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Tag Archives: toys
Fun & Games with Coca-Cola: Serious collectors seek refreshing playtime toys
Hands down,Coca-Cola is the champion of brand marketing. Key examples of this are the games and toys used to market the soda, and now they are among the most popular of all Coca-Cola collectibles. Read More +
Santa car leads auction parade at $28,910
VINELAND, N.J. – Santa was tops in Bertoia Auctions’ Sept. 21-23 Toybox Treasures sale, cruising to the front lot spot in a Tippco tinplate car. The jaunty circa-1928 tin convertible, profusely decorated with images of toys, teddies and colorful balloons, … Read More +
Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know: Coin-Op Antiques
Did you know artifacts show coin-operated machines existed as far back as the 1st century A.D.? Here’s everything you want to know about coin-op antiques. Read More +
Gold Rush Antiques Show bringing hundreds of dealers to Minnesota
The May Gold Rush at the Olmsted County Fairgrounds in Rochester, Minn., opens May 11-13, 2012. The show is back on its regular Mother’s Day weekend. Read More +
How to collect the top 10 vintage Fisher-Price pull toys
With their colorful paper lithography attached to sturdy wooden toys, vintage Fisher-Price toys conjure up nostalgic images for four generations of collectors. These toys have been woven into the fabric of the country’s childhood tapestry. Read More +
SoCal’s All-American Collector’s Show marks 40 years with 200 dealers
GLENDALE, Calif. – If you’re a treasure hunter, a fan of vintage toys and memorabilia, or a history buff, you likely found your way to the Los Angeles area Glendale Civic Auditorium to celebrate and enjoy the 40th anniversary of The All-American Collector’s Show. The weekend event acted as a magnet for some 200 dealers from all over the U.S. (as well as Sweden), to sell and trade tin wind-up toys, cast-iron toys, Disney memorabilia, dolls, Americana, arcade machines, movie memorabilia, vintage advertising and myriad “blasts from the past.” Read More +
Only known Mickey Mouse double-figure Slate Dancer toy offered in Dec. 8-10
The rarest toy in Morphy Auction’s Dec. 8-10 toy and advertising sale is the German tinplate Slate Dancer variation featuring two Mickey Mouse figures on a single platform. “This is the only double Slate Dancer we’ve ever seen,” Morphy said. “We asked around to see what others thought, and everyone told us this was the only one they knew of.” Read More +
Sexy vintage art from Femme Fatales magazine up for bids
A collection art and artifacts from the mid-20th century’s obsession with B-movies are some of the most unusual items Old Town Auctions has ever brought to auction. Its Nov. 18-20, 2011 sale features 200-250 lots from the collection of Bill George, the original editor of Femme Fatales magazine whose now-closed private museum in Baltimore was devoted to horror film and B-movie “scream queens.” Another featured collection consists of pressed-steel automotive toys amassed over many years. Read More +
Rare, 12-room Spanish doll’s house may headline vintage technology, toys and automata sale
Auction Team Breker offers vintage science and technology, mechanical music, automata and fine tin toys at its Nov. 19, 2011 sale. Read More +