Tin toys, especially those that picture everyday life, are popular with today’s collectors. Political, social, women’s work and other themes inspired toy makers. Many early toys were made of very thin ...

A tin toy and its original illustrated box made in 1911 sold recently at a Bertoia toy auction in New Jersey for $12,000. The price was more than twice the low estimate. The clockwork toy is a boy ...

The 7-inch-tall toy sold for $12,000, no doubt because it told part of the story of the famous theft. A tin toy and its original illustrated box made in 1911 sold recently at a Bertoia toy auction in ...

The second auction featuring a portion of a large antique toy collection owned by an Allentown man will feature even more German-made classics, some dating back almost 125 years. About 300 additional ...

An antique toy sometimes tells an almost-forgotten story. A rare clockwork toy has four Chinese men tossing a child in a blanket. Each of the men has a brightly painted hat that represents a European ...

Sometimes an antique toy tells an almost-forgotten story. The Tammany Hall bank with a well-dressed man taking the penny is a criticism of corrupt politicians in New York City in 1871. A 1940s blond ...

Question: I own a working 18-inch long Napier-Campbell Blue Bird wind-up toy racing car my grandfather received as a gift in 1930. It is blue painted metal with Dunlop rubber tires, Union Jack and ...

Orio, a silent doll, appears in the city of Cobble, an apparently idyllic place in which dolls and stuffed toys spend their days in useful labor. But something dark has appeared in Cobble, something ...