Skip to main content

Windup Toys

"Dancing Dog" Vintage Windup Toy. American, Circa 1925
By Lindstrom Tool & Toy Company 1
Located in Incline Village, NV
order. Windup toy is lithographed and hand painted in colors of black and greenish grey, and the name
Category

Vintage 1920s American Folk Art Toys and Dolls

Materials

Tin

Mid Century Tin Litho Mechanical Clockwork Windup Toy Skier Girl by Chein C1945
By J. Chein & Co.
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous working tin Litho toy skier by the Chein toy co. C1945. In excellent vintage condition
Category

Vintage 1940s American Industrial Toys

Materials

Tin

Mid Century Tin Litho Windup Toy by Louis Marx "Jumpin Jeep" C 1950
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous colorful and full of unpredictable moves when fully wound. Louis Marx toy company was
Category

Vintage 1950s American Industrial Toys and Dolls

Materials

Tin

Vintage "Barnacle Bill" Tin Windup Toy by The Chein Company, N.Y.C Circa 1930's
By J. Chein & Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Barnacle Bill" was a very popular cartoon character for whom this toy was named after and was made
Category

Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Toys

Materials

Tin

"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
Category

Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Toys and Dolls

Materials

Tin

"George The Drummer Boy" Tin windup Toy by Louis Marx, New York City. Circa 1930
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
This circa 1930 "George, Drummer Boy" brightly colored lithographed tin wind-up toy capitalizes on
Category

Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Toys and Dolls

Materials

Tin

Heinrich Fisher & Co Woman in Apron Antique Windup Tin Toy Collectables 1920s
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
An antique windup tin toy depicting a woman or maid in an apron designed by Heinrich Fisher & Co
Category

Vintage 1920s German Toys and Dolls

Materials

Tin

Midcentury Mercedes Mb300 Sedan Windup on Stand by Prameta with Driver Keyc1958
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous articulated Mercedes MB300 sedan by Prameta. Green sedan sits mounted on a stand. Key for winding the clockwork mechanism is in the form of a chauffeur. In excellent vintage...
Category

Vintage 1950s German Modern Toys

Materials

Metal

Lil Abner Dogpatch Band Tin Litho Windup Unique Art Co.
By Unique Art Manufacturing Co.
Located in Highland, IN
This terrific wind-up toy is called "The Dog Patch 4" and features Lil' Abner and the gang playing
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls

Materials

Steel

Recent Sales

Wolverine Zilotone No. 48 Wind Up Musical Toy, circa 1930s
Located in Lugano, Ticino
Rare vintage 1930s No. 48 Zilotone Windup tin toy made by Wolverine Supply & Mfg. Company
Category

Vintage 1930s American Toys and Dolls

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
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Folk Art Toys

Materials

Tin

"Walking Popeye" With Parrots Vintage Windup Toy by Marx Toy Co.
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
Vintage 1930's wind-up toy by the Marx Toy Company of New York, portraying the iconic comic
Category

Vintage 1930s Art Deco Toys and Dolls

Materials

Tin

German World War I Sniper Soldier Windup Tin Toy. German, Circa 1920
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very rare toy by a little known German company "Einfalt"; manufactured circa 1920 by brothers Georg
Category

Vintage 1920s German Folk Art Toys and Dolls

Materials

Tin

Windup Ham and Sam “The Minstrel Team” Tin Litho Toy c.1921, , Piano / banjo
By STRAUSS
Located in Buffalo, NY
Americana Toy This is a tin, lithographed, windup Ham and Sam “The Minstrel Team” manufactured by
Category

Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Toys and Dolls

Materials

Metal, Steel

Vintage Marx Tin Litho Motorcycle Cop Windup Toy C1948
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous working tin Litho Windup motorcycle cop toy with siren. Great color retention with a
Category

Vintage 1940s American American Classical Toys

Materials

Tin

"Two Pool Players" Tin Windup Toy, American, circa 1950
By Ranger
Located in Incline Village, NV
toy by "Ranger" from the 1950s. The attached clockwork key is wound while the lever below table is in
Category

Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Toys

Marx Tin Litho Windup Toy Car Dual Control Driving Trainer Car C 1958
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Windup tin Litho toy car with Dual action mechanism. When wound car has two windups that keep car
Category

Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Toys

Materials

Tin

"Lehman Autobus" German WindUp Toy By The Ernest Paul Lehman Company, Circa 1903
By E.P. Lehman Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
Iconic and rare antique tin toy, highly sought after by collectors of Lehman Toys, and fine quality
Category

Antique Early 1900s German Folk Art Toys and Dolls

Materials

Tin

Marx Tin Litho Windup E12 Toy WW2 Tank C1950
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous tin Litho Windup Toy Tank in excellent vintage condition with minimal wear. Rubber treads
Category

Vintage 1940s American Industrial Toys

Materials

Tin

Vintage Toy, Wind Up Cart Dragged, Produced by DGM, Germany, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
This wind up cart dragged by an Ostrich is a vintage mechanical toy. Vintage windup toy
Category

Late 20th Century French Toys

Materials

Metal

Schuco Clockwork "Dancing Bear with Baby Mouse", German, circa 1940
Located in Incline Village, NV
One of the most amusing of the Schuco clockwork toys, this rare windup toy, when wound, starts the
Category

Vintage 1940s German Folk Art Toys

Materials

Metal

Mid Century Marx Tin Litho Windup WWII Tank
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous tin Litho Windup in good vintage condition with minimal wear. Spring is broken so it does
Category

Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Toys

Materials

Tin

Tin Litho Windup Racing Boat, Japan, circa 1957
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous windup speedboat, Speed Queen, from the late 1950s. Working great and ready for action
Category

Vintage 1950s Japanese Industrial Toys

Materials

Tin

Tin Litho "Bump N Go Car" Windup Japan C1960
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous windup tin Litho car in excellent vintage condition with minimal wear. Very colorful with
Category

Vintage 1960s Japanese Folk Art Toys

Materials

Tin

Schuco Radio Car #4012 Windup with Clockwork Mechanism 1952 US Zone Germany
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous working toy Windup with two clockwork mechanics. One is for the car motor the other is for
Category

Vintage 1950s German Industrial Toys

Materials

Metal

Adam Henderson Sculpture 12 Keys 2016 in Wood and Sheet Metal
By Adam Henderson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
appearance of a windup toy ready to move. Abstract wooden pieces seem to move along the narrow metal thread
Category

2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Sheet Metal

1920s Antique Reeves Mfg Air E Go Round Tin Litho Windup Flying Airplane Toy
Located in Dayton, OH
1920’s Air-E-Go-Round tin litho mery-go-round style toy by Reeves Manufacturing Company, featuring
Category

Vintage 1920s Industrial Toys and Dolls

Materials

Tin

C1950 Schuco Model # 2002 Jaguar Type Sports Car with Driver & Horn That Works
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous toy windup by Schuco from the US Zone in Western Germany from the fifties. Unique toy car
Category

Vintage 1950s German Industrial Toys

Materials

Metal

Vintage Japanese Wind Up Tin Elephant, circa 1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
About Charming colorful tin toy windup elephant toy with plastic ears and a soft plastic trunk
Category

Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls

Materials

Tin

1922 Tin Toonerville Trolley Windup Toy Made In Germany
Located in San Francisco, CA
This wonderful tin Toonerville Trolley windup toy is a creation of Fontaine Fox, one of the most
Category

Early 20th Century German Toys and Dolls

Materials

Tin

JENNY THE BALKY MULE TIN TOY BY STRAUSS
Located in Solebury, PA
Tin windup toy from Ferdinand Strauss Corporation New York City, New York 1900s - mid1940s
Category

20th Century American Toys

Vintage 1950's USSR Tin Windup Donkey Clown Carriage Toy
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
Vintage 1950's USSR Tin Windup Circus Donkey Carriage with clown. The mechanism is intact but not
Category

Vintage 1950s Russian Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls

Materials

Sheet Metal, Tin

People Also Browsed

Heavy Brass Aspirin Pill Box – Mid-Century American Twist-Top Container Novelty
Located in Toronto, CA
This vintage brass aspirin box is a sculptural and functional collectible from the mid-20th century, believed to have been made in the United States between the 1940s and 1960s. Desi...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

French Antique Ormolu and Limoges Enamel Jewellery Box
By Limoges
Located in Newark, England
LIMOGES ENAMEL PANELS From our Decorative collection, we are delighted to offer this French Napoleon III Ormolu and Enamel Jewellery Box. The Jewellery Box of casket form mounted in...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu

Art Deco Green Glass Ceiling Lamp, 1940s, Germany
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Art Deco Green Glass Ceiling Lamp, 1940s, Germany Lampshade is in very good vintage condition. This lamp works with E27 light bulbs. Wired and suitable to use with 220V and 110V f...
Category

Vintage 1940s German Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Large Weird, Creepy, Perfectly Patinated Plastic Clown Head
Located in Kansas City, MO
It's strange and freaky, but so cool. Vintage Ronald McDonald plastic clown head sculpture. By the way, it is hollow inside and can be put over ones head and you can see through the ...
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Historical Memorabilia

Antique French Art Nouveau Green Glass and Wrought Iron Pendant Light, ca 1920
Located in Barntrup, DE
Antique French Art Nouveau Green Glass and Wrought Iron Pendant Light, ca. 1920. Add a timeless touch of elegance to your interior with this Antique French Art Nouveau Pendant Light...
Category

Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Wrought Iron

Lehman Auto "Ito" Sedan, Germany, circa 1913
By E.P. Lehman Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
This hand-painted German tin toy was manufactured by the "Lehman Toy Company" in Brandenburg, Germany beginning in 1913. It was made for a number of years after that, enjoying about ...
Category

Vintage 1910s German Folk Art Toys

Materials

Tin

Iconic Limited Edition Fred Stein Photo of Albert Einstein
Located in New York, NY
Stunning large gelatin silver limited edition photograph; one of the most iconic images of the 20th century. One of only 450 in the edition. “In 1946, when Albert Einstein was in...
Category

Vintage 1940s Books

Cupboard Blue Floral Painted - Europe Early 19th Century
Located in Vo', Veneto
Painted Cabinet in Ottanium Blue Period: Early 1800s Origin: Bavarian Alps Wood type: Fir Dimensions: H. 157 cm 61.8 in W. 107 cm 42.1 in D. 42 cm 16.5 in Description: "Töl...
Category

Antique 1810s German Other Cabinets

Materials

Fir

Cupboard Blue Floral Painted - Europe Early 19th Century
Cupboard Blue Floral Painted - Europe Early 19th Century
$4,485
H 19.69 in W 40.95 in D 15.75 in
Vintage Santa Mailbox
Located in Asheville, NC
Vintage Santa mailbox, made of tin and wood this small child size mailbox is a dear reminder of sending letters to Santa whether you are naughty of nice!
Category

Vintage 1960s American Toys and Dolls

Materials

Tin

Vintage Santa Mailbox
Vintage Santa Mailbox
$500
H 28.5 in W 12.5 in D 6 in
1958 Danish Teak Royal Cado Wall Unit by Poul Cadovius
By Poul Cadovius
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Highly versatile and functional Cado wall unit in walnut by Danish designer Poul Cadovius. We currently have many different Cado pieces in stock and can customize your order to incl...
Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Shelves and Wall Cabinets

Materials

Teak

1958 Danish Teak Royal Cado Wall Unit by Poul Cadovius
1958 Danish Teak Royal Cado Wall Unit by Poul Cadovius
$12,650 / set
H 78 in W 126 in D 18 in
1930 Wooden Carnival Game by French Game & Novelty, Milwaukee, WI
Located in Surrey, BC
Unusual Folk Art wooden carnival game in working condition and with original paint. Players bet on which city the spring-released airplane will land on. Made by French Game & Novelty...
Category

Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Carnival Art

Materials

Wood

4 Antique English Edwardian Era Hand Painted Arched Leaded Stained Glass Windows
Located in Dayton, OH
A charming set of four Early 1900s Edwardian reclaimed, leaded hand painted stained glass windows. Features a multicolored geometric glass pattern set around hand painted and fired ...
Category

Early 20th Century Edwardian Windows

Materials

Lead

Mid-Century Seguso Murano Blue Aqua Blown Bubble Lantern Chandelier Rare
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Firenze, Toscana
Housing one-light. Will be newly rewired with a certified UL US socket for the United States or appropriate socket for other countries and ready to hang. Rare size and color of aqua ...
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lanterns

Materials

Murano Glass

Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Bird Cages

Materials

Metal

Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage
Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage
$425,000
H 168 in Dm 104 in
French Petite Bridal Box from Normandy
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A fantastic antique marriage or bridal box–from Normandy, France–the petite trunk is decorated with stylized foliate details that grace the exterior. Once-vibrant pink and cream pain...
Category

Antique 18th Century French Folk Art Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Metal

French Petite Bridal Box from Normandy
French Petite Bridal Box from Normandy
$1,600
H 6.25 in W 10.25 in D 6.25 in
Carved Giltwood Corona or Baldachin
Located in Nashville, TN
An antique carved and gilded wood canopy of crown (corona) form . Nice old gold or gilt patina ,reflecting years of age probably in oil or coal heated boudoirs. Original purpose was...
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Baroque Bed Coronas

Materials

Giltwood

Carved Giltwood Corona or Baldachin
Carved Giltwood Corona or Baldachin
$4,800
H 15.5 in W 21 in D 11 in
Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Windup Toys", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.

Windup Toys For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of windup toys available for sale. The range of distinct windup toys — often made from metal, tin and paint — can elevate any home. Windup toys have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Windup toys are generally popular furniture pieces, but Folk Art, Industrial and Neoclassical styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Many windup toys are appealing in their simplicity, but Louis Marx and Company, J. Chein & Co. and Ranger produced popular windup toys that are worth a look.

How Much are Windup Toys?

Windup toys can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $370, while the lowest priced sells for $295 and the highest can go for as much as $600.