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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Teddy bear and doll fair is back
08 August 2022Popular toys event returns after Covid disruption and includes ex-Woburn Abbey festival
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Important custom-made doll’s house sells for £30,000
18 July 2022‘The Gregson House’ and its contents date from the early Victorian period.
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ATG letter: Would that beautiful chess set be classed as museum quality?
18 July 2022Referring to the UK’s near-total ban on selling antique ivory objects, would the beautiful Vizagatapam, India, c.1830-50, ivory chess set in the collection of Mr Holger Langer (Collector Interview, ATG No 2550) be classed as museum quality?
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The spy who loved merchandising
11 July 2022Single-owner group offers 007 toys and gadgets mainly from the Sean Connery era
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Collector interview: Why a book was my next move
04 July 2022Collector of chess sets aims to help others starting out as well as more experienced enthusiasts
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Star Wars action toys force market to six-figure frontier
27 June 2022Boldly going where no production action figure has gone before, a ʻdouble-telescoping’ Luke Skywalker in near mint conditon has sold for close to $100,000.
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A Bright idea for a new museum
27 June 2022After 50 years of buying at markets and shops, Oscar winner opens new venue to the public.
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The depleted Britains set still full of appeal
20 June 2022The Britains Boer War Army Service Corps Supply Column set is described by toy soldier expert James Opie as “one of the must-have sets for keen collectors”.
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Superman and his wallpower
20 June 2022This Superman Krypto-Raygun is a vintage projector toy that allows the user to flash picture stories onto the wall.
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Grodnertal earrings add shine
20 June 2022An early 19th century German Grodnertal doll sold for £2500 (estimate £600-800) in Tennants’ (22% buyers premium) Costume, Accessories and Textiles Sale on May 28.
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Plea to help find stolen model trains from Lancashire collector
08 June 2022Model railway enthusiast John Holden and the police are calling on the art and antiques sector to look out for a group of stolen model locomotives.
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Mickey and Minnie return to Glamis Castle
30 May 2022This pair of Mickey and Minnie Mouse toys has been on quite an adventure.
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Britains coronation coach proves popular
30 May 2022Throughout the 20th century toy manufacturers produced commemorative models, with the coronation coach a particularly popular subject.
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Throwing light on proceedings at west London auction
16 May 2022London auctioneer overcomes power cut to complete sale including a mighty Fresnel lens
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Popeye toys: Collector who originally sold tank wanted it back so badly he paid a record price
16 May 2022Specialist toy sales held in April on either side of the Atlantic have yielded some notable prices for items from two specific categories: toys relating to Popeye and a collection of toy boats.
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‘Liberation dolls’ come to auction in Newbury
09 May 2022When the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was liberated on April 15, 1945, a party of British Red Cross nurses and doctors stayed and tended those they could help back to health.
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Eighties toys that young at heart today would love
09 May 2022To mark the new range of Star Wars toys that came with the release of Return of the Jedi in 1983, the Leicester firm Palitoy commissioned a series of hand-built and hand-painted store displays to send to some of its best retailers.
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Star Wars figures: The force remains strong
09 May 2022Power of the Force line was launched as the original Star Wars began to lose its shine but rarest figures still bring demand
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Mickey and Minnie race into pole position
25 April 2022The Mickey and Minnie motorcycle made by Tippco, c.1932, is the most desirable of the German tinplate clockwork toys from this period.
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Julius Caesar Märklin boat steams into saleroom
04 April 2022A collection of toy boats will be part of the toy auctions to be held by the Ivoire group’s Chartres saleroom on April 23-24.
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