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 [...]
VINELAND, NJ – It took weeks to catalog the enormous array of beautiful toys, banks and doorstops chosen for Bertoia Auctions’ June 10-11 Toys with Character sale, and gallery associate Rich Bertoia says it was worth every minute of the effort. “When collectors get this catalog, they’re going to want to take their time,” he said. “There’s literally a surprise [...]
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 [...]
VINELAND, N.J. – An exceptional circa-1909 Marklin tinplate steam-powered boat known as the Priscilla sailed to the top-lot position at Bertoia Auctions’ $1.6 million Toys for the Mantle sale held Nov. 12-14, realizing $63,250 against an estimate of $35,000-$45,000. The imposing 19-inch vessel exhibited fine original paint and intact original lifeboats, sailor figures and masts. The toy had been discovered [...]
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. [...]
