Rare Vindex Plows

Saturday, April 12, 2014
            (Sunny and warmer)

Rare Vindex Plows

    The weather is starting to get nicer, but next week's forecast is calling for below zero Celsius temperatures again, and perhaps snow!  Of course, if you're a farmer, you have to start preparing the ground and sowing seeds. Vindex was a cast iron toy company that manufactured very nice toys. I'll have to investigate further, but many of these toys usually are in very high demand and yield high prices at the final tap of the auction hammer.

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Vindex made 3 plows, of which I'm presenting two of them . The third one was a single "V" coulter plow. Google blogger is giving me a hard time with the spelling of the word plow, which of course is correct. However, in my written descriptions, I copied the exact term, but the term couter should have been spelled coulter, which is the cutting blade part of the plow.

The photos of the Case plow (above and below) are of the same plow. However, the green wheels were painted with different shades of green.

I like this John Deere plow better because of the geared cuts to the plow handles.

What I also noticed is that of the two back wheels, one is solid with spoke embossment, while the

other had actual soles with spaces in between each spoke. I purposely search for another listing of the same plow to see if this was an anomaly or an actual characteristic of this toy plow. 

The invention of the plow ( John Deere) of course,  allowed America to develop the vast midwest plains for the grain crops. Sadly the vast plains where millions of buffalo once lived took a mere few decades to eliminate the once great herds of these fine animals. 

Thanks for visiting, 

and as always, 

have a great part of the day or night, 

wherever you may be.

Stacey

My e-mail address is 

toysearcher@gmail.com

Bertoia Auctions

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

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     It's a beautiful sunny day here in Montreal,and it was made even sunnier, metaphorically speaking (for myself) by having been given permission to use the exceptional photography and photographs of  Bertoia Auctions. 

     If you like old toys, and want to see very rare and exceptional toys, then have a look at the Bertoia Auctions website or the Liveauctioneers site at  www.liveauctioneers.com. 

     About 8 months ago, I discovered Bertoia Auctions. I finally sent a few e-mails, and then decided to phone them. I was given the "OK" to be able to use their fine work. The company is owned by Jeanne Bertoia, and her brother-in-law and son are part of the company. All 3 are well-eudcated toy auctioneers, and both Jeanne Bertoia and Rich  Bertoia (her brother-in-law)  have written books on different toy subjects. Michael Bertoia is Jeanne's son, and he is using modern-day Internet technology and graphic-design skills to display both the website and the toys that have been sold or are for sale. He also travels to Europe and throughout the US to promote the Company.

(Paraphrased from the Bertoia Auction Website)

     Bertoia Auctions is well regarded in the toy auction community, and have represented famous toy collectors through their auctions.  The next upcoming auction is the Dick Claus collection of superb  antique boats and ships. That auction will take place on November 10, 2012.

    What I always like from a toy site (individual, auction house, seller, or blog) is some information that can inform the reader about the toys being viewed. Bertoia certainly does that. That helps, when  I hope in the future to write about  toy companies along with the toys that they produced.The Bertoia descriptions will help me track down companies that I never heard of before.

The Top Portion of the Bertoia Website

 A Sample of the well-designed website.

Information and classes of different toys can be viewed.

Some of the Toys from the Dick Claus Auction are Presented Below

I only captured 1 image from this auction listing.
What I like is the mechanics of the toy.
 I assume that tires rotate a gear mechanism that turns a rubber band on either side under the wing.
The 2 rubber bands in turn, turn the 2 propellers - fantastic!

Most of us grew up with Superman, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, and a few other superheroes.

This is the first  Superman toy that I've seen.

I remember watching the Superman series on a B & W (Black and White) TV in the 1950's

At that time we could pick up 2 American channels just with a TV antenna. Of course there were only American TV stations near Montreal at the time!

For trivia fans, that building that you used to see Superman jumping over at the beginning of the show is a Montreal building!

And last. but not least is this Arcade bus.

I've seen several Arcade busses, but never this double-decker.

I would once again like to thank all of the people at Bertoia Auctions for letting me use their fine photos.

And as usual, thanks for all of you who drop by to read what I write.

And last but not least, have a great part of the day, wherever you may be.

One of my favourite toy types happens to be mechanical toys.
I've bought and sold a few of those Doepke Sand Movers, but this Vindex toy is super!

Stacey