Tin toys, especially those that picture everyday life, are popular with today’s collectors. Political, social, women’s work and other themes inspired toy makers. Many early toys were made of very thin ...

A tin toy and its original illustrated box made in 1911 sold recently at a Bertoia toy auction in New Jersey for $12,000. The price was more than twice the low estimate. The clockwork toy is a boy ...

Tin toys, especially those that picture everyday life, are popular with today’s collectors. Political, social, women’s work, and other themes inspired toy makers. Many early toys were made of very ...

The 7-inch-tall toy sold for $12,000, no doubt because it told part of the story of the famous theft. A tin toy and its original illustrated box made in 1911 sold recently at a Bertoia toy auction in ...

Tin toys, especially those that picture everyday life, are popular with today's collectors. Political, social, women's work and other themes inspired toy makers. Many early toys were made of very thin ...

An antique toy sometimes tells an almost-forgotten story. A rare clockwork toy has four Chinese men tossing a child in a blanket. Each of the men has a brightly painted hat that represents a European ...

Imagine that it's January 1896. To your dismay, you find yourself stuck at your aunt's house one particularly dreary winter day with absolutely nothing to do. Your aunt's parlor is cold, with the wind ...

A massive collection of hundreds of rare antique toys is set to fetch up to £90,000 when it goes under the hammer at auction next week. The house contents of smallholder Joan Dunk from London's famous ...