Lot Essay
No more than fifteen examples of this toy are believed to exist.
Details
Mickey Mouse
A rare early German lithographed tinplate Mickey Mouse Saxophone Player, featuring a four-fingered Mickey Mouse holding a saxophone with a cymbal attached to the heel of each of his shoes (cymbals replaced), the lever on the reverse causing his arms and legs to move to and fro in a dancing motion and the cymbals to crash together and swinging the saxophone to one side to give the impression that he is playing, printed on the reverse By exclusive arrangement with the Ideal Films Ltd. All rights reserved Registered No 508041 Germany, probably made by Saalheimer and Strauss, circa early 1930s -- 6¼in. (15.9cm.) high
A rare early German lithographed tinplate Mickey Mouse Saxophone Player, featuring a four-fingered Mickey Mouse holding a saxophone with a cymbal attached to the heel of each of his shoes (cymbals replaced), the lever on the reverse causing his arms and legs to move to and fro in a dancing motion and the cymbals to crash together and swinging the saxophone to one side to give the impression that he is playing, printed on the reverse By exclusive arrangement with the Ideal Films Ltd. All rights reserved Registered No 508041 Germany, probably made by Saalheimer and Strauss, circa early 1930s -- 6¼in. (15.9cm.) high
Literature
SHINE, Bernard C.: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Meorabilia -- The Vintage Years 1928-1938, New York: Harry N. Abrahams., 1986, p.36 (illus.)
WENGEL, Doug & Pat: A Guide to those early Mickey and Minnie Mouse Tin Lithographed Mechanical Toys Made in Europe, in Antique Toy World Magazine, Volume 23, Number 10, October, 1993, pp.33-34 (illus.).
WENGEL, Doug & Pat: A Guide to those early Mickey and Minnie Mouse Tin Lithographed Mechanical Toys Made in Europe, in Antique Toy World Magazine, Volume 23, Number 10, October, 1993, pp.33-34 (illus.).
Further details
See colour illustration p.