Schuco (Germany) Three Little Pigs, 1930's. Comprising Violinist, Drummer and Flute Player. Felt a little grubby and some small signs of moth damage. No key but clockwork mechanisms working when tested. Good nice for display. Height 4.5"/11.5cm. £140-£180
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Group of plastic toys from 1950's/60's. A Canadian Car with comic driver. friction drive. Driver bobs up and down as car moves. Red plastic of car lightly faded. Length 6"/15cm. A friction drive blue Airliner with French roundels on wings. Wingspan 11.5"/29cm. A Treaco Products (England) Diving Submarine with original Excellent box. Length 3.5"/9cm. A British Ace (England) blue Racing Car. Length 3.25"/8cm. A Mettoy friction Tresco drive sparking Tank (repainted) with Good original box. Length 8"/20cm. A clockwork Godzilla (Japan). Clockwork mechanism working when tested. Height 4"/10cm. A blue Police Motorcycle with white rider and wheels, (Great Britain). Length 9"/23cm. Condition varies from Good to Excellent. (7) £40-£60
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Schuco (Germany) "Bremen" Roller Aeroplane. Friction drive. Circa 1927. Cream with pilot wearing red jacket and brown helmet. Markings D1167 on wing and "Bremen" to side of fuselage. Some minor age wear but generally Good Plus. Wingspan 4.5"/11.5cm. A nice example of a scarce sought after toy. £240-£300
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Wells Brimtoy (England) Hurricane Fighter Plane. Clockwork tinplate plane in light brown and green camouflage finish. Made for only a limited period circa 1940 when production was stopped. Clockwork mechanism working when tested. Believed to be ex shop stock. Excellent. Wingspan 10"/25.5cm. £80-£100
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Japanese tinplate toys, all boxed, 1950's/60's. Red friction drive car with black top, towing a red trailer carrying a blue and white friction wind action Speedboat. Boat carries MT logo. Good Plus to Excellent in Fair to Good plain box (probably original). Length overall 12.5"/32cm. Alps King of the Rancher Lassoing Cowboy. Clockwork mechanism working when tested. Excellent to Near Mint in Fair original box. Length 3.25"/8.25cm. Battery powered remote controlled Tank in US Army markings. Tank is Excellent for display but remote battery box is incomplete and disintegrating. In Very Good original box. Length 6"/15cm. Alps "New Helicopter" with pink celluloid rotor blades. Clockwork motor working when tested. Some rusting and wear to lithography at front of cabin. Good in original Fair to Good box. Length 6"/15cm. (4) £50-£70
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Schuco (Germany) Studio Racer. Pre-war blue tinplate Car with black base. No key or accessories but motor working when tested. Some slight rubbing to base but generally Good Plus in part of original box. Length 5"/13cm. £60-£80
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Schuco (US Zone Germany) Varianto Limo No.3041. Light blue three speed clockwork tinplate car. Motor working when tested. One centimetre wide dent to boot but otherwise Excellent in Fair original box (one end flap missing). Length 4.25"/11cm. £30-£40
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Pennytoy Aeroplane (Germany 1930's). Red and cream tinplate clockwork aeroplane with folding wings. No key but clockwork motor, which drives toy forward and rotates propeller, working when tested. Some slight age wear but generally Good Plus. Wingspan 6"/15cm. £25-£40
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Japanese celluloid novelty toys. Pre-war to early post-war era. (1) "Itchy" Dog. Clockwork action which rotates tail, working when tested. Nodding head. With remains of original box. (2) British "Bobby" Policeman rattle with big right hand. Arm stringing loose. (3) Chick on tinplate wheels. (4) Cockatoo rattle. (5) Filled celluloid Goofy figure. (6) Three celluloid camphor propelled boats in matchbox size very Good Plus original box. Also included is a German celluloid figure of Lloyd George on tin wheels. Condition varies from Good to Excellent. (7) £50-£70
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Tri-ang (British) Electric 2.4 Litre Jaguar. 1/20th scale blue plastic with red tartan tinplate seats. Body detached from chassis and battery compartment cover missing. No rear numberplate. Otherwise Good for display in original Fair to Good box. Length 9"/23cm. Together with a Tri-ang Electric Rolls Royce in blue plastic with red tinplate seats. Battery compartment cover missing. Some damage to front of base of car, remains of rear bumper detached, mascot and part of chromed bonnet strip missing. Otherwise Good for display. Length 11"/28cm. (2) £60-£80
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Marx (British) SRN5 Hovercraft. Battery operated blue, grey and silver plastic hovercraft with flashing lights, rotating radar scanner and self-steering mechanism. Untested but battery compartment clean. Excellent in Good box with original packing. Length 9"/23cm. Together with blue and cream tinplate Coupe (possibly Japanese). Friction drive with opening bonnet, revealing tinplate engine details and plastic driver. Plastic front and rear windows and bonnet detailing missing. General age wear. Fair to Good. Length 8.5"/22cm. £20-£40
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Minic (England) plastic Old Timer vehicles. Clockwork open top car with orange body and black running boards/mudguards and a clockwork blue and red plastic Bus with black running boards/mudguards and ringing bell mechanism. Good Plus. Length 8"/20cm. Together with Pedigree (Hong Kong) Whizz-Kid with racing car. Colourful plastic pre-school toy figure and car body attached to backing card. Near Mint in Fair box. Box 10" x 8"/25cm/20cm. £20-£40
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Modern Toys (Japan) Piston Blue Mountain Express. Tinplate battery operated mystery action locomotive with whistle sound, moving pistons and engineer. Battery compartment clean. Near Mint in Good box with original packing 16.5"/42cm long. Together with two Yone (Japan) tinplate clockwork whistling locomotives. Near Mint in original Excellent boxes. 6.5"/15.5cm long. Plus tinplate wind-up Express Train (China). Near Mint in original Good Plus box 13"/23cm long. (4) £20-£30
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Quantity of plastic toys, mainly boxed. Including Pedigree Nesting Boats (England); wind-up Amphibious Trike (Hong Kong); Marx (Hong Kong) friction Old Timer; battery operated Roll-Over Hill Climber; Mechanical Cartoon Aeroplane (Hong Kong); Daiya (Japan) wind-up Turning Loco; Berwick (Hong Kong) Breakdown Truck; Playcraft (England) No.9550 Passenger Train; battery operated Helicopter (Hong Kong); novelty Locomotive (Hong Kong); Kenner USA Sonic Sound Mini SSP; Sanyo (Japan) Boo Pee Musical Car; Snorkel Fire Engine and battery operated tank (Hong Kong). Condition varies from Good to Excellent. (14) £20-£40
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Taiyo (Japan) tinplate and plastic Lamborghini. Friction drive with yellow and black body and detailed tinprinted interior. Together with Mattel tinplate nursery rhyme Jack-in-a-Box and an early Chinese clockwork tinplate and plastic boy on trike (boxed). Condition generally Good Plus. £20-£30
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Lilliput Robot (China). Clockwork light blue tinplate robot of recent manufacture. No key but working when tested. Mint in Good box. 6"/15cm high. Together with two other recent Chinese tin toys: a Climbing Monkey based on Lehmann's "Tom" and a Pecking Woodpecker. Both Mint in Good Plus boxes. £20-£30
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Yone (Japan) pair of Rolls Royce Cars. One red and one blue friction drive tinplate cars with light blue printed interiors. Some light age wear and dulling to bright metal components. Generally Good. Length 8.5"/21cm. £20-£30
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Hess (Germany) Motor Boat. Red tinplate hull with dark grey stripe and light grey deck. Tinplate seated driver. The boat has two-wheel flywheel drive mechanism at the rear and a single wheel at the front. The Hess logo is printed on the top of the front deck. Some scratches and chips to the red hull but otherwise Good Plus. Length 9"/23cm. £40-£60
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Wells (England) Rolls Royce. Clockwork tinplate Sedanca Town Coupe in cream and blue with black lining. Tinplate driver. Very little sign of use with only light tarnishing to radiator and windscreen frame. Excellent. Length 9"/23cm. £60-£80
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Japanese tinplate James Bond Aston Martin. Unlicensed version with friction drive and the usual features including working ejector seat and passenger. Some small dents to roof and rear wing. Chrome finish to bumpers badly worn. Good. Length 11"/28cm. £60-£80
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Jibby (Switzerland) Model III tinplate car. Schuco Examico style maroon clockwork car with four forward gears and reverse and hand brake. Cream seat with printed wood-like dashboard. Steering wheel moves front wheels. No key but clockwork motor worked when tested though may need some adjustment or lubrication to function fully. Small chips to paint work. Good with part of box. Length 5.5"/14cm. £30-£50
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Kohler (Germany) Circus Monkey. Colourful tinplate Monkey with swaying/shuffling action holding a ball in right hand. Clockwork mechanism working when tested. Excellent. Height 4"/10cm. £30-£50
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Hamley's (England) Cabinet of Card Tricks, together with Gilbert (USA) Mysto Magic conjuring set. Both sets unchecked for completeness but contain a wealth of magic and card tricks, including instruction booklet and sheets. Contents vary from Good to Good Plus. Boxes Fair to Good. Also included is Spears (England)Tufty Game. Fair in Fair box (some ball pen inscriptions). Mysto Magic box 12"/31cm x 8.5"/22cm. Card Tricks 2 tier box 14"/36cm x 4.75"/12cm. £20-£30
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Cremona (England) Punch and Judy Toffee Tin. An unusual red and white striped toffee tin by A.S. Wilkin Ltd, Cremona Park, Northumberland. Made in the shape of a Punch and Judy booth with Punch and Judy figures operated by side levers. Scratching to lithography but generally Good. Height 7.5"/19cm. £20-£30
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Schuco (Germany) 1071 Lotus Formula 1 Racing Car. Red and yellow stripe tinplate clockwork Team Lotus car with working differential and steering and independently sprung rear axles. Scratch to number decal on bonnet and one plastic exhaust pipe detached but present. Otherwise Good Plus. Length 8.5"/22cm. £20-£30
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Marx (Hong Kong) Fred Flintstone Flivver Tinplate friction drive stone age car with red hood. Missing plastic figure and some paint wear to "log" sides and rear top edge of hood. Good. Length 7"/18cm. £15-£30
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OK (Hong Kong) Animated Bears on Sled. Early white, yellow and red "Empire Made" plastic toy. Friction drive operates bears ski poles and bobs small bear up and down. Excellent in Poor box (brittle with age, some tears at top flaps and lid detached). Length 4"/10cm. Together with (1) Dancing Butterflies (England) clockwork, plastic and fabric toy. Good Plus in Good Plus box. (2) clockwork Cat with ball and (3) fur covered push-along Dog (Good). (4) £15-£30
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Rosko Toys (TN, Japan) Pinocchio. Animated battery operated xylophone playing figure. Pinocchio swings his left hand in rhythm to the tune of London Bridge is Falling Down, while playing xylophone with right hand. Untested but battery compartment is clean. Excellent in Good Plus box. Box 9"/23cm x 7"/18cm. Together with tinplate and plastic clockwork jumping clown. Right arm loose. Good. Height 6.25"/16cm. (2) £30-£50
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Korean made E-type Jaguar. Red tinplate friction drive car. Slight dent to roof and damage to plastic headlights. Light tarnishing to bright metal parts. Good. Length 10.5"/27cm. £20-£30
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Bowman (England) stationary Steam Engine. Dismantled but appears to be largely complete and with burner. Worn Bowman logo to green base. Poor with original Good wooden box (lid needs re-attaching). Box 7"/18cm x 6"/15.5cm. £20-£40
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Wells Brimtoy British Railway Truck. Red and cream clockwork with rubber wheels. The covered container can be detached from the truck by two clips to make an O Gauge railway load. Surface wear to roof of cab and tarnishing to bright metal parts. Good . Length 5.5"/14cm. £20-£30
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Three Triang Minic Vehicles comprising: (1) Red Shell BP Fuel Tanker. Long bonnet cab with chrome mudguards and metal wheel hubs. Some scratches to edges of cab roof and tank. Distortion to transfer on one side of tank. Good. (2) green long bonnet cab Minic Brewery Lorry. Chrome mudguards and metal hub wheels. Slight tarnishing and pitting to bright metal parts and cab roof. Three wooden barrels. Good. (3) dark blue Ford Saloon with plastic wheels. Paint loss and surface rusting to running boards and mudguards. Bumpers distorted and bright metal parts tarnished. Fair. £60-£80
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Triang Minic No.2M post-war Ford Light Van. Unusual light blue body with Minic Transport transfers. Black plastic wheels. Clockwork motor working when tested. Excellent Plus in Good Plus box. £60-£80
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Triang Minic No.2M pre-war Ford Light Van. Mid green with Minic Transport transfer to side, red Shell Petrol Can, steel hubs with replacement white tyres. Clockwork motor working when tested. Tarnishing to front mudguard and light wear to some edges and base but overall Good Plus. £40-£60
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Triang Minic No.12M pre-war Learners Car. Unusual light grey with cream body, red Shell Petrol Can, steel hubs and white tyres. Clockwork motor working when tested. Some surface corrosion to running boards, mudguards and windscreen but overall condition is Good Plus with Good box (one end flap detached but present). £120-£160
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Triang Minic No.13M Vauxhall Tourer. Dark green with mudguards and light green baseplate, steel wheels with black tyres. Clockwork motor working when tested. Some surface corrosion to bright metal parts. A few minor paint chips and small dent to bonnet but overall Good Plus in a Fair Cabriolet box (all flaps missing to one end). £40-£60
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Triang Minic Delivery Van. Light beige long bonnet cab with blue box van body. Steel wheels with white tyres. Motor working when tested. Some very small chips to edge of bonnet and surface rust spots to edge of left mudguard. One tyre perished. Blue box body a possible repaint. Good Plus in Excellent box. £40-£60
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Billing Boats (Denmark) Cutty Sark Kit (564) with fittings kit (565). Two kits to build and fit a 1:75 scale wooden model of the Cutty Sark. Contents unchecked but appear to be unused and complete. Mint in Good boxes. Boat box 36"/92cm x 12"/30cm. (2) £30-£50
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Marx (Hong Kong) Captain America Scooter. Yellow plastic friction drive scooter, Captain America figure with red and white shield. Near Mint in Good pictorial card box. Length 4.5"/11.5cm. £50-£70
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Mettoy (Great Britain) Army Rider Motorcycle. Plastic sparking friction drive silver bike and rider, blue engine, brown helmet, tin wheels. Near Mint in Good original open card box. Length 5.5"/14cm. £40-£60
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Coral (UK) No.T12 Police Motorcycle Patrols (2). One red and one light blue large scale plastic friction drive motorcycles with white riders and white wheels. Some glue staining to seams of blue bike and rider and plastic seams have parted slightly on bases of both bikes but not obvious on display. Generally Excellent. Boxes Good Plus to Excellent. Length 9"/23cm. (2) £30-£50
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TN (Japan) Police Patrol Auto-Tricycle. White tinplate battery operated bike and trailer, red tan sides, rubber tyres, blue uniformed policeman with whistle. "Police Patrol" on top of trailer, "Police" to trailer sides and "Police Department No.3" to rear. Black mudguards. Working headlamp, whistle and sound. Earlier 1960's example. Untested but battery compartment clean. Excellent in Good original box. Length 10"/25.5cm. £140-£160
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Mettoy (Great Britain) Clown, Motorcycle and Sidecar (article No.3022). Tinplate clockwork yellow bike, blue tank with red and yellow striped suited clown. Multi coloured sidecar with "Made in Great Britain" printed on rear. Diecast wheels. Sun fading to most of toy and tarnishing to clowns face and arms. Good in Fair to Good original box. Length 3.5"/9cm. £40-£60
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Joseph Wagner tinplate Elephant (US Zone, Germany). Colourful clockwork toy with seated elephant and three plastic balls which move up rotating spiral to be "caught" in a bowl and returned to spiral. Rotating blades on top of trunk. Motor working when tested. Mint in Good Plus original plain card box. Height 10"/25.5cm. £20-£30
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Schuco (Western Germany) Varianto Elektro 3116 Shell Tanker. Yellow roof and upper body with red lower body. "Shell" to sides. Near Mint (untested) in Excellent lift off lid card box complete with lower packing piece and instruction leaflet. Length 4.5"/11cm. £80-£100
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Schuco "Western Germany" Varianto 3046 Shell Tanker. Yellow roof and upper body with red lower body. "Shell" to sides. Clockwork motor working when tested. Near Mint in Good Plus illustrated box complete with instruction sheet and control wire. Length 4.5"/11cm. £80-£100
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Mystery Action Train Set. Maker unknown but possibly Russian or Eastern European. Tinplate clockwork two-car train similar to the Technofix Mystery Station Set. Colourful detailed tinprinted base with tinprinted station building and tunnel. The train enters the station or tunnel then leaves by a different route. Clockwork motor working when tested, though hesitant. Scratch to roof of station building, otherwise Good Plus to Excellent in Good box. 19"/48 x 13"/33. £30-£50
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Technofix (West Germany) No.290 Toboggan track toy. Colourfully printed figure of eight track which includes rack lift section and 6 x inclined piers with 2 colourful printed tinprinted clockwork cars with fixed keys. Clockwork working when tested. Light ear near fixing brackets, otherwise Excellent Plus in a Fair illustrated box and lid with instructions to sides. Length 19.75"/50cm. £60-£80
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Triang (Great Britain) Washing Machine. Cream plastic clockwork washing machine with red agitator and detachable wringer and drain hose. Clockwork motor (working when tested) moves agitator with a back and forth action. Would benefit from a clean but generally Good in a Fair corrugated card box (label largely missing) and pen instructions to lid. 7.5"/19 cm high. £15-£25
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Schuco (Germany) tinplate pressings of dogs, mice and pig figures. Some pressings embossed with Schuco trademark and one clock mechanism. Most of the dog pressings have surface rusting. Condition varies from Fair to Good Plus. A fascinating lot for a Schuco researcher. (qty) £10-£30
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