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Antique Stereo Card Viewer - $600 (Mandarin)
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This circa 1925 sculptoscope is a stereoscope viewer which creates a 3-D effect by using a card with two side-by-side images that become one 3-D image when viewed through the glasses of the viewer. Approx 7x10.5x14 inches.
Richard R. Whiting and his brother Herbert sold stereoscope cards door to door from the 1880s to the early 1900s. In 1913, they formed the American Novelty Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, and sold viewers designed and patented by Richard. Both brothers passed away in the early 1940s.
This viewer has been spray painted; it is missing the lock; the coin slot plate is worn and tarnished. Works, but sometimes when the button is pushed, more than 1 card is flipped over; other times you must push the button more than once to se e the next card. There is an adjusting screw that controls the flipping of the cards, but we have not attempted an adjustment.
Nice find for the collector of antique optical viewers, stereoscope, and vintage coin op coin operated vending machines, amusement games and arcade items.