Category: Spring 2024

  • THE FIRST PUBLIC TOY SOLDIER AND LEAD MODELFIGURES AUCTION

    Norman Joplin

    Barely two years after the cessation of Britains hollow cast production, what is considered to be the first public Toy Soldier and Model Figure Auction took place on Friday 6th December 1968. It was held in London at the headquarters of well-known Estate Agents and Valuers, Knight, Frank and Rutley (KFR), 20 Hanover Square, London,… Read more

  • KINKELDEY – A GERMAN-AMERICAN STORY ABOUT VERYEARLY, GERMAN MADE, SLATE MOULDS – PART 2

    Gisbert Freber

    It was Monday, September 29, 1856, when the 42-year-old master pewter caster Traugott Kinkeldey arrived with his wife Frederike on the passenger ship Elida in New York. Two weeks earlier they had boarded the ship in Hamburg to try their luck in America. Until then, Kinkeldey worked as a pewter caster for plates, jugs, etc.… Read more

  • Editorial

    Rob Wilson

    Another bumper issue, with contributions from regulars such a Bill Anderson and Norman Joplin, as well as numerous show reports. Bill turns his attention in this issue to Italian colonial adventures in East Africa, focussing on toy soldiers made in Great Britain. This conflict inspired many other makers. We plan a follow-up focussing on manufacturers… Read more