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Add to wishlistDisney Celluloid and tin Donald Duck figure , 1930. Made by George Borgfeldt & Co., New York
EUR 509,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Fine early wind-up Celluloid and tin Donald Duck figure made by George Borgfeldt & Co., New York Size: 3 1/4"/ 9 cm.Extremely nice working condition.
Add to wishlistFrench Wind-Up Organ Grinder Toy.France. 1909
EUR 1.600,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
French Wind-Up Organ Grinder Toy from 1909. Antique toy, lithographed tin organ box with hand-painted composition head, wire and metal body with fabric clothing, and two felt black hats (these possibly later). 9” / 23 cm tall. Diamond-shaped logo to side panel stamped “Paris/S.I.J.I.M.”. With key. Head swiveling action and music box both functional. See F.Marchand,L''''Historie des Jouets Martin,Paris 1987.
Add to wishlistLil Abner and his band.. Tinplate wind up comic toy.
EUR 695,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Li'l Abner was a satirical American comic strip appearing in many newspapers in the United States and Canada, featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished town of Dogpatch, Kentucky. Lil Abner and his Band. Comic tin Toy from about 1940. USA. Wind up. Working excellent with a lot of action.. A very charming mechanical tin toy. L.25 cm. H. 22 cm. Alle figurer spiller og bevæger sig, når legetøjet trækkes op.
Add to wishlistMechanical hand painted tin toy: A Fernand Martin (France) clockwork automaton from 1899. "La Blanchisseuse"
EUR 1.600,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
A Fernand Martin (France) clockwork automaton, "La Blanchisseuse"19th. century. 20 cm.clockwork.They are crude in one way and sophisticated in another. Martin''''''''s genius was to observe everyday people and transform them into toys. Many times toys are made for children but with adults in mind. The subtleties would be lost on a child. This is an early toy figure of a drunkard, with painted face, grey top hat with the Martin mark, a bottle and cup, with permanent key, black metal feet, check trousers and plain tunic (some wear and tear). Made to walk with a stagger and periodically take a drink, has survived remarkable well. See F.Marchand,L''''''''Historie des Jouets Martin,Paris 1987.
Add to wishlistMechanical hand painted tin toy: A Fernand Martin (France) clockwork automaton, "Le CLochard" from 1899.France
EUR 885,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
A Fernand Martin (France) clockwork automaton, "Le CLochard" (the drunkard) from 1899. Martin toys are portraying French life in the 19th century. They are crude in one way and sophisticated in another. Martin''''s genius was to observe everyday people and transform them into toys. Many times toys are made for children but with adults in mind. The subtleties would be lost on a child. This is an early toy figure of a drunkard, with painted face, grey top hat with the Martin mark, a bottle and cup, with permanent key, black metal feet, check trousers and plain tunic (some wear and tear). Made to walk with a stagger and periodically take a drink, has survived remarkable well. See F.Marchand,L''''Historie des Jouets Martin,Paris 1987.
Add to wishlistHand painted tin fiddler with dancing ballerina.Made by Günthermann,Germany
EUR 2.400,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Painted tin with clockwork mechanism. Seated musician and a balerina dancing to plink-plong music made by Siegfried Günthermann, Nürnberg about 1905. An early toy in a very good condition and working fine.H= 10 1/2 inch-27 cm B= 8 1/4 inch- 21 cm.
Add to wishlistPluto as a musician. Comic. Disney.1940
EUR 495,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Pluto as musician. A tin plate toy with a lot of action. Walt Disney Comic/movie tinplate toy.Wind up toy about 1940.Very good condition.Firma Marx.H: 15,5 cm/ 6"
Add to wishlistLehmann “Ajax”. Tumbling Acrobat Warrior EPL # 659"
EUR 1.190,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
This Lehmann "Ajax" toy was Patented 1903, this one ca 1914. The most articulated of all the Lehmann toys which uses a very complicated mechanism. It shows a warrior with clubs standing on long slats turning a somersault while fully extending. These came with two different kind of clothing and were expensive toys at the time. This one is the striped clothing version. Stands 10" ( 25 cm). Wind up, all original clothing and working fine.( Patent EPL 659) Very good condition. Some minor schratces due to age. Literatur: Heike Köhler/Katharina Kreschel: Vom störischen Esel zum Kletteraffen Tom. Brandenburger Museumshefte 6, Brandenburg an der Havel 2007; Jürgen & Marianne Clieslik: Ein Jahrhundert Blechspielzeug, München 1981. Helmut Schwarz/Marion Faber: Bewegte Zeiten/Moving Times. Ernst Paul Lehmann-Patentwerk. Geschichte einer Spielwarenfabrik/History on a Toy Factory, Hrsg. Museen der Stadt Nürnberg 2003.
