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Toys and Dolls For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: Mid-20th Century
Midcentury Walnut and Brass Kaliedoscope
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool and unique midcentury kaliedoscope made of walnut wood, a brass ring and glass ball. The piece is very high quality and presents some amazing images when held up to the l...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls
Materials
Brass
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 and Dolls
Materials
Spelter
Ko Verzuu Toy Cart for Ado Holland
By Ado Holland, Ko Verzuu
Located in Echt, NL
Wooden Ko Verzuu Toy Cart in beautiful original condition.
Manufactured by Ado Holland (Arbeid door onvolwaardigen) founded in 1925.
This Cart stil h...
Category
20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Antique Mechanical Raphael Tuck & Sons Paper Toy St Bernard and Calf
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very rare, highly sought after and collectable Father Tuck's mechanical animals
The St. Bernard dog (Canis familiaris) No 1
and The calf of the comm...
Category
Early 20th Century European Toys and Dolls
Materials
Paper
Kids Tricycle Bike Model "Sky King", 1930s
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Vintage tricycle in good condition model sky-king airflow.
Category
1930s American Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
20th Century French Metal Model of a Red Toy Lorry Truck
Located in Sofia, BG
Impressive, large scale metal model of a red lorry truck.
France, circa late 1920s.
Category
Early 20th Century French Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Collection of Ndebele Fertility Dolls
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A group of six collected Ndebele hand beaded fertility dolls of various sizes and designs. The dolls are made in secret by the maternal grandmother of ...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Toys and Dolls
Materials
Beads
Mid Century Modern Red Vintage Toy Pedal Car for Children 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid century modern red vintage pedal car, which was made of partially black, red brown and ivory lacquered tube steel base.
An amazing pedal car with...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Steel
Plateau and Ute Doll Cradleboard Collection
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Doll Cradleboard collection (Right to Left) 1. Ute cradleboard, 13”. Beaded edge with cross accents and brain tanned deer hide. 2. Umatilla doll cradleboard....
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Toys and Dolls
Materials
Other
Vintage English Toy Lion
Located in New York, NY
A rare early turn-of-the-century English nursery toy. A standing lion with warm smiling face and excellent detail. In hard molded rubber with the original...
Category
Early 20th Century English Toys and Dolls
Vintage American Made Antique Wooden Snow Sled Toboggan
Located in Oakville, CT
Original, Vintage, American Made, Wooden Snow Sled / Toboggan. Bring the whole gang with you on this sleigh ride! The seat is 142" long with the original p...
Category
20th Century American Primitive Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Rare VW Beetle Pedal Car by Pines
By Pines of America
Located in Highland, IN
Made by Pines of America Inc. of Fort Wayne, Indiana this exceptional vintage VW pedal car comes with its original cardboard box. These plastic pedal cars...
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Giant-Sized King's Guardsman by Kay Bojesen
By Kay Bojesen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A very rare and monumental giant-sized model of the Royal Danish King's Guardsman hand crafted in wood having movable arms and legs and retaining its ...
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Wood
Rare Leather and Jute Therapeutic Toy Seal by Renate Muller
Located in Berlin, BE
Very rare therapeutic toys Seal in natural jute with colored leather out of the 1970s in excellent collectors condition. The toy is designed by Renate Müller and handmade. The Renate Müller toys...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Jute, Leather
Large Old Polychrome Painted Metal Model of a Lorry
Located in Baambrugge, NL
A large model of a lorry made in the second quarter of the 20th century. The cab is red, the body and flatbed maroon, above four spoked wheels. After an American Brockway truck.
...
Category
1920s European Industrial Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Chinese Robed Puppet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand puppets, like this one from China’s Zhejiang region, have been a popular form of entertainment for centuries. In the late 19th early-20th century this tiny robed gentleman proba...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Toys and Dolls
Materials
Silk, Wood
Horse Cart Il Cavallino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Horse cart, beautiful aged still functional.
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Rocket Sculptures Mobile
Located in Chicago, IL
Three steel cast rockets movable and suspended on 16 foot long cables.
Each sculpture has designated cable. Turn buckle mounting mechanism on each cable.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal, Wire
Collection of 15 'Bottletop' Dolls, circa 1960s
Located in London, GB
Unusual collection of 15 'Bottletop' dolls. Although we purchased these dolls in France, we believe they originated in America.
Category
1960s American Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Antique English Miniature Oak Chest of Drawers
Located in Port Chester, NY
Charming piece, lovely color. Suitable for smaller pieces of jewelry. Well-made, chipwork and champhered elements.
Category
Early 20th Century English Toys and Dolls
Materials
Oak
Vintage Two-Seat Tricycle, Belgium, circa 1940
Located in Napa, CA
Vintage two-seat tricycle with leather seats and a spare tire mounted on the back. The turquoise tricycle has a round mirror on the handle bar. Tricycle is from Belgium and dates back to the 1940s. For decorative use only.
Plaque reads: Brights Mastermakers of Kid Rides.
Category
1940s Belgian Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Vintage Leather Child's Saddle, circa 1930
Located in Napa, CA
Vintage leather child's saddle.
Category
1930s British Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Leather
Austin Alcoa Aluminum Sculptural Puzzle Triangles
Located in San Diego, CA
Austin Enterprises aluminum sculptural puzzle produced by Alcoa Aluminum. Walnut case.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls
Materials
Aluminum
20th Century Wooden Childs Rocking Horse By Collinson, England c.1930
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
One of the most popular rocking horse manufacturers and probably the longest-established English rocking horse maker is J. Collinson traces its roots back to Liverpool in 1836. This ...
Category
1930s British Other Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Wood
Lacquered iron rocket, France early 20th century
Located in Firenze, IT
Lacquered iron rocket
France early 20th century
Probably part of an old amusement park attraction.
wooden stand included
37 cm
Conditions: good overall conditions, a bit of rus...
Category
1930s French Folk Art Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Iron
Satua di Pinocchio di grandi dimensioni anni '70
Located in Roma, IT
Statua di pinocchio realizzata in legno degli anni '60 di grandi dimensioni braccia snodate dipinto a mano in buono stato di conservazione
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century A. Quisto Ventriloquist Dummy Head
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century A. Quisto Ventriloquist Dummy Head
A quirky example of an early 20th Century A. Quisto ventriloquist dummy head. In the form of a smoking figure, with glass eyes ...
Category
1940s British Late Victorian Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Paper
Antique Original "Bathing Beauty" Flapper Figurine in Pebble Swimsuit
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The Circa 1920 Hertwig Germany all-bisque bathing beauty flapper figurine is a small collectible item from the early 20th century.
It depicts a flapper-style woman wearing a low-cut...
Category
1920s Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Ceramic
Therapeutic Jute Children Toy Hippo by Renate Müller Germany 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
This authentic animal toy from the 1970s was designed by Renate Müller. Unique in shape and workmanship. This example shows hippo made of jute.?The high quality toy is handmade from ecologically acceptable materials.
Renate Müller developed high-quality children's toys in cooperation with doctors and therapists in the GDR. She later on worked with small series and even more valuable materials, making the toys being dealt at high prices. The robust toy animals from Müller's manufactory are now traded worldwide. The older toys...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Leather, Jute
Ado Ko Verzuu Toy Crate Truck Holland 1948
By Ko Verzuu
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare collectible toy large toy truck designed by Ko Verzuu for Ado Holland in 1950. Ado means Arbeid door onvolwaardigen, translated; labor by incapacitated, which makes this an even more special piece. Toys by Ado are being highly collected at the moment, even more than ever cause this is very decorative combined with 1950s furniture from all countries!
Very nice red, blue and yellow truck, handmade and hand painted. This is a service truck with seperate wooden carts to be loaded on and off with a little winch. De Bijenkorf sold a lot of Ado furniture in the 30s-60s. Ado toys have a great charm because of their played look and original age wear but this one is very well kept. This car is in a fantastic original condition. Would be an amazing addition to any interior or collection as a decorative object with a beautiful history. Have a look at the large collection of trucks we have available at the moment.
Jacobus Johannes Josephus (Ko) Verzuu, a former construction supervisor from Utrecht, led the ADO workshops. He had delved into architecture and art and developed a strong preference for the abstract lines and bright colors, which can also be found in the followers of De Stijl group from the 1920s, followed by Piet Mondriaan, Theo van Doesburg, Vilmos Huszár...
Category
1940s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Jigger Doll “Norman”
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Jigger Doll “Norman”
We are proud to offer a charming early 20th century hand carved English articulated jigger doll, whom we have lovely names Norman. Norman i...
Category
1930s British Folk Art Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Pine
Antique Vintage Wood Toy Airplane Propeller
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Antique wood toy airplane propeller
12 x 1.13 x .38 thick
Original unrestored vintage condition
Refer to images listed please.
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Wood
Boxed Marionette Theatre Toy, Early 20th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique mechanical marionette theatre toy by CK made in Japan.
A clockwork tin - metal swing with 2 adorable celluloid puppets or dolls: a clown and a ballerina.
By the movement of the swing it seems that the boy and girl are dancing.
At the back of the boy you see " my friend Japan " and the swing does have a patent number.
The mechanical swing still works by the wind-up clockwork.
The little dolls do not have damage.
The upper part of the strings have been replaced during the years.
The cardboard canopy roof with felt of the theatre and the original cardboard box do have some traces by age and beeing played with.
Antique toys - antique tin toys - celluloid dolls...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal, Other
Vintage Doll Shaped Ring Bell Hanging Handmade Pottery 1960s
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Bell doll
Vintage doll shaped ring bell handmade pottery doll with little shoes underneath.
Unmarked.
Measures: 6 H x 2.75 W x 2.5 D inches
Unrestore...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Book of Knowledge Cast Iron Spise a Mule Mechanical Bank, 20th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
A vintage book of knowledge Spise a mule mechanical bank offers polychrome cast construction with boy and mule, underside reads "Reproduced from Origina...
Category
20th Century American Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal, Iron
Huge Wooden Toy Soldier by Kay Bojesen
By Kay Bojesen
Located in San Diego, CA
Huge Royal Guardsman Standard-Bearer designed by Kay Bojesen. Includes the original Danish flag. Incredibly rare at this scale, Denmark, 1950s.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Wood
Ado Ko Verzuu Toy Truck Houthandel, 1948
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very rare toy ‘houthandel’ (wood transport) truck designed by Ko Verzuu for Ado Holland in 1948. Ado means Arbeid door onvolwaardigen, translated; labor by incapacitated, which makes this an even more special piece. Toys by Ado are being highly collected at the moment, even more than ever cause this is very decorative combined with 1950s furniture from all countries!
Jacobus Johannes Josephus (Ko) Verzuu, a former construction supervisor from Utrecht, led the ADO workshops. He had delved into architecture and art and developed a strong preference for the abstract lines and bright colors, which can also be found in the followers of De Stijl group from the 1920s, followed by Piet Mondriaan, Theo van Doesburg, Vilmos Huszár...
Category
1940s De Stijl Vintage Toys and Dolls
Pinocchio
Located in London, GB
Original artwork used to create the British front of house stills. Gouache on artboard.
This original artwork fetures the films scene where pinocchio dances in the song i've got no strings.
Exceptionally rare. Original artworks rarely surface, as the majority were destroyed.
Pieces on the Classic Disney films are always highly prized. This original artwork only recently surfaced, and was previously owned by an English lady, who had been given this piece in the 1940s. Prior to this discovery no other Pinocchio artwork for posters or front of house stills had been seen.
Walt Disney's second animated feature film was made after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Pinocchio, the world’s most famous wooden puppet, is originally the creation of the Italian writer and social commentator Carlo Collodi. Entitled The Adventures of Pinocchio...
Category
1940s British Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Paint
Therapeutic Small Elephant Toy in Jute and Leather by Renate Müller, circa 1969
Located in New York, NY
Therapeutic toy small elephant in jute and leather. Originally designed and made by Renate Müller for H. Josef Leven, Sonneberg, Germany, circa 1969.
Category
1960s German Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Leather, Jute
Therapeutic Giraffe Toy in Jute and Leather by Renate Müller, circa 1968
Located in New York, NY
Therapeutic Toy Giraffe in natural jute with red and blue leather detailing. Designed by Renate Müller for H. Josef Leven KG, Sonneberg, Germany, circa 1968.
Category
1960s German Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Leather, Jute
Therapeutic Toy Cube in Jute with Leather by Renate Müller, 1968-1974
Located in New York, NY
Therapeutic Toy cube in jute with leather detailing. Designed and made by Renate Müller for H. Josef Leven, Sonneberg, Germany, produced between 1968 and 1974.
Category
1960s German Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Leather, Jute
1960s Sebel Mobo Toy Horse, Pedal Carrey Trailer, Pressed Steel, UK
By Mobo Toys
Located in Antwerp, BE
1960s vintage Mobo Toy - Sebel Mobo Toy, D. Sebel & co Erith Kent, England.
A pressed steel cute pony horse with a Carrey Trailer.
This Child's ride on to...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls
Materials
Steel
1972 Love Buggie Coin Operated Kiddie Ride
Located in New York, NY
Colorful Volkswagen kiddie car ride from circa 1972. This has not been tested. Please inquire about working order. This can be seen at our 400 Gilligan St location in Scranton, PA.
Category
1970s American Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
American Toy Childs Automobile Garage
Located in Chicago, IL
American child’s toy car garage in pretty decent condition, considering these were for children to play with. This toy garage is for 1/43rd scale model cars...
Category
1930s American Vintage Toys and Dolls
American Folk-Art Carved Wooden Canoe
Located in Chicago, IL
American folk-art canoe, probably from Alaska, but could also be American Indian. Has quite a bit of age to it and I would expect it was made in the early 1800s. The canoers are made...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Toys and Dolls
Large Folky Handmade Caboose-Form Toy Box
Located in New York, NY
Charming handmade toy storage box. The roof opens to revel space for toy, or whatever you'd like to store. Minor wood elements missing ( one step platform ).
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Plywood
Antique, New and Vintage Toys and Dolls
Antique, new and vintage toys and dolls 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.
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. 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 and dolls 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, new and vintage toys and dolls as well as folk-art toys on 1stDibs.