Up Tin Toy.148 - A Marx Dippy Dumper Wind-Up Tin Toy.
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(Marx, 1940s) A DIppy Dumper wind-up tin toy with original box. When wound, the truck curves back and forth, tipping up so the truck bed spills back a
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (325.00) = 325.00
 
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A Joe Palooka Lunch Kit.149 - A Joe Palooka Lunch Kit.
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(Ham Fisher, 1948) A tin Joe Palooka lunch kit, made in 1948. The two-handled tin lunch bucket with lid is decorated with scenes of Palooka and his fr
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Li'l Abner and His Dogpatch Band Wind-Up Tin Toy.150 - Li'l Abner and His Dogpatch Band Wind-Up Tin Toy.
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(Unique Art, 1949) A classic tin litho wind-up produced by the Unique Art Manufacturing Company in 1946. The toy has a built-in key and consists of a
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (325.00) = 325.00
 
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