Category: Winter 2025
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Show Report – Sandown – November 2024
Harry Kemp, our regular reporter on events on the East side of the Atlantic, sent us images and thoughts on the most recent event at Sandown Park in England. As previously noted, with around 500 tables and a strong international presence this is one of the premier Toy Fairs, not just in England but in… Read more
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Auction Review – January 2025
Auction #103THE WALKER WAINWRIGHTCOLLECTION PART IIFRIDAY JANUARY 10TH, 2025 Read more
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Toy Soldier and Other Treasures from The Toledo
Introduction Living in rural Southeast Wisconsin near to Lake Michigan, opportunities to research toy soldiers without using the internet are far and few between. Small towns in Wisconsin are often proud of any local news and the downtown barber shop in Port Washington WI can be the hub of gossip. Recently, visiting my barber, another… Read more
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RECONNAISSANCE
Rare eBay Find – Britains Cossack in a Red Coat Britains Paris Office produced many exotic figures, mostly focussed on the French army of the 1905- 1924 period. However, they also paid attention to the various allies of France, including Russia. Over the years, I have picked up some interesting examples, including some intriguing standard… Read more
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Auction Review – December 2024
Auction #102The Wonderful World of Toy SoldiersFriday December 13th, 2024 Read more
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DISPLAYING MODEL SOLDIER BANDS
Introduction It has been my great privilege to have played in bands for over 55 years. I have traveled across Canada a few times, throughout the United States and most countries of Europe, as well as New Zealand and Australia. For a few years I was also a bandmaster. I was fortunate to be a… Read more
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Hobby News
OBITUARY – DOUG DEARTH It is with a sad heart that we note the passing of Doug Dearth. Doug worked with Britains and various others including Michigan Toy Soldiers and many more. Doug was an accomplished artist, cartoonist and designer and worked for OTS, Matt Murphy and Hobby Bunker including the ads for The Chicagoland… Read more
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Readers Messages
GISBERT FREBER ON PAPER SOLDIERS The front page of the latest OTS magazine reminded Gisbert Freber of some interesting Paper-Soldiers in his own collection. Gisbert has a liking for Drum Majors, which featured in his article about the Kinkeldey moulds, where he showed two different portrait figures of Drum Majors from 7th Regiment New York… Read more
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Auction Review – November 2024
Auction 101HOLIDAY SOLDIER SPECTACULARFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH, 2024 Read more
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Britains Quiz Part Two
This article presents an array of questions (with answers provided on pages 60-61) that should be fun for collectors of Britains to ponder. For more photographs, and to research the answers to the questions posed, see my hard-cover, all-color editions of Soldiers of Greater Britain(1893-1924), Armies of the World (1925-1941) and Regiments of All Nations… Read more