Collectors Weekly - A Collectors Resource

Wednesday, November 2, 2015
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Collectors Resource

A Collectors Resource

Please click here to visit this interesting antique & collectors resource

I recently posted about "Collectors Weekly", but decided to expand on a post about their website.
Collectors Weekly is an interesting website that offers readers a chance to read about all kinds of antiques and collectibles. When you do a search, you can even find what you are looking for and also a short narrative about the subject.


The above is a screen-capture for  a search that I did for "model cars".
Notice that there are 4 categories of toys. I chose cast iron for a further search.

The above screen-capture illustrates what I found for cast iron model toys.

I've only represented 2 paragraphs that describe cast iron toys. There were 4 paragraphs in total.

Interestingly,  Collectors Weekly uses live-auction ebay as a link from their website.

The red arrows are pointing to one merchant on ebay by the name of Walnutts.

The blue arrow is pointing to a toy seller on ebay by the name of Toyclaus.

I've had the pleasure to write about both of these fine ebay merchants (sellers).

Walnutts is a family-owned business. The above logo is for their website that is apart from ebay.

On ebay , the family simply goes by walnutts.

When you click on a photo from the Collectors Weekly website, you are redirected to the seller's ebay account. Below is a 1930 Hubley Huber cast iron road steamroller construction toy.

The above screen-capture shows you the other toys that Walnutts is currently selling on ebay.

The above images are from Walnutts ebay  page for the Hubley steamroller.

Toyclaus is another ebay  seller, and that Kenton blue cast iron car is one of their listings.

THe image below is a screen-capture from Collectors Weekly. When you hover your mouse over the photo, the written information appears. And if you press on the blue car photo, you're redirected to ebay .

The toys above are from Toyclaus that currently list on ebay.

The 2 previous photos are from ebay .

If you have a question, you will be redirected to the above page.Once on that page, you have the option to "Show & Tell". That simply means that you can post your own photos of a toy that you might have, or you can write an article, along with your toy photos.

 When you are redirected to "Show & Tell", this is what you get below.

There are 65 people who are either showing their toys, or who have written articles on cast iron toys.

The example below is a "Show & Tell". However, in this case, the presenter simply posted his Hubley cast iron "Hillclimber" with a brief description of his fine toy.

As you can see,  both ebay and Collectors Weekly each benefit from the other. I assume that 

Collectors Weekly is remunerated (paid) for presenting ebay listings, and ebay  benefits by having potential readers of Collectors Weekly being redirected to ebay.

That makes "good business sense"!

Thanks for dropping by,

and as always,

Have a great time of the day or night,

Wherever you may be.

Stacey Bindman

toysearcher@gmail.com

Collectors Weekly

Tuesday 2016-10-16

Collectors Weekly

Please click here to visit Collectors Weekly website

     There are so many toy websites, that it would take you years to find them all. A few days ago, I did a search in Google, and up came a recommendation of Collectors Weekly. I decided to visit the website. It looked good, so I wrote a letter asking if I could write about them. I got a reply the next day,and I'm writing today.

    The screen-capture below is an opening page.  On the top, next to the logo of Collectors Weekly are several larger type titles ranging from Fashion to Collectibles.  Below the large-sized font titles,there are is another group of smaller titles. I clicked on "Toys" (notice it is lighter in tone than the other titles), and later on the left menu on "pull". The photos that appear are pull toys. Interestingly, if you click on any particular toy, you are directed to ebay stores. ebay cooperates with many non-ebay websites to promote themselves. It's of course commercial in nature, but the links are great if you want information on a particular toy.

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Here is another window with toys pressed at the top horizontal menu. What's interesting is that next to the toy photos that you see, there is writing which features an article on toys.Notice that lots of the writing is on blue. If you click on "Pull toys" or "Friction toys", a whole new page will come up. There will be an article about either topic (pull toys or friction toys), depending on which words you clicked on. As well, there will be photographs of toys,. Click on any toy, and you're redirected to ebay. Not all of the ebay sellers research their toys, so you will find some with very in-depth descriptions, and some with very little. In most cases though, the name of the manufacturer will be identified.

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Notice the lower red arrow pointing to "motorcycles".  When I clicked on that word, sure enough, motorcycles toy appeared. Collectors Weekly website is very user-friendly,and easy to use.

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In the image below, I first clicked on "Machines", then "model cars".  
I then clicked again on the word on the left column  - "die cast", 
and photos came up with diecast toys.

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Of course, you can always enter words into the space titled "search".

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The search results for "cast iron toys"

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Clicking once more on the words "Cast Iron Model Cars" (above) 

yields a whole page of cast iron cars. There certainly is a very good diversity of toys above. Not only that,but some of these toys are quite expensive and in demand.

 The purpose of having found Collectors Weekly is that it's another excellent resource to

use to find toys.Not only that, but there are interesting articles that you will find interesting.

Thanks for dropping by,

and as always,

Have a great part of the day or night,

Wherever you may be.

Stacey Bindman

Toysearcher@gmail.com

Attention All Readers - What Is It?

Thursday, November 20,2014
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Attention All readers

What Is It?

   I go an e-mail this week from John  Fifties50s (He prefers not to use his family name). He asked if I could help him ID one of his unknown toys. Naturally, I agreed, and he sent me some photos, and later the toy size.  The toy at first appeared easy enough to find. It looked like a Schuco, it had some features of a Schuco, but it didn't have any ID on it to say that it was a Schuco. 

   I searcher for "Schuco tin cars", "Schuco 1930's toy cars", "Schuco 1940's toy cars", "German toy cars",  "German tin toy cars", and several other search wordings, but nowhere could I find this toy and who might have made it. 

  So if you have a toy exactly like this one, or know where I can see a photos of it, then please send me an "APB" (All Points Bulletin) to solve the mystery. By the way, APB is an old police term that you'd always see in movies. It simply meant that this was an important notice for everyone!

Please click here to visit John Fifties50s collection of Collectorsweekly

John has a fine collection of old toys and lots of other interesting 1950's item on the website Collectors Weekly (CW). I asked John if I might also use some of his other toys for this post, but I donl;t have the time today to add more. I'll perhaps add another post, so this one remains with the "mystery car". Better to avoid too many distractions with other toys.

Unknown Pressed Tin Toy

Key Wind-up mechanism with rotating movement capabilities,

L x W:  5 5/16"  x  1 15/16"  13.5 cm  x 5 cm

Circa:  1930's-1950's  (guessing)

The large hole to the left rear side would be for a wind-up key

The car doesn't have any Schuco marking on it.

That wheel in the centre of the car would allow the toy to move to the left or right and in circles.

  So this is today's "quiz". I can't offer any rewards for the answer, but your help in solving this "mystery car" would be greatly appreciated.

"Over and Out" - another police term from those old movies!

Thanks for dropping by to visit, and as always,

have a great part of the day or night,

wherever you may be,

Stacey

toysearcher@gmail.com