Posts Tagged ‘toys’
Estate Toys For Sale and Liquidation
Estate Toys for Sale– Visit and Referrals This week has been a great one for reaching out and seeing toy collections. Monday entailed a visit to a bank collector. On Wednesday I had the privilege and yet somber task of seeing a large toy collection and assisting the estate. We ended up going to the…
Read MoreOld Toys and Photos of Old Toys
Old Toys & Photos– What is your time frame? E Marty asked me to define and antique. ‘It is officially a toy over 100 years…’ I said. Then he asked about vintage toys. ‘..To me it is a toy that is at least 15 years old’ Then he drilled deeper and asked me to define the term “Old…
Read MoreToy Collecting- Great Timing and Current Trends
No one normally will shout out about great opportunities, but I’ll let the cat out of the bag– It is a great time to collect toys. Why now, why more so than in the past? Well…. timing is everything. Trend– Timing is Great as Older Collections are being Liquidated. Trendy items are often not the thing to…
Read MoreSchieble Hill Climber Firetruck #3
Schieble Toy & Novelty Co. was founded by William E. Schieble and operated from about 1909 to 1932. In these brief few years we had a subset of the Boyer and Dayton Ohio toymakers legacy. Satiable Toy was an offshoot of the D.P. Clark & Co company that operated from 1897 to about 1909. The…
Read MoreSt. Petersburg Toys Store- Old, vintage and Antique Toys for Sale in St Pete, FL
St. Petersburg Toy Store- Old, vintage and Antique Toys for Sale in St Pete, FL Stating the not-so-obvious, AntiqueToys.com is located on the West coast of Florida and has a brick and mortar toy store presence. Toys featured on this site can be reviewed in person. We sell old toys, vintage toys, and antique…
Read MoreChicago Toy Show 2017 Review and Trends
Chicago Toy Show 2017 Review and Trends Fresh from the toy collecting and research field of Chicago, I pause to reflect on a great journey to the Chicago Toy Fair held at the Kane County Fairgrounds. Most younger toy collectors or distant toy buyers may never have a chance to visit this behemoth in person; but…
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 MoreDemise of Ebay, Stagnation of the Web, Rising of the Auction Houses, and an Evolution for Toy Buying!? Toys for sale in the Future
Dig deep into your sub conscience and you will agree that the web has been pushed sideways for phone “Aps.” The growth of the web is flat. I’ll argue that E-bay as an auction house for toys is steadily eroding. They are evolving into a store front with little interest in proper auctions (in my…
Read MoreCast Iron Toys
Collecting cast iron toys have been mostly associated with American toy collectors. As such, I wanted to assemble some cast iron toy photos for everyone and to make the site more popular with search engines. Here are some highlight photos to share. You will notice the wide variety of shapes and sizes. Prices tend to…
Read MoreCast Iron Toys and Antique cast iron
Cast iron toy and Antique cast iron collecting Cast iron toy collecting seems to consistently create a love hate relationship. Love them for beauty; hate them for rarity. Love them for the history; hate them because the historic ones don’t get offered for sale often. Love them for their craftsmanship; hate them when you get…
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