Collecting Children's Dishes - Teatime in Miniature [This guide is meant as a general overview or for the beginning collector of Children's Dishes. This is Part I. ] One of the favorite things to collect are...
Assembling plastic scale kits and flying radio-controlled models are popular aircraft related hobbies. While toy collectors focus on great looking diecast replicas produced by Dinky and Aero Mini, another type...
Plastimarx toys -Mexican branch of Louis Marx U.S.A. BY FAR, PLASTIMARX WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCTION BRANCH OF THE MARX ORGANIZATION IN USA. PLASTIMARX WAS THE LARGEST MANUFACTURER IN MEXICAN TOY...
IF LITHOGRAPHED TIN IS YOUR PASSION, LIKE IT IS MINE, YOU WILL LIKELY FIND IT ON EBAY. IF, THROUGH YOUR SEARCHES YOU CANNOT FIND A PARTICULAR ITEM, YOU CAN ALWAYS POST YOUR DESIRED OBJECT ON "WANT IT NOW"....
It almost seems against logic to encourage others to collect toys and how to spot good ones. In one sense, it helps the market by stimulating greater interest in the objects. On the other hand, why help others...
Vintage tin toys with their colorful lithography always attract attention when displayed in the home. Even more fun is showing off their operation. Due to their relatively low price at the time, old tin...
When reparing wind-up or battery operated toys, you will usually find that over time, the clockwork gets rusty or wires get old and brittle. Remember that 40 years ago, the materials used in these toys were...