Black Americana Edison Phonograph

Current bid: $50,030.75

Up for auction is this 1915 black “Ragtime Rastus” jigger toy . While the record would play this little guy would dance around. Very neat!!! The piece measures 8.5″ tall and 7″ long overall. The man himself is about 5 3/4″.

Item condition: Used

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Auction ends: December 7, 2024 12:00 am
Timezone: Europe/Sarajevo

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Up for auction is this 1915 black “Ragtime Rastus” jigger toy . While the record would play this little guy would dance around. Very neat!!! The piece measures 8.5″ tall and 7″ long overall. The man himself is about 5 3/4″. The jigger man is constructed of wood and jointed by nails. This piece is all original and in good condition with some paint wear. I really had no idea what this black dancer might be called but I found numerous U Tube videos that show him in action. We don’t have a phono to test him on, but now that we know he needed an adapter piece that goes on the spindle, we know he works fine. There is a mechanism inside the metal case on the bottom that makes the wire on top that holds the dancer go up and down. We can simply turn the adapter to make sure that he can “dance”. We had to order the adapter so it is a replacement. Everything else is authentic and old and bears the markings on the metal piece of Natinal Toy Co Boston Mass and dated 1915.

Auction History

DateBidUserAuto
August 12, 2024 3:33 pm$50,030.75tshrimali
August 12, 2024 3:33 pm$50,030.50tshrimali
August 12, 2024 3:33 pm$50,030.25tshrimali
August 12, 2024 3:03 pm$50,030.00tshrimali
July 10, 2024 8:04 am$50,029.75shadab
June 11, 2024 3:36 am$50,029.50ahmed.mekawy50k
May 24, 2024 3:06 pm$50,029.25diabol02184
March 14, 2024 5:14 pm$50,015.00rishidhall89
March 11, 2024 3:47 am$50,014.75myk3franz
March 11, 2024 3:46 am$50,014.50myk3franz
February 9, 2024 10:42 am$50,006.25plabo
February 6, 2024 5:41 pm$50,006.00hookindelhi
January 27, 2024 3:25 am$50,002.75admin-7840
January 11, 2024 2:24 pm$50,002.50vohaxaky
November 13, 2023 12:14 am$50,000.25soufiantaytayflow
October 14, 2023 9:38 am$50,000.00nishidshajib111
October 14, 2023 9:38 am$100.00nishidshajib111
October 14, 2023 9:37 am$20.50nishidshajib111
July 2, 2023 7:48 pm$20.25SellimDZ
May 11, 2023 4:03 pm$13.00erastus.semson
March 23, 2023 2:02 pm$11.75edualdave86
February 10, 2023 12:38 pm$6.50lahargue.enzo
February 4, 2023 11:13 am$2.25xglnezocwsinjghpww
February 4, 2023 11:13 am$2.00xglnezocwsinjghpww
November 7, 2022 12:00 amAuction started