Posts by Ed Sandford
Gustav A Schwarz, aka G.A. Schwarz, aka FAO Schwarz’s Philadelphia Toy Store.
History has a way of fading important toy history, records, details, and milestones. FAO Schwarz is the well-known toy import store known from the movies Big and Home Alone 2. Readers likely recall that FAO closed their New York store. Then there was the Brother Gustav that ran the family chain in Philadelphia. That history…
Read MoreYankee Toys Battelship Oregon Found
Long lost toys and forgotten toy companies excite us. We love learning. Rarely do we find toys that haven’t been mentioned before in our catalogs; or books; or auction records. Seldomly do we unearth companies based in the US with a substantial toy lineup. Here we found a grand slam– we found an electric…
Read MoreBuying Comic Books and Comic Art in Tampa, St Petersburg, Sarasota, Florida and Nationwide
We tread into the area of Comics very carefully. We are currently buying comics and have interest in the history, the comic art, the quality of the action, and comic coloring. AntiqueToys.com is based in the Sarasota area as well as Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida regions. We travel to collections to see and buy…
Read MoreWhat’s my Toy Worth?
What is my toy worth? Well there really won’t be a perfect answer. There will be a range of toy values thanks to the unique hand crafted nature of Antique Toys and vintage toys. We can help you with toy value ranges and determine what your toy is worth. Please start by emailing us…
Read MoreTom Sehloff Cast Iron Cars and Toys
We recently experienced a renaissance for cast iron toys, and you may not recognize it. The early Pratt & Letchworth and Ives production ceased over 100 years ago. Hubley and Arcade cast iron production ended around 80 years ago. Afterwards, we had another all American and prestigious maker to be aware of — Sehloff…
Read MoreAnimate Toys of NY- Tank Found
Have you heard of Animate Toys of New York? We had not, but were lucky enough to get a tank and box come our way. A collector shared with us a boxed example and we would like to share back. “Treat ‘Em Rough” that’s what they did to the Germans. is the headline…. 31 East…
Read MoreTin Santa Toy, Early Crank Find
Our very early Santa toy find is a deep curiosity. We need your help! The toy has English writing on it, but seems to have German Santa toy traits. From what we can barely discern, it was marked on the square base “World Wide Delivery”. The owner was a World War II vet and…
Read MoreMercury 1000 K&O Outboard Motor from Japan
As we know, the more collectors we know, the deeper the rabbit hole. Please help me find a toy I’ve just heard about– K&O Mercury 1000 Outboard motor. I would appreciate any catalogs or data help too for the files. Rumor has it that these were late 50’s and were part of the “mine is…
Read MoreTippCo or Tipp & Co toys from Germany
Paging through the thoroughly foreign book by Rudgr Huber, “Tipp & Co–größter blechspielzeughersteller in nürnberg nach 1932”, my personal collector appetite is whetted. Translated into English- “Tipp & Co, the largest tin toy seller after 1932”. Ok, I’m drooling a bit. We have a wonderful 9″ x 9″ reference book brought to us by…
Read MoreTin Toy and toys with thin metal aka Tin
Friends and I have an ongoing discussion on tin toys and metal toys. What makes a tin toy? Why are some metal toys pressed steel and yet others known as tin toys? Aren’t they all the same and is there cross over in the toy terms? My latest line of thinking is this– Tin toys…
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