Models, Toys, Dolls & Games

Since his inception in 1939, Batman, the Caped Crusader, has never really been out of fashion.

A highlight of the The Dolls’ House, Doll, Teddy Bear and Toy sale taking place at Special Auction Services on June 24-26 is a mid-17th century wooden doll, just 5½in (14cm) high.

In ATG No 2694 your account of the sale of part of the toy collection of the late Tony Cuff by Bertoia of New Jersey in the US highlighted a “Bing British branded loco and tender Sir Sam Fay in the green livery of the Grand Central Railway”.

Sword linked to former emperor is one of the highlights at London sale held by maritime specialist

In the early to mid-1930s, the German company Saalheimer & Strauss produced four versions of tin litho banks with an image of Mickey Mouse on them.

Nine-strong collection of Georgian and Victorian games counts as a highlight of mixed auction

The sale of a private collection of arms and armour at C&T Auctions in Kent, on May 13 included a brass figure of a cavalryman from a small but well-known group of Indian toy soldiers.

The first clockwork robot with a walking action appeared at Hartleys (20% buyer’s premium) in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, on April 5.

The toy manufacturer Märklin did not just produce models for private use.

A Citroën 2CV toy car is not quite as glamorous as a Lotus Esprit, even when the full-size version helps to save James Bond in an epic chase.

Ship models ruled the waves but railway toys were certainly on track too as two sales held either side of the Pond offered the collection of the late Tony Cuff.

From Pokémon trading cards to retro gaming consoles, the growing market in modern collectables is bringing new buyers and consignors to the market – and providing new business opportunities

The pages of ATG have included many antiques stalls over the years but not many that measure just over 2ft long.

Britains is best known as a producer of toy soldiers, but some of its ‘civilian’ figures required a different sort of bunker.

Packaging takes Japanese manga character toy ‘worth up to $20,000’ on its own to $100,000 instead

A c.1960 Barbie doll and related items by Mattel is estimated at £300-500 in the Specialist Collectable Toys Auction on April 10 at Sheffield Auction Gallery.

This year marks the 200th anniversary of a major milestone in the railway age: the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR).

Highlights from the extensive David Finn German toy collection sold at Special Auction Services