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Marching Military Soldiers Mechanical Toy
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Antique mechanical toy ambitiously crafted with a metal mechanism moved by a crank in the back
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Early 20th Century American Campaign Toys and Dolls

Materials

Metal

Black & White Vintage Toy Police Pedal Car
Located in Hopewell, NJ
with crank siren on the side. In working order, but we recommend only using it for display.
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Vintage 1940s American American Classical Toys and Dolls

Materials

Metal

Large Pressed Steel Soviet Crane Truck Toy ZIS 150, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large 1960s Pressed Steel - Tin Plate Soviet Toy Truck. A Toy Crane Truck - Construction
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Industrial Toys and Dolls

Materials

Steel

19thc German Zinner&Sohn Musical Automaton Toy w Children & Organ Grinder Monkey
Located in Savannah, GA
organ crank and both children move their heads. The German manufacturer Zinner & Sohn produced
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Antique 1890s German Late Victorian Toys and Dolls

Materials

Porcelain, Fabric, Wood

19th C. Popcorn Maker Figural "Toasty Roasty" American, Circa 1893, Rare
Located in Incline Village, NV
cranked a tumbler which churned out and dispensed the popcorn (see image of an example I located). The
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Antique 1890s American Victorian Toys

Materials

Iron

19th Century Napoleonic Prisoner of War Carved 'Spinning Jenny' Automaton.
Located in London, GB
platform with hand crank and wheels that activate the figure. Platforms joined by turned columns and are
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Antique 1820s Unknown Folk Art Toys

Materials

Bone

20th Century Hand-Cranked Automaton Toy
Located in Madrid, ES
Type: Hand-cranked Automaton Toy Era: Early 20th Century Functionality: When the central tube is
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Vintage 1910s Antiquities

Materials

Fruitwood

20th Century Hand-Cranked Automaton Toy
20th Century Hand-Cranked Automaton Toy
H 21.66 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Louis XVI Serinette in the Form of a Miniature Commode by Richard, Paris, 1775
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
twelve pins and linked to twelve sound pipes. A crank attached to the front panel controls the bellows
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Musical Instruments

Materials

Wood

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Custom White Biomorphic White Canvas Duck Upholstered Bench and or Settee
Located in North Miami, FL
This wonderful custom backless channeled floating organic kidney shaped bench and or settee is re-upholstered with white duck canvas. There are 7 tufted buttons. The square white blo...
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Benches

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Antique Japanese Screen Painting in Ink and Colors Depicting Goshawks
Located in San Francisco, CA
A striking Japanese antique Edo period screen painting in ink and colors on paper, each of the 6 framed panels featuring a goshawk (hawk) tethered to a perch by a silk cord with the ...
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Antique Early 1800s Japanese Edo Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Paper

19th Century French Louis XVI Style Chaise Lounge
Located in Houston, TX
Unusually shaped French Louis XVI style painted and gilt banquette, chaise lounge, bench, daybed or loveseat with Greek key design, ready for your own fabric selection.
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Chaise Longues

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Black Carousel Horse, Wood Horse Sculpture on Metal Base, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Wooden Carousel Horse - Fairground horse - Merry-go-round Horse. Smaller model, so easy to be placed. This Mid-20th century hand carved Animal Sculpture is a Black horse - Black Beau...
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Carnival Art

Materials

Wood

Antique German Christmas Scene Doll in Sled, with Music Box, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This beautiful Bisque Head doll, with a smaller baby doll, is seated in a metal sled. The doll has brown glass eyes, blonde hair and teeth. The coat is made of pressed cotton. The sl...
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Early 20th Century German Folk Art Toys and Dolls

Materials

Metal

German Bisque Porcelain Half Doll with Original Wire Lace Skirt Antique, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A petite antique German half doll with original lace dress on wire base. She is holding the hand away. It is marked with mold number 7125/5. It is in very good condition with no ch...
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Vintage 1910s German Hollywood Regency Toys and Dolls

Materials

Metal

Collection 1900s Edwardian Miniature Tin Toys Farm Animals People and Park Trees
Located in Haarlem, NL
Large collection of tin 1900s Edwardian miniature toy figures. A few tin houses a shed, gazebo's, flower arches, lots of trees and shrubs. Dovecote, pretty fences, a bench, a parro...
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Toys and Dolls

Materials

Metal, Tin

Oil Painting by Well Known Cartoonist and Illustrator Upper East Side, Manhattan
By Sandy Huffaker
Located in Surfside, FL
An Upper East Side of Manhattan New York city scene of bald guy reading newspaper on bench with East River and tugboat in background. The 1970s were the “glory days,” Huffaker says, ...
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20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Lehmann Mechanical Metal Toys with Colonial Theme
Located in Copenhagen, K
Very nice and funny looking Lehmann mechanical toys, from circa 1920, with colonial theme. Ostrich is sold.
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Early 20th Century German Toys and Dolls

Materials

Metal

Michael Garman Yesterdays News Cityscape Shadowbox Diorama Sculpture 30"
By Michael Garman
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage 1970’s diorama / shadowbox sculpture titled Yesterday’s News by Michael Garmin. This tableau is a recreation of a part of Garmin’s extensive Magic Town and shows a man leanin...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

4 sets Children Toy Blocks, De Stijl, Amsterdam School, Berlage, 1920's
By Ko Verzuu, Gerrit Rietveld, Theo van Doesburg, De Stijl
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
4 Very nice and decorative toy cubes boxes in two sizes. 1920s the Netherlands. Kropholler, Berlage, de Klerk, Kramer, Gerrit Rietveld, Theo van Doesburg, De Stijl. 2 Large boxes 9,...
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Vintage 1920s Dutch Art Deco Toys and Dolls

Materials

Wood

Collection of 17 Small Lead Soldiers from French and English Regiments
Located in Sofia, BG
This collection contains soldiers and guards and other English and French regiments in various poses, with weapons and different uniforms. All figures are hand painted and are standi...
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Mid-20th Century French Toys

Materials

Lead

Musical Snuff Box Playing 2 Tunes with historical decor to the lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century. This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
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Antique 1840s Swiss Early Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze

Unusual Wooden Streamline Toy Car with Dunlop Tires, Scandinavia, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Large painted wooden toy car with a lot of ware and personality. Numerous worm-holes, several areas where the paint has worn off, a lot of scratches and scuffs, all around. Although ...
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Vintage 1930s Scandinavian Art Deco Toys and Dolls

Materials

Wood

Antique 19th Century Swiss Rosewood Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th Century Swiss Rosewood Music Box
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Antique 19th Century Swiss Decorative Boxes

Materials

Rosewood

Collection of 40 Pre WW1 Lead Soldiers, Scots Guards and English Regiments
Located in Port Chester, NY
This collection contains Scots Guards and other English regiments. The soldiers have various poses, these include running attack, laying prone with weapons, standing to attention and...
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Early 20th Century English Toys

Materials

Lead

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French 1940's Ferris Wheel Toy
Located in Doylestown, PA
An unusual large-size French 1940's Ferris wheel toy in tin with a crank handle and a pulley (to
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Vintage 1940s French Toys

Materials

Tin

French 1940's Ferris Wheel Toy
French 1940's Ferris Wheel Toy
H 36 in W 24 in D 24 in
Vintage "Googly Eyed" Goldfish Japanese Windup Toy, circa 1950s
By Yoshiya
Located in Incline Village, NV
differently than most Japanese windup toys. It is crank powered, wind the crank on the underneath (see image
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Folk Art Toys

Materials

Tin

Wind Up Musical Toy 'Zilotone', Clown Playing Xylophone, Wolverine Co. 1930's
By Wolverine Suppy and MFG. CO
Located in Petaluma, CA
This wonderful musical toy was designed to bring a smile to the owner's face. Wind it up with the
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Toys

Materials

Metal, Tin

Early 20th Century German Toy Music Box
Located in London, GB
enchanting melody today when you turn on the small porcelain / metal crank knob, it dates to around 1920. On
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Vintage 1920s German Late Victorian Toys and Dolls

Materials

Pine

Early 20th Century German Toy Music Box
Early 20th Century German Toy Music Box
H 3.25 in W 4.1 in D 3.2 in
"Organ Bank" with Boy and Girl, Circa 1882, American
By Kyser & Rex Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
completely original, which is unusual for this bank since the figures are quite vulnerable, as is the crank
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Antique 1880s American Folk Art Toys

Materials

Iron

1934 Kingsbury Golden Arrow Art Deco Futurist Steel Race Car
By Kingsbury Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
equipped with a front-end crank for winding the toy's flat spring motor. The 1927 line included the new
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Vintage 1930s American Futurist Toys and Dolls

Materials

Metal

Mechanical Bank "Organ Bank, Medium, " circa 1881
Located in Incline Village, NV
bottom, held together by a turnpin. Upon placing a coin on the tray of the monkey, the crank is then
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Toys and Dolls

Materials

Iron

Rare 'Mg' Pedal Car Made in England, С.1990
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
upholstery, mounted on square section steel chassis, treadle pedals to cranked rear axle, plastic windscreen
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20th Century British Toys and Dolls

Materials

Steel

Rare 'Mg' Pedal Car Made in England, С.1990
Rare 'Mg' Pedal Car Made in England, С.1990
H 12.21 in W 50.79 in D 20.08 in
19th Century French Porcelain Musical Automaton Jumeau Doll with Basket
Located in Dallas, TX
cranking the knob on the base. The head and hands are made of bisque (or porcelain), and the figure is
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Antique Late 19th Century French Toys and Dolls

Materials

Porcelain, Fabric

Mosaique Et Ballons Noirs - Original Lithograph Alexander Calder - 1971
By Alexander Calder
Located in Roma, IT
pictorial works, lithographs, and the design of toys, tapestries, carpets. In 1926 he came to Paris and
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

USSR Construction Excavator Toy, Pressed Steel, 1970
Located in Antwerp, BE
year of production: 1970 and marked A3^K. The gripper on this toy crane can go up en down by the crank
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Late 20th Century Unknown Industrial Toys and Dolls

Materials

Metal

Antique German Toy Automaton Music Box with Girls Dancing Around the Maypole
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique mechanical toy music box shows no maker's signature, but is presumed to have been made
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Early 20th Century German Bohemian Toys and Dolls

Materials

Metal

Hand Carved Wooden Working Draw Bridge
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful hand carved decorative drawbridge with crank on side that actually cranks bridge portion
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20th Century Toys

Materials

Metal

Steam Powered Kinematofor Praxinoscope by Ernst Plank, 1800s
By Ernst Plank
Located in Peekskill, NY
hand cranked. It also comes with a collection of original animation strips. Its using a wax twine belt
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Antique Late 19th Century German Other Toys

c.1930 Vintage French Folk Art Whirligig
Located in Chicago, IL
, gives the man at the front the appearance of hand cranking his car (in the early years of automobiles
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Vintage 1930s French Toys and Dolls

Materials

Wood

Tall 19th Century French Porcelain Musical Automaton Jumeau Doll
Located in Dallas, TX
, circa 1870; the doll's head and right arm are in motion when the music is been played by cranking the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Toys and Dolls

Materials

Fabric, Porcelain

French "Marital Strife" Mechanical Carnival Toy
Located in Miami, FL
This whimsical 19th century mechanical carnival toy is fabricated in sheet metal and painted. I
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Antique 19th Century French Carnival Art

1933 Empire State Building Traveling Crane Coin-Op
By International Mutoscope Co
Located in Peekskill, NY
also shows a large Zeppelin with the companies logo. The Coin-Op and crane works perfectly. You crank
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities

Red, Blue And Yellow Spheres - Original Lithograph by Alexander Calder - 1967
By Alexander Calder
Located in Roma, IT
design of toys, tapestries, carpets. In 1926 he came to Paris and started producing toys, which he
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

American Toy Childs Automobile Garage
Located in Chicago, IL
American child’s toy car garage in pretty decent condition, considering these were for children to
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Vintage 1930s American Toys and Dolls

American Toy Childs Automobile Garage
American Toy Childs Automobile Garage
H 8.75 in W 22.75 in D 13.75 in
Painted Folk Art Crank Toy
Located in Sheffield, MA
This hand-made wooden folk art crank toy features two dancing black couples, plus a dog and a cat
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Antique 19th Century American Toys

Painted Folk Art Crank Toy
Painted Folk Art Crank Toy
H 27 in W 14 in D 14 in
Mechanical Hand-Crank Acrobatic Clown, c.1895-1910
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The charming mechanical toy in the form of acrobatic clown having a painted papier-mache head inset
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Antique Early 1900s German Late Victorian Toys and Dolls

Materials

Composition

Vintage French Toy Organ
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare Vintage French toy crank organ in the form of a cathedral.
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French Toys and Dolls

Vintage French Toy Organ
Vintage French Toy Organ
H 7 in W 4.25 in D 8 in
Toy Wooden Carousel, circa 1930's
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Wooden toy carousel, still in working condition. The metal horses will rock back and forth as the
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Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Toys and Dolls

Materials

Metal

19th Century Tabletop French Menagerie
Located in Seattle, WA
. Operated by a simple hand crank that sends all of the animals into motion, this piece is quite mesmerizing
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Folk Art Toys

Materials

Plaster, Wood

19th Century Tabletop French Menagerie
19th Century Tabletop French Menagerie
H 22.25 in W 20 in D 22 in
Big Loo Giant Robot 1963
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in New York, NY
Big Loo was a toy robot manufactured by Louis Marx and Company for the 1963 Christmas holiday
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Vintage 1960s American Toys and Dolls

Materials

Plastic

Quality Hand Kranked Musical Marklin No.16121 Carousel Boxed
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
. Certificate, paperwork and original substantial box. Limited Edition Marklin Carousel. Hand cranked
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20th Century German Toys and Dolls

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