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Above: Very rare and important Marklin Fidelitas clown train, 37in long, complete with all original paint. Provenance: UK collection where it has resided for the past half-century. Sold within [...]

Above: Original Yonezawa (Japan) 10in tin windup Diamond Planet Robot, rare variation with blue body and red arms, 100% original, with high-quality repro box. Sold within estimate for $33,210 [...]

Above: Beautiful 16in Carette (Germany) limousine, early transition version of lithographed tin with rubber tires. All original including the four original lamps and beveled glass. A stunning [...]

Above: Encased Star Wars (1978) 3.75in Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi 12 Back-A double-telescoping lightsaber action figure with SKU on footer denoted earlier production, AFA 75 Ex+/NM. Extremely rare and [...]

Winter’s Sports Toys Artists in Tinplates Gallery By Pasky East Coast – West Coast – Gulf Coast: Prized Toys and Banks from Three Legendary Collections Unite at Bertoia’s Nov. 17-18 Annual Fall [...]

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By Pete R. Oehmen WHAT CAN BE MORE synonymous with Christmas than toys. Most of us get a warm and fuzzy feeling when we think of Christmas past. Automatically we reflect upon our childhood [...]

By Steve Butler NUMEROUS JAPANESE makers of tin toys issued an abundance of renditions of post WWII American vehicles by the mid-1960s. Many of those vehicles were excellent and have become [...]

By Steve Butler THE AUGUST 2014 issue of Antique Toy World included an article about a Coast Defense Gun made by Baldwin. That article resulted in more written responses than any of the writer’s [...]