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Fri, May 29, 2026 11:00AM EDT
Lot 224

Wolverine Attributed Tri-Fold Toy Grocery Store

Estimate: $30 - $10,000

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This toy supermarket play set is attributed to the Wolverine Supply and Manufacturing Company, featuring a tri-fold design constructed of pressed tin with multi-colored lithographed graphics. The central panel displays a perspective interior view of a mid-20th-century grocery store including meat, poultry, and produce departments, and shoppers in period attire. Two hinged side panels contain three levels of integrated shelving. The set includes an assortment of miniature grocery items consisting of cardboard boxes, paper-wrapped forms, and tin cans. Featured brands include Sunshine Cheez-It, Hi Ho Crackers, Krispy Crackers, and Graham Crackers; Vel Colgate detergent; Blue Dutch Cleanser; ScotTowels; Spic and Span; Libby's Salmon; Lifebuoy Health Soap; Kellogg's Rice Krispies; and SOS Magic Scouring Pads. Two boxes of Pattillo's White Self-Rising Meal Mix from the Pattillo Milling Company of East Tallassee, Alabama, are also present. Technical manufacturing notations such as Cover this printing with sign lug and Note every other lug goes in back are visible along the upper interior edges.

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