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Toys For Sale
Folk Art Vintage Wood Farm Animals Spintop Mobile
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
As found in Denmark, this timeless spin top features a cow, a duck, sheep and a pig and a heart at the top. Great piece to add to a collection of these popular spinning mobiles.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Toys
Materials
String, Wood
Set of Seven Vintage Medium Sized Breyer Horses (Box 2)
Located in Redding, CT
Set of Seven Medium Size Vintage Breyer Horses. The set consists of three brown toned , two white toned, one grey toned Appaloosa and one black toned horse. Sizes vary by inches. Not...
Category
1970s Vintage Toys
Materials
Plastic
$556 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Jigger Doll Mr Sideburns
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Jigger Doll
A great example of an early 20th century American hand carved folk art articulated jigger doll. With brilliantly shaped body and hand painted facial features with cool side burns. Stood on a wire stand...
Category
1920s American Folk Art Vintage Toys
Materials
Pine
Italian Vintage Table Soccer With Three Knobs
Located in Milano, IT
This charming foosball table, with its worn and authentic look, exudes an unmistakable vintage appeal that takes us back to a time when playing was a simple and genuine moment of sha...
Category
1920s English Industrial Vintage Toys
Materials
Metal
Painted Wood Design Blocks
Located in New York, NY
Painted wood design blocks. Multiple diverse and amusing design variations available from painted 1” wood blocks in yellow, red, white blue, and coloured stripes
United States, mid...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Toys
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Vintage Fabric Wood Glove Puppetry, circa 1920 Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Art deco vintage glove puppetry with 10 character puppets, circa 1920 Austria.
A fabulous and very rare glove puppetry including the characters:
Mr. Pu...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Toys
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Swedish Folk Art bridge bookshelf, designed by Petrus & Sture Lundström 1925
Located in London, GB
A wonderful and skilfully executed piece of Swedish Folk Art. In 1925 readers of the Swedish family magazine Allérs familj-journal, would have found instructions for building this im...
Category
1920s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Toys
Materials
Copper
Vintage 15 Car Train Set or Collection
Located in Redding, CT
Vintage 15 Car Train Set or Collection .Great collector gift set of Trains for that Train enthusiast.
The set includes two 1950s American Flyer streamline aluminum trains. One engine and one pull car. Some are Lionel Trains...
Category
1950s Vintage Toys
Materials
Tin, Metal, Iron
$719 Sale Price
20% Off
Kay Bojesen, Denmark, Wooden Dog, Danish Design, 20th-21st Century
Located in København, Copenhagen
Kay Bojesen, Denmark. Wooden dog. Danish design, 20th-21st century.
Measures: 8 x 7.5 cm.
Stamped.
In perfect condition.
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Toys
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Articulated Wooden Figure
Located in London, GB
19th century articulated wooden figure
We are proud to offer a rare survivor from the 19th century, in the form of a hand carved pine figure of a soldier. With a polychrome painted...
Category
1870s Italian Early Victorian Antique Toys
Materials
Pine
Spelter Still Bank "Seated Cat with a Bow" German, circa 1920
Located in Incline Village, NV
The term "spelter" refers to a zinc/lead metal compound used to pour and make castings. Because of the thinness of the castings there is great detail to the subject matter of these banks. Spelter banks...
Category
1920s German Folk Art Vintage Toys
Materials
Spelter
Uncle Sam Still Bank 'Composition, ' circa 1940
Located in Incline Village, NV
American manufacture; this colorful hand-painted still bank depicting Uncle Sam is all original with no repairs and no repaint. Fabulous crazing throughout indicative of original pai...
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Toys
Materials
Composition
Antique Barber Chair for Children, Germany ca. 1920s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Barber Chair for Children, Germany ca. 1920s
An antique barber shop children chair. With rotatable height adjustment and a wooden h...
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Toys
Materials
Wood, Leather
Antique Fireman from a Children's Carousel, Germany 1920s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Fireman from a Children's Carousel, Germany 1920s
An antique wooden sculpture of a fireman. Formerly used as decoration for the fire engine o...
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Toys
Materials
Wood
American Tin Toy Trolley, circa 1880
By George W. Brown & Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
Horse drawn trolleys or "horse buses" were the main source of "mass transit", along with trains in the late 1800s in America. Thus they were ubiquitous subject matter for toy makers to exploit as toys for young children. While many tin toy...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Toys
Materials
Tin
Mexican Folk Art Woodcarving Alebrijes Jaguar Wagon Folkloric Art
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This bold piece by Manuel and Ruby, a master artisan husband and wife team, represents a lifetime of dedication to the art of wood carving. With this piece, they give you the feeling...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Folk Art Toys
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Antique 20th Century Jacob Ruppert Metal Bottle Holder
Located in Sheffield, MA
Antique 20th century Jacob Ruppert metal bottle holder. This compartmentalized metal bottle holder reads "Jacob Ruppert Brewer New York". Measures: 11 inches x 19.5 inches x 13 inche...
Category
Early 20th Century American Toys
Materials
Metal
Collection of 17 Small Lead Soldiers from French and English Regiments
Located in Sofia, BG
This collection contains soldiers and guards and other English and French regiments in various poses, with weapons and different uniforms. All figures are hand painted and are standi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Toys
Materials
Lead
$519 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Lehman Auto "Ito" Sedan, Germany, circa 1913
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 ye...
Category
1910s German Folk Art Vintage Toys
Materials
Tin
Vintage Toy Motorbike by Oriental Metal Industries, India, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oriental Metal Industries Motorcyclist is vintage mechanical toy, realized in 1970s.
Vintage metal toy representing a big motorcyclist on hi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Toys
Materials
Metal
Rietveld Scale Model Kit Bouwplaat, 1987
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rietveld Scale Model Kit Bouwplaat 1987
In good original condition with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Gerrit ...
Category
1980s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Plastic, Paper
$428 Sale Price
35% Off
Horse Cart Il Cavallino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Horse cart, beautiful aged still functional.
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Toys
Materials
Metal
$1,950
Original Vintage Toy, Wind Up Circus Performer, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
This Wind up Circus Performer is an original vintage toy.
Vintage wind up mechanical toy representing a circus performer.
Made in tin by th...
Category
Early 20th Century French Toys
Materials
Metal
Late 19th Century English Folk Art Jig Doll
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century English Folk Art Jig Doll
We are proud to offer a late 19th century hand carved, painted Folk Art English jigger doll example. Jig dolls are traditional wooden or tin-plate 'toys' for adults or children. They are dolls with loose limbs that step dance...
Category
1890s English Folk Art Antique Toys
Materials
Wood
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
1950s German Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Metal
19th Century Carved and Painted Wooden Horse
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th century carved and painted wooden horse
This is a superb piece of Folk Art, superbly carved in wood, the paint is original, it is quite br...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Toys
Materials
Wood
Vintage Toy Car, Wind Up Red Car, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This Wind up red car is a vintage toy made by unknown manifacturer, probably model from 1920s-1930s.
Original key not included. Surface lightly scratched.
Mechanism perfectly wor...
Category
Early 20th Century German Toys
Materials
Metal
Vintage Toy, Wind Up Motorcyclist
Located in Roma, IT
This Wind up Motorcyclist is a working toy of unknown production, multi-color rider on a green motorcycle.
Made up in painted tin and plastic. No original ...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Toys
Materials
Metal
Tin Penny Toy Bi-Plane Horn, Germany, circa 1910
Located in Incline Village, NV
Penny Toys were just that; toys made to sell for a penny or very inexpensively. This particular toy was manufactured in Germany (probably Nuremberg) for the ...
Category
1910s German Folk Art Vintage Toys
Materials
Tin
Franco Albini 1960 Rattan Cane & Bamboo Rocking Horse, Animal Sculpture Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Original Franco Albini Mid-Century Modern Rattan and Bamboo Rocking Horse, Animal Sculpture.
Rattan and bamboo rocking horse core with basket wea...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
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
Vintage Toy, The Flyer 1956 Locomotive and Coach, 1956
Located in Roma, IT
The Flyer 1956 locomotive and coach is a rare vintage toy.
Vintage wind up tin toy train made of two pieces, locomotive and coach.
The original se...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Toys
Materials
Metal
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
Set of Six Medium Size Breyer Horses (Box 5)
Located in Redding, CT
Set of Six Medium Size Vintage Breyer Horses. All Six Breyer horses are stamped . The set consists of four brown toned horses and two whiter toned horses, one having appaloosa spots....
Category
1970s Vintage Toys
Materials
Plastic
$396 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of Nine Small Breyer Style Horses (Box 6)
Located in Redding, CT
Set of Nine Small Breyer Style Horses (Box 6)
The set consists of 9 small breyer horses , 4 are marked Breyer , 1 is marked Blue Box and 4 are unmarked . Sizes vary by inches. Not ...
Category
1970s Vintage Toys
Materials
Plastic
$270 Sale Price / set
28% Off
Vintage Bucherer "Laurel and Hardy" Aluminum Doll
By Bucherer
Located in Napa, CA
1940s aluminum Stan Laurel doll with articulating joints made by Swiss watch company Bucherer. From comedy duo "Laurel and Hardy" of early Americ...
Category
1940s Swiss Vintage Toys
Materials
Aluminum, Metal
Folk Art Styled Airstream Travel Trailer Toy
By Craft and Folk Art Museum
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A toy Airstream Folk Art styled travel trailer with silver faded and patina paint having a lift up back end and side door revealing beds, sink and livin...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Toys
Materials
Wood, Plywood
Hansa Mechanical Huge Stuffed Hippopotamus Almost 4 Feet Long
Located in Chicago, IL
Hansa plush mechanical Stuffed Hippopotamus
Hansa was created in 1972 by German-born Hans Axthelm. Each and every Hansa stuffed Hippopotamus animal, is hand sewn using the inside-ou...
Category
1980s Philippine Vintage Toys
Materials
Acrylic
Set of 9 Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
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
$1,127 Sale Price / item
50% Off
Set of 8 Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of eight table button soccer game players. Traditional figures used to play this classic button Spanish game. Manufactured in Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, wit...
Category
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Paper
$741 Sale Price / item
50% Off
Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figure, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Table button soccer game player. Traditional figure used to play this classic button Spanish game. The figure is usually made by attaching a football player photograph, or sometimes ...
Category
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Paper
$133 Sale Price
50% Off
Set of 3 Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
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
$177 Sale Price / item
75% Off
Set of 9 Traditional Antique Button Soccer Game Figures, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Set of nine table button soccer game players. Traditional figures used to play this classic button Spanish game. Manufactured in Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with...
Category
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Paper
$446 Sale Price / item
89% Off
The Garage of FRANQUIN, SPIROU: TURBOT-RHINO 1 red 1957 -
Located in Saint ouen, FR
LE GARAGE DE FRANQUIN, SPIROU: TURBOT-RHINO 1 ROUGE 1957 - véhicule en résine 40 cm
Year of publication : 2016
Author : Franquin
Limited Edition : 233 copies
Depth : 40 cm
Material :...
Category
2010s Toys
Materials
Resin
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
Spelter Still Bank "Girl By A Barrel", German, circa 1908
Located in Incline Village, NV
The term "spelter" refers to a zinc/lead metal compound used to pour and make castings. Because of the thinness of the castings there is great detail to the subject matter of these banks. Spelter banks...
Category
Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Toys
Materials
Spelter
Italian Monovolumen Student Art Work
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1980s wood truck by student at the woodworking class in the early eighties in Italy.
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Hardwood
"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
Elvis Presley Commemorative Mechanical Bank "Cleveland Rock and Roll" circa 2006
By Reynolds Toys
Located in Incline Village, NV
Made to commemorate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame located in Cleveland, Ohio, this cast aluminum mechanical bank depicts Elvis Presley in full gala attire, typical of Elvis, with wh...
Category
Early 2000s American Folk Art Toys
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of Indian Handmade Vintage Rajasthani Kathputli Puppets
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Pair of Indian Handmade Vintage Rajasthani Kathputli Puppets
Lovely Vintage pair of Marionette Puppets, Bride and Groom made in wood and dressed in green with silver gold trimmings...
Category
1950s Anglo-Indian Vintage Toys
Materials
Silk
Monumental Safety Pin by Think Big NYC
By Think Big
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Giant safety pin made by Think Big NYC. Dated 1986. Cool unusual object. Good vintage condition. Just under 3 feet tall.
Category
1980s Taiwanese Vintage Toys
Materials
Metal
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
$375 / item
Early 20th Century Steel and Wood Kids Toboggan, Europe
Located in Praha, CZ
In good original condition
wood part is reoiled
in nice patina
no brakes and damages
nice design
seat height is 18cm.
Category
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Toys
Materials
Steel
Vintage Toy, Dancing Russian Doll, Moscow Olympics, 1980
Located in Roma, IT
This Dancing Russian Doll - Moscow Olympics 1980 is a Vintage mechanical toy produced in Russia for the 1980 Olympic Games.
Dancing Russian ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Toys
Materials
Metal
1940's Folk Art John Carr's Jacquard Puppets The Turnip's, Scarecrow & Gardener
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming collection of hand crafted puppets by John Carr, (William & His Turnips) depicting a scare crow, a gardener with a hoe and 12 turnips.
Develope...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Toys
Materials
Fabric, Pine
Original Vintage Toy, AMB Motorcyclist, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
This AMB Motorcyclist is an original vintage toy.
Made in Italy by AMB probably in 1960s. Model n. 701.
Very good conditions.
This obje...
Category
Late 20th Century French Toys
Materials
Metal
Vintage Toy, Wind up Drummer Panda, Made in China, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
This wind up drummer panda is a vintage toy.
Vintage toy representing a panda playing the drum.
Made in China in 1970s.
The original clockwork w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Toys
Materials
Metal
Set of Seven Handmade Vintage Primitive Vintage Nesting Cubes/Blocks in Pine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Primitive set of seven blocks and boxes (some four-sided, some two) which nest in the largest box (ca. early 20th Century, USA).
Thoughtfully crafted with finger jointed-edges and un...
Category
Early 1900s American Primitive Antique Toys
Materials
Pine
Marilyn Neuhart Alexander Girard Doll Textiles & Objects
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rare Hand Made Doll, by Marilyn Neuhart for Textiles & Objects, which was a "pop up shop" conceived by Alexander Girard and sponsored by Herman Miller in May of 1961. See the last tw...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys
Materials
Wool, Linen, Silk
Spirou and Fantasio - Le Garage de Franquin " Jeep Wyllis MB "
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Collection Le Garage de Franquin
" Jeep Wyllis MB "
2017
Based on Franquin's
"Le Dictateur et le Champignon"
Sculpture by Chris C and Bruno Vaerman
Resin and metal, length 28 cm
Matt...
Category
2010s Toys
Materials
Resin
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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