A Follow-up Post for a Fine Toy Store on ebay

Sunday, December 15, 2024

-15° C / 8° F

Clear skies but cold

A Follow-Up Post for a

Fine Store on ebay

   

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 OLDTOYSTORE USA store on ebay

This is the second post for Gary, the owner of the

oldtoystore USA

When I received an email from the owner on ebay of

his store oldtoystore USA, I was elated. The owner, Gary had 

worked very hard to have such a nice store with 

all of the merchandise for sale.

What I especially noticed was the number of photos each item

that is up for sale has. Each toy is photographed with a soft lighting that

shows detail  well all over. Using a diffused light reduces the contrast of light

both in the bright areas (called highlights in photographic terms) 

and the shadows (the dark areas in a photo). Doing this reduces the contrast between light and dark areas of a photo, easily allowing the 

viewer to see all of the detail well.

Gary also researches each toy well, providing lots of 

detail and information about the toy being offered for sale. 

If I ever need to find information on a toy, I'll remember to visit Gary's fine store.

Description

"This auction is for a vintage windup tin ocean liner made in Germany by the Fleishmann company. On the rudder, it says "Made in Germany", on the hull is stamped in ink, "Made in Zone Germany". Typically, it would have said "U.S.Zone", or less often" British Zone". This was done in the late 1940's and I think into the early 1950's. The key is not original, but the boat winds up and runs well. It has the original front mast and rear flag. I measure it at 8.25" on the deck, and about 7.5" on the waterline. According to the Claus book "The Allure of Toy Ships"

this model was made in the 1930's and the 1950's. In the last photo,I show this piece with a 2.5" tall Mignot figure - the soldier is shown for size only and is not included in this auction."

There were still more photos for this nice Fleishmann ocean liner

that I wrote about today. You can see them on Gary's ebay store.

So that's it for today. I hope you enjoyed this post, and 

are interested to see the many toys that Gary has for sale on his website. 

There are lots of them, and there is plenty of information to learn from each toy.

Thanks for dropping by, and as always, have a great part 

of the day or night, wherever you may bay.

My name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman, and I can always be reached at:

toysearcher@gmail.com

A Wonderful New Discovery with Beautiful Artwork

Saturday, December 14, 2024

-9° C / 15° F

A Wonderful New Discovery with

Something for Everyone

Please click on this sentence to redirect to this most-interesting store

As of today, I've written 1,644 posts. One would thing that I'd be tired of writing, 

but I never get tired. I don't earn money from the blog, but I enjoy 

writing and learning about toys. Of course, today's post "breaks the rules",

in the sense that there are no real toy photos, but photos and signs of toys. 

However, in a sense, I "pass",  as I am including toys in the photos. 

The  designs for toy box covers, instruction manuals, and magazine advertisements were artists for their generation. They were well-trained and 

had talented in their field.

          

I "discovered" this wonderful store on ebay while searching for today's post.

There are toys on this site, but I liked  the "retro" advertisements,  and 

illustrations in the magazines that this interesting store happens to sell.

Tomorrow, I'll work on the post that has wonderful 

toy old catalogs and signs, and plenty of them.

Above

The oldtoystore USA logo 

American Flyer Trains Prewar (WWII) Porcelain

Enamel Sign 

16.5" x 9.25"  ( 41.9 cm x 23.5 cm)

Lionel 1956 Train Catalog 

Original 0 027 40 pages

American Flyer Trains (1920's) Tin Sign  Reproduction

     

16" x 12" (40.6 cm x 30.5 cm)

Bassett Lowke Model Railway Engineering

Catalog 1963 Trains Boats Live Steam

Lionel 1948 Consumer Train Catalog

Lionel 1957 Consumer Train Catalog Original

Lionel 1953 Train Catalog Original
0 027 40 pages Madison Hardware

So that's it for today

Thanks for visiting my blog and have a great 

part of the day or night, wherever you 

may be.

My name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman

and I can always be reached at

toysearcher@gmail.com

A New Post for the Belgian Monk

Saturday, December 12, 2024
-9° C / 16° F
Clear skies and Sunny

A New Post for the belgian monk

Please click on this sentence to visit the belgianmonk's ebay site

It's been a while since I wrote to the belgianmonk, so it was nice to hear from him. 

He changed the name of his store, but he's still selling and doing alright. John has some other interesting items for sale, such as parts for a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and a true antique Grant Brothers sewing machine from 1869-1875. He most certainly has an eclectic grouping of items, but mostly toys currently.

I've only ever written about the Liberty Playthings toy company once before, and if you do a search on my blog you'll find it. I wrote that post on November 24, 2012. The Liberty Playthings company was in business from the late 1920's to the early 1930's, and was located in Niagara Falls (USA). For those who don't know, Canada also has part of the Niagara Falls. They made beautiful toys all fromwood, and many different kinds of toys as well.

For the belgianmonk's post,  I decided to select a: 

1920's Liberty Playthings mechanical windup wood & metal tugboat.

It's made from mahogany wood and metal with a windup "motor" that

still works. The length is  12" or   30.5 cm

It's amazing how somethings last so long over time.  

Aside from being a "collectible", people just like to keep mementoes from 

the past to remind them of the good times they had with their close relatives.

Thanks for dropping by, and as always, have a great part of the day or night

wherever you may be.

My name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman, and I an always be reached at

toysearcher@gmail.com

 

      

The Conestoga Auction Company Division of Hess Auction Group

Friday, December 13, 2024

Overcast  

-6° C / 21° F

The Conestoga Auction Company

Division of Hess Auction Group

        I was on Liveauctioneers and was looking for some new toys to write about.

After a few minutes (having done a search for toys, I came across some interesting

"toys". 

The company's name is 

The Conestoga Auction Company Division of Hess Auction Group

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" Conestoga Auction Co. was founded in 1962 as an auction company continuing a business which started ion the early 1940's at Root's Country Marker & Auction. 

In 1975 Conestoga Auction moved across Graystone Road to the former Bargaintown Building where the floor spcae increased from 

3000 sq. ft. to 21,000 sq. ft. In 2014, the company was purchased by 

Hess Auction Group and became Conestoga Gallery, continuing the history of offering exemplary service through the marketing of distinguishing collections.

Specializing in Antiques, Weapons, Toys, Ephemera, Native American Artifacts,

Coins, Jewelry, Real Estate, etc."

What caught my attention right away were old an old tricycle and a scooter.

There were a few others as well. I haven't written about these "toys" before, but thought it would be a nice introduction for this company. 

I'll be writing a second post after this one about their toy auction.

This auction came from a person by the name of the late Mr. Randy Miller.

"Randy collected for most of his life going to antique stores up and down

the east Coast and local auctions and auction houses. The sale will include

early cast iron vehicles, vintage bicycles, pressed steel vehicles and children's wagons, pedal cars,tin-litho wind-ups, character toys, and much more."

Judging from the introduction  of Mr. Randy Miller,  he must

have been a very interesting person, and well-versed (knowledgeable) in toys.

Description

"Restored 1936 Pressed Steel Child's Airflow Tricycle.

22" high c 28 " length (55.9 cm x 71.1 cm).

Professionally restored by Preston and Floyd Williams,

Little People Car Company",TX (Texas,USA)"

Winning Bid:  $ 1700.00 US

I was wondering who restored this tricycle. I found out when I typed in the description. I'll have to check out  that Little People Car Company!

Description

1930's Streamline "Skippy Racer" Scooter. 

Painted pressed steel with wooden handle.

32" H x 42" L ( 81.3 cm x 106.7 cm)

Winning Bid:  $1400.00 US

I seldom include prices of toys in a blog post, but I was pleasantly surprised 

to see the high value of the tricycle and the scooter.

It's too bad that Mr. Randy Miller did not live to see enjoy the 

the earnings of his hard work.  Collecting all of the toys in this auction,

 must required a lot of time, effort, and selection.

But I'm sure he loved what he did....

So that's all for today, and I'll be working on the next post tomorrow.

Thanks for dropping by, and as always

have a great part of the day or night,

wherever you may be.

My name is (mr.) Stacey Bindman

andI can always be reached at: 

toysearcher@gmail.com

 

 

The RSL Auction at its 'Best

Thursday, August 12, 2024

-2° C /28.4° F

Clear skies, sun & windy

The RSL Auction Company at its' Best

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The RSL Auction Company on LiveAuctioneers

Several Years ago, when I was already blogging for about 10 years,  I came across an auction company that I did not know. There are 3 partners, with a successful history of auctioneering, as well as lots of experience in toys. 

Their names are Mr. Ray Haradin, Mr. Steven Weiss, and Mr. Leon Weiss.

I wrote to the company and asked for permission to use their photos, and to write about toys. I got their permission, and as the expression goes, 

"the rest is history".

What I've noticed over the years is that the team has increasingly 

become better and better as an auction company. They've expanded by

buying another auction company, and the photography changed for the better.

Items are photographed on a white base and background (seamless paper)

with soft lighting. What this does is avoid photographs that have 

too much contrast, so that detail is not lost in those darker areas. 

As such, the photography can be done faster, especially when photographing

a large catalogue of items going to auction.

They also have catalogues that can be download for potential bidders,

and they are even on Meta (formerly Facebook).

I only selected one item for today, in oder to illustrate what I already wrote. 

I'll also add that for this cast iron bank, they took lots of photographs to show 

all of the details, and condition of the bank.

Item Details

(Description)

"J. & E. Stevens Company, Cromwell, CT - 1883.

Watching the tumbling acrobats at the circus is a wonderment that never fails

to please the crowd. This dynamically colored bank aims to recreate that 

"mouth agape" experience. Pressing the lever causes the taller man to

 flip up and kick his partner in the stomach, sending him into a backflip,

which engages the trigger for coin deposit."

This fine bank was estimated to be purchased 

at between (2500- $3500) US Dollars.

It sold for $ 4000.00.

Hard work pays off!

I hope you visit the entire auction on LiveAuctioneers.

There were lots of interesting toys besides the banks, and if you're 

interested in toys, you can learn a lot from visiting the websites of

The RSL Auction Company site and LiveAuctioneers.

So that's it for today.

Thanks for visiting my blog, and as always, have a great part 

of the day or night, wherever you my be.

My name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman,

and I can always be reached at

toysearcher@gmail.com

A Fine Collection of Matchbox Toys Comes to The Lloyd Ralston Gallery

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Overcast with Rain

3 ° C / 38° F

A Fine Collection of Matchbox Toys

Comes to The Lloyd Ralston Gallery

One of the ways in which I select my next blog is to see when the last time was, 

when I wrote a blog post for the person or company. As it turns out, the last time I wrote about the Lloyd Ralston Gallery was on August 3 of this year. 

Wow, how time flies. This post is close in time to August 3, nevertheless, to see so many Matchbox toys at one time, most certainly merits a post!

This auction is set for December 14, 2024. There are lots and lots of 

Matchbox toys, and it appears that they came from a collection. There are plenty of toys in the collection, and it's quite interesting to see so many 

Matchbox toys at one time.

Matchbox was a name of the Lesney Products company from Britain. It started in 1953, and was purchased by Mattel (USA) in 1997. The name of the company (Matchbox) was created from the size of the toys, which were small. As such, they might fit into an actual matchbox  containing matches

for lighting cigarette or cigars.

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Description (Above)

" Contains orange Prime Mover w/green engine covers. 4 3/4" (12.06 cm),

blue Trailer with 2 removable ramps 8" (20.32 cm), yellow & red bulldozer

w/ green movable treads, 4 1/2" (11.43 cm)."

Circa 1958

Description (Above)

" Contains 47A2 Brooke Bond Tea, 5B2 Double Decker Bus, 40A3

Bedfoird Tipper, 35A2 Marshall Horse Box, 25A2 Dunlop Van, 

60A3 Morris Pick Up, 11B3 Road Tanker, 21B2 Long Distance Coach, 

original box worn & taped, w/insert, ca (circa) 1959, C8-9."

Description (Above)

Matchbox Moko 27C1 Cadillac 

with original box

Circa 1960

This particular toy came in several different colours, 

and  have a high-price value, depending on the condition,

 and the colours.

So that's it for today. 

Have a look at the collection. It's quite interesting,.

and AI'msure you'll find something that gets your attention.

My name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman

and I can alwaysbe reached at:

toysearcher@gmail.com

Thanks for dropping by, and have a great part 

of the day or night, wherever you may be.