Märklin battleship steams to £57,000 19 March 2013 Back in April last year, Special Auction Services sold the Ron McCrindell collection including, as its headline lot, a Märklin spirit-fired, steam-powered battleship ‘HMS Terrible’. Auction Reports
Bassett-Lowke’s Coronation sells at Surrey auction 19 March 2013 Bassett-Lowke’s model of the bullet-nosed Pacific locomotive and tender, ‘The Coronation’, ranks among the rarest of all British toy trains. Auction Reports
Märklin’s Holborn station takes £41,000 03 December 2012 Back in 1998 Lacy Scott & Knight of Bury St Edmunds were instructed by local art teacher and model enthusiast John Clibbon to sell the majority of a large collection of tinplate toys. Auction Reports
Tipp & Co – the real toy story 07 November 2012 The long history of Tipp & Co. of Nuremberg (1912-1971) ranks among the most illuminating of all 20th century toy stories. Auction Reports
Childhood toy rides to £14,400 22 October 2012 A local 90-year-old gentleman and his wife were in the room to watch his childhood toy sell for a small fortune at W. & H. Peacock’s recent ‘Memories of Childhood’ sale in Bedford. Auction Reports
Amsterdam Dinky is a first at auction 10 October 2012 This Dinky pre-War delivery van advertising Maison De Bonneterie’s flagship department store in Amsterdam will appear at Vectis in Thornaby, near Stockton-on-Tees on October 17.
The not-so-humble airgun 18 August 2012 To most people air guns are the low-powered toys that little boys play about with in the back garden, but the air rifle has a surprisingly long history and at one time they were among the most feared weapons on the battlefield. Auction Reports
Heyde toy figures spark bidding battles 27 July 2012 Dealer, collector, author, military historian – Shamus Wade amassed the remarkable collection of toy soldiers and figures which was recently sold at Special Auction Services of Greenham, near Newbury. Auction Reports
Märklin paddle steamer brings record as Claus sale sails to $1.8m 27 July 2012 Documented in the book ‘The Allure of Toy Ships: American & European Nautical Toys from the 19th and 20th Centuries’, the Richard T. Claus collection is widely acknowledged as the best toy boat collection in America and, some say, rivals the very best in Europe. International
Masterpiece focuses on making money for exhibitors 20 June 2012 Glamorous, imaginative, fresh, unashamedly expensive and just a bit OTT – ‘Masterpiece London’ is back for a third time. Dealer News
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