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 [...]
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 [...]
MELVIN AND ANNE GETLAN have spent more than 40 years meticulously building perhaps the finest collection of coin-operated devices in America. And 350 of their items will comprise much of the Victorian Casino Antiques Auction in Las Vegas on May 4th, 5th and 6th. The fact that the Getlan Collection features the very best in coin-operated gambling, vending, arcade and [...]
FAIRFIELD, MAINE, Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2011. For three days at the close of November in rural Maine, as many are thinking of holiday preparations, the staff at James D. Julia was immersed in an auction event that showcased an outstanding array of quality antiques to contemporary objects d’art. Combining the efforts of Julia’s advertising, toy & doll division head Andrew [...]
A Baltimore curiosity is going on the auction block. The Baltimore Antique Toy Museum has closed its doors. Its contents: dollhouses and accessories, countless games, books and toys are in need of new caretakers. These simple yet elegant playthings, from a time long gone, enthralled children back then as an Xbox 360 does today. Their beauty is their simplicity, time [...]
PITTSBURGH – Armchair generals and commanders of upscale bathtub fleets worldwide will show their firepower over the weekend of June 2-3 during a very special Old Toy Soldier Auctions event containing 1,200+ lots from several choice collections. Headlining the auction are soldiers from the collection of the late K. Warren Mitchell, plus the Bob Bailey collection of prewar Britains, and [...]
ZIONSVILLE, Ind. – Morphy Auctions has been chosen to auction the vast collection of antique and vintage toys, advertising items and other amusements belonging to Carter’s Toy Museum in Zionsville, Indiana. The Oct. 5-6 auction will be an uncataloged live event produced and conducted by Morphy’s at the Boone County 4-H Fairgrounds in Lebanon, Indiana. There will be no provision [...]
FREDERICK, Md. – Ask any regular who attends auctions conducted by Mosby & Co., and they’ll tell you what the Maryland-based company is best known for: everything. Owner Keith Spurgeon makes a point of personally selecting only the most interesting, best-quality pieces from dozens of collecting categories for his well-attended sales. Spurgeon’s April 28 Spring Antiques Auction, which will be [...]
