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Toys and Dolls For Sale
Item type: Antique and Vintage
Color: Black
Late 19th century Pair of Cast Iron Andirons
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of large cast iron andirons in the form of Tweedleddee and Tweedledum, late 19th century.
Category
1870s English Antique Toys and Dolls
Materials
Iron
"Peg-Leg Beggar" Mechanical Bank, American, circa 1880
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Peg-leg Beggar" 19th century cast iron mechanical bank was probably inspired by the many disabled Civil War veterans begging for their subsistence. The bank was manufactured by the ...
Category
1880s American Folk Art Antique Toys and Dolls
Materials
Iron
Mechanical Bank, "Watchdog Safe" in Cast Iron, circa 1890
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Watchdog Safe" mechanical bank was manufactured by the prolific toy coin bank manufacturer J. & E. Stevens Company in Cromwell, Connecticut in 1890. "Patent Applied For" appears in ...
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Toys and Dolls
Materials
Iron
Art Deco Era German Tin Litho Mechanical Coin Bank
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This lithographed tin coin bank was produced in Germany in circa 1935 in the period Art Deco style. The bank is shaped like a coin box with a man's face on the front. When the lever ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Set of 6 Rare French 19th Century Antique Doll Carriages
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Bought in the south of France this set of antique doll carriages are an enchanting collection with wooden handles, original paint, and working wh...
Category
19th Century French Antique Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Steiff collection Cats, Germany, Mid 20th Century
By Steiff
Located in Delft, NL
Steiff collection Cats, Germany, Mid 20th Century
Five cats, 4 of which are filled with straw. Two Tom-cats (1, the smallest is right hind leg defective) Black with arched back. 17 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Toys and Dolls
Materials
Fabric
Thorens "Excelda" Camera Phone Phonograph Player circa 1930s Very Rare
By Thorens
Located in Oakland, CA
This is an authentic Excelda portable gramophone, the portable phonograph of the 1930's that resembled the pocket cameras of that time (usually ref...
Category
1930s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Beautiful Children's Sewing Machine Toy Bear Cat Motive by Carl Sieper Germany
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful Children Toy sewing machine. Made of metal. Was made in the years right after WWII and is marked "Made Germany, British Zone". Made by C...
Category
1940s German Folk Art Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Anthony Bros. Convert-O Bike Cast Aluminum Convertible Tricycle / Bicycle
Located in Nantucket, MA
1950s convert-O bike cast aluminum tricycle with rubber wheels. Industrial era / Jet age design. Manufactured by Anthony Bros. - Designed by Ton...
Category
1950s American Machine Age Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Aluminum
Black Leather Stuffed Elephant Toy
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand-sewn black leather stuffed elephant figurine toy.
He will make a wonderful gift for anyone who loves elephants.
In the style of Dimitri Omersa'...
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls
Materials
Leather
Grouping of 1940s Toy Robot Molds
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Graphic collection of assorted steel spacemen and robot molds from the 1940s.
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Steel
Vintage Handcrafted Stuffed Cotton Embroidered Ceremonial Elephant Toy Raj India
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Raj hand-crafted stuffed cotton embroidered elephant, India, 1950.
Collectible, one of a kind, Anglo Raj vintage hand-crafted stuffed cotton embroidered elephant.
Handmade in Rajasthan, India using recycled colorful vintage fabric to make this beautiful elephant toy.
Vintage small elephant stuffed cotton embroidered and decorated with small mirrors, great collector piece.
Anglo Raj, small stuffed elephant...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Toys and Dolls
Materials
Textile
Vintage Wind-Up Tin Toy Motorcycle with Co-Driver and Key
Located in Schagen, NL
Vintage Wind-up Tin Toy Motorcycle with Co-driver and key.
The piece comes from ca. the 1950s and remains in good condition for it’s age. Normal wear.
...
Category
1950s Industrial Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Tin
Antique Portugese Topazio Sterling Silver Baby Rattle Teether Rooster 19g
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Topazio sterling silver 925 baby rattle in the shape of a chicken / rooster / farm animal on a stick; made in Portugal.
Measures: 2” x 0.75” x 4.25” / 19.3 g (Width x Dept...
Category
Early 20th Century Toys and Dolls
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 and Dolls
Materials
Fabric
Vintage Book of Knowledge Cast Iron Mechanical Bank, Trick Pony, 20th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
A vintage book of knowledge trick pony mechanical bank offers polychrome cast construction with white circus horse with embossed title, underside reads "Rep...
Category
20th Century Toys and Dolls
Materials
Iron
Vintage Book of Knowledge Home Town Battery Mechanical Bank, 20th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
A vintage Book of Knowledge Home Town Battery mechanical bank offers polychrome cast construction with pitcher, batter and catcher on base with embos...
Category
20th Century American Toys and Dolls
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Toy Step, Step Bike
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique step bike - antique toy step.
This child's bike step dates 1900 - 1920.
We found this one out of a collection which came from a castle - royal house.
It's a collectable antique bike , antique bicycle, antique vélo...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
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
War of the Worlds
Located in London, GB
Original British front of house card for The War of the Worlds 1953 it was used inside the foyer of the cinema.
This artwork featuring the invading spacecraft is the best card from the set of 8.
The film is one of the most famous science fiction films ever made.
It was directed by Byron Haskin and starred Gene Barry, Ann Robinson...
Category
1950s British Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Paint
Pair of Reindeer Antique Still Banks, American, circa 1910
Located in Incline Village, NV
These two authentic cast iron antique still banks depict a large reindeer and a smaller one standing nearby. Together, they make a wonderful Christ...
Category
1910s American Folk Art Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Iron
Large Pressed Steel Soviet Crane Truck Toy ZIS 150, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large 1960s Pressed Steel - Tin Plate Soviet Toy Truck.
A Toy Crane Truck - Construction Excavator
to the example of the real ZIS / Z.I.S. 150 truck.
This rare and large vintage excavating U.S.S.R. toy truck with shovel is very detailed and also still complete. The gripper on this toy crane can go up en down by the crank ; the cabine can turn 360 degrees around.
It's still in original condition, in the original red and blue color.
Only the ropes to operate the crane has been replaced during the years.
All the movements : up - down - turning etc .. do still work with a little help as there is some normal patina on the metal through time, so a little less smooth.
A realistic model of a real construction vehicle.
This type of large toy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Industrial Toys and Dolls
Materials
Steel
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 Schutz-Marke Celluloid Head Leather Body Boy Doll Scotch Bonnet
Located in Dayton, OH
Circa 1903 antique doll by Schutz-Marke Germany with celluloid head and jointed leather body, composite hands and dressed in a burgundy leather suit and Scotch bonnet...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Toys and Dolls
Materials
Ceramic, Leather, Plastic
Antique Art Deco Sterling Silver and Bakelite Telephone Child's Toy Baby Rattle
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique figural telephone child's baby rattle is presumed to have been made in the United States in circa 1930 in the period Art Deco style. The toy rattle is composed of a mold...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Toys and Dolls
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Paper Mache Royal Guard Doll
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage paper mache Royal guard doll.
This Royal guardian soldier has a beautiful uniform or costume: blue pants, red coat with green stripes and yellow shoulder pads, golden accents and large black hat with yellow logo. This cavalry soldier is holding a gun or rifle.
A royal soldier with bright blue eyes.
This paper mache doll...
Category
Late 20th Century European Toys and Dolls
Materials
Paper
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
Antique Victorian Key Wind Mechanical Large Black Bear Child's Toy, As Found
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique mechanical toy is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Europe, possibly England or Austria in approximately 1880 and done in...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian High Victorian Antique Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Large 1970s Spanish Hand Painted Resin Boxer Fairground Sculpture w/ Scoreboard
Located in Marbella, ES
Monumental larger-than-life 1970s Spanish hand painted resin fairground sculpture with scoreboard.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Toys and Dolls
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Vintage French Child's Collectable Toy-Cars
Located in Sofia, BG
Vintage child's collectable toy-cars.
France, circa 1950-1960.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Toys and Dolls
Materials
Plastic
20th Century Toy Car
By Lehmann
Located in Copenhagen, K
Beautifully colored metal toy cars. The one of the left from Lehmann is sold, the other one from Germany marked G & K on the side of the car is still a...
Category
20th Century American Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Dinky Toys "Field Artillery Tractor" by Meccano Ltd, England, 1967
By Meccano
Located in Barcelona, ES
Dinky Toys miniature army vehicle; Field Artillery Tractor. Fabricated by Meccano Ltd in 1967. Very good condition, only shows some minor wear due to playing.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Stocks and Bonds Board Game by 3M
Located in San Diego, CA
Midcentury stocks and Bonds board game by 3M, circa 1964. This set is in excellent condition and appears to have never been played. Stocks & Bonds is a "stock market game for investors and speculators of all ages and incomes" according to the box. This game is complete and consists of a stock board, chalk, eraser, dice, calculator, securities review cards, record sheets, situation cards, stock certificates...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Paper
French Vintage Black Vilac Coupe Chauffeur H6C 1930 Wooden Model Car
Located in Sofia, BG
Vintage wooden model of black Coupe Chauffeur H6C 1930 with Hispano Suiza label.
12.5/38/15 ??.
France.
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Toys and Dolls
Materials
Wood
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 and Dolls
Materials
Tin
Vintage Lehmann Mechanical Metal Toys with Colonial Theme
Located in Copenhagen, K
Very nice and funny looking Lehmann mechanical toys, from circa 1920, with colonial theme.
Ostrich is sold.
Category
Early 20th Century German Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
19th Century Antique Children's Carriage
Located in London, GB
A Children’s Painted Calèche
Modelled on a full-sized barouche, this fully functional children’s carriage was either goat- or dog-drawn. The fram...
Category
19th Century English Antique Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal, Steel
Antique French Doll Mold in Copper, 1910s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Complete and intact French doll mold in solid copper. Very early industrially used mold for production of rubber dolls. You very rarely see the body and head...
Category
1910s European Arts and Crafts Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Copper
Art Deco Bakelite "Fish Themed" Still Bank, American, circa 1930
Located in Incline Village, NV
This very unique still bank is a "must have" for the discerning still bank collector, in that it is made of bakelite, in addition to it having a fish theme; only a couple of other banks depict a fish. American and probably manufactured around circa 1930, (making it an Art Deco piece), this pre-war bank, though unmarked, is undoubtedly a bakelite product; that company having been formed in 1922, utilizing the discovery and patent of bakelite in 1907 and 1909 respectively. Art Deco collectors would find this piece highly decorative and "period" compatible.
This fish bank is in excellent and all original condition. The bank is rare in and of itself, but another element that makes it particularly scarce is the fact that, other than the old "knife in the slot" there was no way to remove the coins once the bank was filled without smashing it apart and destroying it. Great gift for that February/March pisces birthday.
Dimensions: 8 1/4" long x 5" high x 2 1/8" wide
Note:I am a leading specialist in the field of vintage coin banks...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Bakelite
Art Deco 1930s Oriental Girl Half Pin Cushion Doll by Carl Schneider
Located in Devon, England
A charming Art Deco 1930s oriental girl half pin cushion doll by Carl Schneider. This delightful girl has J numeral to the inside base. This vintage ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Toys and Dolls
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Ballerina Doll Factory Molds
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Ballerina factory molds. Great and unusual find! When dolls
were made in the USA, factories used copper molds to form body parts. A
rubber compound would be poured into the form, hardened, then be removed.
These are the leg and arm molds of a ballerina.
These rare and unusual factory molds are from the
mid-20th century. Contrary to the exterior roughness of these forms, the
interior of the molds was designed to produce a beautiful leg/arm for this
ballerina doll...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Copper
Antique Meccano Brass Display Toy Car
Located in Miami, FL
Great collectible. Meccano, this great system of construction, born at the beginning of the 20th century.
Toy store display, circa 1927. This is a very cool...
Category
20th Century English Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Cast Iron Scotty Doorstop, Early 20th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
Cast iron scotty doorstop early 20th century.
Category
1910s North American Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Iron
Antique French Childs Stuffed Elephant circa early 1900's Unrestored
Located in Chicago, IL
c1910 Stuffed French Toy Elephant in need of rescue. Missing a tusk, ear, and surgery to butt. Definitely restorable, but useful for decoration as is. Our workshop can do the restora...
Category
Early 20th Century French Country Toys and Dolls
Materials
Fabric, Straw
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 and Dolls
Materials
Spelter
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
Antique Child's Pedal Toy Car
Located in Oakville, CT
American vintage, antique child's pedal tricycle metal toy car in great working condition.
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Metal
Blu Marble and Art Glass Chess Game Set, Italy, circa 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Italian marble and art glass chess game set, circa 1960s, Italy. Marble game board has a beautiful rare blue marble colors that include: white, and a marble combo of white/blue/gr...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Toys and Dolls
Materials
Marble
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
Enormous Pre-War Toy Steel Hoisting Crane
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This gigantic - nearly man high - steel hoisting crane will give a dull corner the right Industrial look and feel you are looking for.
The fully operational toy dates from the firs...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Industrial Toys and Dolls
Materials
Steel
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
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
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
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
Collection of Tins and a Tin Duck circa 1900 Total 27 Items "Crazy" Decoration
Located in Diest, Vlaams Brabant
Wonderful and crazy such a collection of "tins"
circa 1900
Tins for food, wax, bullets, coffee, tea, candy, flower etc .......
and a tin duck beautiful
with respect of...
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Late Victorian Antique Toys and Dolls
Materials
Tin
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
Stuffed Veltet Black & White Dog Children Toy, circa 1950
Located in Labrit, Landes
Little white and black velvet felt children toy, 1950
A part of the iron frame is visible at the bottom of one of the front legs.
Vintage condition, so does has traces of age and use...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Toys and Dolls
Materials
Velvet
1970s Spanish Hand Painted Resin Fairground Carousel Horse Sculpture
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Spanish hand painted resin fairground carousel horse sculpture.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Toys and Dolls
Materials
Iron
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.