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Vintage Boy Toys

Vintage Wind-Up Toy, Circa 1950 "Smiling Boy Polishing Boots" Rare
Vintage Wind-Up Toy, Circa 1950 "Smiling Boy Polishing Boots" Rare

Vintage Wind-Up Toy, Circa 1950 "Smiling Boy Polishing Boots" Rare

Located in Incline Village, NV

This is a very rare toy that I have not seen an example of before, and judging by it's action and appearance, I would venture to say it is post war, probably made in Japan for the Am...

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1950s Japanese Folk Art Vintage Boy Toys

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Composition, Tin

Vintage Tin Wind Up Toy "Boy Skier" by J. Chein & Co. American Circa 1950
Vintage Tin Wind Up Toy "Boy Skier" by J. Chein & Co. American Circa 1950

Vintage Tin Wind Up Toy "Boy Skier" by J. Chein & Co. American Circa 1950

By J. Chein & Co.

Located in Incline Village, NV

Very nice condition all tin, vintage wind up toy by J. Chein Company, New York City, circa 1950, "Boy Skier"; in all original paint and lithography; in colors of orange scarf, blue t...

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1950s American Folk Art Vintage Boy Toys

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Tin

"Drummer Boy" Tin-wind-up Toy by Louis Marx, New York City, circa 1940's
"Drummer Boy" Tin-wind-up Toy by Louis Marx, New York City, circa 1940's

"Drummer Boy" Tin-wind-up Toy by Louis Marx, New York City, circa 1940's

By Louis Marx and Company

Located in Incline Village, NV

This 1940's "Drummer Boy" brightly colored lithographed tin wind-up toy capitalizes on the popularity of marching bands, spawned from World War II and the preponderance of patriotism...

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1940s American Folk Art Vintage Boy Toys

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Tin

Vintage Porcelain Boy Doll, 20th Century, Breton Stripe Sweater & Tweed - 2C156
Vintage Porcelain Boy Doll, 20th Century, Breton Stripe Sweater & Tweed - 2C156

Vintage Porcelain Boy Doll, 20th Century, Breton Stripe Sweater & Tweed - 2C156

Located in Bordeaux, FR

He looks like he just came in from a walk on the Normandy coast — sweater, knickerbockers, and all. This vintage porcelain collector boy doll — the rarest format in the collector do...

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20th Century Vintage Boy Toys

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Porcelain

Boy with Pull Toy
Boy with Pull Toy

Boy with Pull Toy

By Jessie Willcox Smith

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Pen and Ink on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Right Line drawing illustration from Robert Louis Stevenson's "A Child's Garden of Verses" (New York: Scribner's, 1905). A char...

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20th Century Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pen

"Portrait of Young Boy and His Toy Train"
"Portrait of Young Boy and His Toy Train"

"Portrait of Young Boy and His Toy Train"

By Martha Walter

Located in Lambertville, NJ

In this arresting portrait, she captures the delight of a young blond boy who has just been presented with a new toy train.

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20th Century Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Young Boy with Toy Airplane" Post-Impressionist French Oil Painting on Canvas
"Young Boy with Toy Airplane" Post-Impressionist French Oil Painting on Canvas

"Young Boy with Toy Airplane" Post-Impressionist French Oil Painting on Canvas

By Jacques Zucker

Located in New York, NY

This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young boy with light brown hair against a viridian green background. The piece is done in a highly impressionistic manner and is a won...

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20th Century Post-Impressionist Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Vintage American Framed Oil on Canvas - Boy with a Toy Boat, Signed Trevor James
Vintage American Framed Oil on Canvas - Boy with a Toy Boat, Signed Trevor James

Vintage American Framed Oil on Canvas - Boy with a Toy Boat, Signed Trevor James

By Ammi Phillips

Located in Morristown, NJ

Vintage folk art style oil painting by Trevor James depicting a young boy holding a sailboat. The boy has a very sweet face and the stray curl of hair on his forehead further adds to...

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1990s American Folk Art Vintage Boy Toys

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Large American Impressionist Painting Sailor Girl with Toy Boat Richard Zolan
Large American Impressionist Painting Sailor Girl with Toy Boat Richard Zolan

Large American Impressionist Painting Sailor Girl with Toy Boat Richard Zolan

By Richard Judson Zolan

Located in Surfside, FL

Richard Judson Zolan (1931-2001) "Be Calm" A sailor girl (or sailor boy) with a toy boat in a pond. Oil painting on canvas, hand signed upper left, Dimensions 40 x 30”, framed to...

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20th Century American Impressionist Vintage Boy Toys

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Oil

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Horse on Wheels Toy Framed Painting
Horse on Wheels Toy Framed Painting

Horse on Wheels Toy Framed Painting

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H 34.65 in W 26.78 in D 2.17 in

Horse on Wheels Toy Framed Painting

Located in Retie, BE

Framed painting of a papier mache horse toy on wheels. A paper mache - cardboard ride on toy horse - pull toy - horse pull toy with a boy on top.

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Mid-20th Century Belgian Art Deco Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Canvas, Plaster, Wood

Skier Boje, Boy Multi
Skier Boje, Boy Multi

Skier Boje, Boy Multi

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H 6.3 in W 6.7 in D 2.6 in

Skier Boje, Boy Multi

Located in New York, NY

The Skier Boje, Boy Multi H: 6.3"

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Mid-20th Century Vietnamese Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Wood

Set of 2 Store Display Boy Dolls or Child Mannequins, France 1960s
Set of 2 Store Display Boy Dolls or Child Mannequins, France 1960s

Set of 2 Store Display Boy Dolls or Child Mannequins, France 1960s

Located in Appeltern, Gelderland

Mid century child mannequin doll. These vintage mannequins are both male children. They have a soft tissue body and beautiful fiberglass cartoon style heads. These store display adve...

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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Fiberglass

Moon Wagon Riding Wagon Toy by Big Boy
Moon Wagon Riding Wagon Toy by Big Boy

Moon Wagon Riding Wagon Toy by Big Boy

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H 18 in W 24 in D 36 in

Moon Wagon Riding Wagon Toy by Big Boy

By Big Boy Manufacturing Co. 1

Located in Highland, IN

This rare Space Age toy from 1969 takes the little red wagon and transforms it to an exciting outer-space flying saucer.

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1960s American Space Age Vintage Boy Toys

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Steel

Man Showing Young Boy a Toy Boat
Man Showing Young Boy a Toy Boat

Man Showing Young Boy a Toy Boat

By James Montgomery Flagg

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Pen and Ink on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Right Man Showing Young Boy a Toy Boat

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20th Century Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pen

Bronze Figure of a Little Boy in a Toy Car, Artist Signed Tereszczuk, circa 1910
Bronze Figure of a Little Boy in a Toy Car, Artist Signed Tereszczuk, circa 1910

Bronze Figure of a Little Boy in a Toy Car, Artist Signed Tereszczuk, circa 1910

By Peter Tereszczuk

Located in Petaluma, CA

Wonderful example of whimsy in this adorable bronze. Artist signed by the noted Austrian artist Teresczczuk. Makes a great little desk item. A very unusual little gem.

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20th Century Austrian Beaux Arts Vintage Boy Toys

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Bronze

Antique Jugenstil Meissen Porcelain Boy & Toy Train Figurine by Eric Oehme A232
Antique Jugenstil Meissen Porcelain Boy & Toy Train Figurine by Eric Oehme A232

Antique Jugenstil Meissen Porcelain Boy & Toy Train Figurine by Eric Oehme A232

By Meissen Porcelain, Julius Konrad Hentschel

Located in Philadelphia, PA

From the series of Oehme's Meissen child figurines. Depicting a child (boy) kneeling and holding a toy locomotive train to his right and with a striped ball to his left.

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20th Century German Jugendstil Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Porcelain

Schuco Clockwork Dancing Boy with a Beer Mug, German, circa 1940
Schuco Clockwork Dancing Boy with a Beer Mug, German, circa 1940

Schuco Clockwork Dancing Boy with a Beer Mug, German, circa 1940

Located in Incline Village, NV

Entertaining clockwork toy that when wound up starts young German boy dancing and drinking from his beer mug.

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1940s German Folk Art Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Porcelain, Felt

Japanese Ichimatsu Doll of a Little Boy Dressed in a City Kimono, circa 1950
Japanese Ichimatsu Doll of a Little Boy Dressed in a City Kimono, circa 1950

Japanese Ichimatsu Doll of a Little Boy Dressed in a City Kimono, circa 1950

Located in Yonkers, NY

A Japanese Ichimatsu doll depicting a little boy wearing a city kimono. Step back in time and embrace the captivating charm of this vintage Ichimatsu doll, crafted circa 1950.

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Mid-20th Century Japanese Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Porcelain, Fabric, Silk

Cast Iron Boy Scout Bank
Cast Iron Boy Scout Bank

Cast Iron Boy Scout Bank

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H 6.5 in W 2.5 in D 2.5 in

Cast Iron Boy Scout Bank

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Painted boy scout figure with single screw closure. Some paint loss from age.

During The Middle Ages, in about the fifteenth century, metal was expensive and seldom u...

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1940s American Vintage Boy Toys

Oversized 30 Caliber Machine Gun Training Model
Oversized 30 Caliber Machine Gun Training Model

Oversized 30 Caliber Machine Gun Training Model

By Office of Naval Research

Located in North Hollywood, CA

The ultimate boy toy! This fantastic oversized gun was used to train military recruits in a classroom setting.

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1950s American Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Steel

Little Boy Sitting in the Armchair with his Toys
Little Boy Sitting in the Armchair with his Toys

Little Boy Sitting in the Armchair with his Toys

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H 39.38 in W 27.56 in D 2.76 in

Little Boy Sitting in the Armchair with his Toys

Located in Antwerp, BE

Gouach on paper . original gilded frame . New anti reflex protection glas Signed : A. Costou ? French . Dated 1951

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Mid-20th Century French Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Gouache

1950s Gold Gilded Cast Iron Elephant Wall Sculpture Wall Mount Handle
1950s Gold Gilded Cast Iron Elephant Wall Sculpture Wall Mount Handle

1950s Gold Gilded Cast Iron Elephant Wall Sculpture Wall Mount Handle

Located in New York, NY

Some of these companies include Hanna Barbara, Hamm's Beer, Rexall Drugs, Frito Company, General Electric, Gerber Toys, Bob's Big Boy, Smithsonian Museum, L.A.Times, Kool Aid, Mattel...

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1950s American Regency Vintage Boy Toys

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Iron

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Early 20th Century Toy Noah's Ark, German
Early 20th Century Toy Noah's Ark, German

Early 20th Century Toy Noah's Ark, German

$1,650 / set

H 10 in W 18 in D 6 in

Early 20th Century Toy Noah's Ark, German

Located in Incline Village, NV

Toy Noah’s Arks for children to play with were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th century, and Germany was very prolific in their production. This particular ark is all ori...

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Early 20th Century German Folk Art Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Wood

Vintage Wind Up Small Car Toy, Made in Germany, 1950s
Vintage Wind Up Small Car Toy, Made in Germany, 1950s

Vintage Wind Up Small Car Toy, Made in Germany, 1950s

Located in Roma, IT

This wind up small car is a mechanical vintage toy. Very small nice car beautifully detailed and with his perfectly working clockwork. Made in Germany. Unknown manufacturer and...

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Mid-20th Century German Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Metal

Vintage Toy, Wind Up Toy Musical Carousel, 1950s
Vintage Toy, Wind Up Toy Musical Carousel, 1950s

Vintage Toy, Wind Up Toy Musical Carousel, 1950s

$499

H 7.29 in W 4.34 in D 4.34 in

Vintage Toy, Wind Up Toy Musical Carousel, 1950s

Located in Roma, IT

This vintage wind up toy musical carousel is a mechanical toy representing a beautiful carousel with moving horses. Made up in hand painted wood. Carillon perfectly working. Pro...

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Mid-20th Century European Vintage Boy Toys

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Metal

Vintage American Wind Up Tin Toy "Milton Berle" Crazy Car by Marx Toy Co  C.1952
Vintage American Wind Up Tin Toy "Milton Berle" Crazy Car by Marx Toy Co  C.1952

Vintage American Wind Up Tin Toy "Milton Berle" Crazy Car by Marx Toy Co C.1952

By Louis Marx and Company

Located in Incline Village, NV

The "Milton Berle" car is one of a series of "Crazy Cars" manufactured by the Louis Marx Toy Company of New York City; this one being one of the more prolific examples, owing to the ...

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1950s American Folk Art Vintage Boy Toys

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Tin

Vintage Toy, Military Toy Truck and Trailer
Vintage Toy, Military Toy Truck and Trailer

Vintage Toy, Military Toy Truck and Trailer

$395

H 3.75 in W 11.03 in D 3.55 in

Vintage Toy, Military Toy Truck and Trailer

Located in Roma, IT

This military toy truck and trailer is a wind up toy truck with soldier and its own trailer. Tin made. Dunlop balloon cord tyres. Very good conditions, working clockwork, origina...

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Mid-20th Century European Vintage Boy Toys

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Metal

Vintage Wind Up Tin Toy "Monkey Riding A Horse" by Haji Co., Japan, Circa 1958
Vintage Wind Up Tin Toy "Monkey Riding A Horse" by Haji Co., Japan, Circa 1958

Vintage Wind Up Tin Toy "Monkey Riding A Horse" by Haji Co., Japan, Circa 1958

Located in Incline Village, NV

Made in Tokyo, Japan by The Haji Company (see image for mark/logo), this all tin vintage wind up toy, circa 1958, depicts a "Monkey Riding A Horse". It is in all original paint and e...

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1950s Japanese Folk Art Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Tin

Fine Quality Antique French Toy "Dancing Couple", circa 1880, Rare
Fine Quality Antique French Toy "Dancing Couple", circa 1880, Rare

Fine Quality Antique French Toy "Dancing Couple", circa 1880, Rare

Located in Incline Village, NV

One of a kind, fine quality antique toy, "Dancing Couples" is of French manufacture, it is marked in raised lettering "A.L. Paris" at the top of the base. It is also very similar to ...

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1880s American Victorian Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Metal

Vintage "Masuyama" Lehman Wind-Up Toy. German, Circa 1913 Rare
Vintage "Masuyama" Lehman Wind-Up Toy. German, Circa 1913 Rare

Vintage "Masuyama" Lehman Wind-Up Toy. German, Circa 1913 Rare

By E.P. Lehman Co.

Located in Incline Village, NV

Early 1900's German hand painted and lithographed tin wind-up toy, by premier tin and whimsical toy maker, Ernest Paul Lehman, circa 1913. This charming and unique toy portrays a Ja...

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1910s German Folk Art Vintage Boy Toys

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Tin

Rare Vintage "Rolly Dolly" Musical Toy;  Germany, Circa 1895
Rare Vintage "Rolly Dolly" Musical Toy;  Germany, Circa 1895

Rare Vintage "Rolly Dolly" Musical Toy; Germany, Circa 1895

Located in Incline Village, NV

Vintage and rare "Rolly Dolly" Musical Toy by unknown German manufacturer; circa 1895; contemporaneous with early Schoenhut toys, it depicts a "Well Dressed Man With A Bow Tie" (my d...

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1890s German Folk Art Vintage Boy Toys

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Composition

Krampus Companion of Belsnickel Devil Candy Container Antique Austria 1940s
Krampus Companion of Belsnickel Devil Candy Container Antique Austria 1940s

Krampus Companion of Belsnickel Devil Candy Container Antique Austria 1940s

Located in Nuernberg, DE

This unique Christmas figurine from Austria features a handmade figurine of the Christmas character Krampus, Belsnickel's companion. The vintage piece dates from the 1940s or older a...

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20th Century Austrian Folk Art Vintage Boy Toys

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Composition

Vintage Tin Wind-up Toy "Clown in A Barrel" by J Chein & Co. American Circa 1935
Vintage Tin Wind-up Toy "Clown in A Barrel" by J Chein & Co. American Circa 1935

Vintage Tin Wind-up Toy "Clown in A Barrel" by J Chein & Co. American Circa 1935

By J. Chein & Co.

Located in Incline Village, NV

Made by J. Chein & Company Circa 1935 in New York City; originally inventoried as #258 (same number as similar looking Popeye toy dated 1932) and was named "Mechanical Clown Barrel W...

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1930s Folk Art Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Tin

"Joe Penner" Vintage Clockwork Windup Toy by Louis Marx Co American Circa 1930's
"Joe Penner" Vintage Clockwork Windup Toy by Louis Marx Co American Circa 1930's

"Joe Penner" Vintage Clockwork Windup Toy by Louis Marx Co American Circa 1930's

By Louis Marx and Company

Located in Incline Village, NV

Fabulous American vintage all tin wind-up toy with attached key and clockwork mechanism, whereby upon winding it up, the character (Joe Penner) waddles aimlessly across the floor, ha...

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1930s American Folk Art Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Tin

Vintage Toy Wind-Up "Johnny" The Dancing Clown by Lindstrom Toy Co., Circa 1930
Vintage Toy Wind-Up "Johnny" The Dancing Clown by Lindstrom Toy Co., Circa 1930

Vintage Toy Wind-Up "Johnny" The Dancing Clown by Lindstrom Toy Co., Circa 1930

By Lindstrom Tool & Toy Company 1

Located in Incline Village, NV

This is a hard to find pre war vintage, Made in America wind up tin toy by The Lindstrom Toy Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, circa 1928-1932. The action is fabulous; when wound ...

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1930s American Folk Art Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Tin

Vintage French Toy "Les Acrobates", circa 1920
Vintage French Toy "Les Acrobates", circa 1920

Vintage French Toy "Les Acrobates", circa 1920

By G. Doloy

Located in Incline Village, NV

Rare 100 year old French toy in it's original box depicting two acrobats attached to a wire frame with brown barrel weights, cascading down a green metal ladder. Once assembled (loop...

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1920s French Folk Art Vintage Boy Toys

Materials

Tin

Marx "Wonder Cyclist" American Circa 1930
Marx "Wonder Cyclist" American Circa 1930

Marx "Wonder Cyclist" American Circa 1930

$935

H 9 in W 4.75 in D 8.25 in

Marx "Wonder Cyclist" American Circa 1930

By Louis Marx and Company

Located in Incline Village, NV

Marx "Wonder Cyclist" is the earlier version of this wind-up "Boy on a Tricycle" toy; and not to be confused with the later version by Unique Art called "Kiddy Cyclist". This toy fea...

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1830s American Folk Art Vintage Boy Toys

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Metal

Early Vintage Chein Company All Tin Toy Wind-Up Limousine, American, Circa 1930
Early Vintage Chein Company All Tin Toy Wind-Up Limousine, American, Circa 1930

Early Vintage Chein Company All Tin Toy Wind-Up Limousine, American, Circa 1930

By J. Chein & Co.

Located in Incline Village, NV

This is one of the earlier, New York City based, J. Chein Company, tin toy pieces. They started doing lithography in 1930. This toy wind-up sedan was made circa 1930 and is brightly ...

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1930s American Folk Art Vintage Boy Toys

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Tin

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Vintage Boy Toys For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of vintage boy toys is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique vintage boy toys was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and paper. There are all kinds of vintage boy toys available, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of vintage boy toys to choose from, but at 1stDibs, folk art, mid-century modern and Art Deco vintage boy toys are of considerable interest. Creative Playthings, Goebel Company and Lladro each produced beautiful vintage boy toys that are worth considering.

How Much are Vintage Boy Toys?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $889, while they’re typically $107 on the low end and $170,000 highest priced.