A Fabulous Grouping of Dent Airplanes

Monday, May 15, 2017
Cloudy with Sunny Periods
12 C    54 F

A Fabulous Collection of Dent Airplanes

     I was browsing some of my helpful auctioneers, when I came across  a great grouping of cast iron toys. One of the sub-groups happened to be a group of 6 Dent cast iron airplanes from the 1930's-1940's. You don't often see such groupings, so I decided to screen capture the group of these fine airplanes and post them today.If you venture forth to the web address below the Pook & Pook logo, you will be redirected to the Pook & Pook website.

Please click here to be redirected to the Pook & Pook Website

Below is the grouping of 6 Dent airplanes. They're photographed excellently by the Pook & Pook photographers. When you go their website, and redirect to "past auctions", you will be able to view these airplanes.  When you click on the above link, you will read about the history of the 

Pook & Pook company. I was lucky to have visited their website, and found this rarer group of airplanes. The auction also went very well, judging by the prices that these airplanes (And other cast iron toys) received at the auction.

There was only 1 photo of each airplane. However, Pook & Pook offers a magnification 

feature that allows you to enlarge different parts of the airplane.

Nickel-Plated Engine & Propellers

12 1/2" ( 315 mm) wingspan

Nickel-Plated Engine & Propellers

12 1/2" ( 315 mm) wingspan

Nickel-Plated Engine & Propeller

10" (254 mm) wingspan

Nickel-Plated Engine & Propellers

12 1/2" ( 315 mm) wingspan

Nickel-Plated Engine & Propellers

12 3/4" ( 315 mm) wingspan

Figural Pilot

3" 75 mm) high

I've never seen a cast iron airplane with a pilot before!

Nickel-Plated Engine & Propellers

10" ( 254 mm) wingspan 

It looks like the weather is chaining to more sun than cloud. 

As well, the temperature forecast is going to be 21 C ( 70 F).

I'll be going for a 2 hour walk in order to get back

into shape for cycling. I need to strengthen my muscles so that 

I can then start to cycle again, as well as walk.

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

Mr. Ezra Walker Writes me Again

Thursday, May 5, 2017
Cloud with Rain
8 C  46 F

Mr. Ezra Walker Writes me Again

    Two days ago, I wrote a post about Mr. Ezra Walker.  In that post, Ezra had a small cast iron bus that needed identification, but I couldn't help him out. Today's post is about an anomaly (deviation).

The toy below is a cast iron Hubley truck from the 1940's. It originally came with a van for hauling cargo. I've seen these toys before, and I would estimate that the length of the toy is between 5"- 6"

(102 mm - 133 mm).

If you look closely at the writing on the undercarriage of the toy, you'll notice that the letter "L" 

of Hubley is either upside down or the letter is an "I". Also, the letters "S" and "A" of

U.S.A. are also upside down.

The question that Ezra asked me is whether or not I had noticed this before. I answered "no. When I was buying toys from ebay, I never purchased this particular Hubley truck, so I couldn't answer him.

If anyone reading this post has the same toy truck, could you please send me photos, as well as close-up photos of the lettering on the underside. I don't know if this toy that came from a particular casting was unique, or perhaps all of the same toy tucks had this upside down writing. However, it would be good to have someone provide an answer to Ezra's question!

Thanks for dropping by,

And as always, 

Have a great part of the day or night,

Wherever you may be.

toysearcher@gmail.com

Stacey Bindman

Toyclaus - An Excellent ebay Seller

Friday, May 5, 2017
Cloud with Rain
8 C  46 F

Toyclaus

An Excellent ebay Seller

   Today's post id from last November (2016). I had worked on the post but never added it to my blog.

"Toyclaus" is a fine ebay seller whom I asked for permission to use his photos several years ago. What I wanted to write about is some of the factors that help bring success to ebay sellers. 

   If you look at the photos of Toyclaus, you'll notice several things:

  1. The photos are in focus.

  2. There are plenty of photos.

  3. The photos are exposed well, and

  4. Many different angles of the listings are used to present the toys in their best manner.

  I decided to covert the individual photos into a grouping of photos called a "montage".

As I mentioned a few days back, we've been having lots and lots of rain up here. April was almost a record for the month for the most rain in a month. Meanwhile, it's only May 5, and already 3 of the 5 days in the month have been overcast with rain. The next 6 days are projected to have rain again! 

Many of the citied around Montreal and elsewhere have been inundated with so much rain, that the rivers have overflowed their banks, and flooding of homes  has occurred.  

Hopefully, by mid-May, the rain will finally stop, and seasonal weather will prevail!

Thanks for dropping by,

And as always,

Have a great part of the day or night,

Wherever you may be.

Toysearcher@gmail.com

Stacey Bindman

Another Reader Asks for Help in Identifying an Old Toy

Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Cold and Overcast
8 C  46 F

Another Reader Asks for Help

in Identifying an Old Toy

     It's been a miserable MArch and April, and so far May is not so great either. There hasn't been much sun, and there's too much rain. April almost broke the record for rain, and with the rain in May, we're seeing lots of flooding that hash;t been seen here in 20 years. Rivers are overflowing their banks, causing houses to be have water in their basements.

   Anyway, I was looking at my e-mails, when Mr. Ezra Walker  wrote and asked me if I could identify a toy. I could;t, but I asked for his permission to write a post for him, to see if anyone out there might help out. So that's the essence for today's post.

The toy is about 5" x  2" x 2" and looks like it was made from cast iron. Judging from the topmost photo of the side of the bus, the toy appears to have been made in the late 1930'd or early 1940's. 

The hubs for the tires are made from wood, and the tires were most likely rubber.

I tried to search for this toy from my catalogues, but I'm missing several catalogues from the 1930's-1940's, so I couldn't find any information on this toy. So if someone out there has a similar toy, or knows who made the toy, would you please write to me, to help out.

Thanks for dropping by,

and as always,

Have a great part of the day or might,

Wherever you may be.

Stacey Bindman

toysearchert@gmail.com