The Collector's Encyclopedia of MetalToys

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A comprehensive survey of the world's finest metal toys: mechanical novelties; toy railroads; automobiles and commercial vehicles; ships and boats;airplanes; toy soldiers.
Complete coverage of the period cl850-cl980: from the "flat" lead soldiers of the 1850s to modern tinplate toys from the Far East; from the classic tinplate ships, railroads, and automobiles of the "Golden Age" to the diecast models that will be tomorrow's collectors' treasures.
Expert advice on assembling and maintaining a collection. More than 1,500 toys and 1,000 toy soldiers shown in over 200 full-color photographs. Every item fully described.


The Collector's Encyclopedia of
METAL TOYS
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We were all children once - and children play with toys. So although this book announces itself as a "collector's" encyclopedia, and although it will indeed be an indispensable addition to the reference shelves of collectors all over the world, its appeal will extend far beyond the ever-growing ranks of toy... Tovább

Fülszöveg

A comprehensive survey of the world's finest metal toys: mechanical novelties; toy railroads; automobiles and commercial vehicles; ships and boats;airplanes; toy soldiers.
Complete coverage of the period cl850-cl980: from the "flat" lead soldiers of the 1850s to modern tinplate toys from the Far East; from the classic tinplate ships, railroads, and automobiles of the "Golden Age" to the diecast models that will be tomorrow's collectors' treasures.
Expert advice on assembling and maintaining a collection. More than 1,500 toys and 1,000 toy soldiers shown in over 200 full-color photographs. Every item fully described.


The Collector's Encyclopedia of
METAL TOYS
¦ i )' ¦M
We were all children once - and children play with toys. So although this book announces itself as a "collector's" encyclopedia, and although it will indeed be an indispensable addition to the reference shelves of collectors all over the world, its appeal will extend far beyond the ever-growing ranks of toy collectors and connoisseurs. With its magnificent illustrations spanning more than a century of the world of toys, this book is a magic carpet guaranteed to transport readers of all ages back to an earlier, and perhaps happier, time.
For children, toys are simply an investment in happiness. But in the adult world they may represent an investment of a more serious kind. For the market In collectables of all kinds is booming: the values of toys that were originally made to sell at "weekly allowance" prices are now measured in the tens, hundreds or even thousands of dollars - especially in the case of the classic tinplate ships, automobiles, and "novelties" made by German craftsmen in the toymakers' "golden age" before World War I. The scarcer toys of the post-1945 period are now attracting ever-increasing prices - and this book may help its readers to decide which toys of today are likely to become tomorrow's treasures.
Compiled by a team of experts, all collectors in their own fields, this book surveys the metal playthings produced by the worid's toymakers in the period C1850-1980. As well as the German "classics", the reader will find examples of toys from the leading makers of the United States of America, France, Italy, Japan and the Far East, Spain, the United Kingdom, and other countries. All the famous names are here: American Flyer, Arnold, Bandai, Bassett-Lowke, BIng, Brltalns, Carette, Citroën, Corgi, Dinky, Helnrlchsen, Heyde, Hornby, Ives, Jep, Kingsbury, Lehmann, Lionel, f^arklin, f^arx, IVIignot, Schuco, Solido, Stock, TIpp, and Triang, along with a host of other makers.
Here, In some 200 magnificent color photographs, the reader will find more than 1,500 toys and 1,000 toy soldiers, each item fully Identified and clearly described In more than 100,000 words of text. Among the treats In this packed toy-cupboard are:
Tinplate "novelties" ranging from a mechanical pool player to a clockwork crocodile.
Automotive toys ranging from tinplate and diecast models of automobiles and trucks to child-carrying "kiddle cars".
Steam, clockwork, electric, and "push-along" toy railroads, with all their accessories.
Tinplate craft extending from rowing boats to battleships.
Tinplate and diecast airplanes.
Armies of toy soldiers with full equipment.
Examples of famous makers' catalogs and packaging.
Invaluable to the expert and the novice collector alike, this superb all-color reference work also offers to all its readers a second chance to sample the delights of childhood. Vissza