Toys News

Antique and vintage toys reigned supreme in Bertoia's $1.2 million Holiday Antiques Auction held Jan. 29-30

Highlights: German terracotta Santa Claus figure, $66,000; late 1800s 24½-inch-tall papier-mâché Santa figure, $26,400; rare 1904 Steiff apricot "rod bear" with X-ray of interior torso, $20,400

The Martin and Deborah Maloy antique toy and train collection rings up more than $1.6M at Bertoia's December 13 auction

Highlights: Marklin hand-painted early musical carousel, $120,000; circa-1912-1915 Marklin Series II model of 'Battleship Brooklyn,' $90,000; Ives No. 40 Gauge 1 locomotive set, $52,800.