Monday,January 1, 2018
Sunny and Very Cold
-24 C - 11.2 F

A New Discovery for a New Year

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I've written about the company Antique Toys several times over the years. Not only are they a fine sellers of old and antique toys, but they are a great resource. The website in loaded with information about toys and their respective manufacturers. As well, there are links to YouTube, where they discuss toys in short videos.

The toy description

and a short narrative of the North and Judd Company

"North & Judd Anchor Stake Truck"

$2,100.00

North & Judd Anchor Stake Truck

"Our truck is spectacular and quite desired! Our model T truck has been traced to one year of production in 1930.

The cab and truck frame are all original and original paint. Wheels are original. Truck bed is a bit of mystery and we feel it best to describe condition, and get feedback–

Normally cast iron paintwork chips, this does. Normally it is old and brittle, this one hits the mark. Normally we don’t see this yellow color. -But we have found records of this color, check. But what is odd, is that the color underneath a new chip is darker cast iron. This may be a function of the toy parts sitting out before paintwork. This may be completely original. -Or it could be a restoration.

We were on the fence then decided to judge the toy in its totality, this is an original toy in superb condition for its age.

The Anchor Company stake truck is iconic. One this nice won’t come along in quite some time. 8.75″ (225 mm) long. *Update* We found auction records of this toy, this same one, selling for $2400 without taxes and fees.

Begun in 1832 as the North Company in New Britain, Connecticut, which made “saddlery hardware” and “tried to satisfy the needs of the rider”. The business grew quickly and was a supplier to the U.S. army during the Civil War and again during the Spanish-American war and even the first World War. North and Judd produced a wide range of metal buckles, rings, bits, hooks, chains, and other related goods besides the bits and spurs for which we know them. Their trademark was of an anchor usually stamped near the button, but sometimes on top or below the shank. North and Judd bought out the Buermann company in 1926 and continued to use the Buermann name and it was slowly phased out."