BY JACK HERBERT EARLY AMERICAN TOYS not only reflect their times in history, there is a noticeable “toylike” appearance about most of them that sets them instantly apart from all subsequent designs in the field. Just what this unique appearance is—a sort of fragility, perhaps — is hard to describe, but easy to understand the minute you see one. Here [...]
BRIGHT SKIES AND BRISK bidding marked another successful sale for Auction Team Breker on 19 November 2011. Buyers filled seats in the saleroom and in front of the computers across the world (Breker has a strong online auction presence) for six hundred lots of scientific instruments, office antiques, tin toys, mechanical music instruments and musical automata. One of the day’s [...]
Magicians and musicians, cyclists, contortionists and conjurers, soldiers and beautiful ladies will be amongst the attendees at a very special toy sale at Auction Team Breker in Cologne, Germany, on 20 November 2010. The auction showcases several remarkable collections of tin toys and automata, the result of many years of careful collecting and thoughtful appreciation. Classic models by all five [...]
