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Lot 499 Property from the Estate of Anne and Gilbert Hudson
A CARVED AND PAINTED TRAIN CONDUCTOR FIGURE
NEW YORK, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Closed20 January 2023
Price Realised
USD 11,970
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Specialist note
With a slot in his coat and and internal channel with wire fittings running from his left hand to the base, this figure was fitted with a contraption possibly for the storage of coins. For a related example of a peddler with similar gesture see Robert Bishop, American Folk Sculpture (New York, 1985), p. 31, no. 34.