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Add to wishlistHand painted tin fiddler with dancing clown,Made by Günthermann,Germany
EUR 3.400,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Painted tin with clockwork mechanism. Seated musician and a clown dancing to plink-plunk music made by Siegfried Günthermann, Nürnberg about 1905.An early piece in a very good condition and working fine.H= 10 1/2 inch-27 cm B= 8 1/4 inch- 21 cm.
Add to wishlistThe Mickey Mouse toy band. Louis Marx, c. 1929.
EUR 1.450,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
A great lithographed tin-toy with lot of action, when wind up. MERRY MAKERS BAND clockwork driven mouse band with four mice at a piano.Three musicians with violinist seated on the piano and one dancer. Great wind-up action. 24 cm w./9 1/2". Excellent condition. Do remark the Mice lithographed on the piano! Louis Marx, c. 1929,
Add to wishlist"Foxy grandpa".Handpainted mechanical tin toy fra 20-ties.Günthermann,Germany..Comic toy.
EUR 1.100,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
"Foxy grandpa". Handpainted German mechanical tin toy. Made by Siegfried Günthermann.Wind up toy.H. 20, 5 cm/ 8 inch. Excellent condition.Comic toy.Ca. 1910.
Add to wishlistRare comic toy. Güntherman /Nifty tin wind-up toy. The Powerful Katrinka Toonerville pushing Jimmy in a Weelbarrow. Rare comic toy. Güntherman /Nifty Germany.
EUR 1.485,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Rare comic toy. Güntherman /Nifty tin wind-up toy. The Powerful Katrinka Toonerville holding Jimmy. This toy is in good condition with original paint and litho. Showing some wear due to age. In good working condition. Marked copyright 1923 by Fontaine Fox. Measures 6-3/4" / 17 cm high. Günthermann, Germany.
Add to wishlistHandpainted tin birdcage w. mechanical "singing and moving bird. Firma Issmeier.
EUR 995,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Handpainted tin birdcage, mechanical. This is a rare beautiful wind up tin toy made by Issmeier or Plank, germany ca 1900.Very rare and a wonderful decoration in your collection of early rare toys. When the bird is wind up, it moves the wings and whistles. This could also be a great piece as accessories in a doll collection! Size H 8 3/4" /20 cm
Add to wishlistLehmann “Going to the Fair” lady in riding chair. EPL# 290 1889, Germany.
EUR 2.475,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
These very early string-wind drive toys were made from 1889 to 1896 in Germany by Lehmann. Combining lithography and painted detail, the toy features a red-gowned woman seated in a promenade chair with lithographed design at the side, being pushed by a porter with painted blue jacket and lithographed striped pants. The woman has a large hat, shawl, and dainty feet that rest on the decorated car base. Flywheel drive causes the wheels to turn and the man to push the cart along. Excellent condition woman, mechanism intact. Marked Lehmann. Comments: Lehmann''s EPL model 290, made only from 1889 to 1896, inspired by the International Exposition in Paris. Lehmann got the patent from Ferdinand Martin. ( there were also made a version with the lady dressed in blue with a red fan and a square loga at the back of the chair. Literatur: Heike Köhler/Katharina Kreschel: Vom störrischen Esel zum Kletteraffen Tom. Brandenburger Museumshefte 6, Brandenburg an der Havel 2007; Jürgen & Marianne Clieslik: Ein Jahrhundert Blechspielzeug, München 1981; Helmut Schwarz/Marion Faber: Bewegte Zeiten/Moving Times. Ernst Paul Lehmann-Patentwerk. Geschichte einer Spielwarenfabrik/History on a Toy Factory, Hrsg. Museen der Stadt Nürnberg 2003.
Add to wishlistMechanical hand painted tin toy: A Fernand Martin (France) clockwork automaton, "Le Pochard" (the drunkard) from 1899.
EUR 900,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
A Fernand Martin (France) clockwork automaton, "Le Pochard" (the drunkard) from 1899. Martin toys are portraying French life in the 19th century. They are crude in one way and sophisticated in another. Martin''s genius was to observe everyday people and transform them into toys. Many times toys are made for children but with adults in mind. The subtleties would be lost on a child. This is an early toy figure of a drunkard, with painted face, grey top hat with the Martin mark, a bottle and cup, with permanent key, black metal feet, check trousers and plain tunic (some wear and tear). Made to walk with a stagger and periodically take a drink, has survived remarkable well. See F.Marchand,L''Historie des Jouets Martin,Paris 1987.
Add to wishlistMechanical hand painted tin toy: A Fernand Martin (France) clockwork automaton, "Bécassine Casseuse d'assiettes". France.
EUR 1.875,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
A Fernand Martin (France) clockwork automaton: "Madelon Casseuse D'Assiettes". Clockwork toy of part litho, part hand painted. A very amusing and inventive toy design, features woman holding stack of plates while attempting to walk and not drop them all without apparent success. 6 1/2" h./ 16,5 cm. The toy is called Casseuse d´assiettes, After the toy is wound up and released, the body of the woman is designed to move back and forth while the feet move. Near the end, the figure falls backwards and the plate stack is released and the plates fly off. On the back of the head is a circle with the letters "F M" inside and the word "Paris" underneath the letters. 16,5 cm./ 6 1/2" Martin toys are portraying French life in the 19th century. They are crude in one way and sophisticated in another. Martin's genius was to observe everyday people and transform them into toys. Many times toys are made for children but with adults in mind. The subtleties would be lost on a child. See F.Marchand,L''''Historie des Jouets Martin,Paris 1987.
