Some Rare Toys from Another ebay Seller

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Some Rare Toys from

Another ebay Seller

Please click here to visit another fine ebay seller

I've been using an ebay affiliated website called picclick. Picclick has all of the toys on ebay, but presents the toys through a search. The site is well-organized and easy to work with. Yestersday, I came across the Doepke Adams road grader, and decided to investigate. I clicked on one of the commands, and I was redirected to bbrsales on ebay. There was an excellent collection of toys, and some of them I had not seen before. I wrote to the owner of the ebay store, and got the permission to use the photos, and write about the store. bbrsales has an excellent record on  ebay, and sells a fair amount of rarer and different toys. 

Vintage Doepke Model Toys Adams Road Grader

Circa late 1940's-Early 1950's in excellent condition considering its' age.

These toys were meant to last, and were made of pressed steel.

Length:  26"  (660mm)

When I started to write about toys, I used to buy and resell them on  ebay.  I've had several Doepke toys, and they were made very well and have endured over time!

Rare Antique Orobr German  Tin Litho Wind Up Double Decker Bus

Early 1900's with a wind-up mechanism.  When wound up, the bus moves forward. 

The wheels are moveable, allowing the toy to go in circles.

 6" x 2 1/2" x  3 1/2"   (152 mm x 65 mm x 88 mm)

The Orobr toy is certainly in great condition, considering that it is 100 years old  and more.

WHat shows here is the fact that the European toys were more sophisticated in terms of lithography on the sides of the toy. At that time, many of the American toys were cast iron or pressed steel toys.

Vintage Marx Wind-Up Pressed Steel Large Reversible  Coupe Car

The wind-up motor is done with a key that winds up a spring. The car features front and rear bumpers. When the coupe hits something, it reverses direction.

L x W x H:  16" x 4" x 3 1/2" (406 mm x 101 mm x 89 mm)

Once again, here's a you in quite good condition. Marx was an American toy company that was highly successful. At one time, Lousi Marx;s company was producing nearly 1 in 3 toys in the USA.

Original Vintage 1920's Keystone Packard Pump Engine Fire Truck.

This is a push toy with a working steering wheel that allows the truck 

to go straight or in circles.  Pressed steel with rubber tires.

The truck is very large, and measures 28" (711 mm)

The Keystone company started out in the photography business, and developed  toys later on.

I've never seen this Keystone truck before, and it certainly is quite sophisticated with its' bell, siren, tank, and hose reel.

Scarce Vintage Structo Pressed Steel Dump Truck with Headlights.

Early 1930's pressed steel dump truck. 

Headlights are battery-operated, and the on/off switch was professionally after-market.

L x W x H:  17 1/2" x 6" x 5 1/2"  (444 mm x 152 mm x 140 mm

Here again is an old toy (Structo) that is in very good condition considering that its' 80-85 years old. 

These toys were made for the outdoors, and were built quite well. The Structo Company was founded in  1908 in Freeport, Illinois (USA) and was originally known as the  Thompson Manufacturing Company. The name was changed to the Structo Company in 1911. The name "Structo" was a play on words based on the word indestructible. *

*http://www.antiquetoyworld.com/shows/structo-toys-100-years/

I hope you enjoyed looking at these toys, and you can venture over to bbrsales, 

by clicking the link under the company logo at the top of the page. 

Thamks for dropping by,

and as always,

Have a great part of the day or night,

Wherever you may be.

Stacey Bindman

toysearcher@gmail.com

Orobr Toys - Part II

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Orobr Toys - Part II

     Yesterday, I wrote about the Orobr  brand of toys. I liked them so much, that I decided to add another post, which of course is today's post. What I liked about them is their design, attention to detail, and their cost. As it turned out, the company was able to produce these nice toys at a lower cost than most, yet the detail, and adding a mechanical movement for motion was also included. 

Please click this sentence to be redirected to Bertoia Auctions

I have no idea what that yellow ribbon is doing in the bed of the truck.

This truck not only was able to move, but it could stop or move backwards!

This particular car did not yield as high a final bid as other toys. I have a feeling that it must have been very popular and/or less costly to purchase. As a result, there are a lot of them on today;s market in North America.

I particularly like that "extra touch", by having included the spare wheel and tire!

Again, notice the extra wheel and tire. But what's even more interesting is that the 2 rear passenger doors open and close. There is even a small license plate at the back of the taxi.

I like the design of the wheels  and the gold-colour.

The Packard Roadster (above) certainly is beautiful. The rear "rumble seat" opens and closes . Then there is the added spare tire at the rear, and the beautiful grill with the name "Packard". Also, take a look at those large headlights. What also attracted my attention is the rear design of the car top. Look at the right rear part of the back top to see all of the bends needed on an assembly line , as well as that small rod that is angled between the roof and the side.

Finally, this  paddlewheel cruiser. I especially like the flag that was bent to simulate its movement in the wind. Also, that small lifeboat is just so "cute".  The key-wind barrel spring mechanism transferred power to the 2 large wheel on each side of the boat. They would turn and propel the boat on the ground.

It's amazing that these toys are in such great shape for having been around for almost 100 years. I'm sure they'll be around for another 100 years!

If you're reading this today (April 14, 2013), then have a great Sunday, and if you've stopped by at some other time, then have a great part of the day, wherever you my be.

Also, thanks for dropping by to visit.

Stacey

Orobr Toys - Part I

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Orobr Toys

(Part I)

   I had to check a couple of times to see if the name "Orobr" was spelled correctly on the Net. I also had to correct my typing several times to get the name correct. Which doing the research for the history of the Orobr toy company,  I came across a fabulous site :

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=41690

   I left the exact address so you could see another nice example of an Orobr toy, as well as to check out their site. I'll naturally write them an e-mail to see if I might write a post about them. By the way, they're in Australia.

www.bertoiaauctions.com

(please click on the above address to be redirected to the fine Bertoia website)

History

   The  name Orobr was actually one of the trademarks of the Oro Works (Orowerke) toy company of Brandenberg, Germany. The owners and partners of the company were Mr. Reil,  Mr. Blechschmidt, and Mr. Mailler. The company manufactured inexpensive, but well-made tin toys both before WWI and again after the war, until 1922. SInce labour was low at that time, the company was quite successful both at selling in Europe and overseas. Surprisingly, for low-cost toys, there were some very complex toys made that had as many as 42 different pieces of tin plate with tabs. The small tabs were made to fit into small slots and then bent to hold together the 2 different pieces. *

* Pressland, David,  "The Art of the Tin Toy", New Cavendish Books, London, England , Great Britain 1976.

   I decided to check the information on the book, as the city was simply written London, and I wanted to be sure that that was London, England, Great Britain. AS it turned it, it was Great Britain, and the book can still be purchased new or used.  However, the publisher turned out to be 

Schiffer Publishing Ltd (1983), so perhaps New Cavendish Books was  acquired by them. It furhter turns out that Mr. David Pressman now has his own publishing company called  "Art of the Tin Toy Ltd." 

His Website address is:    http://www.artofthetintoy.com

     There were so many nice toys made by Orobr, that I decided to create 2 posts for the company. If you haven't been following my blog,you'll notice that the images have a slight  "halo" effect to them.

I started to improve the photographs that I borrow from all of my sources, with their permission of course. Last week, by accident, I was "toying around" (please excuse the punk), when I found the Photoshop layer effect called "inner glow". I'll probably add a post on my other blog:

prophotographylearning.blogspot.com 

    I don't write much on that blog, as it's hard to attract viewers to it. However, I have had the occasional toy viewer to my blog ask me to write bout taking better photos. So if you ever have a request to take better toy photos, or have a toy that you'd like me to improve, by all means please send me an e-mail at my address - toy searcher@gmail.com. 

As always,

thanks for visiting,

and have a great part of the day,

wherever you may be.

Stacey