European Tin Plate Toy Boats By John Kolar

IN THE LAST 40 years the most coveted and sought after tinplate transportation toys by collectors have been the metal toy boats manufactured by Marklin, Bing, Carette and a few other European manufactures as well as Orkin and Ives in the United States. These toys have been in demand and commanded the highest prices at auction and in private sales because of their scarcity. This is especially true of those manufactured by Marklin, Bing and Carette and other German toy companies starting in 1900 and ending in the late 1920s.

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