Lot Essay
(Costa-Haskell p.10)
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Details
A Fortune Teller coin-operated automaton
with a figure of a clairvoyant with papier-maché head and hands, in a polka-dot dress and matching back drop, seated next to a piece of corner furniture and coin slot below which operates the model by selecting a fortune card from a drawer by hand, moving it over to a bowl which vends it to the operator at the front -35in. (89cm.) high
with a figure of a clairvoyant with papier-maché head and hands, in a polka-dot dress and matching back drop, seated next to a piece of corner furniture and coin slot below which operates the model by selecting a fortune card from a drawer by hand, moving it over to a bowl which vends it to the operator at the front -35in. (89cm.) high
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