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Above: Henry Rankin Poore (1859-1940) ‘Bear Dogs’ lithograph used by Winchester, estimate $1,000-$2,000 Featured: General store signage for a variety of late-19th and early 20th-century products [...]

Bertoia’s May 11-12 Auction to be a Hybrid Event Consisting of Cataloged Gallery Session on Day 1 and Online Sale on Day 2 The Art Of Transportation Part 1 By Rick Ralston Monte Carlo Rally in [...]

By Steve Butler IN 1924 TOOTSIETOY (then Dowst Manufacturing Company) introduced its line of 3-inch delivery vans. Generally referred to as Federal vans, each would have rear side panels [...]

ABOVE: 1986 Masters of the Universe Eternia Series 5 playset, $13,369 Star Wars figures, Transformers and iconic Hendrix poster among the many record-setters, with nine of the top 10 lots [...]

By Cor van Schaijk THESE BOXES CONTAIN very different toys than we know from Fernand Martin. At the end of 1900, many toy manufacturers made little figures, mostly from tin/lead, wood, tinplate [...]

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By Steve Butler UPON FIRST SIGHTING the pictured 13.5-inch Wyandotte “W SERVICE” tow truck, something seemed a bit unusual. The truck was definitely 100% original eliminating the likelihood of [...]

By Rick Ralston ART SELLS. Art sells better than 1000 words. Better than a photograph. A skilled and creative artist can use artistic license to emphasize color, drama, action and focus the [...]

ABOVE: Masudaya battery-operated Target Robot, $20,000-$25,000. Exotic Japanese productions, many with original boxes, join American cast-iron, tin and pressed-steel classics in a big 881-lot [...]