$4,113
Coin-Operated "Happy Home" Fortune Teller, posibly Caille , early 20th century, in the form of a house with original folk art-inspired pained decoration, the electric motor causing a light to appear in the central window, and the blind to rise revealing a room setting with naked bisque lady reclining on her bed as the fortune appears in an aperture on the back wall, a different one for each day of the week, on period stand and cast-iron base, ht. 63 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-10-28