Models, Toys, Dolls & Games
Collecting toys will undoubtedly evoke nostalgic memories of a long-gone childhood – from die-cast models (including Dinky Toys and Corgi), model railways, toy soldiers, dolls, teddies, games and general juvenilia, such as Meccano and LEGO, there is wealth of choice in this collecting area.
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Brunette not blonde Barbie in the pink at auction
02 October 2023With the blockbuster Margot Robbie-Ryan Gosling movie packing cinemas worldwide, this has been the summer of Barbie, and that also includes the toy-collecting world.
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Find out what is on the cards in future sale
04 September 2023This set of 36 cards is an early edition of what became known as 'Petit Etteilla' cartomancy (fortune-telling) cards.
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Toys from short-lived British firm Sacul come to auction in Pittsburgh
04 September 2023These boxed hollow-cast figures of Peter Pan and Captain Hook in a sword fight were made by Sacul in the early 1950s to coincide with the Walt Disney movie release.
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Ready teddy go for keen collectors in Kensington
28 August 2023Anyone who has been charmed by teddies all their adult life since maybe an early adoration of Winnie-the-Pooh could head to the long-running biannual Hugglets Teddies Festival.
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Playing card games with a new Surrealist face
14 August 2023From late 1940 to early 1941 André Breton and a group of other Surrealists including Wifredo Lam, Max Ernst, Oscar Dominguez, Victor Brauner, André Masson and Frédéric Delanglade re-located to Marseille where they anxiously awaited visas to escape occupied France.
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Cheap cape but £21,000 for in demand Star Wars Jawa figure
14 August 2023The Vinyl Cape Jawa was the first Star Wars action figure to assume mythic status among collectors.
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Museum of life in East Germany comes to auction
03 August 2023The entire inventory of a museum devoted to life in East Germany will be auctioned by Historia Auctionata in Berlin on August 26.
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Black Forest chess set bid three times over estimate
24 July 2023Once thought to have been produced in the Black Forest region of Germany, chess sets like the one offered at Ewbank’s (30% buyer’s premium) on June 23, used to be called Luther sets.
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Opera is a big deal in a playing cards selection
03 July 2023Another tranche of items from the Dudley Ollis collection of playing cards was offered at a recent Dominic Winter auction.
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You shouldn’t lose your marbles – they could be worth thousands
03 July 2023Vendor finds glass marbles are worth more than expected as they make surprise four-figure sums in Bury St Edmunds
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Three figure Matchbox auction buy without a an actual car
26 June 2023Matchbox can sell well even when there isn’t an actual vehicle in sight.
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Fireball blasts off to four figures
26 June 2023Merchandise relating to an early show from the Thunderbirds creator makes a surprise sum at Kent auction
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Sasha dolls in demand at separate UK auctions
26 June 2023Sasha dolls are named after their Swiss designer, artist Sasha Morgenthaler and were made in the UK and Germany from the mid to late 1960s.
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Pre-production trials prove key to Matchbox success
26 June 2023The Matchbox Magic sale at Teesside saleroom Vectis (20.83% buyer’s premium) on May 30 lived up to its billing by entrancing bidders.
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Attraction of simple Hornby Dublo goods van is plain to see
26 June 2023Not everything offered in the model railway market has to involve a glamorous name such as Flying Scotsman to make a good result.
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Why details matter in Star Wars market
26 June 2023Showing little sign of their huge popularity slowing down, Star War figures made a significant contribution to a two-day TV and film-related auction.
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Biscuit tins provide far more than crumbs of comfort
26 June 2023Novelty biscuit tin toys delivered a number of tasty sale successes for South Yorkshire auction house BBR (15% buyer’s premium).
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Batmobile based on earlier model roars away to Singapore
26 June 2023When the (Louis) Marx toy company produced a friction-drive model Batmobile in the 1960s the plastic car that resulted was really a model of the 1951 General Motors Le Sabre concept show car designed by Harley Earl.
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Raise your paddle for a Märklin toy boat purchase
26 June 2023The first lot in Pook & Pook’s (25% buyer’s premium) May 4-5 sale was also the top result. And if you follow the toy boat market, it was also strangely familiar.
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