Thursday, July 8, 2021
Overcast and raining
68 F (64 C)
Asking for a Price Estimate
And is Anyone Interested?
Recently, I received a few questions about an old Lincoln steamshovel. Victor Olson wanted to know if anyone would be interested in buying this you, and what was the value of it.
The history of the Lincoln Toy Company is interesting:
"Lincoln Toys of Windsor, Ontario, made and distributed a large line of pressed steel toy trucks, tractors and even a TCA airplane. For many Canadians born after World War II, the wide range of pressed steel toy trucks known as Lincoln Toys were an important part of childhood. Lincoln Toys produced some of the best known and most commonly seen Canadian toys. Most examples show the obvious signs of children’s play, but one can occasionally find a Lincoln Toy still in its original box, in mint condition.
Lincoln Specialties, also based in Windsor, Ontario, was the distributor for the large line of pressed steel toys between 1946 and 1958. Windsor Steel and Ellwood Toys of Tilbury, Ontario are the two companies which originally produced the Lincoln Toys. Windsor Steel and Ellwood Toys went out of business in the late 1950s."*
https://www.historymuseum.ca/canadaplay/manufacturers/lincoln-toys.php
Below are 3 photo of the toy:
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