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Bud & Judy Newman Collection

Fri, Apr 23, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 328

McLoughlin Bros. Four & Twenty Blackbirds

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
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McLoughlin Bros. Four & Twenty Blackbirds, ca. 1908, one of the greatest and rarest of the "fishing" type games, wingless birds are set up in pie slots, the goal being to try to lift them out with the fishing poles by causing metal wings to open and grab the bird, 19" x 21". Provenance: Siegal Collection, Noel Barrett Auctions, January 1, 1992, lot 221, 19" x 21".

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Condition

Overall very good to excellent condition, missing aprons, lid edges taped, but otherwise retains bright graphics.