Antique Toy World Magazine for February 2023
Morphy Auction— Toys, Sports Cards & General Collectibles February 1, 2 & 3, 2023 Bertoia’s Concludes Stellar Year with $2.7M November Auction of Toys and Christmas Antiques from [...]
Focal Point: Lincoln Zephyr Prototype • Tootsietoy – c. 1936
By Steve Butler Antique Toy World – This issue: Add to the above pairing an unfinished Lincoln Zephyr with a wind-up motor. There is no evidence that the toy had been previously painted and none [...]
Turner Airplanes: Elusive Literature
By Richard Jansen, Member ATCA I BEGAN COLLECTING toys by exposing myself to all variety of toys in any likely venue. One of the more obvious was the antique mall. One in Waupaca, WI in a long [...]
Milestone’s Winter Toy Extravaganza Closes the Books at $750K, with Rare Diamond Planet Robot in the Lead
WILLOUGHBY, OH – Nearly 880 lots of high quality antique and vintage toys crossed the auction block at Milestone’s December 10 Winter Toy Extravaganza, chalking up $750,000 and making many [...]
Somethings Old & Somethings New
By Steve Butler LACKING MORE COMPREHENSIVE reference materials on Marx toys, it is difficult to determine when items were initially issued and when production was discontinued. At least that is [...]
Defying Stock Market Slump, Pop Culture Rarities Drive Hake’s Auction to Strong $2.4M Finish
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 [...]