Welcome to the April 2012 issue of Antique Toy World Magazine. Just look what’s inside: Morphy Auctions: Remarkable Cross-Category Selection Still Banks: Desirable Additions to a Mechanical Bank Collection by Sy Schreckinger Double Duty Toys by Jack Herbert From the lake of 10,000 Lakes and Shimmering Sunsets on Water…Comes a Classic Rich Penn Auction Event The Chicago Toy Show, Sunday, [...]
BY SY SCHRECKINGER DURING THE LATTER portion of the nineteenth century, several foundries primarily involved in the manufacture of cast iron mechanical banks also produced various still banks. These banks closely resembled their mechanical counterparts in both design and appearance. The following examples, and ones that are considered by mechanical bank devotees to be worthy of display adjacent to their [...]
BY JACK HERBERT THE TOYS WE HAVE ASSEMBLED here for you today all work for a living. For none of them the hauteur of Marklin, nor the upper crust status of a Jouets de Paris. These babies were all expected to get out there and sell, seven days a week. And so they do. Back in the days when print [...]
THIS RICH PENN AUCTION event on May 18-20, 2012, will feature The Mikkelson Collection boat museum, sold in its entirety, all without reserve. Paul Mikkelson has made the difficult decision to sell his remarkable collection which has over 50 full size classic vintage boats, nearly 1,000 toy boats and scale outboard motors, plus more than 100 carefully restored outboard motors [...]
SAY “TOY BOATS” THREE times fast and if your tongue doesn’t get completely tied up, scientists say you are definitely in the minority. Now just imagine saying toy boats hundreds of times and being surrounded by one of the most extensive collections of toy boats in the world. That’s what collectors will get treated to, at the Rich Penn Auction [...]
Antique Toy World Magazine for May 2012Welcome to the April 2012 issue of Antique...
Home BankBY SY SCHRECKINGER DURING THE LATTER portion of the nineteenth century,...
BY JACK HERBERT THE TOYS WE HAVE ASSEMBLED here for you today all work for a living....
THIS RICH PENN AUCTION event on May 18-20, 2012, will feature The Mikkelson Collection...
SAY “TOY BOATS” THREE times fast and if your tongue doesn’t get completely...
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Home BankBY SY SCHRECKINGER DURING THE LATTER portion of the nineteenth century, several foundries primarily involved in the manufacture of cast...
Hull & Stafford. USA, produced this handsome, embossed tinplate engine about 1870, The toy is completely hand painted in red, black and...
BY STEVE BUTLER Things with TagsON A MUCH TOO seldom occasion, a collector may encounter things with tags, not necessarily price tags although...
DENVER, Pa. – Some of the finest handmade and machine-made vintage marbles ever to be offered at auction will be available to bidders on May...
DENVER, Pa. – Some of the finest handmade and machine-made vintage marbles ever to be offered at auction will be available to bidders on May 26 at Morphy’s gallery in Lancaster County, Pa. The 783-lot specialty sale is all about marbles, and nothing else. Manufacturers represented in the sale include such coveted names as Christensen Agate, Akro Agate and Peltier. [...]
TIMONIUM, Md. – Fine European antique toys and train stations, plus a fabulous array of still and mechanical banks are at the heart of RSL’s 621-lot auction to be held July 1, 2012 at Richard Opfer’s gallery in Timonium (suburban Baltimore), Maryland. Titled “Toys, Train Stations, Banks & Americana,” the auction’s wonderfully varied selections include the John Jirofsky architectural still [...]
VINELAND, N.J. – Bertoia’s March 23-24 ‘Made to Be Played’ auction, a 1,400-lot offering highlighted by the Grover Van Dexter European tin toy collection, closed the books at an impressive $1.3 million (inclusive of 15% buyer’s premium). An extensive variety of early toys crossed the auction block. A Hubley cast-iron Popeye Patrol depicting the popular cartoon sailor on a motorcycle [...]
DENVER, Pa. – Dan Morphy, CEO of Morphy Auctions, has confirmed that the renowned Adolph Grenke breweriana collection will be auctioned in its entirety at Morphy’s gallery on Sept. 21-22, 2012. “No other consignments will be added. The entire two-day sale will be devoted exclusively to this outstanding single-owner collection, which we anticipate will bring well over a million dollars,” [...]
Welcome to the April 2012 issue of Antique Toy World Magazine. Just look what’s inside: Morphy Auctions: Remarkable Cross-Category Selection Still Banks: Desirable Additions to a Mechanical Bank Collection by Sy Schreckinger Double Duty Toys by Jack Herbert From the lake of 10,000 Lakes and Shimmering Sunsets on Water…Comes a Classic Rich Penn Auction Event The Chicago Toy Show, Sunday, [...]
BY SY SCHRECKINGER DURING THE LATTER portion of the nineteenth century, several foundries primarily involved in the manufacture of cast iron mechanical banks also produced various still banks. These banks closely resembled their mechanical counterparts in both design and appearance. The following examples, and ones that are considered by mechanical bank devotees to be worthy of display adjacent to their [...]
BY JACK HERBERT THE TOYS WE HAVE ASSEMBLED here for you today all work for a living. For none of them the hauteur of Marklin, nor the upper crust status of a Jouets de Paris. These babies were all expected to get out there and sell, seven days a week. And so they do. Back in the days when print [...]
THIS RICH PENN AUCTION event on May 18-20, 2012, will feature The Mikkelson Collection boat museum, sold in its entirety, all without reserve. Paul Mikkelson has made the difficult decision to sell his remarkable collection which has over 50 full size classic vintage boats, nearly 1,000 toy boats and scale outboard motors, plus more than 100 carefully restored outboard motors [...]
BY BARRY SKELLY HERE WE ARE AGAIN, I can’t believe a year has passed. It’s time for our 30th year show. Tuesday & Wednesday, we are setting up the 802 tables and making sure everything was in its correct place. Thursday & Friday were spent with our family and enjoying our Thanksgiving dinner (ate too much). Saturday morning came too [...]
BY JACK HERBERT JUST ABOUT EVERY SIXTH house on your block contains, somewhere within it, a toy train set. It may be relegated to the attic or on a high shelf in the guest bedroom, but toy trains, thank heaven, are never thrown out. Think about it. Our fascination with all trains spans every generation. We love to watch the [...]
