Can Anyone Please Help to Identify These 2 Toys?

 Saturday, April 9, 2022                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

           Can Anyone Please Help Identify These Two Toys

   I received an e-mail about a month ago from a reader. He had sent me photos of these 2 old metal toys, and asked me if I might identify them.  I searched for some time, but could not find  anything.  I would have added this post much earlier, but out of the clear blue, I got sciatica. For those who don't know, it's a "condition" whereby your large left and right sciatic runs from your hip down to your foot. It's quite painful, and you don't know from day-to-day whether or not your condition will improve. I've had it now for 5 weeks, and it's still sore. Hopefully, the pain will go away, but if it doesn't go away it could linger for a few more weeks or for a long time.  

      Dimensions:  

• Biplane
• Wings:   14.5 " (36.8 cm)                             
• Length of airplane: 11"  (27.9 cm)
•   Zeppelin
• 5" wide (12.7 cm)
• Length: 18" 45.7 cm

       

I'm going to be writing to the reader in order to find out the dimensions 

of these 2 toys and will get back to you when I have that information.

In the meantime, if there is anyone out there who knows anything about these 2 toys, 

could you please write to me.

And if you've had sciatica, and healed from it, would you  please tell me what you did 

or your doctor did in order to help. I just hope that I can get back to riding my bicycle, which I do 3-4 times a week around the city of Montreal (Quebec, Canada).   For those who don't know, Montreal has about 500 kilometers (310 miles) of bike paths. I prefer the paths that are not to the side of car roads, but even those are quite safe if you obey the traffic signs and rules.

As always,

Thanks for stopping by, 

And have a great part of the day or night,

wherever you may be.

I can always be reached at:

majortrout@hotmail.com

and my name is : (Mr.) Stacey Bindman 

It's not Always the Name

Monday, March 12, 2018
Overcast with Snow
+1 C  33.8 F

It's Not Always

The Name

Please click here to visit this fascinating ebay seller

Most of the time, sellers research their toys in order to know who the manufacturer is, and when the toy was made. Mr. Frederick Pals is a very knowledgeable person who has a whole lot of reference books for old toys. He even used to add the reference book into his photos of toys

for the possible buyer to know the exact description and manufacturer of the toy.

When I went to visit his fine store yesterday, I noticed that he didn't have his reference books in the photos, but he had many nice identified toys, as well as several unidentified toys. He also now takes his excellent photographs against a white background, and doesn't use his myriad of reference books in the photos anymore.

These 2 toys were the highest priced from all of his toys for sale as of this date.

It's hard to know the price of an unknown manufacturer's toy. However, Frederick has been an ebay seller for a long time, and has an excellent reputation, So I'm sure the prices of these "unknowns" have been well-researched.

The sizes of these toys are not indicated. However the airplane is a larger toy, compared with the penny toy, which usually were very small. And if you were interested in these 2 toys, you could always contact Frederick on ebay.  

Antique Tin Toy Double Decker

Army Plane with Decals 

from Germany or the U.K.

Circa 1930

Rare

If you look at the front view of this airplane, you will notice a small

spindle between the 2 front wheels. That was for a coiled wire or string that would connect to the propeller from inside the body of the airplane. As the toy was rolled, the wheels would 

casue the spindle to rotate and transfer movement to the propeller.

Antique Tin Toy Rare Pre-War

France Penny Toy Bus

Etoile Bastille

Circa 1930

So that's it for today. Today was daylight savings time in North America,

so the time was set for one hour ahead. This gives us 1 more hour of daylight. 

However, as of late, we've been having lots of cloud and snow.

But eventually the warm weather and the sun will arrive! 

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