08-09-201408-09-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 9, 2014 10:00 AMCalender
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Polychrome Carved Punch Tobacconist Figure

Sell one like this
$79,950$65,000
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2744MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 10, 2014 10:00AM

Description:

Polychrome Carved Punch Tobacconist Figure, possibly New York, late 19th century, the smiling figure dressed in red, white, and blue, his outstretched right hand holding a bundle of cigars, beckoning you with his left, old painted surface with some touch up, ht. 55 in.
Estimate $30,000-50,000

some paint loss and old tin repairs to platform, some losses


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