Black Americana Edison Phonograph (sealed / silent auction)

Winning Bid: $1,002.00

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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Minimum bid for this auction is $1.00.

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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

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Date Bid User Auto
December 24, 2022 9:54 am$10.00riyadhwp
December 14, 2022 4:09 pm$5.00riyadhwp
December 14, 2022 4:08 pm$5.00riyadhwp
December 1, 2022 7:11 pm$150.00omorsarif2864
November 15, 2022 1:18 pm$8.00
November 7, 2022 11:56 am$16.00
November 7, 2022 11:56 am$15.00
October 26, 2022 2:08 pm$1.00
August 5, 2022 3:44 pm$1.00
July 30, 2022 9:18 pm$100.00
July 20, 2022 11:45 pm$200.00
July 4, 2022 2:56 pm$500.00john doe
June 16, 2022 9:13 pm$88.00
June 8, 2022 1:23 pm$70.00
June 7, 2022 7:42 am$10.00
May 9, 2022 3:20 pm$10.00
May 1, 2022 9:44 am$7.00
May 1, 2022 9:42 am$5.00
March 28, 2022 9:16 am$2.00
March 15, 2022 12:22 pm$800.00
January 31, 2022 2:58 pm$600.00
January 25, 2022 9:08 am$3.00
January 25, 2022 9:07 am$2.00
January 9, 2022 8:02 am$540.00
January 9, 2022 8:01 am$400.00
January 5, 2022 9:48 pm$22.00
November 23, 2021 10:28 am$6.00john doe
October 7, 2021 12:46 pm$10.00
October 7, 2021 12:46 pm$5.00
September 5, 2021 3:58 pm$1.00
September 5, 2021 3:57 pm$2.00
September 4, 2021 1:08 pm$1,002.00
September 4, 2021 1:08 pm$4.00
September 4, 2021 1:08 pm$800.00
July 26, 2021 12:40 pm$5.00
July 24, 2021 4:58 am$1.00
July 9, 2021 10:56 am$100.00
June 10, 2021 6:41 am$2.00
May 12, 2021 9:49 am$1.00
April 24, 2021 3:30 pm$5.00
March 4, 2021 12:00 amAuction started