chicago, IL, United States
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From arcade games of yesteryear to vintage vending machines, slot machines, and trade stimulators, this sale will feature coin-operated machines of all types. Complementing these mechanical marvels will be a host of vintage signs, and rare advertising objects from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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LOT 218:
“Seated Man in Brown Suit Reading the Newspaper” Marshall F
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Start price:
$
400
Estimated price :
$800 - $1,200
Buyer's Premium: 25%
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sales tax: 8.875%
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“Seated Man in Brown Suit Reading the Newspaper” Marshall F
“Seated Man in Brown Suit Reading the Newspaper” Marshall Field’s Animatronic Christmas Window Display Figure. Chicago: Marshall Field’s, 1982. Victorian-era large painted plaster figure (“Walnut Room; figure IV”) of a seated man in two-tone brown shoes, brown-striped double-breasted wool suit, beige shirt and purple necktie, reading a miniature newspaper. On wooden base with motor and plug. 34” high. Working, with figure’s head slowly swiveling right and left when plugged-in. Some wear, newspaper toned with loose pages. Fine. From the collection of the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago. This, and the other Marshall Field's Christmas Window display lots were created by Virginia Paxson in collaboration with the legendary New York design/fabrication firm, Spaeth Design. Third party shipping required.
