November 18,19 & 20, 2011 Hagerstown, Maryland

ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE TOYS; ERECTOR SETS;
BILL GEORGE COLLECTION OF HORROR & SCI FI,
ARTWORK, FIGURES, and PROMOTIONAL ITEMS;
EARLY MATCHBOX, CORGI, and DINKY DIECAST;
WESTERN CAP GUNS and HOLSTERS; SPY TOYS;
PRESSED STEEL TRUCKS, BOATS, & AIRPLANES;
BB GUNS; 1960’S VINTAGE TOYS & PLAY SETS;
PROMO CARS; AUTOMOBILIA; BREYER HORSES;
ACTION FIGURES; MOVIE- & T.V.-INSPIRED TOYS;
“I LOVE LUCY” and LUCILLE BALL POSTERS,
COLLECTIBLES and EPHEMERA; DANIEL HORNE ARTWORK; SPACE TOYS & ROBOTS; MONSTER TOYS; COIN-OPS;  EXONUMIA; SHIP MODELS;
“TECHNO” ART; FOLK ART; MINIATURE ENGINES;
 VINTAGE COMPUTERS and MANY MORE SURPRISES!
 

Grand Venice Best Western Hotel, 431 Dual Highway Hagerstown, MD 21740

Friday November 18th: Cataloged Lots 1-299; Antique Toys; Early Die Cast; Lincoln Log Sets; Native American Items; Black Americana Collectibles; Pressed Steel; Occupied Japan Toys; Toy Soldiers; Toy Reference Books; Collection of Breyer Horses; Mobos and Ride-on toys; Character Toys; Toys of all kinds; and much more! These cataloged lots are to be preceded by approximately 100 lots of uncataloged toys. Additional uncataloged lots will be sold after the completion of the listed items.

Click here for online catalog and online absentee bibbing starting with lot 1 (Friday)

Saturday November 19th: Cataloged lots 300 to 1000; Promo Cars; Matchbox and Die cast; Slot Cars and Sets; Cap Guns; Pressed Steel; Folk Art; Pedal Cars and Ride-ons; Important Collection of Erector Sets and Erector Displays; Miniature Working Engines; Jukebox, Speakers and Coin-ops; Automobilia; Medallic Art & Exonumia; BB guns; Western Toys; Play Sets; Tin Toys and Automotive/ Transportation Toys; Unusual Large-Scale Monorail; Boat and Ship Toys; Corgis; and much, much more!  These cataloged lots are to be preceded by approximately 100 lots of uncataloged, related items. Additional uncataloged lots will be sold after the completion of the listed items.

Click here for online catalog and online absentee bidding starting with lot 300 (Saturday)

Click here for a few examples of Friday & Saturday's uncataloged items

Sunday, November 20th: Cataloged lots 1001 through the end of the sale: the Bill George Collection of Monster Movie and Science Fiction Art and Sculpture; Spy Toys; Lucille Ball and I Love Lucy Collectibles and Ephemera; Vintage String Holders; Store Displays; Monster Model Kits; Vintage Apple Computers; Nice Selection of Robots and Space Toys; Steve Heller's Robot-related Techno Art; T.V. Guides; Bobble Heads; Monster Toys; Tim Burton Movie Collectibles such as The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride and other movies; Super Hero- and Comic-Related Sculptures and Collectibles; Scream Queen and B-Movie Starlet Collectibles, Autographs and Ephemera.  Uncataloged lots of a similar makeup will be sold prior to the listed items and after the completion of listed items.

Click here for online catalog and online absentee bidding starting with lot 1001 (Sunday)

Click here for a few examples of Sunday's uncataloged items


Antique toys, including German tin by Lehmann and others, American tin,  Occupied Japan and Japanese tin; wind-ups; battery-ops; comic character toys; Black Americana toys; mechanical toys, carnival/circus toys; cast iron toys; celluloid toys. Many toys are in original boxes.

Large collection of (over 200) cap guns, toy guns & BB guns,  including Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Johnny Ringo,  and others, by Nichols, Kilgore, Hubley, Daisy and many others, many in original boxes. Scarce Daisy Double Barrel Shotgun BB Gun and over 100 more. Many other Daisy Toys.

An even larger collection of early die cast toys, including Grey Wheel Matchbox, Corgi, Dinky,  and others, nearly all in original boxes; including rare Corgi Chipperfield Circus, as well as many celebrity, character personality, and movie-themed vehicles.

A very large selection of pressed steel toys (more than 80 toys) from makers such as:   Buddy L, American National, Steelcraft, Keystone, Dayton, Kelmet, Orkin, Structo, Turner and others.  Pedal Cars, Boats, Airplanes and a Buddy L Yard Train round out this impressive group of large toys.

A very nice collection of over 150 Promo Cars featuring Chevrolet, Buick, Ford, Pontiac, Studebaker, Dodge, Chrysler, Oldsmobile, and others. There is also a 1920s Fageol twin coach cast aluminum promotional bus with interior details.  Also included will be a grouping of Automobilia.

Miniature running engines including a Harley Davidson Knucklehead, Chevrolet Small Block, Hit and Miss engines and others.

Large scale model and display ships, boats and airplanes. Some are gas powered, clockwork or museum quality displays.

A very large scale working model of an Overhead Monorail with approximately 100 feet of track from the Montreal Worlds Fair.

Ride on toys including a late 19th century Pope tandem Bicycle, pedal cars, and a scarce New London pedal Caterpillar Bulldozer.

Space Toys, including a scarce Giant Sonic Robot (AKA Train Robot) in original box, Daisy Buck Rogers Space Helmet, & more; 1960’s Toys, many Slot Car sets including scarce AMT Model Turnpike cars and sets, Spy Toys including:  James Bond 007 related toys, vehicles and spy paraphernalia, International Secret Agent, Secret Sam, and other spy “tricks of the trade," weapons and more.

Large selection of vintage play sets, including the Flintstones, Tom Corbett Space Academy, Roy Rogers Rodeo Ranch, Marx Blue and Gray Civil War Playsets and many others.

A large collection of (over 100) Erector Sets from the early 1900’s through the 1970’s, including #12 1/2 Mystery Walking Robots, Zeppelin set, Truck sets, Amusement park set and many, many other complete and important Erector Sets.  Also includes a nice selection of other building sets and Erector displays.

This sale will feature a wonderful collection of “I Love Lucy” and Lucille Ball items including movie posters, products, advertising, memorabilia and ephemera, magazines including the rare first TV GUIDE with Lucy and Desi Jr. as a newborn on the cover, and a very interesting pair of Lucy and Desi figures made for a display in the 50s.

One of a kind, original art and Limited Edition Comic, Sci-Fi- and Horror- themed paintings, Statuary, Movie Posters, and figures from the Bill George Collection.  Many Limited Studio-Only  movie merchandising promotional pieces, as well as monster toys and movie-related action figures, models and much more!  Television, Animation, Pop Culture Character, Movie- and Monster-related action figures, toys, collectibles and memorabilia, most are Mint In Box.  Also a collection of Vintage Aurora Monster Models unbuilt in their original graphic boxes, Original Art sculptures of Frankenstein and other Monsters, as well as paintings and drawings by well-known illustration artist and model-maker, Daniel R Horne.

Funky “Techno” Art, Steve Heller’s Amazing Space-Age Artwork, including his amazing over 7 foot tall "Marilyn" robot. Folk Art including KOLLEGE KIDS paint-decorated musical instruments and cases.

Exonumia and Medallic Art; many with industrial and transportation themes; Coin-Ops including a Wurlitzer 1015 jukebox. A nice selection of vintage Apple Macintosh Computers including APPLE Macintosh M0001 and APPLE II sets, Heathkit Hero Robot Kit.  A nice selection of Breyer horses, many with original boxes; bobble heads; and more.

Check back soon for additional information and photos!

Multi-Estate Auction

All items sold at No Reserve

Auction will be held at the Ballroom of the Grand Venice Best Western Hotel, 431 Dual Highway Hagerstown, MD 21740

Friday November 18th @ 5pm

Saturday November 19th @ 10am

Sunday November 20th @ 12 noon

Preview 2 hours before sale each day   

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Old Town Auctions is currently seeking consignments for this and other sales to add to our already eclectic mix of antique advertising, country store, automotive collectibles, antiques and Americana, photographica, militaria, and of course, the antique and collectible toys and Coca-Cola advertising that we are so well known for. 

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Whether it is a wind-up toy, a Coke sign, a Dooling gas-powered racer, a rare cigar store Indian, or an artifact from Antarctica, Old Town Auctions will find a way to promote your items to the fullest extent.  Old Town Auctions has made a name for itself by exploring and successfully selling the rare, the unusual, and often times, the one-of-a-kind.   We are constantly seeking new and exciting collections for our upcoming sales, including:  photographic art, cameras and related items, scientific and mechanical instruments, folk art, sporting and fishing collectibles, historic ephemera, military antiques and collectibles, automobilia, salesman's samples, illustrator art, antique advertising, circus memorabilia, coin ops, Black Americana, and of course, antique and collectible toys, dolls, and country store items! 

 

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3 DAY AUCTION EVENT

431 Dual Highway

Items pictured below are from June 2011 auction
 
Ha

gerstown, Maryland 21740

Grand Venice Best Western Hotel

Annual weekend before Thanksgiving sale, November 18th, 19th & 20th!

 

 

 

 

 

Also included in this sale is a collection of I LOVE LUCY and Lucille Ball - Desi Arnaz items. This collection runs from movie posters and lobby cards to personal items belonging to Lucille to TV Guides and other ephemera, dolls, toys and more.

 2011 is shaping up to be an eventful auction year for us.  Old Town Auctions is preparing for another of our exciting annual weekend-before-Thanksgiving auctions.  The Fall sale is traditionally our best and most interesting of the year, so keep checking our site for updates, photos and more, while we put together another fun and eclectic auction feast.  

Antique Toys, Art, Western Toys, Cap & BB Guns, Die Cast, Pressed Steel, Autmobilia, Erector Sets, Lucille Ball, Medallic Art, Movies, Monsters and so much more! November 18th thru 20th

 Our next sale will be held in Hagerstown, Maryland at the Grand Venice Hotel on the weekend of November 18th, 19th & 20th.  This sale will feature a nice selection of Antique Toys: including a collection of wind-up toys, a very large collection of early die cast (most mint in box) including first series Matchbox, Corgi, Dinky, Tootsietoy and others, western toys & cap guns, early Erector Sets, Spy toys,  Automotive and transportation toys and more!

In this sale, we will bring you the pressed steel and automotive toy collection of  Jay Kaufman from Scottsdale, AZ. Jay's  collection encompasses the full range of pressed steel manufactures, from Buddy "l" to Wyandotte with other famous makes such as American National, Keystone, Structo, Marx, Son-Ny, Sturitoy and many many more in between.

Also featured in the upcoming November sale is the Bill George Collection of various items including: movie posters and other foreign advertising products; sculptures made specifically for Bill George by artists such as illustration artist and sculpter Daniel Horne; numerous toys from movies including The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Simpsons, Frankenstein, and other Universal Studios horror films; and much more!

Other interesting artwork and
items will be sold in this
auction, outsider art from                             Steve Heller and
 more of the odd,
unusual, funky and                             wonderful things
that Old Town Auctions                                  is known for. 

 

 

We are still seeking quality consignments for this and other sales. Click on the consignments link below for more information.
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