A Beautiful Cast Iron Toy Goes To Auction

Friday, December 20, 2024

Overcast and Damp

-8° C / 17° F

A Nice Kenton Pontiac 

Sedan Cast Iron 

Please click on this sentence to go to Mickie's ebay site

I was visiting  ebay  a few days ago, searching for cast iron toys. After "visiting" several stores I came across a store by the name od mikie70mach. There was only one item for sale, but Mikie has sold lots of toys, and his feedback (reviews) are excellent. 

The item shown today is:

 a Kenton cast iron Pontiac Sedan

Circa 1930

Length:  4.5" long (11.43 cm)

 "Car also has a trailer hitch, hidden in the rear bumper 

to pull 1 of two types of trailers" 

What I liked most about the listing was the excellent photography that 

Mikie had taken. 

So that's it for today.

As always, feel free to ask me questions, or even better, send me a an

e-mail if you'd like me to wrote a blog post for you, or to try and find

answers to your questions.

My name is Mr. Stacey Bindman

and I can always be reached at:

toysearcher@gmail.com

Finally,I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and

a Healthy andHappy New Year.

Mikie70mach on ebay

Thursday, February 1, 2018
Overcast with snow and rain
+2 C  35.6 F

Mikie70mach on ebay

Please click here to visit this fine ebay merchant

I'm always returning to websites, people, and companies because I know that's where

I will find consistent good results to write the next post. I saw the nice ice truck below, and wrote to the seller. I thought I had contacted him before, but that wasn't the case. Nevertheless, I wrote to him for his permission, which I got. Michael's photography attracted my attention immediately, because it was excellent. Also, he had lots of photos for his listed items, even though the second toy below is offered at a good low price. In other words, Michael likes to present his toys from all angles for the potential buyer to see.

The toy below was the first one that I saw, and the other one I found later. I like them both because they illustrate what trucks from the 1930's looked like.

Arcade Dodge Ice Truck

Painted cast iron with rubber tires

Circa: 1930

Length: 7"  178 mm

Accompanying the listing for the truck below was a photos of an actual Terraplane truck 

from that era. I decided to add it to this post. The toy is not quite 100% looking like the real truck, but it's a good resemblance.

Arcade Terraplane Panel Truck

painted cast iron with rubber tires

Circa: 1930

Length:  4"  102 mm

I'm writing  this post on a Monday. I hope for Tuesday, the weather won't be so bad!

Up here in Montreal,Quebec (Canada), we had a bad ice storm 2 weeks ago which created

a huge "skating ring" all over the city. The ice is still around, and  the forecast for Tuesday is warmer weather with snow and rain. It's that rain that I am worried about. People up here sometimes forget how to drive on ice,  so I'm always acutely aware of the "other  guy" and the distance he is from me - you never know what might happen!

I hope that you enjoyed these 2 small trucks as much as I did writing the post.

Thanks for dropping by,

and have a great part of the day or night.

Stacey Bindman

toysearcher@gmail.com