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Ko Verzuu for Ado, Mid-Century Modern, Wood Car Construction Netherlands Toy
By Ko Verzuu, ADO
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Toy designed by Ko Verzuu, circa 1950.
Manufactured by ADO in Netherlands.
Blue trailer with
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Retro Building Toys
Materials
Wood
No Reserve
H 2.96 in W 9.45 in D 8.08 in
2 Vintage Building Block Sets, German, Pine, Toy Box, After Froebel, Baukasten
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of two vintage building block cases. A German, pine toy box or baukasten in the
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Retro Building Toys
Materials
Wood
H 2.17 in W 10.63 in D 9.26 in
Large Pressed Steel Soviet Crane Truck Toy ZIS 150, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
- model for the collector of vintage toys or for someone who has to do with a building or construction
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Industrial Retro Building Toys
Materials
Steel
3 x ADO Ko Verzuu Children Toy Blocks bag, De Stijl, the Netherlands, 1950's
By Ko Verzuu
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
3 x nice mid-century decorative toy cubes/blocks bags, designed by Ko Verzuu for ADO Holland in the
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Retro Building Toys
Materials
Canvas, Rope, Wood
H 9.45 in W 8.67 in D 8.67 in
1960's Blue Toy Cart with Set of Large Scale Wooden Building Blocks
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960s blue toy cart with set of large scale wooden building blocks
1960s toy cart with large set
Category
1960s Dutch Retro Building Toys
Materials
Wood
Mechanical Bank "Child's Clock Bank" Japan, circa 1950s
By Marusan
Located in Incline Village, NV
the church. As such, it could also be considered and used as an educational toy.
The action is not
Category
1950s Japanese Folk Art Retro Building Toys
Materials
Tin
Original Vintage Poster Creative Playthings Educational Toys Building Blocks Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the creative playthings educational toy shop in Manhattan
Category
1970s American Retro Building Toys
Materials
Paper
H 38.19 in W 25.2 in D 0.04 in
Mid Century Cast Iron Figural Andirons Santa Claus by Virginia Metal Crafters
Located in Port Jervis, NY
, very detailed with Santa having toys and presents on his body. In very good condition with just normal
Category
1950s American Arts and Crafts Retro Building Toys
Materials
Iron
H 15 in W 7.25 in D 19.25 in
Vintage Meccano Building Game in Original Box
By Meccano
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
vintage toys or an enthusiast for classic engineering, this Meccano building game promises to be an
Category
1980s English Mid-Century Modern Retro Building Toys
Materials
Metal
'Art Column (ART DBG)' original signed ceramic sculpture toy blocks pop art
Located in Milwaukee, WI
l'oeil effect: the sculpture is made to look like an oversize stack of toy wood blocks. The blocks spell
Category
1980s Pop Art Retro Building Toys
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
H 50.75 in W 9 in D 9 in
Husain by Maqbul Fida Husain, Richard Bartholomew, Shiv S. Kapur, H. N. Abrams
By Maqbool Fida Husain
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mumbai. To earn extra money, he worked for a toy company designing and building toys. He often travelled
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Expressionist Retro Building Toys
Materials
Paper
H 11 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
playful metal table lamp in Memphis Milano and meccano style made in Italy
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
By finding this lamp my first impression and thoughts went to an 80s meccano toy box. The base of
Category
1980s Italian Modern Retro Building Toys
Materials
Metal
H 21.66 in W 11.03 in D 10.24 in
Business Man Rises Above the Manhattan Skyline - Staged Photography
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
toy truck and man are placed on the roof of a Brooklyn Heights building and positioned directly in
Category
1970s Conceptual Retro Building Toys
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Chinese Jade Foo Dogs, Set of Two
Located in Grythyttan, SE
entering buildings.
Modern interpretations of Foo Dogs can vary, from small figurines for indoor display
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Retro Building Toys
Materials
Jade
Motif, Gold Abstract African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut Silkscreen Print
By Viola Burley Leak
Located in Surfside, FL
collections of World Federation of United Nations, New York State Office Building, Manufacturers of Hanover
Category
1980s Contemporary Retro Building Toys
Materials
Screen, Woodcut
Motif, Orange Blue, African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut Silkscreen Print
By Viola Burley Leak
Located in Surfside, FL
Federation of United Nations, New York State Office Building, Manufacturers of Hanover Trust Company, Atlanta
Category
1980s Contemporary Retro Building Toys
Materials
Screen, Woodcut
Motif (Purple), African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut or Silkscreen Print
By Viola Burley Leak
Located in Surfside, FL
Federation of United Nations, New York State Office Building, Manufacturers of Hanover Trust Company, Atlanta
Category
1980s Contemporary Retro Building Toys
Materials
Screen, Woodcut
Motif. Abstract, African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut Silkscreen Print
By Viola Burley Leak
Located in Surfside, FL
Federation of United Nations, New York State Office Building, Manufacturers of Hanover Trust Company, Atlanta
Category
1980s Contemporary Retro Building Toys
Materials
Screen, Woodcut
Untitled, from the Long Point Gallery Portfolio
By Varujan Boghosian
Located in New York, NY
plethora of objects: weathered doors and windows, ornamental woodwork, toys, tools, and set after set of
Category
1980s Abstract Retro Building Toys
Materials
Pencil, Woodcut
Original Vintage Fire Safety Poster Mothers Caution Danger Matches Child Warning
Located in London, GB
pull-along toy and leaning on a small child size chair with alphabet building blocks piled on it = a
Category
1950s Czech Retro Building Toys
Materials
Paper
H 22.25 in W 16.34 in D 0.04 in
Lolo Soldevilla "Untitled" Oil on Canvas Cuban Master Geometric Abstract Artist
By Loló Soldevilla
Located in Atlanta, GA
National Salon of Painting and Sculpture,” in the National Capitol Building of Havana. In June of that year
Category
Mid-20th Century Cuban Mid-Century Modern Retro Building Toys
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Paint
H 16.875 in W 20.25 in D 2 in
Gold Laugh, Post-Modern Metallic Woven Abstract Textile Sculpture/Embroidery
By Micheline Beauchemin
Located in Wilton, CT
, embroidery murals, flexible walls, stained glass works, scale models, collages, toys, costumes and
Category
1980s Post-Modern Retro Building Toys
Materials
Metal
H 25.25 in W 21.25 in D 2.25 in
Jupiter 4
By Rafael Bogarin
Located in San Francisco, CA
serigraphs. Bogarin was born in 1946, in El Tigre, where he grew up making his own toys and learning to draw
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Retro Building Toys
Materials
Paper, Screen
Basquiat Skateboard Deck (Jean-Michel Basquiat skate deck)
By after Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
spray painting buildings and trains in downtown New York alongside his friend Al Diaz. The artist’s tag
Category
1980s Pop Art Retro Building Toys
Materials
Wood, Lithograph, Offset
Lady In Love
Located in Chattahoochee Hills, GA
did not understand why I was always building stuff. It made me play a lot by myself. I tried to fit in
Category
1980s Folk Art Retro Building Toys
Materials
Wire
Wild Flowers Vibrant Colorful Modernist Oil Painting
By John Wenger
Located in Surfside, FL
to keep her son from playing with these "toys."
When John Wenger was several years older, he
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Retro Building Toys
Materials
Oil
"El Tren" Ceramic, Glaze, Colors, Mexican Folk Art, Four Sections
Located in Detroit, MI
many other people in the village, but as the adopted son of Julian Acero, the top ceramic toy maker in
Category
1950s Folk Art Retro Building Toys
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
H 6 in W 21.5 in D 3.5 in
“Santa Cruz de las Huertas Jalisco”, Ceramic, Glaze, Colors, Mexican Folkart
Located in Detroit, MI
village, but as the adopted son of Julian Acero, the top ceramic toy maker in the village, Medrano soon
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Retro Building Toys
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
H 9.5 in W 19.5 in D 6.5 in
Dorothy Mayhall, Monument #43, 1993, Terracotta, Acrylic Paint
By Dorothy Mayhall
Located in Darien, CT
Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Retro Building Toys
Materials
Terracotta, Acrylic
H 6 in W 4 in D 3.75 in
Dorothy Mayhall, Rock Crystal, 1995, Terracotta, Acrylic Paint
By Dorothy Mayhall
Located in Darien, CT
Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Retro Building Toys
Materials
Terracotta, Acrylic
H 3 in W 5.5 in D 4 in
Dorothy Mayhall, Monument 1, 1995, Terracotta, Acrylic Paint
By Dorothy Mayhall
Located in Darien, CT
Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Retro Building Toys
Materials
Terracotta, Acrylic
H 6.25 in W 3.5 in D 1.5 in
Dorothy Mayhall, Monument #26, 1993, Terracotta, Acrylic Paint
By Dorothy Mayhall
Located in Darien, CT
Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Retro Building Toys
Materials
Terracotta, Acrylic
H 8.5 in W 5 in D 3 in
Dorothy Mayhall, Monument 5, 1995, Terracotta, Acrylic Paint
By Dorothy Mayhall
Located in Darien, CT
Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Retro Building Toys
Materials
Terracotta, Acrylic
H 8 in W 2.75 in D 3 in
Dorothy Mayhall, Monument 4, 1994, Terracotta, Acrylic Paint
By Dorothy Mayhall
Located in Darien, CT
Dorothy Mayhall's small sculptures are little monuments to be toyed with and handled. They should
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Retro Building Toys
Materials
Terracotta, Acrylic
H 6.5 in W 3.5 in D 3 in
The Bridge
By Arnau Alemany Batalla
Located in San Francisco, CA
buildings grew, gaining territory up the mountain, along a small range that surrounds the city. During those
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Retro Building Toys
Materials
Lithograph
Les Fondations
By Arnau Alemany Batalla
Located in San Francisco, CA
buildings grew, gaining territory up the mountain, along a small range that surrounds the city. During those
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Retro Building Toys
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage Silver Gelatin Print Photo Israel Museum Sculpture Jerusalem Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
digital toy camera (the JOCO VX5). The volume purports to take the viewer on a visual journey through the
Category
1970s American Modern Retro Building Toys
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Original Vintage Poster Creative Playthings Educational Toys Building Blocks Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Creative Playthings educational toy shop in Manhattan
Category
1970s Retro Building Toys
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Fire Safety Poster Mothers Caution Danger Matches Child Warning
Located in London, GB
pull-along toy and leaning on a small child size chair with alphabet building blocks piled on it = a
Category
1950s Retro Building Toys
Materials
Paper
STRETCH ARMSTRONG
Located in New York, NY
MOLD FOR ARMSTRONG TOYS
Category
1970s American Retro Building Toys
Materials
Metal
Tugboat on a river with bridge and buildings. Title - Tugboat on the River
By Markey Robinson
Located in East Hampton, NY
there. It is the essence, the very soul of the bridge and the boats and the buildings across the river
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Retro Building Toys
Materials
Paper, Gouache
H 20.75 in W 25.5 in D 1 in
Women in shawls approaching a village. Title - Village of Green Towers
By Markey Robinson
Located in East Hampton, NY
very soul of the bridge and the boats and the buildings across the river which he endeavors to reveal
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Retro Building Toys
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
H 15.25 in W 21.25 in D 1.25 in
Quintessential still life by Markey. Title - Still Life with Goblet and Fruit
By Markey Robinson
Located in East Hampton, NY
the buildings across the river which he endeavors to reveal. As a narrative artist Markey achieved
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Retro Building Toys
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Country folk in mid-century, rural Ireland. Title - Sunday Morning
By Markey Robinson
Located in East Hampton, NY
essentialness of what is there. It is the essence, the very soul of the bridge and the boats and the buildings
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Retro Building Toys
Materials
Paper, Gouache
H 23 in W 28.75 in D 1 in
Title - Jug of Flowers with Vase
By Markey Robinson
Located in East Hampton, NY
essentialness of what is there. It is the essence, the very soul of the bridge and the boats and the buildings
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Retro Building Toys
Materials
Oil, Board
Chess set + board 70s altuglas steel bronze Mario Vento Mid Century Italie 1970
Located in Paris, FR
creators seek to give meaning to the objects and buildings they imagine. Any creation is the result of a
Category
1970s Italian Retro Building Toys
Materials
Bronze, Steel
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H 2.37 in W 12.6 in D 11.42 in
Kimball Fiberglass Bullet Planters
Located in Brooklyn, NY
only. The label reads: "For decorative plantings, ice bucket, knitting basket, toys, flowers, magazines
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Retro Building Toys
Materials
Fiberglass
Motif, Gold Abstract African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut Silkscreen Print
By Viola Burley Leak
Located in Surfside, FL
collections of World Federation of United Nations, New York State Office Building, Manufacturers of Hanover
Category
1980s Contemporary Retro Building Toys
Materials
Screen, Woodcut
Motif, Orange Blue, African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut Silkscreen Print
By Viola Burley Leak
Located in Surfside, FL
Federation of United Nations, New York State Office Building, Manufacturers of Hanover Trust Company, Atlanta
Category
1980s Contemporary Retro Building Toys
Materials
Screen, Woodcut
Motif (Purple), African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut or Silkscreen Print
By Viola Burley Leak
Located in Surfside, FL
Federation of United Nations, New York State Office Building, Manufacturers of Hanover Trust Company, Atlanta
Category
1980s Contemporary Retro Building Toys
Materials
Screen, Woodcut
Motif. Abstract, African American Artist Viola Leak Woodcut Silkscreen Print
By Viola Burley Leak
Located in Surfside, FL
Federation of United Nations, New York State Office Building, Manufacturers of Hanover Trust Company, Atlanta
Category
1980s Contemporary Retro Building Toys
Materials
Screen, Woodcut
Jeune garçon avec voilier-Jardins du Luxembourg - Pointillist Oil - Henri Martin
By Henri Martin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
painting, point out at the decoration of the staircase of the building of the City Hall of the 5th
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Retro Building Toys
Materials
Oil, Panel
Wild Flowers Vibrant Colorful Modernist Oil Painting
By John Wenger
Located in Surfside, FL
to keep her son from playing with these "toys."
When John Wenger was several years older, he
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Retro Building Toys
Untitled (Blue and Green Abstract Print)
By Charles Schorre
Located in Houston, TX
Gallery, Houston, Texas
· 1966 Houston Exhibition ’66, Exxon Building, Houston, Texas (prize
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Retro Building Toys
Materials
Lithograph
9 Lead & Pewter Military Figurines Toy Soldier Officer Stadden Greenwood Ball 3"
Located in Dayton, OH
"Lot of nine vintage and antique pewter / lead toy soldiers representing a variety of eras from the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Classical Retro Building Toys
Materials
Pewter
H 3 in W 1 in D 0.75 in
Magnetic Blocks, Rubiks Cube
Located in Amsterdam, NL
27 metal magnetic blocks of each 2 x 2 x 2cm. As a decorative object or as building toys.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Retro Building Toys
Materials
Metal
Collection '10' Banthrico and Metal Banks Western/Americana Theme. Ca. 1950's-70
By Banthrico Inc.
Located in Incline Village, NV
concept of building savings banks or "piggy banks" for banking institutions. They were quite prolific and
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Building Toys
Materials
Lead, Zinc
H 12 in W 12 in D 12 in
Mechanical Bank "Child's Clock Bank", Japan, circa 1950s
By Marusan
Located in Incline Village, NV
least. The church building colors are nicely lithographed in red bricks with yellow overtones; some
Category
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Retro Building Toys
Materials
Tin
Charles Eames House of Cards
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Chicago, IL
Interlocking building cards. Each card has 6 slots, maybe be put together in many different way
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Building Toys
Geometric Geology Gemstone Wooden Crystal Models Atomic Toy Building Blocks
Located in Hyattsville, MD
11 sculptural educational tools, toys, buildin blocks. Largest piece is about 4 by 2.5 inches
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Building Toys
Materials
Wood
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An assortment of retro building toys is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique retro building toys was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, paper and wood. Retro building toys have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. mid-century modern, industrial and neoclassical retro building toys are consistently popular styles. Retro building toys have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by ADO Toys, Banthrico Inc. and Ko Verzuu are consistently popular.
How Much are Retro Building Toys?
Prices for retro building toys can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, retro building toys begin at $310 and can go as high as $6,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,400.
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