Lot 174: Three Old 20th C. Whirligigs

Estimate: $400 – $700

Man cranking his Model T engine at an Esso gas station, old green and black paint with white, red, blue and yellow accents, white pole on end leading to two tin signs that read “Next Time Try Esso”, brass propeller blades mechanically move the man’s arms in a cranking motion, 26 3/4″ x 14 1/2″; Fisherman in a boat with large fish on his line, old blue, gray and white paint with yellow and red accents, silver painted propeller blades mechanically move boat and fish up and down, (purchased at Brimfield in the 1970’s), 14 1/4″ x 29 3/4″; Clown with a blown out umbrella (serving as the main propeller) and a pig with a metal twisted “tail”, old white paint with red and black accents, attached to a wooden graduated pedestal base with a large bolt, (purchased at Brimfield in early 1970’s), 21″ x 34 3/4″; (ex. Marjorie Ellis estate, Sandwich, MA).