Lot 102


It is complete with all the wood pieces. This piece is a circa late 1920's mechanical, tin, lithographed "Hustler The Great American Baseball Game" game manufactured by Hustler Toy Corporation of Sterling, Illinois. This game has brief directions on the front and more involved directions on the back. A brief history of Frantz Manufacturing Company/Hustler Toy Corporation of Sterling, Illinois: This game features really nice period artwork similar to the Intercollegiate Football mechanical game. Like many of these mechanical games there are a number of different variations of it out there. The original Great American Baseball Game was manufactured by a company called Frantz Manufacturing Company of Sterling, Illinois. Frantz licensed this game from Evan Reed manufacturing who owned the patent. These early toys were marked "Frantz" and included the afore mentioned Intercollegiate Football game, as well as the golf game. In 1925, Hustler Toy Company was created as a subsidiary of Frantz Manufacturing. To implement this change they simply added new decals for Hustler and as you can see the decals of this period can be found with the Hustler decal over the Frantz logos. On our Intercollegiate Football game the billboard on the left side of the field still bears the Frantz advertisement. Once the 3rd version of this game was put out Hustler and all references to Frantz are removed from the board. Hustler Toy Company stopped manufacturing toys in 1934, with the exception of roller skates that they produced until about 1970. Frantz is still in in business to this day but they no longer produce toys. Please ask specific questions on details, condition, and shipping prior to bidding, ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS, and the bidder will be responsible for payment. We box and ship what we can to keep costs low, and use USPS and UPS. Large items, extremely fragile, and high value items will be packed by UPS. Quotes available on request
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Dimensions:
- 13.5" x 9" Condition:
- Very Good Working Condition
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