Friday March 26, 2021                                                                                               Raining and Overcast                                                                                                       8 C  46 F                                                                                                                         

A Rhode Island Toy Hunter 

asks me who made his toy

          I recently received an e-mail with 2 photos attached. They are of a plane, but many parts are missing. Michael Wainberg wrote me to find out if I knew who made this toy and when. However, I have no clue. Mark lives in Rhode Island and In his spare time likes to look around for toys.  He prefers modern-era toys and especially likes Pokemon, Heman, GI  Joe, Scooby Doo, Mickey Mouse and other action figures.  He likes to visit  thrift shops which is interesting. If you read my first-ever post,  you'll find out how I started to buy and sell toys, as well as writing this blog.

           I've attached  3 photos so that you, my readers could possibly know about this toy, and who manufactured it.  There is writing on the underbelly of the propeller plane (missing the propeller) and it appears to read "Marx", although the "x" may not be there.

        If anyone out there who is reading this post can help Michael with the identification of this toy,  I'm sure he would appreciate it.

Thanks for dropping by,

And as Always, have a great

part of the day or night,

wherever you may be.

(Mr.) Stacey Bindman

toysearcher@gmail.com

Revisiting Mr. Mark L. Hartman

 Saturday, March 6, 2021
 Cloudy with Sun,

 -8 C.  ( 17.7 F)

Revisiting Mr. Mark L. Hartman

          I don't know about you, the reader, but I find that the older I get (I'm 72), the faster the time goes by. On July 31, 2014, I had the pleasure to add a post about Mr. Mark L. Hartman. Below is the link to that original post on my blog:

https://oldantiquetoys.blogspot.com/2014/07/rare-buddy-l-wooden-toys-from-war-years.html

        Fast forward and here's how I am writing this post. Someone from an Historic society wrote to me asking if she could use some of Mark's excellent photos from that blog post. So, I wrote to Mark, reminded him who I was (after 7 years, it's a long time for a busy person to remember who I am), and asked for his permission for this woman to use his photos. Being such a kind and good-natured person, and a great businessman, he wrote back and gave me the permission. 

     I had to check the old post to gather the information to check Mark's e-mail address on ebay.  I easily found it, and when I went to his "store", there were some very fine toys that I had not seen, just as when I had written to his 7 years ago. 

      

            

You can click on the link below to redirect to Mark's 

https://www.ebay.com/usr/toyman1955

 EXTREMELY RARE Early Marx Toys (New York, NY) Pressed Steel Ford Square Fender Cab "SEARS ALLSTATE HYDRAULIC DUMP GRAIN HAULER TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK" Circa 1962-63 piece - THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE MARX TOYS SEARS ALLSTATE GRAIN HAULER TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK IN STRONG ORIGINAL CONDITION - PIECE IS 100% ORIGINAL AND ALMOST COMPLETE (MISSING TRAILER REAR GRAIN DOOR) - MARX TOYS MADE THESE THIS SERIES OF TRUCKS FOR SEARS ROEBUCK CO. TO BE SOLD SOLELY THRU THEIR DEPARTMENT STORES - THIS IS A VERY HARD TO FIND VERSION OF THE SEARS ALLSTATE TRUCKS SERIES - ORIGINAL RED PAINTED CAB AND LITHOGRAPHY PAINTED TRAILER AND DECALS - HYDRAULIC PISTON DRIVEN DUMP ACTION WORKS BUT DOES GO UP VERY FAST - A VERY STRONG EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE SEARS ALLSTATE PIECE THAT YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN - DON'T LET THIS BEAUTY SLIP THRU YOUR FINGERS - BUY THEM WHEN YOU CAN FIND THEM IN THIS ORIGINAL CONDITION!!!  toys and  This 27-5/8" long Pressed Steel piece dates from the early '60's.

        I have to leave now, but I'll be adding another post about Mark's other toys that he has for sale currently. The above toy is from his personal collection, and as I am writing, there are currently 26 toy collectors bidding on this rare toy.

        So that's it for today. It's nice to reconnect with an old person that I have had the pleasure to write about learn about toys.

 Please take very careful care of yourself and your family!

Up here in Montreal, Quebec (Canada), I'm finally (after a year of waiting)

going to get my Covid-19  first vaccination. The medical people, people in their  

80's and 90's, caregivers, hospital nurses and aides, and others have already got then vaccination.

I'll be much relieved when I get my vaccine on March 19!

I know that some of you may not believe in this pandemic, but it is 

real, and too many people have been sickened and died from this horrific virus!

As always,

Thanks for dropping by,

and have a great day.

Stacey Bindman

Toysearcher@gmail.com