Posts Tagged ‘toy’
Antique Cast Iron Toys – All About Making, Buying, and History
Antique Cast Iron Toys – All About Making, Buying, and History For those that don’t know, back in the EARLY 1900s, and late 1800’s toys were made of iron. YES, hit your kid brother, heavy cast iron toys were a thing. All the cool kids had a toy the heft of a hammer and could…
Read MorePossibly The Most Beautiful Cast Iron Toy- Sehloff Clipper and Chrysler Airstream
Possibly The Most Beautiful Cast Iron Toy- Sehloff Clipper and Chrysler Airstream We have a toy in the running for “The most beautiful cast iron toy” award. This made up award would go to a few Ives toys, a few Kyser and Rex toys, A Hubley or two, and Arcade, then this toy by Tom…
Read MoreAlpha Romeo Tin Toy by CIJ Wanted
Alpha Romeo Tin Toy by CIJ Wanted Let us know if you have one of these Alpha Romeo toy cars for sale please. We have a client looking for this tin windup car made in the 1930s with extreme detail. Most of these Alpha Romeo toys were made in France by CIJ. Thanks in advance…
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 MoreWright Brothers Tin Airplane by Fischer Toys, Germany
If you are a bit rusty on history we will refresh- Wilbur and Orville Wright were American inventors and pioneers of aviation. In 1903 the Wright brothers achieved the first powered, sustained and controlled airplane flight; they surpassed their own milestone two years later when they built and flew the first fully practical airplane. …
Read MoreBuddy L Outdoor Railroad Train with Tender
Welcome to the world of Buddy L and the followed, but secretive world of outdoor trains. This particular toy comes deserves a fresh photo shoot and a sharing of the detail, the steel, the beauty. The toy is either steel, or brass, or cast stainless, or chromed steel. It is massive, heavy, and extremely well…
Read MoreMissouri Battleship Toy from Japan, ITO
We are pleased to share a great toy made of wood. Yes, this is a Post-War Japanese Wood battleship toy of the venerable USS Missouri (though it looks metal). It is battery operated with lights and a motor. Historians note that it was used up to the Desert Storm flight in Iraq and then…
Read MoreAlfred C Rex and Co / Kyser and Rex Cast Iron love
Alfred C Rex and Co / Kyser and Rex Cast Iron love- we note that a very nice mechanical bank surfaced recently. It isn’t ours, but we would like to find one that isn’t broken. Let us know if you have a #125 Motor Bank or trolley bank for sale. That, or just have one…
Read MoreWK or Wilhelm Krauss German Tin Toys
It is that time again to network. We are looking for toys with the WK or Wilhelm Krauss symbol on them. They come from turn of the century Germany and are likely tin toys with windups. Here we have a WK tin ferris wheel in the collection to share. It is a great one…
Read MoreEarly Tin Toy Cars and Race Cars Wanted
We are looking for high quality tin Race Cars and Early Tin Cars for yet another museum contact. As you know, these early car toys tended to get worn out and the tinplate recycled and damaged. For this reason, please assist in the search for pristine early cars or surviving rare toy cars. Our museum…
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