What am I bid for clockwork humming bird? Amusing German-made toy expected to fetch up to £50 at auction

 

There has been some modest pre-sale interest in this tin plate clockwork humming bird, made in West Germany, which is due to go under the hammer at John Taylors Auctions in Louth, Lincolnshire, on the afternoon of  Tuesday February 4. By 5pm on Sunday, bids had reached £25. The estimate is that it will sell for between £40 and £50.