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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Robot record for a Masudaya attic find
12 October 2020After 60 years in an attic, an extremely rare battery-operated Machine Man robot with its original box rolled into the spotlight at Morphy in Denver, Pennsylvania.
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Calvert name check boosts chess set value
12 October 2020The white ‘rooks’ to this 19th century carved and turned wood chess set, offered by TW Gaze (18% buyer’s premium) in Diss in August 12, are stamped Calvert 189 Fleet Street to their bases.
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Toy specialist Aston’s to hold its last auction
14 September 2020Aston’s Auctioneers & Valuers in Dudley is to close and its final sale – a sci-fi toy collection – will be held next month.
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Art Deco planters, Fabergé objects and a Steiff teddy bear are among the six lots to watch at auction this week
07 September 2020With estimates from £800-15,000 here are six previews of upcoming items this week including two pairs of Art Deco planters from a famous London building and a rare Steiff teddy bear.
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Japanese battery powered robot estimated at $60,000-90,000 at Morphy Auctions
07 September 2020This Machine Man lithographed tinplate Japanese battery powered robot is the rarest of the post war group of so called ‘Gang of Five’ robots made by Masudaya.
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The web shop window: rare Bergman chess set
07 September 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
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ATG letter: On the trail of Wedgwood Flaxman chess pieces to complete the set
07 September 2020MADAM – I hope your readers can help me track down a few items. I am trying to find some old Wedgwood Flaxman chess pieces from about 1825-70. I have been trying to complete this set for more than 40 years.
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19th century German locomotive makes a princely purchase
31 August 2020This Gauge II steam-powered locomotive below was made by Schoenner, the Nüremberg toymaker operating founded by Jean Schoenner in 1875.
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We hope toys come back in play
24 August 2020Organiser of events across the country has fingers crossed for fairs scheduled later in 2020.
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Chad Valley toy car motors into New Jersey sale
03 August 2020Among the European toys included in the August 13 Basics sale to be held by Bertoia auctions of Vineland, New Jersey will be this boxed saloon car made by the British firm Chad Valley.
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Britains’ boxed waggon reaches Pittsburgh
03 August 2020This Britains’ boxed pre-war general active service limbered waggon, set number 1331, in very good condition with a good box, is one of the lots to feature in a US auction.
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Complete set of the first edition Shadowless Pokemon cards comes to auction estimated at £25,000-35,000
24 July 2020Collectors have a chance to bid for a complete base set of the first edition Shadowless Pokemon cards bought directly from original US publishers Wizards Of The Coast in 1999.
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Hornby train sets still on the right track after 100 years
20 July 2020The Hornby train set is 100 years old this year. ATG reports on the sale of a remarkable century-old survivor plus highlights from across the UK regions
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The best of trench art emerges at Guernsey auction
20 July 2020First World War ‘trench art’ – objects made by soldiers, prisoners of war and interned civilians from munitions casings – does not get much better than this brass model of a Vickers machine gun.
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Big benefits from miniature locomotives as Gildings offers large single-owner collection
20 July 2020Leicestershire saleroom Gildings is offering an extensive single-owner collection of large-scale model locomotives in an auction which will benefit a life-size steam railway.
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In a Whirligig at the £4800 return of Mr Turnip
20 July 2020The fortnightly Saturday afternoon TV show Whirligig was the first children’s programme to be broadcast live from the BBC studios in Lime Grove, Shepherd’s Bush.
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Airfix in full Attack Force against the Mad Barber and the Golden Bat
20 July 2020Toys from the Attack Force range are not the earliest of the Airfix models, but they are perhaps the most desirable.
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All Action Man bidding at Norfolk sale
20 July 2020Underlining the nostalgic appeal of the 1970s-80s toys that today’s collectors once played with as children, this group of Action Man uniforms estimated at £40-60 sold for £1300 at the Keys (20% buyer’s premium) Toys auction on July 7.
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Transatlantic rook flies as souvenir chess piece sells at Oxford auction
20 July 2020As implied by an extensive inscription, this souvenir chess piece was produced by Carlo Joseph and Arthur Alphonse Giuliano, sons of the celebrated Italian artist jeweller Carlo Giuliano, to commemorate a chess match played via telegraph in 1897.
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Go through the keyhole to find special appeal of 19th century doll’s house
13 July 2020A 19th century doll’s house sold for £8500 at North Yorkshire saleroom Tennants (20% buyer’s premium) – but its real appeal came from what was inside.
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