Foxy Chess

After 12 years of the series Top eBay Chess Items by Price (March 2010), and 12 years of making short lists for each 'Top eBay' post, it seems I've never seen foxes. How can it be?

The item pictured below was titled 'Fritz Bermann Vienna Austria - Fox Playing Chess - Cold Painted Bronze Signed'. It sold for 'Best offer accepted', which was around $300.

The description said,

Up for bid is a Fritz Bermann Vienna Austria - Fox Playing Chess - Cold Painted Bronze Signed. Item is 4 1/4" long x 2 7/8" wide x 2 7/8" tall and in very nice shape. Paint looks very nice with minimal loss ... actually all I can find is a few spots along the ears. Fritz Bermann mark on the underside.

For another piece in the same genre, see Tolkien Says 'Dwarves' (July 2019). The description there mentioned 'Franz Bergmann' and 'Jug-Mark's. The foxes also had a 'Jug-Mark' with a 'B' in the center. Fritz Bermann and Franz Bergmann, both of Vienna, both making chess bronzes -- I should look deeper into it, but not today; maybe next time.