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Yonezawa Ford Fairlane
Estimate:
CA$300 - CA$500
Sold
CA$400
Timed Auction
Toys | Featuring the Phil Barnett Collection
Size
15.5" x 7" x 5".
Category
Description
Japanese. 1950s. This toy was styled after the Ford Fairlane, by Yonezawa (also known as "Yone" or "Y"), Japan's largest post-war toy manufacturer. The company's logo is a Y within a 5 petal cherry blossom motif. The cherry blossom was used as it symbolized both life and death, the sense of vitality and the reminder that life is fleeting - all very predominant in Japanese culture. Marked, "Made in Japan", with the Yonezawa trademark logo behind rear seat and visible through rear windshield.
Condition
Excellent restored condition. Minor scratches to chrome.
Medium
Lithographed tin.
Provenance
From the Phil Barnett Collection.
Quantity
1
