Models, Toys, Dolls & Games

Even unboxed, this Matchbox Superfast 3c Porsche 911/930 Turbo with BP shield on the door motored away from a £100-150 estimate to hammer at £1900.

Builder’s ship models are exactly the kind of old-school exhibits that museums are hiding away in dusty storage or selling off. Fortunately for auction houses, they are instead being welcomed into collections by eager buyers.

The A 1971 Austin J40 pedal car is a relatively common sight at auction and the best tend to make around the £3000-5000 mark. For an example to make more than that it would have to be something very special.

Morphy Auctions will take over Old Toy Soldier Auctions (OTSA) following the death of founder Ray Haradin.

As with many popular film and TV brands such as James Bond and The Avengers, manufacturers were eager to cash in on Thunderbirds with an array of merchandise.

A trio of racing car models captures the excitement of 20th century land speed record attempts.

Renowned consignor and Antiques Roadshow specialist invited up to the rostrum in Newbury

Described as “rare and exquisite” when it came up for auction at C&T (22% buyer’s premium), an early painted carved wooden doll lived up to her billing.

Footballers were among the very first of the Britains hollowcast lead ‘civilian’ figures.

It is with sadness that I advise the passing of a wonderful person who was also my client, Ray Haradin. He was only 60.

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.