If you collect antique toys you have most likely perused privately run reference and collectors’ site founded by U.S. toy collector and researcher Jim Sneed, focused on wooden and metal children’s toys made before 1945, especially the Schoenhut Humpty Dumpty Circus and other American manufacturers. Over the last two decades it has grown into a […]
Push Cart Pete might not look like he’s enjoying pushing that cart, at all. But if you owned this vintage toy, you’d be pretty happy that Pete’s pushing that cart. Dating back to 1936, Push Cart Pete is considered one of the rarest toys in the United States and among the first from a then […]
Now that the gifts are unboxed and wrapping paper has been tossed out, we’re curious to see what was under your tree this year. Christmas gifts have come a long way. So we decided to take a look at some of the favorite gifts from Christmases long ago and offer up some fun comparisons to […]
Kobe Toys, also known as Kobe dolls, are hand-carved, wooden mechanical dolls (automata) made exclusively in Japan. The origin of these toys began with the opening of the Kobe Port in Hyogo, Japan, in 1868. An early postcard Kobe toys were made strictly as tourist items and were never exported or sold in […]
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