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
$350
H 5 in W 2.75 in D 7.5 in
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
"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
$1,675
H 5.25 in W 8.25 in D 3.5 in
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
$395
H 6.63 in W 2.75 in D 2.25 in
"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
$885
H 8.5 in W 4.5 in D 4.75 in
"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
$550
H 9 in W 3.75 in D 4 in
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
$1,200
H 4.25 in W 3 in D 2.25 in
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
$225
H 2.25 in W 2.75 in D 6.25 in
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
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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
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
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
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
H 2.75 in W 2.5 in D 6.25 in
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
H 2.25 in W 5.5 in D 2.25 in
Vintage Japanese Wind Up Tin Elephant, circa 1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
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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
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Midcentury Friction Tin Litho Soft Top Toy Car Fiat 600 by Bandai Japan
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and in near mint condition Fiat 600 with a rollback cloth convertible top. From a lot of seventeen that were probably stored from day one, and never played with. Made by Ban...
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Industrial Toys
Materials
Metal
Antique Toy Wind-Up Double Decker Bus by Ferdinand Strauss Toy Co. Circa 1925
By STRAUSS
Located in Incline Village, NV
Antique Wind-Up Double Decker open air bus by the Ferdinand Strauss Toy Company, New York; circa 1925; is quite a large and substantial toy resembling very closely, buses of that era...
Category
Vintage 1920s American Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Tin
$750
H 6 in W 5.5 in D 10.5 in
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...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal, Tin
$1,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
H 4.34 in W 4.34 in D 3.15 in
Collection of 12 Vintage Tin lithograph Toys
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in Redding, CT
Collection of 12 vintage tin lithograph lithograph toys. The price is $350 for the entire collection/set, The set includes a German Ferris Wheel by Joseph Wagner which has the origin...
Category
Vintage 1960s German Toys
Materials
Tin
"Cat Boat" Mechanical Toy Penny Bank, American, circa 1968
By Utexiqual Products
Located in Incline Village, NV
In near mint and all original condition this vintage mechanical bank appeals to both sailing enthusiasts and bank collectors; perhaps a collector of "cat" memorabelia as well. The th...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Aluminum, Iron, Tin
Vintage Marx Fire Chief Friction Action Toy Sedan American, Circa 1930
By Marx Toy Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
This original vintage friction activated toy sedan" Fire Chief" Car by The Marx Toy Company, circa 1930, is a difficult toy to find, especially in this variation, which I have not se...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Tin, Steel
Midcentury Tin Litho Toy Car by Bandai Japan 1959 Cadillac 4 Door Sedan
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Blast from the past! 1959;Cadillac sedan de ville in gold paint with tin litho interior. Has a dent in the hood and plastic windshields need to be installed. See pics. Shows wear, fr...
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Industrial Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
$125
H 2.75 in W 4 in D 11.25 in
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.
Category
Early 20th Century German Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
$550 Sale Price / item
37% Off
H 4.73 in W 7.09 in D 3.15 in
Tin & Wood Open Touring Hill Climber Toy Car by Clark, circa 1903
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous early toy example by the Clark co. This hill climber works great, and is almost totally complete. It's missing it's passenger in the back. Cast iron chauffeur looks to be or...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Industrial Toys
Materials
Iron, Tin
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century
On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Other
$234,499 Sale Price
33% Off
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
20th Century Toy Car
By Lehmann
Located in Copenhagen, K
Beautifully colored metal toy cars. The one of the left from Lehmann is sold, the other one from Germany marked G & K on the side of the car is still available.
Left item is sold.
Category
20th Century American Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Late 1940s Penny Toy Wind-Up Train, Attributed Japan
Located in Incline Village, NV
Diminutive late 1940s "penny toy like" wind-up tin toy platform train modern and sleek looking for that era; it is hand painted and lithographed in bright colors of orange and yellow...
Category
Vintage 1940s Japanese Folk Art Toys
Materials
Tin
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 ...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Tin
$435
H 8 in W 3.13 in D 3 in
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...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Folk Art Toys
Materials
Tin
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...
Category
Vintage 1930s Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Tin
$765
H 7.25 in W 3.25 in D 4 in
Antique Child's Pedal Toy Car
Located in Oakville, CT
American vintage, antique child's pedal tricycle metal toy car in great working condition.
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
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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.
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