When Britains started producing toy soldiers about 130 or more years ago, London was administratively, by and large, composed of four quarter sectors being all…
Posts published in “Fall 2024”
AUCTION # 100THE WALKER WAINWRIGHT COLLECTION PART IFRIDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, 2024
Barclay Update Having the pleasure of accessing the Richard O’Brien Ephemera Archive, owned by Old Toy Soldier,here are a few snippets from the files, which…
Another cross-channel ferry trip from Dover to Calais, a drive to Paris and I arrive at the Camponile hotel in Nanterre which is 30 yards…
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…
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…
This article presents an array of questions (with answers provided on pages 40-41) that shouldbe fun for collectors of Britains to ponder. For more photographs,…
Introduction For several years now, I have had three old lead soldiers on horseback in my collection, which have nowgiven rise to this article. The…
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…
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF TOY SOLDIERSDECEMBER 13, 2024, 10 AM EST.