Lot 509:
Pair Buddy L Pressed Steel Push Truck & Prototype Hand Car
Sold for: $11,500
Description
This lot features two vintage pressed steel industrial toys manufactured by Buddy L (Moline Pressed Steel Co.), hand car is the only one we have ever seen. May be a protype or only one made…both housed in individual acrylic display cases with brick-motif backgrounds. The first item is a Model No. 10 Furniture Push Truck, dated circa 1928. The vehicle is constructed with a black painted flatbed platform featuring corner pockets and a four-wheel mechanism composed of two large main wheels and two smaller caster-style wheels. It is loaded with a set of milled wooden lumber secured by four vertical stakes. A red and gold manufacturer decal is visible on the side frame. The second item is an Industrial Railroad Hand Car, dated circa 1929. It features an orange painted body and a black operating pump handle mounted in an open cradle frame. The car is set upon a section of black display track. A worn decal at one end identifies it as a product of the Moline Pressed Steel Co. This specific piece is accompanied by a label identifying it as an extremely rare prototype. Item 1: 6 inches long, 3 inches high Item 2: 8 inches long.
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