Chamberlain and Hill (UK) Cast Iron George V Royal Bank. Elaborately decorated with images of King George V and Queen Mary. Dated 1910. Width 5.5"/14cm. Appears to have been lightly over-varnished some time ago. Small supporting lug at rear broken off, though bank will still stand. Securing screw at rear replaced. Good for display. £15-£25
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Yone (Japan) Coffin Bank. Black tinplate "coffin" with clockwork plastic skeleton figure who scoops the coin into the bank. 1960's issue. Clockwork working when tested. Length 6.5"/16.5cm. Excellent in Fair illustrated card box. Together with Japanese Santa in Chimney clockwork toy. Plastic Santa head with cloth hat in a card chimney with a tinplate base with fixed key clockwork movement (working when tested). The head turns and bobs out of the chimney to a ringing sound. Height 5"/13cm. Some light fading. Good. (2) £15-£20
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Sand Toy (Maker unconfirmed). Pressed Steel gravity operated toy comprising an inclined track with a tipping truck which fills with sand from a hopper at the top then runs down the track to tip the sand and return to the top by means of a weighted pulley. Includes 2 metal sand scoops. Embossed "Patented Feb '09 & Jun '11". Height 13.25"/13.5cm. Some light age wear. Good. £15-£30
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Spear's (Bavaria) Royal Circus. Boxed set of articulated colourful card figures of circus performers and animals together with wooden jumps, bars, stands etc. To recreate circus scenes. Includes 20 figures. Unchecked for completeness. Box size 13.75"/35cm x 11.75"/30cm. Head missing from one figure. Some card stands are replacements. Repairs to 2 sides of box lid. Good Plus in Good illustrated box. £20-£30
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Crawfords (UK) Tinplate Globe Novelty Biscuit Tin. Tinprinted globe on tinprinted "Mahogany" base and gilt holder. Height 8.5"/21.5cm. Some tarnishing to gilt and small chips to base. Generally Good. £15-£30
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Bing (Germany) Bingola I Child's Clockwork Gramophone. Blue tinplate base with printed decoration and stop/start lever. Brown turntable and black tone arm. Clockwork mechanism working when tested. Some damage to rim of tone arm socket on base. No needle. Length 8"/20cm. Some rubbing to exposed edges and a patch of surface rusting to front of base. Fair. £20-£30
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Distler (Germany) Electromatic Car. Plastic Studebaker car in red with plated trim and tinplate base. Intended for use with the Distler Electromatic Filling Station. Length 5.5"/14cm. Damage to base and body fixing at front. £5-£15
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Triang Minic (UK) Clockwork Snail. Purple plastic shell with blue head and tail. Spring steel horns with yellow plastic tips. Snail "crawls" while moving head and tail. Clockwork working when tested. 7.5"/19cm long. One of the rarer plastic Minic toys. Excellent in Good illustrated box. £15-£30
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Group of Transport Toys comprising: |(1) Schuco (Germany) Micro Racer Mercedes Racing Car. Clockwork motor working when tested. Length 4"/10cm; (2) Buddy L (US) Bronte School Bus in orange tinplate. Length 6.5"/16.5cm. Near Mint in Excellent card display box; (3) 2 hollow cast policemen on point duty; (4) Galanite (Sweden) Plastic Mercedes Saloon, Saab Saloon and Scania Vabis Lorry; (5) German plastic Land Rover; (6) Chad Valley (UK) box for remote control car containing plastic air tube and remote control bulb (NB car not included). Condition varies from Near Mint to Fair. (9) £20-£40
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Group of Tinplate Novelty Toys. Comprising (1) Modern Toys (Japan) battery operated walking and somersaulting gorilla. Battery compartment clean. Height 6"/15cm; (2) Early Chinese Clockwork machine gunning cowboy with tinprinted body and plastic head. Clockwork working when tested. Height 7"/18cm; (3) Plastic Minnie Mouse made in Hong Kong for Walt Disney. Height 7.5"/19cm; (4) "Sammy Skater", battery operated roller skating bear. Height 14"/36cm in illustrated box; (5) Chinese clockwork tinplate hopping Rabbit Duck, Pecking Bird and Woodpecker. Clockwork mechanisms working when tested. Condition varies from Good Plus to Excellent. (8). £15-£30
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Skoghund Olson (Sweden) Seto cast iron Single Decker Bus. Unusual example of a long bonnet bus with driver. Black roof, yellow body, white painted tyres and silver detailing to radiator and head-lamps. Length 10.5"/27cm. Some chipping to paint, piece missing from top of bonnet, rear axle bent. Fair to Good. £30-£40
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Tudor Rose (UK) Bedford CA Van. Plastic model with blue and yellow body, green wheels, opening red front and rear doors. Interior detail with blue seat and red plastic driver. Length 5"/13cm. Good Plus to Excellent. £20-£40
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Maker unconfirmed (Hong Kong) 2 x plastic Jaguar Mark X Saloons. Grey plastic models with white detailed interiors, chromed fittings, spring action suspension. Free running with weighted bases. Length 4.5"/1.5cm. Both models appear to be identical and are Excellent Plus to Near Mint in their original packaging. One is in an unopened bubble pack with a slightly grubby card back; the other is in a Good Plus cellophane window card display box. (2) £20-£40
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Meccano (UK) assorted Motors and Accessories. Including 2 x boxed Electric 3-12v Powerdrive Motor; 2 x boxed Junior Powerdrive Mk.2 Motor; 2 x boxed Battery Control Boxes with reversing switches; a boxed Caterpillar Track Pack; various sprockets, plates, gears etc; various items of related ephemera and a boxed S.E.L. (UK) 4 volt electric motor. Condition varies from Excellent to Good. (A lot) £15-£20
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Meccano (UK) No.1 Clockwork Motor (reversing). Solidly made clockwork motor for driving Meccano models. Black steel side plates and brass pulley. Complete with original key and rubber drive belts. Motor working when tested. Length 4"/10cm. Near Mint in original Good Plus blue box with packing, guarantee slip and instruction sheet. This item appears to be unused. £15-£20
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Joustra (France) Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet. Large impressive tinplate and plastic battery operated remote controlled model. White tinplate upper fuselage, wings and tail fin with tinprinted detail. Red plastic lower fuselage and tail plane. Plastic remote control battery unit. Battery compartment clean. Wing span 18.5"/47cm. Good Plus in Fair illustrated card box. £40-£60
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Marx (USA) Cowboy Rider. Brightly tinprinted novelty toy of a cowboy on a rearing horse. Fixed key clockwork motor spins a wire lasso. Moveable left arm with gun. The spinning lasso causes the horse to move around and the gun arm to swing. Clockwork working when tested. Height 8"/20cm. Some minor edge rubs but generally Excellent in original Good Plus card box. £60-£80
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Triang Minic (UK) Presentation Set No.B. Containing 2 x green standard cab horse units; green log trailer; red Shell BP Fuel tanker, red brewer's trailer with 8 barrels; and red Minic Transport pantechnicon. Includes 2 x Minic keys. Motors working when tested. Some light rusting to side of plated running board of one horse unit and a small spot of surface corrosion to side of tanker front. Condition is generally Excellent in a Good illustrated box. £260-£360
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Marx (USA) Mechanical Taxi cab. Large scale tinplate clockwork yellow cab "Yellow Cab Co" to front doors. Tinprinted detail, including passengers and driver. Black rubber wheels. fixed key clockwork mechanism working when tested. Length 11"/28cm. Some small chips and scuffs to base. Would benefit from light cleaning. Generally Good Plus to Excellent in a Good original illustrated card. £60-£80
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Schuco (Western Germany) Old Timer 1229: Mercedes Simplex 1902. Green tinplate model with brown plastic seats. Front wheel steering. Novelty clockwork mechanism activated by turning starting handle. Includes Schuco key. Clockwork motor working when tested. Length 8"/20cm. Generally Excellent for display. £15-£20
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Technofix (Western Germany) No.312 Rocky Mountains Train. Colourfully printed plastic formed base with tinprinted station and bridge. 2 x tinplate clockwork rail buses which operate on a rack and gravity system and can be switched from outer to inner tracks. Includes a key. Clockwork mechanisms working when tested. Length of base 21"/53cm. Some light wear but generally Excellent in a Fair to Good illustrated box (base corners split). £40-£60
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Fleischmann (Germany) Twin Funnel Liner. Clockwork tinplate ship with red and black hull, cream superstructure and brown decks. Includes two masts, flag on pennants. Hull appears to have been repainted. Clockwork motor working when tested. Length 13"/33cm. Some small areas of paint loss to upper edges of hull and superstructure. One mast, flag and a pennant require re-attaching. Generally Good as a partial repaint and would make a nice display pieces with a little work. £100-£150
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Wilesco (Germany) D310 Foden Steam Wagon "Mighty Atom". Live Steam single cylinder metal model with horizontal boiler and wooden rear platform based on a 1932 Foden vehicle. Brown cab with black roof "Astell Bros Timber Merchants Bedford" to side. Red wheels with black tyres. Can be steered by wheel in cab. Complete with all accessories, this model appears to be unused. Length 13"/33cm. Mint in original Excellent styrene box with illustrated card slip cover, instructions, leaflets etc. £150-£200
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Model Aero Engines 5 x vintage engines including an ETA "5" (UK) compression engine (boxed with instructions); an Arden (USA) .099 1947 model electric ignition engine (boxed with instructions); and an Ohlsson (USA) 23 electric ignition engine (boxed). Together with 2 further compression engines and 1 electric ignition engine. All untested but condition appears to be Good to Fair. (6) £20-£40
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National Co. (USA) Talking Machine Toy. Wooden articulated dancing figure on a base intended to be attached to a gramophone to produce a dancing action. Patent dated 1915. Height of figure 5.5"/14cm. Excellent condition for its age in a Good original card box with printed label containing instructions. An interesting and hard to find novelty. £30-£40
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Schuco (Germany) Telesteering Car. Pre-war example in red tinplate. Complete with accessories, including control wire and key. Clockwork motor working when tested. Length 4"/10cm. car is Excellent in Good to Fair illustrated slip cover box. £60-£80
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KW Products (UK) Masterbuilder Constructional Engineering Set number 0 size. Metal construction set, similar to Meccano. Contents unchecked but appear to be complete and probably unused. Box size 8.5"/21.5cm x 7"/18cm. Excellent in Good box with inner packing and instruction leaflet. £5-£15
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Schuco (Germany) BMW 327 Cabriolet. Large scale tinplate clockwork model. Cream and black body with plated fittings. Brown seats and detailed dashboard. Front wheels steerable from steering wheel. Complete with key and accessories. Motor working when tested. Length 9.5"/24cm. Near Mint in Good illustrated card box with inner packing. £30-£50
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Schuco (Germany) Micro Racer 1036/1 Mercer 35J Old Timer. Cast metal and tinplate model in maroon with light brown wheels with black tyres. Plated fittings. Complete with Schuco key. Clockwork motor working when tested. Length 4"/10cm. Excellent in a Poor Micro Racer 1043 box with instruction sheet. £20-£30
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Triang Minic (UK) Post Office Telephone Van. Olive green plastic body, decals to doors and sides, red plastic ladder, black plastic wheels. Clockwork motor working when tested. Some slight age related distortion to plastic body and tarnishing to plated metal fittings. Good in unusual Fair plain card box stamped "Morris Telephone Van". £15-£20
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Triang (UK) Pressed Steel Tipper Truck. Red cab with white roof, yellow body and black chassis. Plated plastic wheels and trim with black tyres. Lever operated tipping action. Length 13"/33cm. Crack to windscreen and would benefit from a clean. Good Plus. Together with a Tonka Earth Scraper in yellow pressed steel and plastic (length 12"/31cm) and a Tonka Recovery Truck in blue pressed steel and white plastic (length 9"/23cm). Both would benefit from a clean but are generally Good Plus. (3) £5-£15
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Triang Spot-on (UK) Arkitex Junior Seat A (OO/HO scale). Contents unchecked for completeness but appear to be generally Good Plus to Excellent in a Good illustrated box (split to one corner of lid). Box size 9"/23cm x 5.5"/14.5cm. £15-£25
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Buddy L (USA) "Chips" Highway Patrol Car and Helicopter. Black tinplate car with applied white "Chips" stickers to sides and "California Highway Patrol" logo to top of bonnet. Length 7"/18cm. Small patch of surface corrosion below front fender and would benefit from a clean. Good Plus. Black and white plastic helicopter with applied "Chips" stickers to sides. Length 8"/20cm. Damage to rotor blades and would also benefit from a clean. Good. (2) £5-£10
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Triang Minic (UK) Vehicles comprising: (1) Minic Transport Van with blue standard cab and green body. Opening rear doors with latch. Clockwork motor working when tested. Surface corrosion spots to cab, tyres perished. Generally Good to Fair. (2) Open Truck in dark green. Standard cab. Paint loss to side of mudguard near winding hole. Motor needs attention. One tyre missing, others perished. Good to Fair. (3) Caterpillar Tractor with red body and black rubber tracks. Includes Minic key. Motor working when tested, though tracks are slack. Tarnishing to radiator and seat missing. Fair. (3) £20-£40
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Magic Car (UK). Maker unconfirmed. Unusual red tinplate "Dodgem" type friction drive vehicle. "Magic Car" in white with yellow "?" to top. "No.2" to rear. Tinplate driver with nodding head. "Made in England" to one side. Length 5.5"/14cm. General play wear. Fair to Good. Together with a small red tinplate and plastic friction drive car. Length 4"/10cm. Faded. Fair; and a piano wire fixed key clockwork mechanism (working when tested) with tinplate balloon tyre wheels and 2 further matching wheels on an axle. Could be useful parts for a restorer. (3) £5-£15
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Triang (UK) Jones KL44 Crane. Red pressed steel body and jib. Yellow base with black rubber wheels. Length 21"/53cm. Play wear and paint chips to exposed edges. Generally Good. £5-£15
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KTS (Japan) Continental Trailways Golden Eagle Bus. Tinplate friction drive bus in gold and white with tinprinted detailing. 6-wheels with plated hubs and rubber tyres. Length 10.5"/27cm. Some light rubs to edges of roof and other exposed surfaces but generally Good Plus. £15-£20
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Michelin Man (France) Mr. Bibendum wall light. White plastic illuminated figure with yellow and black Michelin sash seated on a wooden wall bracket. Electric flex cut. Length 18"/46cm. Would benefit from a light clean but generally Excellent. £20-£30
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Peak Freans (UK) Novelty Biscuit Tin in the form of a Castle. Brown detailed tinprinting of castle masonry, doors and window etc. Castellated roof lift off lid with "P.F." to centre. Three piece hinged curtain wall unfolds to create a small courtyard. Height 6.75"/17cm. general age wear and some small areas of loss to lithography. Generally Fair to Good. £15-£30
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Technofix (Western Germany) tinplate Football Game. Tinprinted pitch with various surrounding advertisements. 22 tinplate players operated by 2 levers at each end. Plastic ball. Length of base 21"/53cm. Some colour fading and light surface rusting. Generally Good to Fair. £5-£15
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Yone (Japan) Coffin Bank Tinplate Novelty Money Boxes (x 2). Black boxes with tinprinted detail and inscriptions. Fixed key clockwork mechanism. When a coin is placed on the spot a green plastic skeletal hand emerges from beneath a cloth cover to grab it and a green skull peeks out. Mechanism of one bank working when tested, the other needs attention. Length 6.5"/16.5cm. Generally Good Plus for display. £5-£10
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