A Bliss Lithograph on Wood Santa on Sleigh and a Santa Claus on a Tin Sleigh
Sale 968 - Cincinnati Collections
Dec 10, 2021
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$400 -
$600
Sold for $5,938
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Bliss Lithograph on Wood Santa on Sleigh and a Santa Claus on a Tin Sleigh
The First Attributed to R. Bliss Manufacturing Co., Pawtucket, RI, Circa 1910
together with two cardboard books titled A Letter to Santa Claus and Happy Holidays and three miniature painted sleds; 7 items total.
Height of first overall 8 x length 18 x depth 4 inches.
Height of first overall 8 x length 18 x depth 4 inches.
Property from the Dean Lower Estate, Lanark, Illinois
Condition Report
Losses, creases and staining to Bliss toy throughout. Later screws. Loss to rear of proper left sled blade. Minor paint losses to tin sled toy.
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