Author: Rob Wilson
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SHOW REPORT – KULMBACH SHOW REPORT 2024
This is the 4th time I have attended the Kulmbach event in Southern Germany. If my purchases are anything to go by, this was the best show ever! My first visit was back in 2007, when myself and a number of other Brits as well as Americans and many other nationalities arranged to rendezvous at… Read more
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SHOW REPORT – SANDOWN SHOW REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2024
Sandown Park, on the west side of London, right next to Hampton Court Palace, remains one of the highlights of the toy collecting calendar. With 4 shows a year, there are plenty of opportunities to partake of the joys this event regularly provides. The September event was no exception. The doors open at 8.00am but… Read more
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RECONNAISSANCE
Feix and Heyde Gisbert Freber sent in this image of a set he picked up at the Kulmbach show. The box label (in English) states that the set titled “American Infantry Cavalry” was Made in Germany. The figures are similar to those discussed in Will Beierwaltes’ article on Feix. The mounted figures are hollowcast. The… Read more
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Sporting Figures – A Herculean Olympic Collecting Challenge
The summer Olympic Games held this year in Paris inspired renewed interest in sporting figures. M Broquet published an interesting piece (Le Jeu des Jeux, Antiquités Brocante HORS SÉRIE 2024, pp 79- 84) in which he sets out some of the sporting figures that could be used to replay events in the games. In an… Read more
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Editorial
As the nights draw in and another year comes to a close, I realised that with this issue I am now coming up to the end of my 5th year as Editor of this magazine. It has been a great honour and pleasure to follow in the footsteps of Norman Joplin and previous editors who… Read more
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Editorial
Another quarter slips by. Here’s hoping you like our latest offering. Remember electronic copies of all past issues are now available free on our website. Full subscribers will continue to receive hard copies (subject to the vagaries of international and other postage services!). Thanks to all those who have chipped in with messages and other… Read more
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THE CROWN’S FUNERAL PROCESSIONAUCTIONED BY BONHAMS
Fans of the Netflix series The Crown may have spotted a few toy soldiers in the final episode of Season 6, ‘Sleep Dearie Sleep’. The scene involves Queen Elizabeth II (portrayed by Imelda Staunton) being presented with a scene depicting the funeral of her father George VI. In reality, this model had been put together… Read more
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THE USE OF THE TOY SOLDIER, THE MILITARY TOY, IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MILITARIZATION OF CHILDHOOD IN THE WESTERN WORLD FROM 1870 TO 1940 – By Nassim Medjaoui In his book The use of the toy soldier, the military toy, in the context of the militarization of childhood in the Western world from 1870… Read more
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RECONNAISSANCE
Personality figures at C&TC&T Auctions, in Kent, UK presented another interesting auction in June 2024. As well as many Lucotte figures, and Britains Paris Office production, this included a number of Boer War and WW I personality figures by Heyde and other German makers. Lucotte 54mm scale WW I personalities, including King George V, King… Read more
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NAPOLEON’S TOY SOLDIERS – IMPORTANT LOT OF VERYEARLY LEAD SOLDIERS AUCTIONED IN PARIS
An historically very important set of lead soldiers came up for auction in Paris earlier this year. Reputedly made for Napoleon’s son, the King of Rome, in the early 1800s, this was one of the most complete collections of such figures to be offered for public sale. Rather more like chess pieces than what we… Read more