Posts Tagged ‘toy’
Try to Imagine your Toy Collection in the Path of a Hurricane…..
Try to Imagine your Toy Collection in the Path of a Hurricane….. Now try to imagine you are on a sand bar, a peninsula, a lower plot of land, and now the Hurricane is a Category 5. As I write, the “odds” are favorable for a near miss, but one never knows. Hurricane Irma is…
Read MoreEstate Toys For Sale and Liquidation
Estate Toys for Sale– Visit and Referrals This week has been a great one for reaching out and seeing toy collections. Monday entailed a visit to a bank collector. On Wednesday I had the privilege and yet somber task of seeing a large toy collection and assisting the estate. We ended up going to the…
Read MoreCast Iron Still Bank Collection
Cast Iron Still Bank Collection This selection is humble, but the quality is there. Here are some pictures to share of an early cast iron still bank collection. Pictured are still banks by Kyser and Rex, the Animal Bank and Yong America, along side a Victorian Bank and Teller Bank. Kyser and Rex toys…
Read MoreStill Bank Collecting and Road Trip Collectors
Yet another road trip and yet another wonderful toy collector host! I’m speaking of an absolutely unexpected visit with a Mr. D, a renown still bank collector. My family vacation up towards the Atlantic coast ended up in a picturesque small town. In typical fashion I asked around for more toys and if there were…
Read MoreToy Boat For Sale– Where do they go?
Paging through my reference books like The Forbes Collection- Toy Boats and The Allure of Toy Ships I’ve been realizing the obvious– boat collecting is rarified air. Unfortunately the 19th and 20th century toy boats just weren’t made in large numbers. Prices have always been astronomical. Then of course, they were used to death. These days, one…
Read MoreAntique Toy World Magazine
Just a quick blurb– We are proud to announce new ads running in Antique Toy World. This month we are starting up full page ads to help us network around the world. Dale Kelly was kind enough to work with us on our inaugural campaign. Thanks for all your help Dale!
Read MoreSt. Petersburg Toys Store- Old, vintage and Antique Toys for Sale in St Pete, FL
St. Petersburg Toy Store- Old, vintage and Antique Toys for Sale in St Pete, FL Stating the not-so-obvious, AntiqueToys.com is located on the West coast of Florida and has a brick and mortar toy store presence. Toys featured on this site can be reviewed in person. We sell old toys, vintage toys, and antique…
Read MoreChicago Toy Show is coming– Visit us!
Chicago Toy Show is coming– Visit us! Antique Toys & Ed will be at the Chicago Toy show this Sunday, April 23rd, 2017. Come see our table and visit. Also, we can take consignments and help with appraisals. See you there! http://www.chicagotoyshow.com Ed
Read MoreOld Windup Toys and Antique Toy Windups
Old Windup Toys and Antique toy Windups This may be a great opportunity to show off some of the current windup toys on AntiqueToys as well as show off some toy history. Check out the old windup toys & photos below. Below are old windup toy mechanisms to get a flavor for what “used…
Read MoreDemise of Ebay, Stagnation of the Web, Rising of the Auction Houses, and an Evolution for Toy Buying!? Toys for sale in the Future
Dig deep into your sub conscience and you will agree that the web has been pushed sideways for phone “Aps.” The growth of the web is flat. I’ll argue that E-bay as an auction house for toys is steadily eroding. They are evolving into a store front with little interest in proper auctions (in my…
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