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Circa-1870 Erzgebirge (Germany) ark with painted-straw marquetry designs, more than 200 passengers including six people and 61 pairs of animals, 23 pairs of birds; 22 inches long, estimate $4,000-$6,000. Noel Barrett image.

Circa-1870 Erzgebirge (Germany) ark with painted-straw marquetry designs, more than 200 passengers including six people and 61 pairs of animals, 23 pairs of birds; 22 inches long, estimate $4,000-$6,000. Noel Barrett image.

Clockwork cloth-dressed rabbit nodder with three baby nodders, 21 inches tall, estimate $15,000-$20,000; rabbit chauffeur and lady duck passenger in loofah touring car with wood wheels, 12½ inches long, estimate $8,000-$10,000. Both toys formerly in the collection of the Mary Merritt Doll Museum. Noel Barrett image.

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