Philip Weiss Auctions - Some Great Turner Trucks

Monday, June 30, 2014
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Philip Weiss Auctions-

Some Great Turner Trucks

  Last week, while searching out other toys on Liveauctioneers, I came across a nice Turner toy truck that had a very different front grille. I hadn't seen it before, and so decided to search for more Turner toy trucks.  I decided to search for more trucks, and Philip Weiss Auctions came up with the most Turner trucks, including the one with that different grille. I sent an e-mail request, and got permission from Mr. Philip Weiss to go ahead with the post.

About Philip Weiss Auctions

For 25 years, Philip Weiss Auctions has grown into one of the premier Collectibles and Estate Auction Houses. We treat our customers respectfully and treat all our consignors with prompt attention and timely payments. Our consignment terms are considered to be the most reasonable in the industry, and we never charge added fees or hidden costs to our consignors. We hold worlds records in almost every area in the collectibles field, yet we do not hesitate to handle moderate to lower end items as well.*

*Description used with permission of Philip Weiss Auction 

  At the top of the Philip Weiss Auction web site are photos and results of some of the record-breaking items sold at auction, was well as high-priced results of items that also went to auction. The items and categories are numerous and have included art, money, stamps, comic books, original drawings from  newspaper comic writers, and of course toys.

Please click here to visit the very interesting site of Philip Weiss Auctions

When I screen-captured Philip's logo, I kept the address. Naturally, being very inquisitive, I decided to find out where Lynbrook, New York (USA) is. It's a village Nassau County (NY State) and is 24 miles (39 KM) from New York City. What's interesting is that the American TV program "Everyone Loves Raymond) was set in this village.

This is the truck that caught my attention. Up to now, I had never seen a nice front grille like the one on this Turner truck. The Turner toy company produced  heavy gauge pressed steel toys from the 1920's-1940's. Most of the toys were trucks and cars, with rubber tires.

I selected this truck because I always like too see what an old toy would have looked like when new.

 This truck certainly got lots of play time over the many years of its life.

This truck has a friction motor. When you push the toy, the energy is transferred to a friction gear. When you remove your hands from the toy, the truck will move by itself, due to the saved-up energy inside the red box at the rear of the toy (the friction motor).

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