Antique Folk Art Whirligig Mechanical Figure
Located in Dekalb, IL
Handcrafted folk art whirligig constructed from carved and assembled wood elements, designed as a wind-powered kinetic figure. The piece features a compact, box-like base supporting ...
Wood
Antique Hand-Crank Mechanical Wooden Folk Art Blacksmith Model
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique mechanical and functional sideshow or fair model. This piece appears to depict a blacksmith or forge scene. The figures seem to be "powering" the forge, using kinetics to blow air and turn wheels. Winding the handle operates the blacksmith, sawmill, saws, hammer, wood gymnast, and woman with colorful spinning display...
Wood
Nice Dog Alonzo Berggren Folk Art Automaton
Located in Dekalb, IL
Handcrafted mechanical automaton depicting a walking figure pursued by a stylized black dog, accompanied by a humorous hand-lettered sign reading "Nice Dog Don't Bite I Didn't Steal ...
Metal
Folk Art Handcrafted Wooden Farmhouse Architectural Model
Located in Dekalb, IL
Handcrafted architectural folk art house model constructed from wood with hand-drawn architectural details throughout. The model depicts a two-story frame residence with a wraparound...
Wood, Paint
Antique Crescent and Red Devil Tool Display Case
Located in Dekalb, IL
Oak point-of-sale tool display case featuring products from two prominent American hand tool manufacturers. The upper section is dedicated to Red Devil tools produced by Smith & Heme...
Metal
Piano Hammer Action Store Display Demonstrator by Wessell, Nickel, and Gross
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1910s; Wessell, Nickel & Gross - New York Wall-mounted piano hammer action demonstrator constructed as a mechanical teaching and sales display, designed to illustrate the interna...
Brass
Early 20th Century Aunt Sally English Fairground Game
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century aunt sally english fairground game. We share what we love, and we love this oversized early 20th Century example of a carved wood Fairground Aunt Sally knock do...
Pine
Vintage Carnival Midway Wood Ring Toss Game
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great vintage carnival midway ring toss game. Perfect wall art. Wood with original park paint surface. These appear to be one of a kind carny made pieces for...
Wood
Vintage Carnival Midway Wood Ring Toss Game
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great vintage carnival midway ring toss game. Perfect wall art. Wood with original park paint surface. These appear to be one of a kind carnie made pieces fo...
Wood
Early 20th Century folk art fairground massacre knock down figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century folk art fairground massacre knock down figure A folk art / primitive hand-crafted fairground knock down game figure. Constructed from pine and metal, hand painted detail with metal support hinges when the figure is knocked off...
Pine
Antique Early Gambling Folk Art Gaming Device, Holtz
Located in Forney, TX
An exceptionally scarce antique American Folk Art gambling triple stacked wooden arrow spindle spinning wheel gaming device from the late 19th / early 20th century. Believed to be a prototype or for a similar lesser known model of the important, very rare and unusual T. F. HOLTZ made "Three Arrow Trade Stimulator" circa 1896, (displayed in the American Antique Museum, reference L2016.2501.010) Theodore Holtz of San Francisco and early slot machine pioneer Charles Fey's partner in 1894, forming their first partnership as Holtz and Fey Electric Works. For this particular game, upon depositing your nickel and pressing the lever, three arrows will spin on the front dial and if all three stop on the same marker you win. Trade stimulators were countertop or freestanding amusement gaming machines widely used to encourage shoppers to indulge in a game of chance. They became popular in American saloon bar...
Metal, Iron
Late 19th Century Fairground Knock Down Figure
Located in London, GB
Jeu De Massacre Fairground Figure One of the finest examples of a late 19th Century fairground knock down figure we have had the pleasure to obtain, in ...
Wood
