Old Antique Toys

This blog discusses old toys from the early 1920's to the end of the 1950's. All kinds of topics are discussed. The time span was the greatest period for "hands-on" toys, where a young child could actually go outside and play for hours at a time. You can see the elegance but simple design of these toys. It was a time when huge machines, and people made and finished toys by hand. The era has long passed, but many of the toys are still around, and that is what I would like to share.

Monday, October 3, 2016

Bertoia Auctions' November 11-13,2016 Auction

Thursday, October 20, 2015
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13 Celcius 56 Fahrenheit

Bertoia Auctions' November 11-13, 2016

( Some Kenton Examples with their Respective Catalogue Scans)

Please click here to visit this outstanding American Auction Company

I've been very fortunate to have been allowed to use Bertoia Auctions toys photos and descriptions.
They have excellent photography and well-researched descriptions of their toys. THe best is when I am able to use their excellent photography to match them up to old catalogue photos. It's like matching up a new stamp in your collection to the image in your stamp album where the anew stamp will go.

For the final image, I selected a new found Kenton toy that I have never seen before.

Kenton "Century of Progress" Train Engine

Very rare example, cast iron, painted i green and white overall,

stencilled "Century" om roof, Dick Ford Collection=.

Length: 7 1/2" 190.5 mm

So "that's a rap" for today. I hope that you enjoy this post

as much as I enjoyed putting it together.

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

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