New Toy Auction January 12th and 13th, 2024 via Liveauctioneers!   We are helping with a NEW Toy Auction this coming January!  Consignments Wanted to complement our already stout selection of tin, soldiers, trains, cast iron, space toys et al. Stay tuned by subscribing to our news letter.  Also mark the calendar for January 12th and 13th!   Contact us with consignments at Toys@AntiqueToys.com  and send a few photos! Ed     The post New Toy Auction January 12th and 13th, 2024 via Liveauctioneers! appeared first on AntiqueToys.com - Antique Toys for Sale ..read more

Possibly The Most Beautiful Cast Iron Toy- Sehloff Clipper and Chrysler Airstream We have a toy in the running for “The most beautiful cast iron toy” award.  This made up award would go to a few Ives toys, a few Kyser and Rex toys, A Hubley or two, and Arcade, then this toy by Tom Sehloff. Enjoy the beauty of the rumble seat Chrysler and its “Clipper” brand trailer.  Details are nickel plated, and he may have overpainted an entire nickeled car in order to get plated brightwork.   The Airstream Convertible #12/14 The Clipper Trailer #38/50 (the only one we’ve seen color coded to ..read more

Antique Toy Definition vs Vintage Toy Vs Modern Toy!   We did it!  We have waded into the murky waters of defining true antique toys versus Modern and Vintage Toys.  Enjoy or video where we define Antique Toys and then we give some examples of Vintage and Modern and Antique Toys. Definition of Antique Toys: To cut to the chase, 100 years is the bar, toys need to be 100 years old to be Antique.   Then vintage has some relativity to “Current and Modern” toys.  Vintage tends to be a loose definition, and vintage toys are no longer produced or the model is no longer p ..read more

Don Lewis Cast Iron Toys Ad Enjoy our archive find, an older cast iron ad for Don Lewis.  The add appears ca 1984 and was a poster. On the Lewis ad you can see his Arcade Packard recasting in a  number of colors as well as other cast iron fun. The post Don Lewis Cast Iron Toys Ad appeared first on AntiqueToys.com - Antique Toys for Sale ..read more

Bring toys for an evaluation and meet & Greet! Ed from AntiqueToys.com and Bruce from LottoToys, Inc will be having an “Antiques Roadshow” style event on March 25th, 2023.   We will bee at 5500 S. Tamiami Trail Sarasota rain or shine.  We will be indoors at the Sunroom near the Mansion library looking onto the Rose Garden and Phillippi Creek. Come say Hi and bring a toy!  We can review it and its history. We may also have a few tasty bits for sale. Ed       The post Toys & History Day at Phillippi Estate Park, Sarasota! appeared first on AntiqueToys.com ..read more

We would like to reach out on behalf of a collector & find this Arcade Toys race car.  The yellow color is ideal, but we can place any color of this cast iron racer. Arcade toys made this around 1930, and this is the larger size. Other cast iron race cars are of interest too.  Just send a photo and your phone number & contact details to toys@antiquetoys.com .   Thanks in advance! Ed   Cast Iron Race Car Wanted (or similar) The post Arcade Toys Race Car Wanted appeared first on AntiqueToys.com - Antique Toys for Sale ..read more

Mr Arnie Prince founded Iron Man Toys around 1980 after evolving from auto restoration.  His business was always based in Lodi, California until a recent relocation. Arnie’s business started on a shoestring budget in the early1980’s, specializing in cast iron repair, and supplemented with custom cast creations.  He recalls that his first complete custom was an 8″ Arcade-style taxi to Panel truck that was hand fabricated.  Arnie made his living by restoring his finds and adding value; often taking on customer restoration jobs.  His workmanship was always disclosed, but very ..read more

We enjoyed a recent sale and started scratching our heads about an obscure car toy.  It was styled after a lesser known brand– Willy’s Knight and produced by Kenton.  We would like to track down one for our archive. Kenton Toys, based in Kenton, Ohio, produced some of the most detailed toys of the early 20th Century.  This Willy’s Knight picture shows a bit of an ugly duckling toy, but in a superior metal sculpt.  The Kenton foundry and sculpting department did right in their rendition.  -Smooth slanting fenders, four sets of square windows and subtile rounded edges ..read more

Champion Cast Iron Cars and Trucks We love the toys from Champion toys made of cast iron.  These are often easy to identify up until the late 1930’s.   Afterward the tale of identification gets murky. “Champion” is literally marked on the castings of the Mack   Stake and Dump Trucks.  The likewise with the race cars up to the late 1930’s.  There is even a panel truck that gets the same markings.  See pictures below of a few Champion cast iron vehicles. Then we see toys attributed to Champion that don’t have a good catalog or definitive ad found.  That said ..read more

We enjoy readers bringing us new-to-us historic items.  We know of early aviation toys, but did not know Halsam made an airplane set.  How wonderful! Pictures below are of a very early, circa 1916, toy build set from Halsam.  It appears everything is complete and details are shown below.  It has a “revolving propeller”, a novelty to terrestrials. Kids had instruction “pictures” as well as an advertising catalog.  They were to build up the toy, then string up the “wings” and support structure.  Makers gave kids a patriotic U.S. air set of paper insignias to add on ..read more