Can Anyone Authenticate that this Paya Toy is an Original

Friday, December 6, 2024

-8° C= 17° F

Overcast and Damp

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.

A New Discovery from a Fine ebay Company

Saturday, July 27, 2024

Mostly Sunny

86° F / 30° C

A New Discovery from a 

Fine ebay Company

    I was searching for toys on ebay, when I found a company by the name of

Marcapatito. The first thing that attracted my attention was the excellent photography. What also was interesting was the fact that he took plenty of photos to present the toys. 

    I saw one toy that caught my attention. It was a wind-up toy manufactured by

a company by the name of Cragstan from the USA. The company imported 

wind-up toys from different Japanese companies in the 1950's-1960's. 

Marcapatito

Please click on this sentence to visit this fine ebay toy seller

Description

1950's Cragstan Crap Shooting Monkey

Battery Operated with Toy Box

Made in Japan

Thanks for dropping by,

and as always,

have a great part of the day,

wherever you may be.

My  name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman

and I can always be reached at:

toysearcher@gmail.com

Joel Siegel's Popeye Toys

 January 22, 2022

Overcast with some sun

-17 Celcius. 1.4 Fahrenheit

Joel Siegel's Popeye Toys

Among the many toys that are up for auction, there are several interesting Popeye toys from the 1930's - 1940's. I've already written a previous post about the Late Joel Siegel. You might want to visit this post that is the one before this one. Mr. Siegel was an exceptional man whom you might have seem on Good Morning America on ABC years ago.

Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar. The character first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929, and Popeye became the strip's title in later years. The character has also appeared in theatrical and television animated cartoons.

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye

"Popeye in a Barrel"

J.Chein Wind-Up Toy

1930's, tin litho, King Features Syndicate

When wound up with integral key, Popeye hops around

"Popeye and Olive Oyl on Roof"

Louis Marx

Circa 1935 Wind-Up Toy

Wen wound up with integral key, Popeye dances and Olive Oyl sways

"Popeye Dippy Dumper Funny Car"

Louis Marx

Circa 1940 Wind-Up Toy

Tin truck with integral key, celluloid figure

When wound, truck lurches

6" x 9"  152 mm x 228 mm 

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So that's it for today, and I hope everyone is all bundled 

up and masked both for the very cold weather, and for Covid.

Thanks for dropping by

and have a great day.

You can always reach me at:

toysearcher@gmail.com

The Kingsbury Racers

Sunday, May 24 , 2020
Sunny
25 C 77 F

The Kingsbury Racers

Please click here to visit Liveauctioneers and the page relating to these toys

A page from the 1920's catalogue

In the 1920's there were a lot of British race car drivers who wanted to set the world record

for the land speed record. Malcolm Campbell set the record in Great Britain.

# 335 Napier-Campbell Bluebird Racer

The original car was driven by Capt. Malcolm Campbell in 1928,

which broke the land speed record of the time by going 207 mph.

Wind-up spring motor with Dunlop rubber tires.

Length:  19" 482 mm

Model of the famous Sunbeam Racer, driven by Major Seagrave,

that made the world's speed record of 203 mph, on Daytona Beach (Florida) in March, 1927.

Heavy gauge metal, Dunlop rubber tires, and a strong steel spring motor.

Length:  19" 482 mm

Length:  19" 482 mm

Major Seagrave's Golden Arrow Racer

An exact reproduction in which Major Seagrave broke the World's record 

by driving at a record speed of 231.5 mph.

length: 20" 508 mm

Kingsbury "Thunderbolt" Racer

Pressed steel, painted in red, rare toy racer, seated driver,

with a tall tail fin design. A land speed racer.

Clockwork driven with a strong wind-up mechanism.

Length:  17 3/4"  (450 mm)

The Kingsbury company made lots of other toys besides racers. Mechanical wind-up trucks, cars, airplanes, and fire trucks were all made in the Kingsbury plant in New Hampshire, USA.

Take care, and have a nice
part of the day or evening.

Stacey Bindman

toysearcher@gmail.com

Kidd Family Auction

Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Sunny with Clear Skies
22 C   72 22 F

The Kidd Family Auction Company

I was searching for "wind-up tin toys" on Liveauctioneers, when I came across some nice-looking toys. As it turned out, the toys were from a Canadian auction company right next to Quebec, where I live. The Kidd  Family Auctions company happens to be in Ontario. Needless to say, I wrote to them, and obtained permission to share their photos with you.

Their toy auction is coming up on June 19, 2020.

The Kidd family lives in Shelburne, Ontario, while I live in Montreal, Quebec.

It's about  a 6 1/2 hour drive from Montreal.

Our Story

Kidd Family Auctions is a business with a down home family feel. It’s owned and operated by Dennis Kidd. Dennis graduated from Southwestern Ontario School of Auctioneering in 1995. He was accredited by the CPPA to offer appraisal services. In the past 25 years Dennis has worked with many different auction companies at hundreds of sales.   IN FEBRUARY OF 2017 DENNIS WAS APPOINTED AS A DIRECTOR OF THE AUCTIONEERS ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO!

In early 2015 Dennis formed Kidd Family Auctions. The staff team consists of three generations of Kidds and hand-picked, capable staff members. This is a photo of the original staff in 1995. The current team has tripled in size but the down home feel has never changed.

We have experience with a wide range of auctions stemming from our background in farming and extending to a variety of other industries. Kidd Family Auctions is partnered with iCollector, Wavebid, The Auction Advertiser, The Woodbridge Advertiser and the Auctioneers Association of Ontario.

Auctions are meant to be fun, exciting and entertaining. We invite you to come on out.  Have a coffee, have a laugh and bid, bid, bid!! You can have confidence in our focus on honesty and our desire to understand your specific situation as a bidder or a consignor. Dennis’ auction family is always growing. Let us treat you like family too.

Please click here to visit the Kidd Family Auctions on the Liveauctiongroup

Please click here to visit their web site

S.Y. Vintage Mechanical Walking Robot with Spark 

With Original Box

Made in Japan

Circa: 1960-1969

Manufacturer: Marx

Tin Lithographed

Key wind-up Mechanism

Length x Width:  

12" x 3" 

305 mm x 76 mm 

Die-Cast Vehicle with Batman & Robin Figures

Made in China

Vintage Tin Rescue Chopper

Made in Japan

Lithographed Tin / Plastic

Manufacturer: Kashiwai (Lucky Toy) # 3623

Friction power motor

Circa: 1980's

Vintage Tin Sheriff's Car

Friction wheel motion (not working)

Made in Japan

Length x Width x Height:  

5 3/4" x 2 1/2" x4 1/2".  145 mm x 64 mm x 104 mm

Circa 1960's

Manufacturer: Unique Art

Wind-up mechanism 

Titled: G.I. Joe and the K-9 Pups

Circa 1940's

This is  quite a  popular tin toy 

A Wonderful Disney Mickey Mouse

Dial Phone 

As you can see, the Kidd Family Auctions happen to auction other things, 

including this nice leather saddle.

An old Party Line Telephone

Northern Electric

Circa 1930's

Old Brass Blow Torch

Circa 1930's-and later

If you're not interested in toys, you can always check out their other auction.

As you can see from above, there are always non-toy very 

interesting items that come to an auction!

It was interesting to see that you can find old toys almost anywhere you would go.

So the next time you're on vacation, and it's a rainy day,

why not ask a local person if there any antique stores or even an auction company.

Because you never know what you may find - ANYWHERE!

Thanks for dropping by,

and have a great part

of the day or night,

wherever you may be,

toysearcher@gmail.com

Stacey Bindman