Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2345Location: BostonDate / Time: July 29, 2006 10:00AM
Description:
Carette Two-Door Limousine, c. 1912 - 14, lithographed dark green with black-and-yellow pinstriping, beveled glass windshield and windows with red frames, black running boards, spoked red wheels with white tin tires, nickel-plated front and side lamps, hand-painted chauffeur on simulated upholstered seat, and clockwork mechanism with reverse and braking levers, (minor loss, driver has some paint loss),lg. 16 in.
Literature: David Pressland, The Art of the Tin Toy, p. 97; Mary Hillier, Automata and Mechanical Toys (1976) , p. 174.
Estimate $4,000-6,000