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Windup Ham and Sam “The Minstrel Team” Tin Litho Toy c.1921, , Piano / banjo
By STRAUSS
Located in Buffalo, NY
Americana Toy This is a tin, lithographed, windup Ham and Sam “The Minstrel Team” manufactured by
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1920s American Art Deco Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Metal, Steel

Antique City Hall Park Union Depot Wind Up Tin Street Trolley Car Box c1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique City Hall Park 175, Union Depot Wind Up Painted Pressed Steel Summer Trolley Clockwork Toy
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Early 20th Century North American Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Steel, Tin

Double Loader Clockwork Truck and Trailer, German, circa 1920
Located in Incline Village, NV
spoked wheels, this toy has had no restoration and is in very good condition. The two-piece driver is
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1920s German Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Late 19th Century English Folk Art Jig Doll
Located in London, GB
, painted Folk Art English jigger doll example. Jig dolls are traditional wooden or tin-plate 'toys' for
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1890s English Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century English Folk Art Jigger Doll with Beaded Eyes
Located in London, GB
wooden or tin-plate toys for adults or children. They are dolls with loose limbs that step dance or 'jig
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1920s British Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Pine

Lehmann s Autobus
Located in Copenhagen, K
Tin Double Decker Bus by Lehmann with driver and 3 passengers on top
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Early 20th Century German Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

c.1928 Citroen Tourer by JEP of Paris
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
in 1932. Lithographed, tin automobiles, motorcycles, aircraft, and other motor miniatures. JEP cars
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Early 20th Century French Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Large Antique Toy Polychrome Tin Wood Model Horse Drawn Carriage C1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
Large Antique Toy Polychrome Tin & Wood Model Horse Drawn Carriage C1930 Measures- 11"H x 9"W x
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Early 20th Century Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Collection of Lindstrom s Game Boards-2
By Lindstrom Tool Toy Company 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lindstrom's gold star marble game board, dated 1934 This fun tabletop game boards are in great as found condition. Lindstrom's gold star (signed on the reverse), in great condition ...
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Early 20th Century American Adirondack Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin, Metal

Taiyo Japan VW Tin Toy Beetle, circa 1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
About: This is a VW Beetle tin toy with rubber tires and original Taiyo Japan maker's mark. This
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Early 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

American Tin Toy, Clockwork Carousel, circa 1895
Located in Incline Village, NV
American clockwork Carousel Toy made of tin; hand-painted in bright colors of reds, green, yellow
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Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Vintage American Tin Toy "Teetor Totter" by The "Gibbs Toy Company" Circa 1905
Located in Incline Village, NV
American hand painted tin toy with a "see-saw" theme named "Teetor Totter". Manufactured by The
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Early 1900s American Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Pair of Original Painted Wind Up Tin Toy Drum Majors
By Wolverine Suppy and MFG. CO
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pair of large 14" tall tin wind up toy drum majors are made by Wolverine Supply Mfg. Company
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

1915 B&R Co. Charlie Chaplin Tin Litho Wind-Up Figure Toy
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early tin windup Charlie Chaplin, with cast iron shoes. Vintage collectable for the toy enthusiast
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Early 20th Century German Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Metal, Tin

American Tin Platform Horse Toy Attributed to Althof, Bergmann Co., circa 1874
By Althof Bergmann and Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
tin platform horse pull toy (also referred to as a floor toy), is in all original paint and condition
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1870s American Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Vintage Japanese Wind Up Tin Elephant, circa 1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
About Charming colorful tin toy windup elephant toy with plastic ears and a soft plastic trunk
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Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

"Manner s Cacao" Toy Railroad Car, circa 1903
By Josef Manner Company 1
Located in Incline Village, NV
Tin toy railroad train car, circa 1903, advertising chocolate from the famous Viennese
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Early 1900s Austrian Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Antique Toy "Moon Face" Sparkler, German, circa 1920
Located in Incline Village, NV
Tin toy depicting a "moon face" that when operated displays an active light show with sparks flying
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1920s German Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

"Flying Santa" Clockwork Toy/Ornament by Guntherman, Germany, circa 1905, Rare
By Guntherman
Located in Incline Village, NV
Extremely rare example of a turn of the century German tin toy, not found in any reference books
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Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Antique Toy Two Car Garage with Autos by Lehman, Germany, circa 1927
By Lehman Toy Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
; manufactured by leading toy maker from Brandenburg, Germany "Lehman Company". Made out of tin and hand-painted
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1920s German Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Tin Horse on Platform Penny Toy Diminutive , circa 1890, German
Located in Incline Village, NV
addition to being fairly well made. This toy is made out of tin and is all original, including the paint
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Late 19th Century German Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Tin Penny Toy Diminutive Open Stake Truck with Driver, German, circa 1900
By J.Ph. Meier
Located in Incline Village, NV
and scale, in addition to being fairly well made. This toy is made out of tin and is completely
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Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Tin Wood Open Touring Hill Climber Toy Car by Clark, circa 1903
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous early toy example by the Clark co. This hill climber works great, and is almost totally
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Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Iron, Tin

"Lehman Autobus" German WindUp Toy By The Ernest Paul Lehman Company, Circa 1903
By E.P. Lehman Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
Iconic and rare antique tin toy, highly sought after by collectors of Lehman Toys, and fine quality
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Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Stunning Santa Claus Belsnickel Doll Antique German Christmas Decoration 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
show you details. The set contains 3 small figures, a wooden toy, a tin toy figure and the large doll.
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1920s German Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Composition

German "Song Bird in Cage" Toy, circa 1920
Located in Incline Village, NV
Diminutive in stature (almost has the feel of a penny toy), this German tin wind up toy operates by
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1920s German Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Antique Victorian George Brown School Tin Wind-Up Cat Toy Circa 1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Victorian wind up toy in the manner of George Brown offers tin construction in the form
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Late 19th Century Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

1920s Antique Reeves Mfg Air E Go Round Tin Litho Windup Flying Airplane Toy
Located in Dayton, OH
1920’s Air-E-Go-Round tin litho mery-go-round style toy by Reeves Manufacturing Company, featuring
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1920s Industrial Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Mechanical Bank, "Watchdog Safe" in Cast Iron, circa 1890
Located in Incline Village, NV
opportunity to buy as many of the vintage tin toys and banks that I have listed for sale; it would create an
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19th Century American Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Iron

Lehman "Tut-Tut" Clockwork Car with Driver, German, Patented 1903
By E.P. Lehman Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
All original condition, this popular tin plate child's toy from the early 1900s, when wound up will
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Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Spelter Still Bank "Dog and Cat by Dustbin", German, circa 1920
Located in Incline Village, NV
spelter, while the dustbin is tin. Dimensions: 3 5/8" high x 2 3/4" wide Provenance: From my personal
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1920s German Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Spelter, Tin

"Cigarette Vending" Mechanical Bank. Circa 1920 s
Located in Incline Village, NV
for their child. The bank is made of lithographed tin with a glass panel fronting the cigarettes to be
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1920s American Art Deco Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Collection of 24 Antique Sand Pails
By Walt Disney
Located in Peekskill, NY
This collection displays beautifully on its custom wall shelf. There are 24 different tin litho
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Early 20th Century American Other Antique Tin Toys

Vintage Chad Valley Metal Educational Toy Tin Globe, 1930-1950 Made in England
Located in San Francisco, CA
Small tin educational rotating globe used to teach time around the world.
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Early 20th Century English Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

House Altar Accessories Early 20th Century Pewter Tin Dollhouse Doll Toys, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
. These are great to display in your House Altar, Dollhouse or as a Doll Toy Accessory. The measurements
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Early 20th Century German Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Pewter

Patriotic Child s Toy Drum, circa 1890s
Located in Incline Village, NV
Wonderful folk art item and a reminiscent article of Americana consists of a child's toy drum with
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1890s North American Folk Art Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Rare Miniature Horse Sterling Silver and Mother of Pearl Sculpture by Watrous
Located in Miami Beach, FL
a mechanical tin and wood toy called Flying Areoplanes. The Watrous Mfg. Co. was closely associated
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Early 20th Century North American Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Sterling Silver

Harold Lloyd Tin toy
Located in Stamford, CT
1920s Harold Lloyd litho tin toy. Working and paint is in good condition, though bell has some rust
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1920s Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Metal

Shoot the Moon Tin Toy
Located in New York, NY
The moon face is the target for the shooter of metal balls. The ball goes under the moon and up the curved back and fall through the holes in the eyes, nose or mouth. There is the re...
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Early 20th Century American Other Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

French Tin Toy Kitchen Diorama
Located in Baltimore, MD
A painted tin diorama/toy French kitchen wth various accessories
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19th Century French Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

STRAUSS DOUBLE DECKER TOY BUS
Located in Essex, MA
Green and yellow painted 'Inter-State' double decker bus friction tin toy by the Ferdinand Strauss
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Early 20th Century American Antique Tin Toys

Tinplate Racing Car Toy by Johann Distler, c. 1925
Located in London, GB
. The Distler company started as a penny-toy manufacturer and specialized in lithographed tin toys
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Early 20th Century German Antique Tin Toys

Boxed Marionette Theatre Toy, Early 20th Century
Located in Retie, BE
Antique mechanical marionette theatre toy by CK made in Japan. A clockwork tin - metal swing with
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Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Metal, Other

Dayton Tin Friction Touring Car Toy
Located in Sheffield, MA
Early friction toy showing years of wear and hard play. Manufactured by Dayton Friction Toy
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Early 20th Century American Antique Tin Toys

Victorian Factory Sand Toy
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a fabulous object, showing in great detail, both sides of a factory building with a "ferris wheel" like mechanism that kids would put sand in to force the wheel to turn.
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19th Century American Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

1922 Tin Toonerville Trolley Windup Toy Made In Germany
Located in San Francisco, CA
This wonderful tin Toonerville Trolley windup toy is a creation of Fontaine Fox, one of the most
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Early 20th Century German Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

Folk Art Tin Plate Hand Made Locomotive And Tender
By Tyrus Brown
Located in Bedford, NY
HAND MADE BY TYRUS BROWN IN 19TH CENTURY - TIN PLATE LOCOMOTIVE AND TENDER- ALL TIN PLATE WITH WOOD
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19th Century American Antique Tin Toys

Alfa Romeo P2 Tinplate Toy
By Compagnie Industrielle du Jouet
Located in London, GB
A scarce large size, tin-plate toy of an Alfa Romeo P2 of second series, made by CIJ (Compagnie
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Rubber

Folk Art Squirrel Cage
Located in Sheffield, MA
Nineteenth century tin squirrel cage mounted on a wooden base, with punch decorations in the tin to
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19th Century American Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

1890s Vintage English Enamel Ware ABC Plate with Clock and Numbers
Located in Milan, IT
Vintage enamel ware ABC Plate with Clock and Numbers made for kids in England in 1890c.
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1890s English Victorian Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Enamel, Tin

Antique Tin Toy Airplane
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a great example of a 1930s tin plane, having great colors and wooden wheels.
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1830s American Antique Tin Toys

German Tin Steam Engine, “DC Made in Germany” 1897-1937
By Doll et Cie
Located in Ambler, PA
Rare German tin steam engine 1897-1937. “DC Made in Germany.” Wonderful condition.
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1890s German Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

1920s French Pierrot Doll, Boudoir Salon Harlequin Doll
Located in Retie, BE
- Pierrot Collectables - Antique Dolls - Antique toys. Note: the tin box on the pictures is not included
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Fabric, Satin, Paper

1920s Henry Clive Christmas Santa Girl Tin Box
Located in Retie, BE
Christmas bag with toys like a geisha doll, a monkey and a toy horse. Decorative tin box, Christmas
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Early 20th Century North American Art Deco Antique Tin Toys

Materials

Tin

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Antique Tin Toys For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique tin toys available for sale. The range of distinct antique tin toys — often made from metal, tin and wood — can elevate any home. Antique tin toys have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Folk Art, Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern antique tin toys are consistently popular styles. Antique tin toys have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by E.P. Lehman Co., Distler and Doll et Cie are consistently popular.

How Much are Antique Tin Toys?

Prices for antique tin toys start at $60 and top out at $4,548 with the average selling for $838.
Questions About Antique Tin Toys
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023
    Generally, an antique toy is any toy made over 100 years ago. A toy made more than 20 years ago is vintage. Shop an assortment of toys on 1stDibs.

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