Category: Cast Iron Model Cars
In the late 19th century, lightweight tinplate toys from Europe, particularly Germany, dominated the U.S. market. American manufacturer… Go to cast iron model cars
Category: Antique and Vintage Piggy Banks
Piggy banks get their name from an orange-colored clay called pygg, which was used in the Middle Ages to make jars for storing staples … Go to piggy banks
Category: Antique Mechanical Banks
Antique mechanical banks make the act of saving money fun. Insert a coin, push a lever, and watch the action play out! The coin might b… Go to mechanical banks
Category: Coin-Operated Machines and Toys
Coin-operated machines, toys, and games (also known as coin-op or just coin op) range from cash registers and pinball machines to piggy… Go to coin operated
Category: Vintage Model Cars
For almost as long as horseless carriages have been carrying people through our city streets, model cars have captured the thrill of au… Go to model cars
Category: Firefighting Antiques
Firefighters save lives with the help of countless tools—fire extinguishers, helmets, fire trucks, and hoses, to name but a few. Many o… Go to firefighting
Category: Kitchenware
Collectible kitchen items span a wide range of objects, from teakettles and toasters to skillets and stoves. Aside from their aesthetic… Go to kitchen
Category: Asian Antiques
Asian cultures are among the oldest in the world and are associated with some of the finest and most interesting antiques and collectib… Go to asian antiques
Category: Antique and Vintage Toys
Toys are vehicles for the imagination, the physical objects children manipulate as their minds race with fantastic scenarios and secret… Go to toys
Category: Antique Tools and Hardware
The history of tools and hardware tells the story of two conflicting impulses. The first was the urge—or, more likely, the necessity—to… Go to tools and hardware
Category: Antique Still Banks
A still bank describes any type of money box, strong box, or receptacle designed to receive and store coins. The most famous type of st… Go to still banks
Category: Animal Folk Art Objects
Because many folk artists were laborers who interacted with nature on a daily basis, their paintings, sculptures, and other objects fre… Go to animal folk art objects
Category: Antique and Vintage Tool Boxes
An antique tool box (also spelled toolbox) or tool chest is the fitting home for a set of treasured tools. In the early 20th century, t… Go to tool boxes
Category: Vintage Hubley Toys
Cast-iron toys made by the Hubley Manufacturing Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, include wagons and carts pulled by circus animals a… Go to hubley toys
Category: Vintage and Antique Safes
The predecessors of modern safes were antique wooden strongboxes bound with iron hoops, similar in construction to barrels. Until the 1… Go to safes
Category: Vintage Christmas Tree Stands
In the 18th and 19th centuries, Christmas trees became a part of the Christmas tradition, spreading throughout Europe before becoming p… Go to christmas tree stands
Category: Antique and Vintage Bottle Openers
Bottle openers only became common kitchen items after the crown top (also called the crown cork) was invented by a Baltimore bottler na… Go to bottle openers
Category: Antique Ansonia Clocks
Connecticut was home to multiple clockmaking companies in the 19th century, such as Ingraham, the William L. Gilbert Clock Company, Set… Go to ansonia clocks
Category: Vintage Model Tractors
Model tractors have been around since the early 20th century, but it wasn't until the 1970's that collecting them became a serious hobb… Go to model tractors
Category: Tin Model Cars and Vehicles
Prior to the mid-19th century, toy model cars and trucks were generally made by hand from wood or thick card stock. As sheet-metal tech… Go to tin model cars
