Toys of Times Past Auctions' Latest Upcoming Auction

Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Cloudy with Sunny Periods
8 C  46 F

Toys of Times Past Auctions'

Latest Upcoming Auction

    If you've been following be of late, you'd see that I've returned to writing. I can't promise for how long, but there have been nice upcoming auctions that have given me the impetus (incentive) to write. I ventured over to  Toys of Times Past Auctions and was surprised to see so many toys that I had not yet seen before. Also, the owner is quite knowledgeable, as the dates of when these toys were around are inclusive in the descriptions.

Please click here to visit their website

Like many auctioneers recently have done, Toys of Times Past Auctions have

decided to use an auction service company to have their bidders bid. The auction

service organizes the auction, takes bids, and of course receives a commission for their work on -line. Below is the auctioneer organizer's (Invaluable) website for Toys of Times Past Auctions.

This auction consists mostly of an exceptional 
collection of Schuco (Germany) toys in very good conditions.
I have not seen so many of the same toys in an auction before!

This auction is scheduled for November 3, 2018

Please click here to visit this auction on Invaluable's website

Made in Germany. 

Rare & very hard to find 1923 

Nifty Barney Google Riding Spark Plug horse 

early comic character tin windup toy with original box. 

Measures 7" ( 178 mm) L x 7.25" (185 mm) H.

Made in Germany by Schuco. Rare & hard to find 1933 tin wind up 853 Mouse Riding Tricycle Scooter with original celluloid balloon and attached key. This is the largest version of all of the Schuco tricycle scooter toys that they produced. 5" long x : 4.5 high.

 Made in USA by Marx. 1920's tin litho windup 

Ring A Ling Circus with the rare & hard to find rose base 

version of this circus performing act toy. 

All four of the circus performing acts work correctly 

and as they should! 

Measures 7.5" (191 mm) in Diameter x 8"(203 mm) T.

Made in Germany by Schuco. 

1930 fabric covered tin wind up 940 

Short Tails Jacket Version 

Dancing Charlie Chaplin with original key. 

6.5" (166 mm) high.

Made in Germany by Schuco. 

Scarce & hard to find 1937 tin wind up s:

1.  # 496 Walt Disney Dancing Donald Duck with Umbrella and original key. 5.5" high.

2.  # 495 Walt Disney Dancing Donald Duck with Back Pack and original key. 5.5" high.

3. # 497/1 Walt Disney Dancing Donald Duck Drummer and original key. 5.5" high.

 5.5" =  140 mm

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

Turner Auctions + Appraisals

Sunday, October 16, 2016
Overcast with Rain
18 Celsius / 64 Fahrenheit

Turner Auctions + Appraisals

Please click here to visit this fine American Auction House

I was browsing on the Internet and decided to do a search for tin toys.  Naturally there were lots & lots of results, but one of the search results caught my eye. The reason for this was because there was a toy that I had not seem before, and of course,the photography was excellent. When I clicked on the photo "to visit the webpage", I was redirected to Turner Auctions + Appraisals.

It turned out that Turner Auctions + Appraisals is a multi-dimensional  auction house specializing in many different areas going to auction.

Turner Auctions + Appraisals features online auctions in diverse categories, including:

• Fine Art Prints, Photographs & Works on Paper
• Fine Art Paintings & Sculpture
• Decorative Arts
• Silver
• Asian Art
• Ethnic Art
• Jewelry & Timepieces
• Luxury Accessories & Vintage Fashion
• Vintage Posters
• Automobilia
• Books & Manuscripts
• Toys
• Coins
• Militaria
• Special Collections

 I naturally, wrote to the company, and a day later I received a reply from Jill Turner, who is person responsible for the PR and Marketing . For those who do not know, PR is an acronym (abbreviation) for Public Relations.Jill suggested that I simply add the "news release" for the upcoming auction, which I did below. Jill's idea was terrific, because it provided information to those visiting the Turner website. about the collectors,and provided a more personal touch to this post.

The  Hellman Collection is featured under "Auctions/Upcoming Auctions."  (Note it is the second auction because they are listed chronologically and we have an Americana sale on October 16.)   "When I visited the Turner Auctions + Appraisals website, I found the Hellman Collection under 'Auctions' on the 'Upcoming Auctions' page, along with two online auction platforms where people can bid on this toy collection. One was LiveAuctioneers and the other website was Invaluable.

When you clicked on either of the 2 companies' names, you are redirected to their respective websites. There, each company provided the service of listing all of the items up for auction of the Hellman Toy Collection.

Below are the direct links to the Liveauctioneers and Invaluable websites:

Please click here to visit the Hellman Auction on Liveauctioneers

Please click here to visit the Hellman Auction on Invaluable

 Above:

Gibbs Co.; Hand Painted Metal Post, Wood Beam, Tin Figures; 

Gravity Operation when Turned over; Excellent Condition 

Height: 14 1/2" (368 mm)

Famous Artist Syndicate;Tin Lithograph, Orange/Black/Red; As New Condition

Height: 8" (203 mm) 

Length: 6 1/2" (165 mm)

Vintage 1920's Tin Lithograph Construction- Missing Top Pole;

Very Good Condition; 

Height: 10 1/2" ( 267 mm) 

WWI Style Tank

Structo, Pressed Steel Body and Treads,Clockwork Power;Heavy Play Wear;

Good Condition. 

Length: 11" (279 mm) 

Strauss lithograph tin, clockwork mechanism, complete with lion, tamer, driver; VGD. condition

Length: 9 1/4" ( 235 mm)

Tin Lithograph, functioning clockwork has forward motion and sparks, excellent condition.

Length:  11 1/"  (287mm)

Strauss, Tin Lithograph (Some Fading), Clockwork Mechanism;

Very Good Condition,

Length:  9"  (228 mm)

Unknown Maker, Pressed Steel Painted in Red with Litho Tin Figures, 

Clockwork Powered; Very Good Condition.

Length:  10"  (254 mm)

The above selection of toys was certainly nice, and several of them I had not seem before. I realized only after, that I had selected these toys in rank of order, rather than my "usual" highest price first.

Nevertheless, this was a great choice!

Thanks for dropping by,

and as always,

Have a great part of the day or night,

Wherever you may be.

Stacey BindmanToyearcher@gmail.com

Invaluable Contacts Me

Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Sunny and very cold

Invaluable Contacts Me

   I'm always amazed when coincidences happen. Perhaps I'm just aware more of them, but I seem to always have them. What happened about 2 weeks ago is that I was checking out  many people, and auctioneers,  who have helped me out in the past. One of the these companies is Stout Auctions.  

Stout Auctions promotes themselves as "America's premier auction house for Lionel, American Flyer, Ives, MTH, and other scale and toy trains".  The company had granted me permission to write about them a few years ago, and this week, they were on my mind, since I am returning to writing once more on my blog.

  The "coincidence" was that I received an e-mail from a very popular auction Internet company that Stout Auctions happens to use. The name of the company is Invaluable.  Mr. Sam Harding, from  Invaluable had written to ask if I might  announce the Stout Auctions and  select some noteworthy lots. I wrote back to Sam that I would for sure. Stout  Auctions had been very kind to let me use their photos, and I would be happy to help out. What I like about Stout , is that they photograph their items very well. This helps to provide viewers and potential bidders with nice images to see.

 Invaluable

Please click here to visit Invaluable's website

Please click here to visit Stout Auctions

Sam Harding, from  Invaluable wrote that the  auction would be  on May 15, 16, and 30 of 2015.  Sam write the following below for me to mention to you, my readers.

"Stout Auctions is proud to offer for auction an outstanding and diverse selection of trains, accessories, catalogs, books, parts and Railroadiana from various estates and private collections.

The first portion of this sale will feature a large selection Lionel modern era, TCA convention and Museum trains, Williams, MTH, K-Line and Right of Way Industries. Included with the modern era will be a large selection of original parts in bulk. The next section will feature Lionel prewar Standard and O gauge highlighted by 800 and 2800 freight cars and 1100 Mickey Mouse handcar.

The next portion will be Lionel Postwar showcased by F3 diesels including; 2355 Western Pacific, 2343 Santa Fe and 2356 Southern ABA, 2340 GG1, 2332 GG1, 2139W boxed freight set, large quantities of Super O track and Disney phonographs. There will be American Flyer S gauge trains and accessories highlighted by a K5210W freight set in original boxes. There will be HO scale including Tyco and Bachman.

The last 200 lots will consist of G gauge trains featuring LGB and Aristo-Craft.

This sale offers a fantastic diversity with all levels of collecting represented, from MINT in the box to bargain operator/fixer upper lots. Plan to attend in our comfortable and well-lighted auction gallery."

3. Some samples from the Postwar lots