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Lot # 180 - Vintage Marx Alaska Playset - 1958
Opening Bid : | $ 5.00 |
Pickup Instructions: | Pick Up Date/Time: Saturday, February 1 from 9-2. Address will be on invoice day of pickups. NEW SIGN UP SYSTEM. Click on the Sign Up Link above. If you have issues with signing up make sure to log into your Sound Estate Account and click on My Account then Auction Invoices |
Start Date/Time: | 22-Jan-2025 7:00:00 AM |
End Date/Time: | 29-Jan-2025 9:01:00 PM |
Current bid: |
$155.00 |
Highest bidder: | Gaddzook |
Auction has ended |
Description :
Vintage Marx Alaska Playset - 1958
Wow, this is a real great set despite the fact that there are no penguins in Alaska…. This elaborate 1950s playset set from Marx Company includes Native folks going about various subsistence activities, non-Native scientists with a lot of guns, several wolves, a polar bear, dog teams, a whale, and penguins (!) amongst other denizens of the frozen North. There is a tin litho research perimeter fence for the International Geophysical Year Lab the set celebrates. Unfortunately, the Quonset Hut that is supposed to house the research station is not present. However, most of the scientific furnishings that belong inside the hut are present as is the obligatory trio of igloos we assume the makers thought the Natives lived in year-round. Chalk it up to Hollywood movies and a lack of general knowledge about the soon-to-be newest state in the late 1950s.
Condition of everything present is excellent – please see photos.
For a partial set, see
If you love the set but really need the Quonset hut, they do come up for sale occasionally:
Marx 1958 IGY playset tin Quonset hut in orange- nice condition | #3442863000
Auction History
Highest bidder is Gaddzook
Date | Bid | User |
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29-Jan-2025 8:58:26 PM | $155.00 | Gaddzook |
29-Jan-2025 8:57:06 PM | $143.00 | Westside Collector |
29-Jan-2025 8:57:06 PM | $138.00 | DAGoodwin |
29-Jan-2025 6:25:13 PM | $133.00 | Westside Collector |
29-Jan-2025 4:52:37 PM | $123.00 | PinaPoe |
29-Jan-2025 3:06:30 PM | $100.00 | DAGoodwin |
29-Jan-2025 3:06:20 PM | $92.00 | PinaPoe |
29-Jan-2025 3:06:19 PM | $91.00 | DAGoodwin |
29-Jan-2025 3:06:10 PM | $88.00 | PinaPoe |
29-Jan-2025 3:06:10 PM | $87.00 | DAGoodwin |
29-Jan-2025 3:03:35 PM | $83.00 | PinaPoe |
29-Jan-2025 3:00:27 PM | $81.00 | DAGoodwin |
29-Jan-2025 2:54:08 PM | $76.00 | PinaPoe |
29-Jan-2025 11:37:58 AM | $52.00 | Westside Collector |
23-Jan-2025 6:28:41 PM | $36.00 | Tom2T84 |
23-Jan-2025 7:31:35 AM | $26.00 | Pecos-Bill |
23-Jan-2025 7:31:23 AM | $25.00 | Reel art |
23-Jan-2025 7:31:22 AM | $25.00 | Pecos-Bill |
22-Jan-2025 11:28:27 AM | $21.00 | Reel art |
22-Jan-2025 10:54:09 AM | $17.00 | Pecos-Bill |
22-Jan-2025 10:53:57 AM | $16.00 | zetast |
22-Jan-2025 10:53:57 AM | $15.00 | Pecos-Bill |
22-Jan-2025 9:43:00 AM | $11.00 | zetast |
22-Jan-2025 9:40:35 AM | $6.00 | Pecos-Bill |
22-Jan-2025 9:27:48 AM | $5.00 | Reel art |