PITTSBURGH – Bidders called up the heavy artillery during Old Toy Soldier Auctions’ May 16 absentee and Internet auction, spending a total of $169,900 and claiming 99.9 percent of the lots offered. All prices quoted include an 18 percent buyer’s premium.
“Like a lot of auction houses, we were nervous in the current economic climate, but [...]
It wasn’t too many years ago that toy soldier shows were held only in the cooler months. But thank goodness that’s all changed. Now there are Toy Soldier Shows held throughout the year for us to better enjoy our hobby. So put aside your rake and yard tools, or get out [...]
Old Toy Soldier Auctions USA will kick off their 3rd U.S. auction on Saturday, May 16th, 2009, with the auction of The John Graham & Geoffrey Duin Collections.
The auction consists of hundreds of lots of toy soldiers from over 50 different manufacturers. With plenty of hiqh quality Pre and Post War Britains sharing the spotlight.
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In a recent Mail Online article, Max Hastings goes on to say, “They (toy soldiers) reflected an age of innocence, when knowledge of neither sex nor violence played any part in childhood, when patriotism was bred in the bone and children played with toys rather than sat hypnotized before screens. The notion of warrior romance [...]
According to a two page advertisement in the May issue of Antique Toy World magazine, Ray Haradin and Norman Joplin will be opening an auction house in the U.S. that will specialize in the sale of all types of old toy soldiers and figures. Ray Haradin–Toys of Yesterday,RSL Auctions and Old Toy Soldier magazine [...]
Oceanside, NY–A boxed set of 26 Britains police marching band figures fetched $7,910 at a sale held in January, by Philip Weiss Auctions. The set was impressive enough enough to be featured in the book, The Art of the Toy Soldier. The set came from the estate of Bert Ehrlich. About 500 lots in the [...]
