* VINTAGE TOY * * REFERENCE *

Cars * Trucks * Automata * Soldiers * Dolls * Doll Houses * Santas * Britains *

VERY RARE !!

Author/s

Christie's

Publisher/City

Christie's, South Kensington (UK)

Year

1995

Printer/City

Lithoflow Ltd., London (UK)

Pages

80

Binding

heavy stock paper [see SCAN - above, of my copy]

Illustrations

291+ black + white, 113+ in colour

Size (l x w - cm)

26.8 x 21.1 cm

About

This

Item

This OUT OF PRINT catalogue lists and describes 904 lots of vintage Toy Vehicles, Soldiers, Dolls and Accessories, Christmas Ornies, Devils, and a LOT more !

Illustrated items include - cars and race cars, trucks, boats, Britains soldiers and other figures, dolls, doll houses and a remarkable array of furnishings, automata, a collection of devils from Czechoslovakia, Santas and other Christmas stuff, among MANY others!

Pictured makers include - Shackleton, Chad Valley, Corgi, Marx, Distler, Bing, Doll, Carette, Britains, Heyde, Hugar, Lineol, Pierotti, Kestner, Simon + Halbig, Lenci, Westacre, Armand Marseille, and loads MORE!

What a treat for weary eyes! A real treasure trove of kewl vintage toys of all kinds, with herds of dolls and related items, mechanical toys, and devil-ously delightful other play things!

If you have begun a personal computer database of makers//styles/models, you will certainly find many new items to add to it in this really kewl fabulously illustrated tome.

Glossary.

For well over 20 years I have been adding these extremely well illustrated, frequently monographic auction catalogues as reference sources to my personal library, and was always absolutely thrilled to find something dealing with my eclectic interests. As with many of the books in my research library, I frequently, when possible, obtained duplicate copies, as I like to have one to use and another as a back-up. They are really a UNIQUE source for hard-to-find data and for use as identification guides, usually containing information about the size, media, dates, styles, signatures, estimated values, and often data on the artist or maker. Older catalogues on specialized subjects are usually extremely difficult to find because knowledgeable collectors had already acquired them as invaluable reference sources when they first appeared!

Book in EXCELLENT Condition!!