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Article: Tin windup toys have long fascinated children; Current Prices Current prices are recorded from antique shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions. "Pot Luck" cookbook: New York City Women's Council of Navy League of U.S., 1942, 80 pages: $18. Bottle: Margaret O'Brien Candy Kitchen, lemon flavor, paper label, picture of child actress, 1 ounce: $40. Folding chair: 1939 New York World's Fair, Kan-O-Seat, wooden, three-legged stool, logo on seat, patent date on back: $85. Movie poster: Tim Holt "Rustlers" movie poster, stone lithograph, Copyright 1948, RKO Radio Pictures Inc.: $110. Button: Mondale-Ferraro 1984 "We Are a Mirror of America," black and white, blue rim, 11 4 inches: $120. Chandu magic trick set: orange, brown and black graphics with Chandu over crystal ball, wooden wand, mirror, scarf, coins, 1933: $200. Vinyl evening coat: white knit lining, white mink trim, Gres label, 1960s: $290. Roseville pottery: Dahlrose window box, rectangular, yellow flowers and green leaves on brown ground, original liner, 61 4 x 16 inches: $450. Armchair: William & Mary slat-back, ash, ball finials, five arched slats, rush seat, pierced ball feet, 52 inches: $690.
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 16, 1997
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Children have always enjoyed toys that move and make noise. When
tin toys were introduced about 1825, they were simple decorated tin
cutouts made in Germany, the United States and, soon after, in
France.
The early toys were given a power source of clockworks or windup
springs. That made it possible to design toy carriages that could go
forward and backward, as well as clowns with heads that bobbed around
while the toy feet "walked."
By the early 1900s, almost every type of motion could be
duplicated by a toy. Tin dogs chased balls, tin figures turned
somersaults, tin chefs prepared food.
Most of the tin toys seen today were made in the 20th century,
although some use the motion ...
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...Byline: RALPH and TERRY KOVEL - King Features A 1950s battery-operated tin toy sold recently for $390. It wasn't working, was missing parts and wasn't marked with a maker's name. But it was colorful and attractive, and when working it showed a baseball player swinging a bat. Bidders knew it was in
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