Friday, December 13, 2024
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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
" 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
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