Milestone Auctions Revisited

Monday, April 15, 2024

13° C / 55° F

Cloud with some sun

Milestone Auctions Revisited

I've been looking through my current 1570 posts, and writing new posts 

for companies from whom I've had the pleasure and their permission 

to write about. One of these excellent companies is Milestone Auctions. 

I wrote on a Sunday just to ask for permission and make contact again,

and within a few hours, I had heard from Miles. 

Wow!  I thought everybody got Sundays off to relax.

Needless to say, Miles replied and said I had the OK to write. Normally, with everyone I write about, and later on, I write first and then send them a notice to see how they are , and top please proofread what I wrote. When this post is up, I'll write back to Miles and thank him and ask for him to proofread the post.

As luck would have it, went I went to Liveauctioneers, which is a service for companies to auction their products or merchandise, and when I typed in 

"Milestone Auctions", and chose a past auction from December 2, 2023,

I found a surprise!  Within this auction were a wonderful set of old toys that had been beautifully restored. 

This was my "Eureka Moment"

 For those who don't know what a Eureka moment is, 

the word Eureka means "I found it". 

When I write back to Miles, I'm going to ask him if he knew the person 

who restored this wonderful set of toys that you see today. When I 

started to write this blog in 2011, I would buy and sell toys. 

Sometimes, I would even restore them. There's a lot of work to restore a toy,

and my restorations were nowhere near these beautiful toys that you see today.

Please click this line to visit this fine auction by Milestone Auctions

(Clicking of the above website address will get you to a new window)

         

Old toys are always great to see, even if they were restored. They still have value albeit the fact that they were "restored". Are they worth less because they were "restored"? Perhaps, but it would depend on who was buying these 

wonderfully-restored toys.

In 100 years from now, these restored toys will be old again, 

and someone will be happy to have them regardless.

Thanks for visiting,

and as always,

Have a great time of the day or night, wherever you may be.

My name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman and

I can always be reached at toysearcher@gmail.com

 

A Big Surprise on A Fine Autumn Day

Thursday, October 18, 2018
Sunny and Clear Skies
3 C   37 F

A Big Surprise on 
a Fine Autumn Day

    Yesterday, I received a pleasant surprise from a friend in Chicago. I call Chris a friend because I know him a bit, and he has helped me with my blog. For those who don't know, Chris owned a sightseeing bus company in Chicago, as well as a garage for maintenance on the busses. When he had the time, Chris was busy making new toys out of old ones. I just checked and I've been able to write  10 posts about this very-talented man. Today will be my 11th post. 

     Chris sent me photos of a toy that was wasn't 100% happy with in the past, and so he improved on it and added a hauler/loader as a second toy. I also liked his original toy that is the first one shown below.

                                      

Below is the original superb toy that Chris restored

back on May 7, 2015. Wow, the time certainly went by fast!

Please click here to revisit Chris' post on his first restoration

 Below is Chris' ( or Chris's) remodelled  truck/dumpster. I like both variations of this toy.

In the toy above, I like the sheet metal that was used for the dumpster portion of this nice truck.. The metal looks like the type of flooring that one might find on the steps of a bus.

I also like the new wood variation of the  truck/hauler. Using a combination of wood and metal, gives the toy a more old and "retro" appearance. In either case, both are superb!

Below  is a screen-capture of all the posts that I've had the pleasure in writing about Chris and his 

exceptional talent in restoring old toys with his own personal touch. 

  When I had searched for the date when Chris send me the original remodelling of this old toy, I got an idea for a new post about Chris. I'm going to have a post about all of the fine toys Chris has created, and I'm going to title it 

"A Retrospective of a Master Toy Restorer".

So that's it for today.

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

An ebay Seller Revisited

Tuesday, November 29,2016
Cloud with rain and flurries
1 Celsius 34 Fahrenheit

An ebay Seller Revisited

I've been revisiting the people who have helped me with my blog over a period of four years.

One of these is  Mr. Ron Michaud who goes under  hga6969 on ebay. Ron always has nice merchandise for sale, and this time was no different.  Ron has nice old toys, and some had been restored. So that's what I'm presenting today.

Please click here to visit this fine ebay seller

The above toy was sold between 1926-1930.

The Fliver above was sold in the 1930's

The above  Buddy L # 205 Ladder Fire Truck was sold between 1926-1930.

The above climber has a flywheel for movement. You move the toy ion the ground several times to build up the sped of the flywheel, and then let the toy down by itself.  The saved energy of the moving flywheel is then transferred to the wheel of the toy, and it moves forward or can also move backwards.

The Buddy L # 202 Coal Delivery Truck

is a modern-era toy made approximately in the 1980's  by Mr. Les Paul.

The Buddy L # 203 Junior Oil Tanker Truck is interesting because it has front head lights

that were battery-operated.

Judging by the simpler design of this toy, I would think that is was made 

in the 1920's. That big round piece in front of the truck is a horn.

Thanks for visiting,

and as always,

Have a great part of the day or night,

Wherever you may be.

Stacey Bindman

toysearcher@gmail.com