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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  A Treasure Chest of Toys, Trains and Models, including the Collection of Frank Kelly
• Sale Date:
  22 Mar 2020 ~ 2pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  212
• Lot Description:
  GERMAN LITHOGRAPHED TIN TOY “ZIKRA” BY LEHMANN
  Pulling a two-wheeled red cart with decorated wheels is a curious animal, the zebra-horse cross-bread Zebroid. A Mexican man is seated on the cart. When coil-spring wound, the man pulls on the reins, causing the unhappy zebroid to buck back and forth, his ears moving up and down, and thus causing the man to bounce up and down; the cart reluctantly moves forward. Marked Lehmann; circa 1925.
• Notes:
  The curious toy was inspired by the ill-fated actual attempt in early 1900s to cross-breed the wild zebra with the domesticated saddle animal; although the actual zebroid farm was unsuccessful, the toy enjoyed success for more than 20 years in three versions as Na-Nu, Zikra and Dare Devil.
• Estimate:
  A$500 - 750
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Toys & Models

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