Posts Tagged ‘tin’
Morton Converse toy cars wanted (circa 1912)
Morton Converse toy cars wanted (circa 1912) Let’s keep it simple – Cash Buyer for Morton Converse toy cars. These are great Americana and this site owner would like to add them to his collection. Help out with leads or let us know if you are selling yours! -From the Winchendon History and Cultural…
Read MoreWindup toy boats, Mahogany Boats, and Tin Goodness
Windup toy boats, Mahogany Boats, and Tin Goodness. In the spirit of the New Year, we are reflecting on some of our favorite inventory that sailed away. There is such a shelf presence with toy boats! We’ve enjoyed being curators to some and look forward to new purchases and consignments. We are also noting our…
Read MoreJ. Chein & Co. A Collector’s Guide Toy Book Reivew
In the toy collecting heyday of 1997, Alan Jaffe and Schiffer Books partnered to make J. Chein & co. A Collector’s Guide to an American Toymaker. The results are quite spectacular and illuminating for modern collectors that appreciate history. The book helps piece together the innumerable Chein toy details and production history. This guide is a beautiful…
Read MoreOld Windup Toys and Antique Toy Windups
Old Windup Toys and Antique toy Windups This may be a great opportunity to show off some of the current windup toys on AntiqueToys as well as show off some toy history. Check out the old windup toys & photos below. Below are old windup toy mechanisms to get a flavor for what “used…
Read MoreAntique Tin Toys and a Sojurn in Japan
February 2017 started with a bang and a long awaited trip to Japan. Thank you to my gracious friends from around the world that met up and hosted! One would think that Japan was going to have wall-to-wall toys for the picking. Older visions in my mind conjured up images of stuffed toy shops waiting for customers.…
Read MoreTin Toy Collector and Florida Visit
Tin Toy Collector and Florida Visit With a bit of delay, I’d like to share some photos that highlight a great visit to a Florida tin collector’s home. Mr D was kind enough to host me and talk toys; afterwards we toured his collection and saw some of the best in Lehmann toys as…
Read MoreToy Restorations. Do I do an Antique Toy Restoration? Cast iron and tin thoughts.
Toy Restorations. Do I do an Antique Toy Restoration? Cast iron and tin thoughts. Do you need a toy restoration? Should I restore a toy? How do I restore my toys? My response, probably not, probably not, and consider just preserving it as-is. Do you need a toy restoration?– I would argue ‘No’ for 90% of the…
Read MoreVintage Toys for sale locally
Lately I’ve been spending a good amount of time locally looking for antiques and vintage toys of interest. As always, you look for toy X and find toy Y, and inevitably one finds older toys that aren’t quite antiques. Let’s call them vintage toys. Well all around St. Petersburg we have vintage stores, thrift stores…
Read MoreAntique Tin Toy Plane by Modern Toys Japan
Every once in a while toy collecting will surprise you. One can study older toy catalogs, read books, visit shows, and then believe you have a grasp on what was made. Then there is that new find. Granted, new toy finds for me aren’t necessarily new to others, but this toy didn’t show up…
Read MoreFernand Martin Toymaker in Paris Book Review
Wine and beer are acquired tastes that only strenghen with age. So it goes with toys from the French toymaker Fernand Martin. Oft broken and disrobed on the current market, these historic toys deserve to be seen in new old stock condition to appreciate the genius. So when J. Arthur Verdoorn, Fernand Martin & Lourens…
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