Tin Toys

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Text and photos by Henry I. Kurtz DURING A VISIT to Polk’s Hobby Shop in New York City in 1950, I came upon some early U.S. Cavalry by Dr. Ralph Bussler, a Massachusett’s osteopath turned model [...]

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 [...]

By Marc Olimpio THIS EXCELSIOR HAD been in the same family for 150 years. In 2021 the granddaughter of the original family of Richard McNeely Jr., (whom as a boy that received the Excelsior) [...]

By Richard T. Claus THERE IS NO RECORD or evidence that I can find of any catalogs or literature from this firm. Jaques Milet in his book “Bateaux Jouets” lists an address, but nothing else. I [...]

By Louis Natenshon HORSE-DRAWN TOYS enjoyed wide popularity in the U.S. and Europe, during the second half of the 19th century. Construction of toys in America reflected the need for volume [...]

By François Mesqui Co-Authored by Cor van Schaijk IN THE EARLY 20th century around New Year’s Day, literally thousands of street merchants sold cheap oddities including toys in temporary stands [...]

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 [...]

Above: Marklin produced several variations of the Façade Station from 1904 to 1909. It is different from most of the Marklin stations, which are typically fully enclosed buildings, often with a [...]

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