Focal Point: Ford Tractor with Plow – Arcade • 1941
By Steve Butler DEFINITIVE FACTORY catalog descriptions require lesser creativity from writers. Following is the description that Arcade offered for its new model 7220 Ford Tractor and Plow for [...]
The History of Fernand Martin Toy Manufacturer in Paris
Part Four: The Victor Bonnet Period By Cor van Schaijk The Fourth Period from 1919 – 1933: François Victor Bonnet, born November 30, 1872 – Paris 6ème. Died on November 21, 1951 – Vincennes – [...]
Top Shelf
By Steve Butler COLLECTORS DON’T REALLY own the items they collect. They simply pay for the privilege of having custody of them for an unspecified period of time when thereafter they are [...]
Morphy’s Sept. 23-24 Toy Sale: Boxed Machine Man Sets Record at $160,000
DENVER, PA – After languishing in an attic for 60 years, an extremely rare battery-operated “Machine Man” with its original box rolled into the auction spotlight at Morphy’s September 23-24 [...]
Tin Toy Corner: The First “Paris to New York” Flight
By Renaud Fournier (rfournier1900@live.com) Most people are familiar with the fact that Charles Lindbergh piloted the Spirit of St. Louis airplane from New York to Paris on May 20th, 1927 in the [...]