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Group of Folk Art Carved Whimsies
4/12/2014 - Americana: Live Salesroom Auction
American, 19th century. A group of carved wooden folk art toys including a ball-in-a-cage toy, a miniature stage set (possibly for a manger scene), a gambler's ball-in-a-cage whimsy featuring emblems of card suits and masks and a circular vertebrae chain; chain dia. 9 in (approx)., totem ht. 9.6 in. 

Provenance:  
From the Estate of Kenneth Erwin, Portland, Michigan

Condition:  
Left lantern broken off of miniature stage set and one piece of left spiral support missing.
Sold: $120.00
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