eBay is not the only online auction source for vintage toys. Etsy, Bonanza, and Ruby Lane are among five auction sites that have a large selection of high-quality vintage toys for sale.
If you grew up during a big toy craze, there’s a chance you fondly remember playing with a Teddy Ruxbin, a popular G.I. Joe, or an “adopted” Cabbage Patch Kid.
A toy and doll appraiser shares the five toys and video games from the 1970s that are worth a lot of money today including Mego, Hot Wheels & Evel Knievel.
We found a bunch of creepy dolls at estate sales. Check them out!
My favorite yard sale find of this summer was a vintage 1970s Hasbro Inchworm ride-on toy. I had one of these as a child, and it was one of my most loved toys. As the rider propels it along, the Inchworm bounces up and down on its accordion-style body...eventually producing the sort of damage seen in this example. (Click here to watch the original Inchworm TV commercial: it's adorable, and you'll get to see the Inchworm in action.) Their fragility makes vintage Inchworms scarce, and they are much sought after. I've seen them reach prices of $300+ on eBay during particularly desperate bidding wars. Glad I held out: this one was just $5 at a Yard Sale Trail flea market! How cute is he? Super-cute. Speaking of cute things: here's a picture of me with my brand-new Inchworm, on a Christmas morning sometime in the 1970s. (I'm also holding a just-opened Viewmaster, effectively multi-tasking as I motor around the living room.) Coming up tomorrow: my final, and oldest, yard sale toy find of the summer...
The book Československé lidové hračky (Czechoslovak Folk Toys) by Emanuel Hercík was truly a labor of love. He worked on this project for over 30 years and as you look at the illustrations, you can see his passion in each pen stroke.
... with the only train in the world with 'Magne-traction' -- the sensational new 1950 Lionel Trains. More speed, more climb, more pull, and more control!
70s/80s memory triggers
The Spring 2019 Christie Antique & Vintage Sale. A yearly tradition filled with rain, antiques, vintage finds and one of a kinds.
Unbelievably enchanting and ever-changing, the Wham-O Magic Window toy creates countless designs, landscapes and seascapes as the crystals slide into one pattern after another.
I came home from a church rummage sale a few years ago with a stack of 1960’s craft books and tucked inside one of them was this much older pamphlet called “Easy-to-Sew Toys”. It was published in 1944 by Clark’s O.N.T. – J. & P. Coats (the merger of these two companies became the Coats... Read More »
The fabulous Aunt Boo and her dolls, in Van Buren, Arkansas, home of Bob Burns.
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