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Toys For Sale
Collectible Toy, Concorde 1 Plane, 1970s
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Collectible toy - Concorde 1 plane - 1970s
Electric guided
Joustra Edition
Measures: L 59 x P 27 x H 13 cm
Sheet metal and plastic
Circa 1970
C...
Category
1970s French Vintage Toys
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Hotel Du Bon Repos, French Game
Located in Stamford, CT
An old French game, hand painted wood and papier mache with five figure in the windows and a detailed papier mache "tiled" roof. This game makes a charming and curious object.
Category
1950s French Vintage Toys
Materials
Wood
Vintage Toy, Black Train Locomotive
Located in Roma, IT
This Black Train Locomotive is a vintage toy representing a train locomotive made in tinplate.
Big item beautifully detailed.
Unknown age and manufac...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Toys
Materials
Metal
19th C Dutch Fabric Dolls- Man & Women
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These amazing 19th c fabric dolls are in amazing condition. These Dutch dolls have the original wood shoes /clogs. These dolls are so wonderful and undisturbed clothing.
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Toys
Materials
Fabric
Rare Hermes A Sporting Life Jumping Rope
By Hermès
Located in Paris, FR
In its own fabric pouch, rare jump rope Hermès Paris made in France year 2013 - Chic Sport. In natural calf leather, wooden handles.
Made in France
Chic Le S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Toys
Materials
Leather, Wood
Small Tree Elemental Spinning Top in Oiled Walnut by Alvaro Uribe for Wooda
By Alvaro Uribe, Wooda
Located in Omro, WI
The initial inspiration for the elemental top collection by Alvaro Uribe for Wooda was wooda’s iconic logo of a tree. We felt it captured the company’s synergy for working with wood ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Toys
Materials
Hardwood, Walnut
Antique German Paper Mache Bobble Head Mule Donkey Pull Cart Toy
Located in Dayton, OH
Rare antique German paper mache composition bobble head mule / donkey / horse pull toy figure standing with a small feed manger on a platform rollin...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Toys
Materials
Hardwood, Paper
Set of Three Antique Traditional Spanish Rag Doll, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique early 20th century set of hand painted rag dolls. The dresses are not present, showing only the wooden body and legs.
Manufactured circa 1920 in Spain.
In original cond...
Category
1920s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Fabric
Richters German Anchor Stone Blocks Building Toy
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Richters German anchor blocks building toys / Der Geschickte Baumeister
Made in Rudolstadt, Germany, circa 1900.
Wooden box with printed paper labe...
Category
Early 1900s German Baroque Antique Toys
Materials
Quartz
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...
Category
Early 20th Century German Folk Art Toys
Materials
Wood
Michel Aroutcheff "CANARDO"
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Michel Aroutcheff
"Daddy" of the mythical rocket, from Tintin, with a red and white checkerboard.
"CANARDO
Cadillac Eldorado (suspensions)
Res...
Category
Early 2000s Toys
Materials
Wood
Antique Pine Salesman Sample Mirrored Keepsake Dollhouse Armoire Wardrobe
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century miniature salesman sample pine wardrobe or armoire with mirrored door, one shelf inside, and a hand carved pediment w...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Toys
Materials
Mirror, Pine
Vintage Big Blue Nutcracker, Painted Wood, Erzgebirge, Germany, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Big wooden nutcracker figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcrackers, where intricate carving has been thei...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Toys
Materials
Wood
1950's Vintage Blue Framed Abacus
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950’s Vintage Blue Framed Abacus
1950’s Vintage Blue Framed Abacus. Sourced from a collector in the Czech republic this is a large scale abacus used as a...
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Toys
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Scratch-Built Tricycle Model
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century scratch-built tricycle model.
A charming example of an English scratch built folk art child’s tricycle model. Constructed from a metal frame, wooden wheels, han...
Category
1920s British Folk Art Vintage Toys
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English Folk Art Figure
We share what we love, and we love this early 20th Century example of an English doubl...
Category
1920s European Folk Art Vintage Toys
Materials
Pine
Michel Aroutcheff " NESTOR BURMA "
Located in Saint ouen, FR
MICHEL AROUTCHEFF
Father of the mythical rocket, from Tintin, with a red and white checkerboard.
"NESTOR BURMA
Breakneck to the nation
Peugeot 20...
Category
Early 2000s Toys
Materials
Wood
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.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Toys
Materials
Metal
19th Century Carved Wooden Rocking Horse
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
19th century carved wooden rocking horse on a working rocker. This piece has good proportions and a patina with original glass eyes.
Category
19th Century French Antique Toys
Materials
Wood
Set of Eight Folk Art Carnival Punks / Knockdown Dolls
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Folk Art carnival punks / knockdown dolls composed of canvas forms lined with cotton fur supported by carved wood bases for added stability / weight, c...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Toys
Materials
Canvas, Cotton, Wood
Antique Traditional Rag Doll, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique early 20th century hand painted rag doll of woman dressed with a kimono.
Manufactured circa 1920 in Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear c...
Category
1920s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Fabric
Large Vintage School T Square
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Large vintage school T square
Large vintage school T square. New old stock so in excellent condition. Listing is for one T Square.
Workshop report
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Category
19th Century Czech Antique Toys
Materials
Wood
Collectible Toy, Concorde 3 Plane, 1970s
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Collectible toy - Concorde 3 plane - 1970s
Electric guided
Joustra Edition
Measures: L59xP27xH13cm
Sheet metal and plastic
Circa 1970
Canned
I...
Category
1970s French Vintage Toys
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Set of 6 Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of six table button soccer game players. Traditional figures used to play this classic button Spanish game.
The players are build buy attaching a printed photography or drawi...
Category
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Paper
Set of Two Antique Traditional Spanish Rag Doll, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique early 20th century pair of hand painted rag dolls.
Manufactured circa 1920 in Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beaut...
Category
1920s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Fabric
Antique Traditional Spanish Bullfighter 'Torero' Rag Doll, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique early 20th century hand painted rag doll of a traditional Spanish dressed with traditional bullfighter 'torero' costume.
Manufactured circa 1920 ...
Category
1920s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Fabric
Post Social Folk Art Student Work from West Balkan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Post social student work. Farm house full of hand made animals and all is hand made.
Category
1960s Balkan Folk Art Vintage Toys
Materials
Plaster, Plywood
Ko Verzuu ADO Toys Houthandel Truck, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Toy designed by Ko Verzuu, circa 1940.
Manufactured by ADO in Netherlands.
Truck & trailer of wood "Houthandel".
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with ag...
Category
1940s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Wood
Vintage Christmas Big Nutcracker, Wood, Erzgebirge, Germany, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Big wooden nutcracker figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcrackers, where intricate carving has been thei...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Toys
Materials
Wood
Danese Milano 16 Animali Toys in Solid Oak Wood by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
16 Animali is a wooden puzzle, cleverly designed to produce 16 different animal shapes, with just one continuous cut, from a single piece of wood. It is one...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Toys
Materials
Oak
Early 20th Century Chinese Opera Marionette Puppet
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Chinese opera marionette puppet is dress in an elegant embroidered silk dragon robe. The puppet head is of painted ceramic. The ornate headdress...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Toys
Materials
Ceramic, Fabric
Vintage Toy, Wind Up Big Size Car, Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This Wind up big size car is a mechanical toy sports car, nicely detailed.
The original clockwork works, even though a bit slowly.
Original key not included.
Unknown manifacture...
Category
Early 20th Century German Toys
Materials
Metal
Large Rocking Elephant In Fiberglass Painted By Hand With Inset Resin Jewels
Located in Roma, RM
Eye catching and whimsical, this very limited edition elephant rocker is a spectacular showpiece. Lifelike down to its most minute details, this exquisite piece is equally at home in a child's room, living room or entryway. Made in Germany, between 2000 and 2010, the meticulously detailed elephant is cast in fiberglass which was then been painted by hand. The saddle as well as its straps are also finely detailed. The saddle is gilded, the silver neck and rear saddle straps embellished have a raised scalloped cording painted in antique gold. Inset in each scallop is a large faceted resin jewel alternating red and green. The rendering of the elephant's skin is painstakingly detailed both in the cast of the fiberglass as well as the hand painting. The elephant is mounted on hand forged and hand painted cast iron...
Category
Early 2000s German Modern Toys
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass, Paint
Vintage Mini Globe – Yellow Base
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Vintage Mini Globe – Yellow Base
Vintage Mini Globe – Yellow Base Playful rotating globe from the 1960’s.
WORKSHOP REPORT
Our workshop team inspect eve...
Category
19th Century European Antique Toys
Materials
Plastic
Set of 6 Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of six table button soccer game players. Traditional figures used to play this classic button Spanish game.
The players are build buy attaching a printed photography or drawing...
Category
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Paper
"Lincoln Bank" Still Toy Savings Bank, American, circa 1950
Located in Incline Village, NV
This seldom seen bank is technically a mechanical bank but basically it is a still bank with a slight mechanical function, that being; once it is full of coins, it opens up automatic...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Tin
19th Century Papier Mâché Toy Horse
Located in Brecht, BE
Lots of charm and good condition for this 19th century papier mâché toy horse on wheels.
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Toys
Materials
Wood, Paper
Large Vintage Toy Horse and Cart
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive hand crafted toy horse and cart with a realistic cowhide cover horse with authentic tack on a wood platform with wheels. The hand painted c...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Sporting Art Toys
Materials
Metal
Vintage Toy, Small Motorcyclist, Made in Japan, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
This Wind up Boy on Tricycle is an original vintage toy.
Vintage friction toy representing a motorcyclist on his bike.
Small toy made in tin in Japa...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Toys
Materials
Metal
Napoleonic Prisoner of War Casket Dominoes Set
Located in London, GB
Napoleonic Prisoner of war casket Dominoes set
We share what we love, and we love this early 19th century Napoleonic prisoner of war cask...
Category
1820s French Folk Art Antique Toys
Materials
Bone
Antique Traditional Spanish Rag Doll, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique early 20th century hand painted rag doll of parish priest.
Manufactured circa 1920 in Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent ...
Category
1920s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Fabric
1930s Jointed Betty Boop Fleischer Doll
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1930. We offer this Jointed wooden Betty Boop doll by Fleischer in a green dress.
This is one of the first Betty Boop dolls that were created in...
Category
1930s Mexican Industrial Vintage Toys
Materials
Wood
Set of 3 Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of three table button soccer game players. Traditional figures used to play this classic button Spanish game.
The players are build buy attaching a printed photography or dra...
Category
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Toy, Small Train and Trailer, 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
This small train and trailer is an original vintage toy.
This vintage toy train and its trailer was maybe part of a bigger set.
Unknown man...
Category
Early 20th Century German Toys
Materials
Metal
Hand Marbled Italian A4 Note Book
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Hand Marbled Italian A4 Note Book
Hand Marbled Italian A4 Note Book. Hand made in a paper mill in Italy, luxurious A4 notebooks with plain unlined heavy weig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Toys
Materials
Paper
Ornate Scrolled Iron Slatted Wood Toy Childs Christmas Sleigh Sled Toboggan
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage folk art toy or child's Christmas sleigh/ sled / toboggan. Made of slatted wood with scrolled iron accents featuring cut out Christmas trees. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Toys
Materials
Iron
Antique Welsh Folk Art Pilgrim Man Cloth Doll Formal Wool Suit Wales
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Welsh costume cloth doll of a man in a brown formal tux style suit, reminiscent of 17th century Pilgrims, with delicately painted face and wool clot...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Toys
Materials
Fabric
Vintage Toy, Schuco 1750 Car, Made in Germany, Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This Schuco 1750 car is a wind up mechanical toy car, made in Germany, between 1938 and 1960.
Working clockwork, non original wheels.
Original key not included.
Very good overal...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Toys
Materials
Metal
Set of 2 Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two table button soccer game players. Traditional figures used to play this classic button Spanish game.
The players are build buy attaching a...
Category
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Paper
Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figure, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table button soccer game player. Traditional figure used to play this classic button Spanish game.
Manufactured in Spain, circa 1950.
In original ...
Category
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Paper
Set of 4 Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of four table button soccer game players. Traditional figures used to play this classic button Spanish game.
Manufactured in Spain, circa 1950.
...
Category
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Paper
Antique German Folk Art Spun Cotton Wool Santa Claus Ornament Doll Figurine
Located in Dayton, OH
Large antique German spun cotton wool Santa Claus Christmas ornament doll with hand painted composition face.
Measure: 9".
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Toys
Materials
Ceramic, Wool, Cotton
Collectible Toy, Concorde 2 Plane, 1970s
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Collectible toy - Concorde 2 plane - 1970s
Electric guided
Joustra Edition
Measures: L 59 x P 27 x H 13 cm
Sheet metal and plastic
Circa 1970
C...
Category
1970s French Vintage Toys
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Fetching Folk Art British 19th Century Rocking Horse with Glass Eyes
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Wonderful 19th century nursery rocking horse having charming detailed head with a dished face and flared nostrils. He retains his original saddle and leather stirrups and is mounted ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Toys
Materials
Glass, Wood
Overscale Vintage Carved Wood Folk Art Toy Train Set, 3 Pieces
Located in Miami, FL
Overscale vintage carved wood Folk Art Toy train set
Offered for sale is an overscale vintage carved wood folk art toy train set. The set includes 3 s...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Toys
Materials
Wood
Giant Hand-Made Wooden Bowling Balls, 1960s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand made wooden bowling balls with thumb and finger grips carved out of the wood. 12" in diameter. Heavy and substantial. Slightly varying size and patina for each ball giving them ...
Category
1960s Belgian Folk Art Vintage Toys
Materials
Wood
Hand-Made Wooden Bowling Balls, 1960s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand made wooden bowling balls with thumb and finger grips carved out of the wood. Slightly varying size and patina for each ball as well as some being painted blue while others are ...
Category
1960s American Folk Art Vintage Toys
Materials
Metal
Set of 9 Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of nine table button soccer game players. Traditional figures used to play this classic button Spanish game.
The players are build buy attaching a printed photography or drawin...
Category
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Paper
Antique, New and Vintage Toys
Children as well as nostalgic grown-ups are still finding pleasure in toys and objects designed specifically for playtime that are, in comparison to today’s digital device-oriented distractions, far more modest in nature. Indeed, antique, new and vintage toys of years past — handmade folk-art toys such as wooden train sets, dolls, rocking horses and more — can be enjoyed by the young and old alike. In contemporary interiors, gently aging toys are wonderfully uncomplicated decorative objects primed for display in a cabinet or other case piece.
With their romantic appeal and frequent incorporation of natural materials, some vintage toys and folk-art toys are treasured collectibles, showcasing the beauty of handmade craftsmanship. Alongside other works characterized as folk art — in this case, visual art, typically reflective of a community’s culture and usually handmade by craftspeople working within a popular tradition — handcrafted vintage toys are historical works of art worthy of any collector’s mantel. These are toys that tell a story of the time in which they were produced and the people who produced them.
Like any artifact, toys provide a window into the past. The ornamental dolls of the Victorian era, for example, produced in Germany and England, made of ceramics such as porcelain and dressed in textured fabrics, speak to the fashion of the era and will add a pop of color and a decorative flourish to the neutral corners of your home.
Mid-century modern toys are as sophisticated as the widely cherished furniture of the era. As much as they thought good design for the home should be available for all, iconic American design duo Charles and Ray Eames believed in making durable and interesting products for kids too. Today, their Eames Elephant is available from Vitra and Herman Miller, and it doesn’t even require a digital screen.
Explore a unique collection of antique and vintage toys as well as folk-art toys on 1stDibs.
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