Steve Butler

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 [...]

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 Steve Butler An article that appeared in the July 2012 issue of Antique Toy World started with the following comments: “There are several reasons why an article about a toy may be worth [...]

By Steve Butler THE VENDOR’S SPACE at the antique mall was crowded with display cases and shelves all stuffed with hundreds of toys primarily vehicles. Only very few of the vintage toys present [...]

By Steve Butler IFE SAVERS WERE introduced in 1912 and were only one flavor, peppermint. The best selling roll of five fruit flavors appeared in 1935. Sometime in the interim at least an orange [...]

THIS SMALL TOOTSIETOY toy set, which was actually intended as a gag gift, made a limited appearance in the September 2019 issue of this magazine. It and several other toys and boxes were [...]

By Steve Butler ON 08/11/1933 DONALD M. WARREN filed for a U.S. patent based on the construction of a toy “Playhouse” made of cardboard and assembled using tabs that “lock into [...]

By Steve Butler ONE OF THE included photos shows 2 tin toy vehicles. The lighter blue and smaller car at 6.2″ has been readily identified as being a Hupmobile from Kuramochi. The darker [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]