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Classification as to condition of any item

Mint The item is in perfect condition

Near Mint Almost perfect, any imperfections will be extremely minor

Excellent The item will have had careful use, with only small imperfections

Very Good +Good but  not quite  Excellent

Good The item will have had more use, showing obvious imperfections

Fair The item will have heavy signs of wear, showing major imperfections

Poor The item will be in a very distressed condition, with many faults

Plus (+) may be used if an item is better than its classification suggests.

Alps (Shojo Ltd.) Tokyo, Japan. 1948 to date

Toy vehicles and novelties. A lot of these toys were battery operated; mixed tinplate and tin. Space toys are among the most popular..

Mettoy Co. Ltd. Great Britain 1934 - 1984

Founders: Phillip Ulmann, dispossessed owner of Tipp & Co., who was forced to flee Nazi Germany.

Tinplate automotive mechanicals and novelties; after 1945, Mettoy converted to plastic toys. Introduced Corgi Toys in 1959.

£75 

£9 & £5

£22.50

£35  

Waddington's

"TOTOPOLY"

A Post-War Edition of this

Famous Board Game

With Plastic Horses

SOLD

Louis Marx & Company New York, New York 1919 - 1979

Lithographed, tin wind-up toys; Marx successfully revived the Yo-Yo in 1928; it sold well even through the Depression. Marx was one of the big four among American electric train manufacturers.

Bassett-Lowke Northampton, England 1899 to date

The first to recognize the quality workmanship of German toy train manufactures (i.e. Bing, Maerklin, Carette, and Ismayer) and to commission specific British designs. Bassett-Lowke also innovated the mail order catalog of toys concept, mailing its first edition, with tipped-in photographs, in 1899.

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