Edmunds
Don Edmunds was an American racecar driver and car builder. He got his first start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1957 and won the 1957 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year after finishing 19th over Bill Cheesbourg, Elmer George, Mike Magill, and Eddie Sachs. Edmunds’ Indy career ended in a serious practice accident at the...
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Cars With Dogs
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Handmade German Models, Kunze
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1/4 Scale Porsche 914
Article about the 914 from a German newspaper This model of a PORSCHE 914 was built by Mr. G. Ohrstrom of Sweden and required in excess of 5,000 man-hours. Working features include: Differential motor (electric) Rack and pinion steering Hand brake Opening front and rear hoods Removable targa roof Removable wheels Hood locks Spare wheel...
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Land Speed Record Cars
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Michelle Conti
Michele & Maurizio Conti – The definitive Book written on the Conti family and their models Oliver Strebel-Ritter and Peter Wallman invited anybody who owned a Conti model to come forward and be included in the book. Membership is select and complementary as there were only About 350 models total. osr@worldcollector.co.uk On May 18, 2003...
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Carriage For GM Dealers
Special permission by Fisher Body was granted to Silver Creations, Ltd. to recreate the Royal Coach and thus mark its Golden Anniversary. With master silversmiths hammering out pieces of the Coach from the original plans, the long past age of coach building returns again. Special permission by Fisher Body was granted to Silver Creations, Ltd....
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Fiat Balilla Roadster
Antique Toy World April 2007 Emails from the builders son who was reconnected with the model over the internet, clarifying details of the model and his father Article about the model in a European magazine/web posting Article about the Count from the NY Times, circa 1984 1939 Fiat Balilla scale Roadster, hand-built in 1968 through...
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1840 Model of French “Landau” with Armorial Crest of a Count on Doors
The grandeur of this illustrious item is apparent to even the most casual observer. Presented is a remarkably well-preserved model of a French “Landau.” A step up from your man-on-the-street buggy, landaus were fashionable carriages used by more well-to-do riders. This clean, mid-19th century example has a golden crest (believed to be that of a...
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Amazing and Rare 1905 Complete Small Size “Boa Constrictor” Horn
The boa constrictor is a large snake that lives in tropical parts of the world. It kills its prey by squeezing it to death with its body. The offered item is not quite as deadly, but it still kills … by its awesomeness! This amazing and rare small-sized boa constrictor horn, dating to 1905, features...
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Talbot Design Model
1938 Manufacturer's Design Model for the Talbot Lago TI 50c "Cabriolet" After Sunheani-Talbot-Darracq combined financial collapse in 1935, Anthony Lago bought the French firm and renamed it Talbot Lago, a name it held until the line was discontinued in 1959. Lago’s engine modifications turned the line’s popular but aging six-cylinder sport engine into a higher-performance...
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1932 Fiat Balilla 2DR Sedan
This rare toy, a silver model of a 1932 Fiat Balilla two-door sedan still has a lot of salesmanship left under the hood! Complete with solid Pirelli tires, it was formerly in the collection of Baldacci Lapo of Florence, a noted Italian automotive memorabilia collector. This example exhibits tarnishing, but overall is a very nice...
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Rolls Royce Models
Catalog pages from the auction for these toys From the collection of Count Giansanti-Coluzzi. Rolls Royce Steamauto “Lili of Paris”, fine model “depiction” by J.P. Hartmann – Paris l975, Tin HL Hood opens, with brakes and two oscillating cylinders, steerable with “suspension”, also instrument panel, Driver and “props” intact, L 17 3/8″, Z1 Rolls Royce...
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Fischer santa car
This Fisher Father Christmas auto is from Germany c. 1912, one of the rarest tin litho auto examples with Father Christmas at the wheel. Extensive graphic detail and die-cut stamping depicting teddy bears and toys on the sides of the vehicle, while the back seat contains a small feather tree. This elusive example is the red...
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The Death of Cleopatra
Life-sized Automaton c. 1885 most probably English. Poured wax figure modeled as the Egyptian queen, with closed eyes, inset flowing hair, articulated bare breasts, her head turned to the left supported by a curved arm, her outstretched right arm encoiled by an asp with moving head and darting tongue, a second asp at her feet,...
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