TootsieToy Playtime Toys Diecast Mack Auto Carrier for Sale *SOLD*

TootsieToy Playtime Toys Diecast Mack Auto Carrier

Our humble Mack has a great look and was part of the Lonnie Dossett collection.  This die cast auto carrier has heavy cars atop with some play wear.  The Mack and trailer are in very good used condition.

These small toys represented simple pleasures for kids circa the late 1920s.

The autos are likely Buicks.

From Tootsietoys.org:

“These toys had no trade name until 1922.  The name Tootsietoy was registered as a trade mark on 11 March 1924, having been applied for on 7 February 1922.  The application stated that the name had been used continuously since 20 April 1921, but did not mention use of the name on any of their products except doll furniture.  Toots or Tootsie was the pet name of Catherine, the illegitimate daughter of Theodore (Ted) Dowst.  Her mother was a secretary at the Dowst factory.  They only married many years later after Ted’s disapproving father had died (information from the Dowst family).  Some time before 1925 the Tootsietoy name began to appear in catalogues and on boxes of automotive toys, but did not appear on the undersides of castings themselves until 1926 or 1927, and some unmarked castings were still being made after 1930.
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