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Gavels 'n' Paddles: 1920s Arcade panel van, $21,240, Bertoia Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far
by Ken Hall
A circa-1929 Arcade ‘White’ delivery panel van with ‘Peerless’ ad sold for $21,240 at a Holiday Surprises event held Nov. 13-15 by Bertoia Auctions in Vineland, N.J. Also, a rare clockwork George Washington display toy fetched $10,620; the same price was realized for a Bunker Hill cast-iron mechanical bank (one of fewer than five known); a Hubley cast-iron sleigh pulled by two reindeer, 16 ½ inches long, hammered for $8,260; and a Fernand Martin Parisian Woman clockwork toy, French, hit $8,260. Prices are inclusive of the buyer’s premium.

Gavels ‘n’ Paddles: 1920s Arcade panel van, $21,240, Bertoia Auctions