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 VINELAND, N.J. – Bertoia Auctions has announced that the Donald Kaufman Antique Toy Collection will be featured in a profile appearing in the June 7, 2009 Sunday edition of the New York Times. |
Film Review – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen With the summer blockbuster motion picture season in full swing, it’s once again time for the shape-shifting Autobots to team up with humans in an Earth-spanning battle with the evil ... READMORE |
Hess trucks – 18-wheelers fueled by nostalgia For toy collectors, it's an event as anticipated as the arrival of Santa Claus. Every November, gas stations across the country sell limited-edition toy trucks for the holiday season, miniature ... READMORE |
Tackle the diode: 1970s handheld electronic games Forget the digital brilliance and complexity of a PlayStation Portable or a Nintendo DS. Think back to a time where portable handheld electronic games, packed with some AA batteries and ... READMORE |
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Trends in British Trains Reviewing the major brands and their contemporary trends One of the open secrets in antiques and collectibles has been the steady growth in values for vintage British model trains. While the ... READMORE |
From Slingshots to Superballs WHAM-O celebrates 60 years of creative, crazy play Sixty years ago, two wild and crazy college boys in Southern California launched a slingshot… and, quite by accident, launched a business. Arthur ... READMORE |
Noel Neill, Superman's Lois Lane To the Boomer generation, she personified Superman’s girlfriend, Lois Lane There have been many depictions of Superman’s girlfriend, Lois Lane, since she first came on the scene in comic-book form in ... READMORE |
Renwal: In Plastic Nirvana Ben Kriner’s collection is a Renwal fan’s vision of heaven There is a small room in Ben Kriner’s Shippensburg, Pa., home that his wife Deanna calls his Zen space. The only furnishings ... READMORE |
Anchors Aweigh Arnold Rolak’s sweet fleet sails off into the sunset Arnold Rolak is entitled to wear many hats of distinction. As a Texan, he earns the automatic right to don a Stetson. ... READMORE |
Wonder Woman The world’s first female superhero is still saving the day In December 1941 comic book readers were introduced to a new superhero, one who preferred to conquer opponents with kindness rather ... READMORE |
Who Was That Masked Man? TCM answers the question with a retrospective tracking 75 years of the Lone Ranger “A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty ‘Hi-Yo, Silver!’” There ... READMORE |
Mr. Potato Head Mr. Potato Head is still America’s favorite spud When Jeff Potocsnak was a kid, friends used to tease him about his last name, calling him “potato snack.” But instead of crumbling ... READMORE |
Keeping it Real: Japanese Tin Cars Japanese tinplate cars have no peer when it comes to the fine details Painted in radical colors and as detailed as though they were straight off a Detroit assembly line, tinplate ... READMORE |
All about Stout Toy trains helped pay for Greg Stout’s engineering degree, but along the way he discovered he’d rather be a “conductor” It was a grandfather’s 1974 gift of an inexpensive Marx train ... READMORE |
Creating a Peaceable Kingdom Crocodile Hunter product line from Wild Kingdom For more than 25 years, K&M International and its Wild Republic line of plush toys have sparked the imaginations of a generation of children, ... READMORE |
Seaplanes Equally at home on sea or in the air Toy seaplanes are viewed in an entirely new light once the collector has delved into the history of their ingenious, real-life counterparts. ... READMORE |
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