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SIR JOHN FRANKLIN LOST EXPEDITION AUTOMATON

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SIR JOHN FRANKLIN LOST EXPEDITION AUTOMATON

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1393. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN LOST EXPEDITION AUTOMATON | This sensational automaton depicts Sir John Franklins Lost Expedition to the Canadian Arctic in 1845. The automaton shows one of Franklins lifeboats that has run aground on the ice, one crew member on deck defends himself with an ice pick, while a second clambers up a ladder pursued by a bear, as they disappear in the iceberg they reappear to resume the chase. The land/ice structure is well and realistically modeled papier mache, sailors wood and mache, originally dressed, and the two polar bears are fur covered wood and mache. | 19" h. x 13" w. x 11" d. | (Very Good Condition). | $7,500 - $9,500 | VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEwZmJwTjKc&list=PL2msEARRNpnYyqtRosmJ7X1dXSa3XrddS&index=20

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SIR JOHN FRANKLIN LOST EXPEDITION AUTOMATON

Name: SIR JOHN FRANKLIN LOST EXPEDITION AUTOMATON
SKU: 83516883
Price: 3750 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $7,500 - $9,500

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