A Surprise from a Lincoln Toy Person

Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Snow, rain and seasonally warm

A Surprise from a 

Lincoln Toy Person

   I forgot to check my Google gmail today, so I just did that. I had a surprise. Mr. Joseph Katzenback  had written to say that he had inherited a play set of Lincoln toys from his late father. Would I be interested in adding this to my blog?  I wrote back right away and said yes, of course.

   Lincoln Toys was a Canadian toy company in the 1950's and early 1960's and produced well-made trucks and farm toys. The toys were produced by a company called Milner Metal Products of Windsor & Tilbury, Ontario, Canada. For those who don't know, Windsor Salt (A large salt company in Canada) is in, of course, Windsor Ontario.

Boxes always make any collectible more valuable, and even the box that Joseph has is in very good shape. For myself, I like the artwork illustration on the top.

THe photo below shows that the toys look as if they were never played with - at least outdoors.

Now this is a "real find" for anyone collecting!

 The next few photos were nicely presented on the tabletop for the photos.

The orange tool is a tiller. Thanks to Bob Walden ( a reader of my blog) I now know what the grey and red implements are. 

The grey item is a planter for seeds, while the red item is called a drag harrow. 
It's for cleaning and levelling the soil.

 I am always amazed at seeing toys from 50-60 or more years ago in such great shape.

And I'm surre Joseph has someone to pass on this "treasure" to be in this same condition for another 50 years.

So that's it for this raining and snowing day!

Thanks for dropping by,

and as always,

have a great part of the day or night,

wherever you may be.

Stacey Bindman

Toysearcher@gmail.com

Was This Toy Built This Way?

   Thursday, July 17, 2014
Partly sunny, windy, with a chance of rain

Was This Toy Built This Way?

    I was browsing on ebay when I came across a 1930's Arcade cast iron manure spreader. Initially, I was attracted to the metal seat in the front of the wagon. However, as I looked closer the rear left side of the wagon where the gears for the rotation of the spreader were exposed.  I thought that perhaps this toy was missing a protective cover, so I decided to investigate further by going to Liveauctioneers.  I visit Liveauctioneers regularly to start my searches because their records of current and past sales are outstanding. I can check out upcoming auctions for the next month, or do a search to find items dating back up to 8-9 years.

   I initiated a search for the Arcade manure spreader, and sure enough, every photo from the many different auctioneers, did in fact have the gears exposed. There was no cover plate to protect the gears! So that's how today's post came about. I have a hobby garden with the city that I live in that I joined late. I joined in early June, and have planted tomatoes, red,green, and yellow peppers, cucumbers, four different kinds of lettuce, rosemary, dill, and parsley. The local groundhog has eaten my purple lettuce, and I'm slightly behind everyone else in my vegetables growth.  The cost is expensive, and of course, I even used some sheep and cow manure to fertilize the veggies. The city does not permit artificial fertilizers to be used. THe "funny" thing is that the manure has been sanitized and does not smell! Welcome to the 21st century!

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Description 

(Courtesy of Bertoia Auctions)

Arcade McCormick Deering Manure Spreader

Cast Iron open body, sold tin seat

interior nicker-plated grinders, yellow hitch, nickeled spoke wheels

15" ( 381 mm) to hitch.

(Restored)

Although the toy was restored, you can easily see why the parts did not rust 

and didn't need a protective cover.

They were nickel-plated!

The seat is made of tin, so that is has some "springiness" to it,

 to move up and down as the wagon is pulled.

Of course, what would a yellow hitch ( a device for pulling the wagon) be without a team of horses.

 I would think that you could purchase the wagon by itself or complete with the pair of horses.

I selected the pair of images below to authenticate in fact that the re was no protective cover for the gears. What's also noteworthy is that the pair of horses could be used, and purchased for another toy - an open bed wagon (green).

Description for Spreader Below:

Arcade McCormick Deering Manure Spreader

Cast iron, red painted open body solo tin seat, interior nickelled grinding gears, 

black rubber tires

Length:    8 1/2"   216 mm

 The top 3 versions are from the 1930's and earlier, 
while the smaller wagon (above) with the rubber wheels is a later version (circa 1929-1940).

For those who don't know,  the United States and many other countries have had and still have a lot of farming people who provide the food for the world. They also happen to be collectors of these fine toys, and there are many companies that still produce farm machinery for collectors even today.

Thanks for visiting,

and as always,

have a great part of the day or night,

wherever you may be,

Stacey

toysearcher@gmail.com

The Lincoln Toys (Canada) Collection - An On-going Project

Monday, January 20, 2014

The Lincoln Toys (Canada) Collection

(An On-going Project)

  Last week, I was able to add  3 posts about Lincoln Toys which were made in Canada. A fellow Canadian from One of the Prairie Provinces has been selling a fabulous collection. Many of the toys are Lincoln Toys that were made in Canada, so Im ver fortunate to be able to post. 

   I've titled this post and others to follow, "An On-going Project", because I would like to keep posting until I have all of the toys or as many as I can obtain.  I had Mr. Ron Michaud from Maine help me out with a beautiful Lincoln cement mixer. If anyone out there has some nice Lincoln toys and would like to share them with everyone please feel free to contact me. I was surprised that Lincoln toys can be found in the USA, and thus I would think that the company had a strong production and well-established sales department. Even on ebay, there is one seller who sells Lincoln (Modern-made) decals.

A Friend From the Canadian Prairies

© Copyright 2014

These Lincoln Cabs (Truck) remind me of those "cute" 

Wyandotte (USA) trucks and cars of the 1940's-1950's.

I especially like this Lincoln tow truck.  I can't tell (too much shadow) if those 2 wheels in the back would come off and be placed under a car needing a tow. The words "Dunlop Tires" written on the decal are a British tire producer. With Canada being part of the British Commonwealth, we still had and have a strong link to Great Britain. 

Many of the same Lincoln trucks and truck bodies would be used with different trailers or haulers.

I like the 2 letter "u" shaped frames that could be used to hold cars on the hauler.

This is one of the cars that would be loaded on to the car transporter.

A real beautifully-repainted Lincoln "Massey Harris" combine.
Notice from the description that Lincoln Toys had an American Company (Reuhl) build this toy. This camera angle is great. It presents a nice graphic and geometric view of the toy from a high pint of view. 

Not surprisingly, if you do a search on e-bay for old toys, farm toys and farm machinery toys are quite numerous and popular as collectibles.


Thanks for dropping by,
and have a great part of the day,
wherever you may be.
Stacey
toysearcher@gmail.com

Ertl Tractors

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Ertl Tractors

   Farm machinery "replicas" or models have always been popular, especially among farming people.  Ertl  started manufacturing farm tractor models and attachments  since 1945. THey would obtain licenses from such companies as John Deere, Case, International Harvester and a few other companies, and make small models usually in the 1:16 scale. The company is based in Dyersville, Iowa, USA, which also happens to be the location of the National Farm Toy Museum.

    In the 1990's, the company expanded from just producing farm machinery to also include toys or collectibles such as trucks and cars. The company was eventually purchased by Racing Champions, and that also was acquired by the RC2 Corporation. The location in Dyersville used to produce the farm machinery models. However, by the late 1990's production moved to Mexico. Currently, production is also being handled in China.

    Thanks to my being allowed to access the large database from Buffalo Road Imports, LLC, I am able to present a vast array of fine models that are being produced today. I have tried to contact the Ertl company, but like other companies, I often do not get replies, and sometimes I get a no answer.

Fortunately, With companies who sell or auction toys and models, I still can write about these fine items.

http://www.constructionscalemodels.com

     If there are any farming people who follow this blog, you are always welcome (as anyone else) to write to me. I'd really like to be able to write and present the huge modern machines such as the harvesters, the air-conditioned tractors, the sprayers, the different crop harvesters and so forth.

Thanks for dropping by, 

and as always,

have a great part of the day, wherever you are.

Stacey