BY JACK HERBERT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ALL NOW ADULTS, Santa Claus is still a most welcome figure these days. And being antique toy collectors, we find Santa in our toy cars, stables, airplanes, sleighs, and in great numbers driving the engines of passenger toy trains. Many of us have enough Christmas toys, some very old, to produce a splendid [...]
This offering will include a wide variety of items including toys of all kinds, games, advertising, folk art, as well as a number of attic treasures from individual consignors that are absolutely fresh to the market. Also included is an amazing lifetime collection of Valentines along with other holiday treasures. The sale features items from the Philip & Ann Henderson [...]
AS YOUR CHILDREN open their latest electronic gadgets at Christmas time, do you ever wonder what the cutting edge toys were like almost 100 years ago? Now you can see some at the DFW Elite Toy Museum in Fort Worth. The museum has recently acquired an extremely rare toy Christmas car. The tin car was manufactured by German toymaker Fischer [...]
VINELAND, N.J. – From the Fort Knox-style basement of a New York townhouse to the gleaming showcase shelves of a fine country home, a diverse parade of toys has come to Bertoia’s gallery for a Nov. 12-14 auction titled “Toys for the Mantel.” “There’s an abundance of quality, and the mix is just fantastic,” said Bertoia Auctions associate Rich Bertoia. [...]
