Set Reminder2023-09-22 12:00:002023-09-22 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Coin-Op & Advertising https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/coin-op-advertising-21924 This sale featured a wide range of machines, including scarce examples in the vending and arcade categories, along with trade stimulators to slot machines of every description, dating from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth.
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German Musical Clown and Donkey Mechanical Automaton. Germany: Zinner & Sohne, ca. 1880s. Hand-cranked automaton depicting a clown, with hand-painted bisque face and glass eyes and a fleece-covered donkey standing beside a post with a bird perched atop. As the crank is turned, the clown rotates the donkey?s tail, and both the donkey head and bird nod forward and backward. 14 ? x 13 ? x 7 ??. Clown?s costume torn and deteriorated, in need of repair. Provenance: Ken Klosterman?s Salon de Magie.