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Add to wishlistFlute player, Günthermann 1910
EUR 1.750,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Flute player, handpainted early tinplate toy made by Günthermann,Germany about 1910. Handpainted clockwork toy. Excellent condition. Pling-plong music, when wind up. H= 21 cm./ 8 1/4 inches. Excl. condition.
Add to wishlistZeppelin "Los Angeles". Firma Strauss. ca. 1920
EUR 585,00Category: Antique Tinplate cars, ships, airplanes and motorbikes
Zeppelin "Los Angeles". Firma Strauss. Made for USA in the 20es. A rare piece. Good Condition, Celluloid prop blades. All Original. Works well. Airship. Wind up Toys. L= 9 inch-23 cm.
Add to wishlistFrench Wind-Up Organ Grinder Toy.France. 1909
EUR 1.600,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
French Wind-Up Organ Grinder Toy from 1909. Antique toy, lithographed tin organ box with hand-painted composition head, wire and metal body with fabric clothing, and two felt black hats (these possibly later). 9” / 23 cm tall. Diamond-shaped logo to side panel stamped “Paris/S.I.J.I.M.”. With key. Head swiveling action and music box both functional. See F.Marchand,L''Historie des Jouets Martin,Paris 1987.
Handpainted early photographer prob. by Günthermann 1910
SOLDCategory: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Handpainted early photographer prob. by Günthermann 1910 Germany about 1910. Handpainted clockwork toy. Excellent condition. When wound up, he walks and tries to get the right motiv in his camera. nExcellenc function. H. 15 cm,
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Add to wishlistRare early tin toy:Heavy swell #525, by Lehmann.
EUR 1.775,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Rare early tin toy:Heavy swell #525, by Lehmann. EPL # 525 Heavy swell #525, walking mustached man with cane, made of tin with wind-up mechanism, tin body ist cloth-covered in original clothing and holding original key and walking stick, he still sways back and forth with his stick. H.8,5”/ 23cm1904-.Literature: Heike Köhler og Katharina Kreschel,Von Störischer Esel zum Kletteraffen Tom.Brandenburger Museumshefte 6,Brandenburg an der Havel 2007. Helmut Schwarz og Marion Faber, Moving Times,Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk, History on a Toy Factory, Toy Museum Nürnberg 2003.
Add to wishlistFernand Martin delivery boy."le petit livreur" Blechspielzeug.
EUR 1.290,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
6 3/4"(17 cm)Fernand Martin delivery boy tin wind up toy. The toy is clothed in striped pants and blue jacket. These toys were produced between 1878 and 1930 in Paris, France. The company was known for creating amusing figures. The tin litho is in very fine condition as is the outfit. Literatur: Fernand Martin, Toymaker in Paris 1878 - 1912 English edition ISBN 9789082200508. Literatur: Frederic Marchand: L'historie des jouets Martin, Paris 1987.
Add to wishlistMusical Clown orchestra "Roberto og Antonio".Made in Gernany.
EUR 670,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Musical Clown orchestra "Roberto og Antonio".Made in Gernany. Wind-up. The toy is known from the art movement Fluxus, where it was part of an artwork by Joseph Beuys. Features all tin construction and detailed, colorful lithography. Size: W 21 cm H 15,5 cm. Excellent near mint condition.
Add to wishlistZulu tinplate ostrich mail car made by Lehmann, Germany.EPL# 721.
EUR 1.200,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Ostrich mail made by Lehmann, Brandenburg between 1918 og 1938. Wind up mechanism. The toy was made due to the German involvement in Africa.Very good condition and working fine. L. 7"/18 cm. Literatur: Heike Köhler und Katharina Kreschel:Vom Störischer Esel zum Kletteraffen Tom.Brandenburger Museumshefte 6, Brandenburg an der Havel 2007. Jürgen & Marianne Clieslik: ?Ein Jahrhundert Blechspielzeug, München 1981. Helmut Schwarz und Marion Faber:Bewegte Zeiten/Moving Times-Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk.Geschichte einer Spielwarenfabrik/History on a Toy Factory, Hrsg.Museen der Stadt Nürnberg 2003
