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Lot 2418
Three Designed to be Erratically Operating Cars and Drivers
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The first,1935 tin litho crazy car by Marx with cartoon character Dagwood driving (from King Features Blondie comic strip series) with pictures of various characters, when wound the car jerks back and forth, Dagwood's head turns (overall good but with wear to the wheels) (6 1/2 x 8 in.); Uncle Wiggily car 1936, by Marx operates in the same manner and works when wound (extensive fading; some rust). the third is "Leaping Lena" by Strauss, 1920s, the car, covered in funny sayings, leaps about when wound, working (4 1/2 x 8 in.) (minor signs of age and usage).


The Collection of the late Joel Siegel, New York, New York