Description: Antique Apple Tree Marble Gravity Game France Paper Wood 1910's WORKS VIDEO! Rare and fantastic estate piece.Dates to sometime in the early 1900's.Gravity driven marble game. Works! See the video!(Please note, this piece does not come with any marbles. The marbles used in the video are for demonstration only and not included. They are not original and not quite heavy enough to trigger the game so I had to encourage the movement at times.)An apple tree and the apple picker are paper covered and mounted on a wooden base with a steel tray attached.There is a wire track attached to one side of the crown of the tree, and the apple picker holds a long wire rod in his right hand.Marbles are placed at the top of the wire track and a counterweight attached to the picker's arm causes him to reach up into the tree with the wire rod.As the rod reaches into the tree, it trips a mechanism that releases one marble into the track and that marble travels down and is deposited into the "basket" at the end of the apple picker's rod.The weight of the marble causes the picker to lower the rod to the ground depositing the marble into the numbered dimpled area.The counterweight causes the picker's arm to raise up and repeats the process to catch the next marble.Some overall wear from use and time.The ramp in front of the tree truck is a little loose.Please see all photos.Measures 12" long x 4" wide x 16" tall.Weighs 1.8 lbs before shipping.Smoke-free home.
Price: 289.77 USD
Location: House Springs, Missouri
End Time: 2025-01-18T13:51:42.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Brand: Unbranded
Antique: Yes
Year: 1910
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Vintage: Yes
