[ANCIENT TOYS] Lot of 15 tin mechanical toys including 10 cars, 1 fire truck with trailer, 1 tanker with trailer, 1 motorcycle, 1 mini-circuit and 1 Shell gas station. Federal Republic of Germany, China, Japan, ca 1945-1960. Painted and/or lithographed sheet metal, rubber or metal wheels, various sizes from ca. 7 cm to 26 cm long, with 2 keys. Most in working order, a few mechanisms to be reviewed, 1 damaged vehicle with missing headlights, occasional small traces of rust, otherwise generally in good condition. Varied set including a.o. a large American convertible with removable hood and movable ventilation propeller (China), a Pontiac (Japan), a Citroën 2 CV, a Volkswagen, 4 small racing cars, a D.B.P. (Western Germany) gendarme motorcycle... JOINT: M. BRAUCH & A. BANGERT - Antique mechanical toys. Paris-Gembloux, Duculot, 1981.

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