Space Models Ltd. Collectibles and Curiosities

A very cool vintage British Airways Concorde jetliner passenger dossier / folio, circa late 1990s. The black leather folio with embossed "Concorde" l...

Model Concorde supersonic with light wooden body and all covered with riveted aluminium foil. On polished stainless steel base with item's descri...

A vintage model train base chassis, hand-made in France, early 20th Century, circa 1910-1920. Wrought iron, 100% functional parts. Faithful miniature repr...

1970s Astonishing Ponant model ship in walnut wood. Handmade. Made in England. This model is amazing and in excellent condition and all handmade. A true piece of history. Dimension: ...

Sculpture Concorde model black in fiberglass in black matt finish. Scale 1/36em on polished brushed aluminium base. Exceptional and unique piece.

This lovely diminutive English staircase model from the 1920's is certain to add interest to doll houses and playlands of every scale. The model is of traditional design and carved o...

Concorde Model Scale 1/36 sculpture, in resin fiber, on aluminium polished base. From Air France Agency. On base: height 110cm.

This wonderful plaster model of a grand building in Geneva was made in Switzerland in the early 20th century. Please take a really close look at all our pictures. The amount of intr...

Huge Early 20th century English architectural pine model A well modelled early 20th century hand carved oversized pine architectural model. Showing natural age and minor loss as sho...

ABOUT Concorde Air France oversized cardboard envelope used as a promotional packaging item to send travel posters to travel agencies. Shown with life size hand model for scale. ...

Model supersonic concorde aircraft with structure and base in polished aluminum.

Lot of 62 late 1960s-1970s toy soldiers, weapons and vehicles by Britains Ltd. Lot includes: 47 total soldiers (mostly plastic with metal bases, three all plastic, and two in Jeep metal), 13 guns / cannons / pieces of artillery (one by Crescent Toy Co.), one boat, and one Land Rover. "The "W. Britain" brand name of toy and collectable soldiers is derived from a company founded by William Britain Jr., a British toy manufacturer, who in 1893 invented the process of hollow casting in lead, and revolutionized the production of toy soldiers. In 1907 the family proprietorship, William Britain & Sons, incorporated as "Britains, Ltd". The Britain family controlled the firm until 1984 when it was sold to a British conglomerate, Dobson Park Industries. They combined the operations with an existing line of toys and renamed the company Britains Petite, Ltd. In the early 1950s Britains was associated with W. Horton Toys and Games which made the die-cast Lilliput ranges of small-scale, rather generic, cars and trucks and other vehicles. In 1959, Britains acquired Herald Miniatures which produced plastic figures designed by Roy Selwyn-Smith. In the 1950s, besides soldiers, a variety of vehicles began to appear, mostly in the military field. In 1966 safety regulations in the United Kingdom combined with rising costs halted the production of lead toy soldiers. Britains shifted most production of Herald plastic to Hong Kong from 1966. In 1971 Britains started Deetail plastic figures with metal bases that were initially manufactured in England but later outsourced to China. In 1973 Britains introduced New Metal models, which are die cast in a durable alloy. Initially these sets were aimed at the British souvenir market. In 1983 Britains responded to a growing collectors' market by introducing additional models and limited edition sets. In 1997, Britains Petite, Ltd was bought by Ertl Company of Iowa, a maker of die-cast toys. Ertl was subsequently bought by RC2 LLC, another American die-cast miniature and plastic kit maker. At this time, production of toy soldiers was moved to China. In 2011, Japanese-headquartered toy company Tomy acquired RC2 which included the Britains die-cast farm miniatures range. In 2005, the W. Britains brand was acquired by First Gear...