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Toys and Dolls For Sale
Period: 1980s
Period: 1920s
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
1920s American Folk Art Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Tin
Collection of Antique French Doll Furniture or Salesmen's Samples Early 1900's
Located in Chicago, IL
Collection of (7) mostly French Doll House Furniture or possibly Salesman's Samples or simply Child's Toys? One of the pieces was made from an Ameri...
Category
1920s Country Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Keith Haring Pop Shop 1986 'Set of 4 Original Pins'
By Keith Haring
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A set of 4 vintage Keith Haring Pop Shop lapel pins, circa 1986-1987 featuring some of the artist's most iconic images.
Original circa mid-late 1980s (Not later reproductions)
Smal...
Category
1980s Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
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 the Ferdinand Strauss Company/Strauss Mfg. Co. of New York ...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal, Steel
"Dancing Dog" Vintage Windup Toy. American, Circa 1925
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Dancing Dog" is a fairly scarce toy to acquire, especially in this excellent condition and working order. Windup toy is lithographed and hand painted in colors of black and greenish grey, and the name "Spot" is printed in bold letters on the red collar. This is American made in the 1920's having been manufactured by the Lindstrom Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut; established in 1913. Markings to each side of the dog reveal its genesis; "The Lindstrom Tool and Toy Co.; Made in U.S.A." "Patent
Applied For"; on the other side is "Dancing Dog".
"Dancing Dog" is in excellent condition and is completely original with no repairs or repaint. It works perfectly and is quite amusing. To operate; wind up the attached key on the side, a couple of times; with front legs in the air, place down by his hind legs on a hard surface and watch "Spot" dance. He carries on for quite some time, dancing around in a circle and then side to side. (see attached video accompanying the listing).
Dimensions: 5 1/4" wide x 4" high x 2 1/4" deep.
Provenance: From a recently acquired discerning West Coast Collection of tin toys.
See my other listings of vintage toys.
Note: After 40 plus years of dealing and collecting toys, I am justly qualified to guarantee and present the authenticity of antique and vintage toys and children's playthings; important considering the fakes and reproductions in the marketplace. My toys operate properly and are as stated and accurately described.
it would behoove an enterprising collector, dealer, or decorator to take advantage of the opportunity to buy as many of the vintage tin toys...
Category
1920s American Folk Art Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Tin
Toy Cast Iron Truck Car Carrier; Three Cars by A.C. Williams American Circa 1930
Located in Incline Village, NV
Founded in 1886, the A.C. Williams Toy Company in Ravenna, Ohio, manufactured this toy circa 1930. This cast iron truck car carrier loaded with three blue "Austin" sedans ("Austin" embossed on the side of each car) is completely original with no restoration of any kind, and is in original paint with no touch-up or repaint. I have black lighted everything to insure originality of paint. A red Mack truck hitched to a green trailer pulls the car carrier with it's three original cars; all nickel plated wheels on all vehicles are original. Other markings include #5, #11, and #1 on the inside of each car by rear axle; and #5 on the green trailer; #5 on the red truck.
Wonderful piece of Americana in very nice condition; one or several of the cars usually are missing and/or typically repainted due to rough floor play.
See my other listings of vintage toys.
Dimensions: 12 1/2" long x 2" wide x 4 1/4" high. Each cast iron car...
Category
1920s American Folk Art Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Iron
Ferrari telephone , 80s Miami Vice Era Phone , Vintage Telephone , Collectible
Located in Milano, IT
Rare Ferrari Telefone / Decorative Object / Limited Edition piece of the 80's
It may not be white, but Miami Vice vibes are guaranteed with this funny and rare "Ferrari Testarossa" ...
Category
1980s Hong Kong Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Plastic
4 sets Children Toy Blocks, De Stijl, Amsterdam School, Berlage, 1920's
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
4 Very nice and decorative toy cubes boxes in two sizes. 1920s the Netherlands. Kropholler, Berlage, de Klerk, Kramer, Gerrit Rietveld, Theo van Doesburg, De Stijl.
2 Large boxes 9,5 cm
Wooden ball in every box
2 small boxes 7cm
Comes with set small building blocks
Very nice in combination with the 1920s Amsterdam School...
Category
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Wood
Oversized Wooden Chess Set, 1980s USSR
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large oversized folding wooden chess set made in the USSR in the 1980s. Box unfolds into chess board. Good condition with nice surface patination on board...
Category
1980s American Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Wood
A Wonderful Old French Pull Along Circus Elephant
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Wonderful Old French Pull Along Circus Elephant
Our charming fellow has a a very worn felt coat/saddle and a matching head dress, he sits on red tin w...
Category
1920s Arts and Crafts Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Felt
Vintage Gucci Playing Cards, 1980s Italy
By Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Gucci playing cards in the original box. Cards are plastic and washable. Two complete decks with two jokers and a bridge card in French. Both sets still sealed in plastic and un...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Plastic, Paper
Vintage 1989 Barbie Mattel Original Pink Paper Book Covers NOS - Many Available
By Mattel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage 1989 Barbie Mattel Original Pink Paper Book Covers NOS - Many Available. Item features new old stock vintage collection of Mattel Barbie book covers. Circa 1989. Measurements...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Keystone Pressed Steel Toy Steam Shovel
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and a survivor of almost 100 years old. A very decorative piece to lighten a room and inject some fun. Very chic. In excellent antique condition with lots of patina. Door fo...
Category
1920s American Industrial Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Steel
1980s Vintage Red PEZ Space Gun Candy Dispenser U. S. Pat. 3.370.746
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Stunning Pop Art PEZ dispenser from Austria. Made of plastic, circa 1980s. Marked made in Austria and US Pat. 3.370.746. Found at an estate sale in Vienn...
Category
1980s Austrian Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Plastic
Rietveld 'Berlin Chair and End Table' Model Toy, 1985
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Scale model kit of the Berlin chair and end table.
Manufactured in Holland in 1985.
It consists of parts of quality wood with little paints. In 1/6 scale...
Category
1980s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Puppet Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English folk art puppet figure
We share what we love, and we love this early 20th century articulated folk art puppet figure. Made from hand carved pin, The base (handle) moves up and down to animate the puppets head. Arms are moved with the sticks. Original linen clothes...
Category
1920s European Folk Art Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Pine
Rare Vintage 1980s Lenci Doll, Serial Number 46
Located in Plainview, NY
The Lenci doll is one of the most beautiful dolls ever made. This rare beautiful vintage original Lenci Doll from 1980s. The doll was purchased from the Nu...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Fabric, Wool
Antique 1926 Sebel Products Mobo Tot Cycle Bicycle Childrens Pedal Bike 30"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique child’s bicycle, the Mobo Tot-Cycle by Sebel Products of England. Features a well worn steel frame with red and white paint job, rubber tires a...
Category
1920s Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Scott Henderson Design for Mint Inc. White Porcelain Pig Shaped Piggy Bank, 1980
Located in Miami, FL
Scott Henderson Design for Mint Inc. White porcelain open top pig, piggy bank, animal sculpture Mid-Century Modern.
Marked at Base, Makers Trademark.
...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Porcelain
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 and Dolls
Materials
Pine
Native American Indian Doll with Traditional Lakota Sioux Cherokee Wedding Dress
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Native American Indian doll with traditional Lakota Sioux Cherokee wedding dress with bead-work, one of a kind
This is an authentic Native American, Am...
Category
1980s North American Native American Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Leather, Clay
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 and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Shiro Kuramata Hammer House
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hammer house object by Shiro Kuramata.
Never used condition in box.
Category
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Zinc
1930s Austrian Horse Toy
By Craft and Folk Art Museum
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Beautiful 1930s Austrian horse toy. Wonderful patina.
Category
1920s Austrian Folk Art Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Bentwood
Set of 4 Antique Bilboquets, France
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Beautiful set of four antique Bilboquets from France,around 1920,
cup-and-bowl children toys in turned Beechwood, dark tinted,
pretty patina,
a set full of charm and authenticity
...
Category
1920s French Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Beech
Hammer House Green Roof Model Shiro Kuramata
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hammer house object by Shiro Kuramata. Green roof model.
Never used condition in box.
Category
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Zinc
Tipp & Co Clockwork Motorcycle With Rider & Pillion Passenger
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Tipp & Co. Toy Clockwork Tinplate Motorcycle.
A rare, desirable, tinplate wind-up motorcycle by the renowned German manufacturer, Tipp & Co or TippCo. The original tin windup motorbike with a civilian male rider and female pillion passenger. The clockwork toy...
Category
1920s Sporting Art Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Tin
Antique French Art Deco Mirrored Three-Door Prototype Miniature Armoire, 1920s
Located in Barntrup, DE
Unique and stunning French Art Deco three-door miniature armoire with mirror, brass handles, and hand-carved floral ornaments. Two removable shelves.
Most probably it was a prototype of a large Art...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Keith Haring Pop Shop 1986 'Set of 5 Original Pins'
By Keith Haring
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A set of 5 vintage Keith Haring Pop Shop lapel pins, circa 1986-1987 featuring some of the artist's most iconic images.
Original circa mid-1980s (Not later reproductions)
Small coin sized pins in good vintage condition
Pop Shop History:
In 1986, Keith Haring opened...
Category
1980s Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Auntie Sally English Parlour Game
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Auntie Sally English parlour game
A rare early 20th Century example of an English hand-crafted Aunt Sally parlour game. Made from pine wood this item has 22 wooden throwing sticks, 1 aunt sally figure, several clay pipes...
Category
1920s British Late Victorian Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Pine
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
1920s French Folk Art Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Tin
Rare Antique Wooden Child's Ride on Wooden Toy Boat by Nautilus Toy Co. London
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare antique wooden child's ride on wooden toy boat by Nautilus Toy Co. London wonderful Folk Art object. 1920s ride on toy made by the Nautilus Toy Compan...
Category
1920s English Folk Art Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Life Size Yoda Figure, Edition of 50, Could Be Star Wars Photo Requisite
Located in Hamburg, DE
This life-size Master Yoda figure is an old photo prop from the original and legendary Star Wars movie - Ewoks - Battle for Endor - from 1985.
The figure is made of silicone, hand...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Textile, Silicone
Beautiful Old Oriental Guy Candy Container Secret Chamber Figure, Vintage German
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A rare candy Container or secret chamber figure. Made in Germany, circa 1920s. Made of wire covered with paper mache, gold foil, paper, wood and fabric clothing. Beautiful to display...
Category
1920s German Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Composition
1920s Steelcraft "inter-city-bus" Antique Pressed Steel Truck
By Steelcraft Murray and Merritt Alcoaster Aluminum
Located in Buffalo, NY
1920s Steelcraft "inter-city-bus" antique pressed steel truck, wonderful original condition, color surface, patina.
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Steel
English Jigger Doll
Located in London, GB
English Jigger Doll
We are proud to offer an early 20th century hand carved folk art English jigger doll example. Carved from pine and joined with brass supports. Jig dolls are traditional wooden or tin-plate ‘toys’ for adults or children. Obtained from a private collection in London and untouched in form with all its original featured intact. They are dolls with loose limbs that step dance...
Category
1920s British Folk Art Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Pine
Cars Tin Toy Dreams by Teruhisa Kitahara, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Cars: Tin Toy Dreams by Teruhisa Kitahara. Chronicle Books, 1985. First Edition softcover. Contains hundreds of full color and black and white illustrations from the T. Kitahara coll...
Category
1980s American Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Paper
Seated "Cat with a Bow" Still Bank, American, circa 1922
By Grey Iron Casting Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Cat with a Bow Seated" cast iron still bank is a difficult bank to acquire and is listed in Andy Moore's "The Penny Bank Book" as #364 and rated a "D" (A to F rarity scale--A most c...
Category
1920s American Folk Art Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Iron
Wind Ups Tin Toy Dreams T. Kitahara Collection, Teruhisa Kitahara, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Wind Ups: Tin Toy Dreams T. Kitahara Collection by Teruhisa Kitahara. Chronicle Books, 1985. Paperback. first Edition softcover. Contains hundreds of full color and black and white illustrations of toys from Kitihara's collection. The collection consists of antique Japanese wind...
Category
1980s American Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Paper
Doll Kitchens, 1800-1980 by Eva Stille, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Doll Kitchens, 1800-1980 by Eva Stille. Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1997. First edition paperback. Doll kitchens in Germany were originally a plaything. The Author ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Paper
Rustic American Rocking Horse
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical early American painted child's rocking horse. A fun piece that makes you smile, USA, circa 1920.
M177.
Category
1920s American Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Era Vintage Brown Stitched Leather Ball, 1920s
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco vintage ball from stitched leather, 1920s with beautiful details like stitched leather parts and a beautiful leather patina.
The original condition of the leather punchball...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Leather
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
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
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
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.