Can Anyone Authenticate that this Paya Toy is an Original

Friday, December 6, 2024

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A Reader wants to know if her 

Paya Toy is Authentic

    This week, I received an interesting e-mail earlier. The reader,  

Jodi Ascherman wanted to know if I could authenticate her beautiful Paya car with a driver, as  real original toy made by Paya. I don't know much about Paya toys, so I can't answer her questions. I did a search for "Are Paya Toys Still Made", and came up with several results. 

When I had opened my e-mail earlier in the week, I was pleasantly surprised to see so many photographs of Jody's toy, with large-sized files. 

Wow!

These photos were very large, and were excellent to work with. 

Of course, I had to resize them in order for reader to view them instantly, 

when they were added to Jody's post. 

One great toy reference site wrote that the toys are still being made in Spain. 

Fabtintoys wrote a brief article about the toys are still being made.

Please click on this sentence to redirect to Fabtintoys

I also found one site that wrote that Paya toy reproductions are being made by

a company not related to the Paya. The company might be able to make 

toys looking like Paya toys, because perhaps the patents ran out of time.

Please click on this sentence to redirect to see Paya Reproduction toys

Normally, I don't add lots of photos, but these photos  

would be excellent for viewers who might want to answer Jodi's question, 

as to the authenticity of this beautiful toy.

I hope that one of my readers will be able to help out

and tell everyone what this toy is.

1. Is this an  original Paya toy from a long time ago?

2. Is it a new-generation authentic Paya toy made by the relatives of

the original Paya toy company?

3. Is this a Paya "reproduction" made after the original 

Paya patent expired?

I hope someone can help Jodi Ascherman with an answer to her question.

And one final question:

I just tried to find the Paya website in Spain in

order to contact them. However, I couldn't find the company.

So if someone is reading this post, could you please e-mail me,

so that I could tell Jody to contact them.

I'll also write to them if I get their website and address.

As always ,thanks for stopping by to visit my post.

My name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman,

and I can always be reached at 

toysearcher@gmail.com

Thanks for dropping by,

and have a great part of the day or

night wherever you may be.

An Amazing Discovery of Paya Reproductions

Saturday, November 12, 2016
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An Amazing Discovery of 

Paya Reproductions

Please click here to visit this interesting ebay store

ebay seems to be my "haunt" (regular place to hang out) these days. First I use PicClick, a newly-discovered compliment website to ebay, and then I venture over to ebay. As I was looking on PicClick, I came across a nice Paya toy. For some reason, it's very rare to actually see these Spanish toys on  ebay, or anywhere for that matter.  Of course, if you do go to ebay Spain, you'll find lots of them there. 

So when I actually found a nice group of Paya reproductions, I immediately wrote the ebay store called "The Wicked Yak". Interestingly this toy store is in Australia! This fine ebay company happens to be located in Auctgralia, and specializes in 

The Paya Company was founded in 1902 by Rafael Paya, the local smith.

Four years later Rafael's sons Pascual, Emilio and Vincente built the first toy factory in Spain and by the 1920s Paya's toys were considered the equal of then great and famous toy makers to the north. Not only was Paya quality the equal of Marklin, but Paya's colours and imprints were graphically more interesting, precise and bolder. The 1930's, with Raimundo Paya at the helm, was the time of great expansion. This was when the famous Bugatti race car was made.  In 1946, Paya once again started making toys. In 1985, Lino made the decision to remake all of the classic old litho tinplate  toys on a very limited basis. The production of each was limited to 5000 (or less) world-wide.

Of the 2000 toys manufactured by Paya between 1906 to 1040, a total of 50 historic models have been discovered. These are now made in a series with an issue limit of 5000 numerated pieces, accompanied by their certificates of authenticity.*

* Description courtesy of The Wicked Yak.

Each of the modern-era Paya reproduction  toys has an authentication certificate. 
On  the certificate os the original toy number, the actual production number of the toy, and the total numbers that the particular toy was manufactured. Usually, the modern-era toys were limited to a run of 5000 toys. Also, each toy happens to have the actual toy number punched into the toy somewhere, as can be seen from some of the photos. 

Reproduccion Juguete Paya – Ref. 970 – Auto Bugatti - 1930 (48cm)  

This is an extremely rare item # 2817 of a limited edition of 5000 produced in Spain, by Paya. This is a Reproduction of the original and is number 2817 of 5000 (see certificate) Collectible reproduction date (1986). Made in Spain

Length:  18 7/8" /  48 cm 

Reproduccion Juguete Paya – Ref. 970 – Hidroavion Plus Ultra - 1927 (33cm) 

This is an extremely rare item # 3715 of a limited edition of 5000 produced in Spain, by Paya. 

This is a Reproduction of the original and is number 3715 of 5000 (see certificate)

Collectible reproduction date (1985).

Made in Spain

Length:  11 3/4" 30 cm  

Avion Junkers-1927 – Ref. 600(16cm)

This is an extremely rare item # 3677 of a limited edition of 5000 produced in Spain, by Paya.

This is a Reproduction of the original and is number 3677 of 5000 (see certificate) 

Collectible reproduction date (1987). 

Made in Spain

Length:  6 1/2" / 16 cm

Reproduccion Juguete Paya – Ref. 954 – Acorazado Espana - 1931 (36cm) 

This is an extremely rare item # 175 of a limited edition of 5000 produced in Spain, by Paya. 

This is a Reproduction of the original and is number 175 of 5000 (see certificate) 

Collectible reproduction date (1996). 

Made in Spain 

It comes in original box and a must for Paya collectors.

Length:  14 3/8"/ 36 cm

Reproduccion Juguete Paya – Ref. 957 – Transatlantico - 1931 (35cm) 

This is an extremely rare item # 196 of a limited edition of 5000 produced in Spain, by Paya. 

This is a Reproduction of the original and is number 196 of 5000 (see certificate) 

Collectible reproduction date (1996). 

Made in Spain 

It comes in original box and a must for Paya collectors.

Length:  13 3/4"  / 35 cm

Reproduccion Juguete Paya – Ref. 385 – Futbolista - 1924 (19cm) 

This is an extremely rare item # 325 of a limited edition of 5000 produced in Spain, by Paya.

This is a Reproduction of the original and is number 325 of 5000 (see certificate) 

Collectible reproduction date (1996).

Made in Spain

It comes in original box and a must for Paya collectors.

Length:  7 1/2" ( 19 cm)

It's hard to ever see the original Paya toys from the 1920's. That's not to say they're not there, but as far as North America goes, they're rare. You might find some on ebay Spain, but you'd have to look very hard, and often.

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

Paya Toys

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Paya Toys

      The Paya Company was founded in 1902 by Rafael Paya in Alicante Spain. In 1906, Mr. Paya's sons (Pascual,Emilio, and Vincente) helped their father build a factory to produce their fine toys. This was the first ever toy factory on Spain.  Their quality and bold colours helped them create a reputation that rivalled the famous German manufacturers of the time such as Marklin. However, the Paya creations were not as complicated or as big as the German Marklin.  The 1930's saw further expansion until the Spanish civil war occurred. Under the dictator Franco,the company had to stop making toys and produced shell casings. In 1946, the company started once again to make toys. I'm not sure what happend later, as it's hard to find information on the company. However, in the mid 1980's Paya under Lino Paya (Unsure if his last name was Paya)  reintroduced the manufacture of limited editions (5000) of their old classic tin toys.

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(please press on the above address to be redirected to their fine website)