Unique Mercedes-Benz Bronze Mascot, Sculpture by Max Daniel Hermann Fritz, 1930s
Lot sold
USD 0
GBP 0 (listed)
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USD 8 074 - 10 765
GBP 6 000 - 8 000 (listed)
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TypeAutomobilia
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Lot number120
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Description
A unique and important bronze car mascot of exceptional quality, by renowned sculptor Max Daniel Hermann Fritz (German, 1873–1948). The unusually large mascot depicts a speed god with the Mercedes-Benz three-pointed star emblem on his forehead, astride a lightning flash, flying above a globe which bears the artist's signature. Included with the mascot is a black hardwood base. No other example of this mascot is recorded in any of the accepted reference works on the subject.
Mascot length: 11 in. (28 cm). Base: 7 x 4 in. (18 x 10 cm). Overall height: 7.5 in. (19 cm).

Gooding & Company
1517 20th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
United States
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