Sunday,February 9, 2025
-4° C / 25°F
Sunny and finally a
warm winter day
A Wonderful Memory Comes Back to Me
I started my day today a bit later than normal. Even though I'm "older", I still can't get used to winters up here in Montreal. So, I woke up later than usual, ate, and went to my computer. I decided to write a post from the Lloyd Ralston Gallery.
The Company was created by Mr. Lloyd Ralston and his wife Ruth until sadly,
they both passed on. Today, Mr. Glenn Ralston, their son, has taken the fine company to the next generation and the next level. What I recently noticed is the excellent degree of photography that the toys are presented.
For today, I found an interesting toy that was sold on their latest auction
of February 1, 2025.
I was going to present a lot of great toys, but one toy in particular,
caught my attention.
The toy is described as:
"Motor City MC-22S 1948 Chrysler Town & Country
white metal, tan, Leo Carillo limited edition w/steer, original box & insert, C9."
What caught my attention were a steer skull with a pair of horns on the front
of this beautiful car. What also caught my curiosity was the name "Leo Carillo"
in the description. Who could that be?
So I did a Google search for "Leo Carillo", and I take a flashback into the late 1950's
when I would watch The Cisco Kid on TV, from the American station,
WCAX TV from Vermont. At that time, we had a TV antenna.
The series lasted from 1950-1956."
* Research writing was found on the Wikipedia website
Mr. Leo Carillo was the Cisco Kid's "sidekick "Pancho", and the Cisco Kid was played by Mr. Duncan Rinaldo. I am assuming that Leo Carillo actually had
a 1948 Chrysler Town & Country car with the "ornament" at the front of the car.
"The Cisco Kid" was a 1950-1956 half-hour American Western television series
starring Duncan Renaldo in the title role, the Cisco Kid, and Leo Carillo as the jovial sidekick, Pancho. The series was syndicated to individual stations, and was popular. with children. Cisco were technically desperados wanted for
unspecified crimes, but were viewed by the poor as Robin Hood figures who
assisted the downtrodden when law enforcement officers proved to be corrupt,
or unwilling to help. It was also the first television to be seen in color, although
few viewers saw it in color until the 1960's.
Synopsis
The Cisco Kid was a. charming ladies' man, dressed in a highly-embroidered outfit,
and his sidekick Pancho brought humor to the series with his heavy accented
comments. Duncan Renaldo said of Leo Carillo playing Pancho: " His accent was
so exaggerated that when we finished the picture, no one in the cast or crew could talk normal English anymore. The Cisco Kid rode a horse named Diablo, and Pancho rode Loco.
Someone else (the final bidder of the auction toy) most-certainly also liked the TV series The Cisco Kid"as I did, when I was a kid way back in the 1950's.
The final winning bid for this toy was US $ 2800.00
plus the Buyer's Premium of 18% ($ 500.00).
I'm sure the person who bought that model toy is enjoying
the model car and for sure bringing back memories from a
long time ago.
Thanks for dropping by to visit my blog,
and have a great part of the day or night, wherever you may be.
My name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman
and I can always be reached at
toysearcher@gmail.com
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