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Morphy’s CEO Tom Tolworthy comments: “Not since Sotheby’s 2012 sale of the Milhous Collection have so many rare and exceptional orchestrions come to the auction marketplace.” DENVER, Pa. – The [...]

Noted collectors for several decades, the Wearts also authored ‘Cast Iron Automotive Toys,’ a now-classic reference book about a category that was of particular interest to them VINELAND, N.J. – [...]

Sensational 19th-century soda fountain front and backbar with lighted fountain and marble soda dispenser expected to sell for $60,000-$100,000 DENVER, Pa. – Just as nightclubs are today’s social [...]

Six unpublished concept artworks for Star Wars daily comic strip commanded a hefty $171,505 YORK, Pa. – Original comic strip art continues to solidify its position alongside fine art in the [...]

Table of Contents Morphy Auctions—Toy & General Collectibles August 9, 10 & 11, 2022 Bertoia Auctions Bill & Stevie Weart Building a Collection Reprint from Antique Toy World [...]

By Richard T. Claus FROM THE TIME I first saw this toy over 30 years ago it was on my “must have” list. At that time, however, it was not for sale. Of all the toy boats I have owned throughout my [...]

By Steve Butler HARVESTER INTRODUCED their Red Baby truck for 1922. The truck was essentially an existing model referred to as a “speed truck” that simply was an advertising attempt painted red [...]

By Steve Butler FOUND IN THE SMALLEST of four file cabinets was an11-inch stack of folders and other miscellany that had not been seen for years. It was mostly paper items relating to toys that [...]