Old Antique Toys: Don't Throw Away That Box!!

Saturday, October 13, 2018
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Don't Throw Away That Box !!

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It's now the (autumn) fall season, and many auctions have auctions at this time. Bertoia Auctions is the first no exception. Bertoia Auctions is one of the first company that allowed me to use their excellently-photographed images for my blog. They're located in New Jersey, and as many other auctioneers have modernized their company. One of the ways that they have done this is to use Liveauctioneers to show their photographs and descriptions, and to allow buyers to bid there. The date for this current auction is November 9-11, 2018.

The reason for my blog title is that most everyone throws away the box that a toy came with. Of course, if you like to do puzzles, you naturally keep the box for storage. But everything else, you usually throw away the box. Keeping the box with the toy enhances its' value, and also provides information about the toy, in terms of who manufactured the toy, and sometimes the date.

I didn't provide information for the toys today, as you can readily see the name of the toy maker on the box. Most of the toys have winding mechanisms, and all of the toys are manufactured from pressed steel, except for Henry and the Swan, which is made from celluloid, except for the wheels and the small wagon, which are also made from pressed steel.

I've only selected a small group of boxed toys for this auction, buy there in total fine groupings of many different types of toys for sale.

In Bertoia Auctions Own Words:

"This is certain to be “A Sale for Everybody” with impressive highlights throughout all categories.

Just in time for the Holiday season, we present our two day annual fall auction with a bonus third day event. Highlighting the Pressed Steel & Pedals Cars will be the Tiny Moyer and Eugene DeGraw Collections. An added bonus is a outstanding Kingsbury collection from the midwest with many scarce variations purchased in the Kaufman auctions. Collectors of cast iron will be delighted with the line-up of autos, cycles, and horse-drawn toys. A special offering of a series of Vindex farming toys which had been boxed up in a Michigan barn for over two decades will be sure to draw interest. Doorstops and mechanical banks in quality condition will be offered on the Saturday section.

The Christmas section is sure to impress the most advanced of collectors with candy containers, nodders, nice kugels, and belsnickles leading the category. A decades old Halloween collection from a Pennsylvania farmhouse will be debuted in the November auction with an exciting variety from masks to lanterns to display figures. Very clean tinplate wind-ups will be presented with a range from boxed Comic Characters examples like Mickey Mouse to scarce Lehmanns and unique European obscurities. Autos, cycles, airplanes, and trains will cover the European transportation toy category. Approximately fifty penny toys will be sure to capture attention with nice motorcycles, whimsical figures, and more. Advertising and country store memorabilia will be well represented with signage, trade stimulators, gasoline globes, and more."