Posts Tagged ‘vintage’
Republic Toys Pressed Steel Truck
Etch in your mind yet another lesser known pressed steel toy company– Republic Toys of Dayton Ohio. Our “Tool Products Company” didn’t leave a long lasting impression toy collectors (at least from our standpoint), but should have. Our American toy maker tends to be bunched into “Dayton” Toys steel products. The Republic Tool Products…
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 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 MoreAntique Toy Catalogs, Books, and Vintage Toy Wish Lists
Antique Toy Catalogs, Books, and Vintage Toy Wish Lists Venture through the Antique Toys library room and see about 1000 Antique books and toy catalogs. Yes, we pride ourselves on constantly purchasing reading and research material for the business. Our toy library (at the moment) is organized by manufacturer in one section– Imagine Arnold of…
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 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 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 MoreWorld’s Most Expensive Toys– Yes, they are Antiques
World’s most expensive Toys Searching for valuable toys and internet research is fraught with mistakes, exaggerations, misrepresentations, and assumptions. I constantly get asked “Did you get a load of that article on the World’s most expensive toys? Barbie? GI Joe? Gundam? Something seems off.” Let me reframe the question, qualify, then correct. For me,…
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