Not a krazy amount for a toy but spot-on

Topping the 175 toys at David Lay’s (15% buyer’s premium) sale at Penzance on August 22, was this 1930s clockwork tinplate Krazy Kar marked By Permission Walt Disney – Mickey Mouse Ltd to the rear and Made in England to the left-hand side.

The maker was Wells, the company which was set up by Alfred Wells in 1919 to replace German manufa…

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