Tin
Wind Ups
Ships/Boat
Toys
Tin
Airplanes
Tin
Sand Toys
Military
Toys
Tin
Automobiles
Tin
Trucks Toys
Tin
Space Toys
Black
Toys
Pull
Toys
Childrens Miscellaneous
Character
Toys
Cast
Iron Toys
Toy
Trains
Disney |
Antique
Toy Cars
Reviews and Commentary ©
Browse the Inventory Catalog
Pages
Then get all you need to know about
Antique Toy Cars from these books:
|
Collecting Toys: Identification
and Value Guide (O'Brien's Collecting Toys) |
|
O'Brien's Collecting Toy Cars and Trucks: Identification
& Value Guide
Built tough enough to withstand the demands of any collector,
this indispensable identification and price guide, now in it's 4th edition,
has been completely updated. The trusted name in collecting toy cars and
trucks provides readers with over 300 manufacturers organized alphabetically,
and more than 15,000 listings - some not listed anywhere else - priced
in up to three grades of condition.
Contains pressed steel, die-cast, slush-molded, promotional
models, rubber toys, Japanese tin, and tin litho. With nearly 45,000 current
market prices for Buddy L., Dinky, Corgi, Keystone, Johnny Lightening,
Marx, Auburn Rubber, Tonka, Structo, Nylint, Matchbox, Hot Wheels, Tootsie
Toy, Wyandotte, and Ertl, enthusiasts are sure to ind a value for every
toy in their collection |
|
Promotional Cars & Trucks, 1934-1983: Dealership
Vehicles in Miniature
A good guide for what is and is not available, a price
or value relative to another model, or what was ever made in the first
place. |
|
The Ultimate Guide to Hot Wheels Variations: Identification
and Price Guide
Mattel makes thousands of Hot Wheels cars each year.
This full-color, comprehensive price guide features the Collector Number
cars, packaged and distributed from 1989 to 1999. These popular models
had variations in the color, wheel, interior, or window that make them
highly sought-after collectibles today.
Includes more than 2,000 listings of these model variations
with accurate descriptions and prices, plus tips and trading tricks. Prices
for cars in the original numbered packaging range from $2 to the highly
sought after #271 Raceteam Funny Car valued at $3,500
• Accurate descriptions and up-to-date pricing for more
than 2,000 Collector Number Pack variations
• Handy checklist format for easy inventorying and bonus
information on top variations, tips, and trading tricks, and what to watch
for in the hobby |
|
Collecting Matchbox*t Regular Wheels, 1953-1969
Matchbox vehicles, from cars and trucks to tractors and
trailers, produced in series 1 through 75, from 1953 to 1969, are presented
here in both detailed text listings and over 370 vivid color photographs.
Variations of each vehicle manufactured are described, and many are shown.
Various box styles used throughout this period are presented. Prices for
the Matchbox vehicles and their variations are listed in this easy-to-use
text. |
|
The Great Book of Dinky Toys
Reviewer: Jose F. Heraud (Glenshaw, PA, USA)
Mike and Sue Richardson have been toy collectors
for over 40 years and experts on die cast toys.
This book represents the summary of all their knowledge
on Dinky Toys, having met with production officers and workers from the
factory in Liverpool.
A comprehensive guide to British Dinky Toys from 1933
to 1980.
Contains tables of all models by issue number with color
variations and issue and deletion dates; including most photos of all models
ever produced. Information is based on official records from the Meccano
factory, in Liverpool, England.
It also has a large appendix with definitions and miscellaneous
information,
such as factory display photos, model plans, catalogs, etc.
The quintessential book for the passionate collector
of these precise and beautiful die cast toys.
Very easy to use and helpful to identify any English
model.
Has no price estimates as these parameters are irrelevant.
Beautiful printing and photography.
Large heavy volume in hardback printing only.
Highly recommended for research and model identification. |
|
Lesney's Matchbox Toys: The
Superfast Years, 1969-1982 With Price Guide
The most popular die cast toys
in the world, Matchbox metal vehicles took on a new look in 1969 with the
introduction of the Superfast line, and this new book documents them all.
The diversity of these tiny toys is truly amazing. Written as a sequel
to this other popular volume, Lesney's Matchbox Toys, Regular Wheel Years,
1947-1969 (Schiffer, 1992), author Charlie Mack has compiled clear color
illustrations of the toys and accurate text to identify all of the many
variations in details which make each toy so recognizable and collectible
today. This new edition features an updated Price Guide that is helpful
to collectors who search for those elusive and rare models at today's swap
meets, toy and antiques shows, or flea markets. |
|
Marx Toys Sampler: A History & Price Guide
This new reference and price guide presents an informative
“personal” history of the former Marx Toys Company plant at Glen Dale,
West Virginia, where many of the fondly remembered Marx Playsets, doll
houses, and toy figures of the “baby boomer” era were created and manufactured.
More than just a catalog of these ever-popular and eminently affordable
toys, this book provides Marx toy collectors with new insights into the
planning and production processes employed by the original “king” of American
toy makers. Included are insightful interviews with a Glen Dale plant model
maker and with the son of a Marx artist, along with previously unpublished
photos of a number of Marx toy and figure prototypes. With publication
authorized by the current owner of the Marx Toys trademark, this book provides
a unique and valuable behind-the-scenes look into the production of one
of America’s premier toy manufacturers.
-Features more than 100 color and 150 black-and-white
photographs, including photos of previously unpublished production prototypes.
-Provides a comprehensive production listing—compiled
by Marx model maker Gaylord Whipkey—over a thirty year period.
-Details Glen Dale plant production of the extensive
and previously undocumented line of Marx lithographed metal doll houses.
|
|
|
How to Restore Classic Toy Cars, Trucks, Tractors,
& Airplanes
This colorful book is a treasure chest of advice and
ideas on restoring the most popular transportation toys of all eras and
conditions. Readers will find easy-to-follow information on how to restore
based on condition, when to restore (and when not to), the best techniques
and tools, and common pitfalls to avoid. Author Dennis David offers a series
of detailed case studies of ten recognizable transportation collectibles
while providing a nostalgic look at numerous other toys. His experience
in toy restoration provides readers a hands-on feel to the process as he
addresses the universal steps of creating the most desirable toy artifact
possible. |
|
Rubber Toy Vehicles |
|
Toys and Prices 2005 |
|
