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           LEHMANN LUXUS LIMOUSINE

rarely seen car, from late 1920's. Lehmann's largest tinplate vehicle; clockwork & electrics ... £855 ono. 

    AN INCREDIBLY RARE, EARLY            CLOCKWORK TIN TOY  c.1894

Carl Adam's tinplate crawling bug / beetle, with flapping wings.

Made in Germany. (pre-dates the classic Lehmann Toy version). In great working condition, no missing or broken legs.

           £590  UK delivered


 Scarce antique drumming polar bear, impressive size with both clockwork mechanism and illumination....£1700

Rarely seen Bing mechanical frog c.1919,

£890 ono.  UK delivered.

Selection of antique automatons and clockwork items available...please message for details: mail@vintagetinplatetoys.com

                

                                               mail@vintagetinplatetoys.com


    Great looking G Man car, 1930's          made in U.S.A.  Large & heavy;

    all original with working wind up        motor ....... £585 UK delivered. 

Meccano Boat Tail Constructor Car #2. Large size tin toy; 1930's clockwork model....£000.   ****now sold****

Lehmann Luxus Limousine c.1929

made in Germany; their largest size tin toy.

 Rare and superb FIRE ENGINE & STATION ;  made in Germany c.1920's. Clockwork; impressive tinplate display, lovely colours...looks great  £970

    Incredibly rare English Tin Toy Racing Car.

Large 1930's tinplate boat tail racer.

Clockwork motor, sparking feature and uses similar pressing as the quality Tippco cars from Germany

£000 UK delivered.

***sorry, now sold***

      GUNTHERMANN GOLDEN ARROW LAND SPEED RECORD CAR

          Rare German made tinplate model, now about 95 years old.

          All original, still with working clockwork mechanism.

          Huge size at 54 cm; makes a super looking display piece

                                          £985  UK delivered

           Great looking & working Boxed Mechanized Robot original 1950's.

       Made in Japan by Nomura Toys (TN); impressive size, battery tin toy.

  Robby the Robot, from 1956's Forbidden Planet movie; classic sci-fi tinplate.

 He walks, has illumination, antenna spin and head pistons pump up & down.

                                                         ( you can see a short video clip, from the top page menu "videos" )



 Rare 1940's boxed tin litho boxers  German tinplate, lovely colours   and display.    £445 UK delivered

      LOVELY BOXED EXAMPLE OF MICKEY & MINNIE                                MOUSE'S RAIL HANDCAR   

                     charming original Disneyana


    now about 90 years old; still with its track and rare buildings; lovely colours and working.  £490 UK delivered                                 

               Lovely early  biscuit / sweet tin vehicle.

                          Made in France,  c.1930

Here shown as a fire engine / transport van.

These delightful food tins were offered in differing levels of  fitment; here is the luxury version, with a clockwork mechanism, front bumper and full length running boards and wheel arches.

Hinged top lid and nice working wind-up motor; the old fire truck rolls along nicely.

 All original, retaining a lovely bright tin litho, and  rust free.

                                 £000  ****now sold****.                        

Scarce antique automaton, creeping baby doll; c.1870's U.S.A  .....

original clothes & works !

£000 ****sorry, now sold****

If anything is of interest, or you're looking for something particular...please click on my 1930's red meccano car, to contact...thanks.

 

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            CHARMING ANTIQUE AUTOMATON 

         A rare & wonderful performing acrobat;

        he still flips and rolls with a lovely action.

   clockwork movement, now nearly 150 years old !

                         £1450 ono.    UK delivered

Scarce Deans Rag Book Dogs

                        Antique Hessmobil Roadster , nice tin litho car

                    Made in Germany, c.1905 early tinplate automobile.

                   Scarce larger size model ...... £675  UK delivered

 Also a selection of lovely German novelty toys; please contact for details. 

NOMURA MOON SPACE SHIP

Made in Japan.Rare and very unusual 1950's battery operated space craft. Large size makes it a good decorative piece.. £290 UK delivered. 

                                KELLERMANN (CKO) FROG  c. 1920's / 1930's

Wonderful early German clockwork toy. Rarely seen so nice, original and working .

Scarce tin toy; charming tinplate novelty figure...£000;   

        ****sorry, now sold and safely delivered in U.S.A; buyer was delighted ****

                                    

 Rare antique     Biscuit Tin as a realistic telephone.

1900's...lovely.

£335 UK delivered.  

Charming German Penny Toys, including a                   very scarce mechanical tractor; also a lovely, bright tinplate London bus: £125 UK delivered. 

          AN  INCREDIBLY RARE MINNIE MOUSE FIGURE FROM 1930's

  A Deans 9" royal blue body coronation mouse, still with her original red, white and blue skirt / neck ribbon and matching hat.

                          All in delightful condition after nearly 90 years.

                                        £000 UK delivered (if we've dealt before, i'll try to have a deal with you).

                          **** i'm afraid Minnie Mouse is now sold ****.

 Also available, and just as rare, a huge 16 inch Deans Rag Book Dalmatian Dog....... gorgeous original piece, £680 UK delivered.

Incredibly rare antique tin toy Elephant. Original hand painted & working clockwork; German made over 100 years ago.

 ***sorry...now sold and safely delivered to a delighted buyer, in U.S.A***

 MECCANO CONSTRUCTOR CAR #1; made in 1930's Liverpool, England

 lovely tinplate model with working clockwork motor & active steering

                                              £000......sorry, now sold.

    Elephant Automaton   Huge sized piece about   70 cm length/ 50 cm   high; still on its correct base.

 Rare original item, with   nodding head action;   now some 90+ years old.

     £1450 UK delivered.

                   Please contact, if something is of interest ..... thank you.

          Incredibly rare tinplate vehicle, a Distler Petrol Tanker Gas Truck 

                                           Made in Germany,  c.1928

                                             ***now reserved***

 A rarely seen LEHMANN LA LA delivery van, early version c.1907 ........... £0000  UK delivered

                     ****sorry, now sold****

Selection of early tinplate garages available.     c.1920's-1940's

German, French and British made.

 CHARLES ROSSIGNOL AUTO GARAGE...huge size, about 95 years old

Lovely tinplate building ....... £000

****sorry, now sold****

ANTIQUE GERMAN SUBMARINES  INCLUDING A LARGE BING U-BOAT.

RARE TINPLATE MODELS, WITH WORKING CLOCKWORK MECHANISM ..... 1910's / 1920's....  £245 &  £000 UK delivered 

****i'm afraid the extremely rare, larger u-boat has now sold****

Rarely seen, the largest of the Lehmann tin litho toy cars. The opening four-door, Gala Limousine. Delightful early automobile, made in Germany c.1929. Attractive original two-tone colours; seated uniformed chauffeur and adjusting front steering. A smooth clockwork mechanism, drives the luxury tinplate limo forwards. Impressive proportions make for a great display piece....... measures some 32 cm / almost 13 inches.

Now some 95 years old, yet still displays so nicely....£0 UK delivered.

(sorry, now sold...........similar period limousines available).

Selection of rare original 1930's        tinplate aircraft.

Large scale clockwork models, from Germany, France & England.

......please message for full details.


**afraid the red bi-plane is sold**


     ** sorry, my old blue car is now sold; do have another red version available**


MECCANO CONSTRUCTOR CAR No.2

     Early boat tail racing car, 1930's.

          Made in Liverpool, England

      Impressive size, with working                clockwork motor. Rare original car,             including the driver figure.

                  £000 UK delivered.

                                                                                                                                                             

 **** sorry, now sold........ but similar available, in box ****          

             

              BATTERY OPERATED HIGH WHEEL ROBOT

      attractive vintage tin toy, made in Japan  c.1960's

          tinplate construction with vibrant colours

      nice decorative piece, without the usual rusting.

      Original battery holder/controller...... robot strides                forwards with spinning gears and illuminated chest.


                                £000  UK delivered

             please message for full details.......thanks.


          *****you can see a short video clip by using the top                                     page menu "VIDEOS"

    **** now sold****

Rare early petrol tanker,

    Shell Motor Spirit.

Super looking penny toy, now around 90 years old.

clockwork drive and vibrant colours... great piece of petroliana.

     £000 ..... has now safely delivered in Australia.

               Charming early tinplate tipper truck

                     with working clockwork drive.

   c.1930 penny toy, simply marked as "FOREIGN"                      ........ most likely German made.

 very attractive colours.

                              £190 UK delivered.

  Schuco Charlie Chaplin character figure in his original box.

Clockwork movement works well... Charlie spins about, twirling his cane.

                     Now almost 100 years old.

 ***sorry, now sold and safely delivered in U.S.A***           ...also have a stunning, like new Boxed example, with instructions;  earlier version with all tinplate face, £1275 UK delivered.

          VINTAGE SPACE AGE, SCI-FI AND ROBOT related items

        1930's-1960's,  made in Japan, U.S.A and Gt. Britain

             Great looking tinplate pieces, with attractive tin litho 

    Including a wonderful large Nomura Batman Robot and a boxed      Daiya Space Conqueror Robot, both battery operated and working.

                 Vintage items, not modern or reproduction.


                               please message for full details


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           ****i'm afraid Batman is now sold***

                   Nomura Toys (TN) Batman   

        SCARCE BATMAN ROBOT FROM NOMURA               CLASSIC 1966 JAPANESE BATTERY TIN TOY

 super tin litho and bright colour...incredibly clean ...best i've seen !

   Batman strides forwards with illuminated face

                          £0000  UK delivered

 see top page menu "VIDEOS" to view a short clip of Batman.

Rare early tinplate racing cars; including a huge 50 cm Bluebird III.

Original period models 1933-1960; made in Japan, England and U.S.A

          please contact for details....thanks.

   Huge size Japanese tinplate       racer...vintage 1950's/60's.

   Battery operated drive, lights     and sound.

   Bright tin litho with original         driver figure.

   Car is appx. 18 inches/ 46cm

           £355 UK delivered.

                 Early tinplate rocket ship, now some 90 years old !

                        Good size at 30 cm, attractive original craft 

BUCK ROGERS tin litho space ship; made in U.S.A (displays patent date of 1927). Clockwork mechanism, stop/start lever........ still drives with space noise.

                                         £345 UK delivered.

                                     FERNAND MARTIN TOYS 

 Here's an incredibly rare hatless   Advocate / Lawyer, standing at his podium.  Very attractive tinplate with bright litho work.

Scarce clockwork automaton, made in France c.1905

Offered here for repair (not winding up /ancient spring has broke); although    spinning the mechanism regulator still cycles the lawyer's movements.

                        A very rare antique toy.......£890.




            A selection of lovely antique & vintage decorative biscuit tins; and antique French automatons, from Roullet et Decamps and Fernand Martin

         c.1890-1900's.

Also various charming Schuco mechanical figures, 1920's - 1940's;

               **** i'm afraid the Schuco Pigs are now off to Australia !****            

                  Walt Disney's The Three Little Pigs band c.1934....£000.

              Please message for full details / images and other prices.... thanks.

  FOR SALE: selection of attractive early tinplate aircraft; 1920's-1930's

       German & Japanese models

                A few early cat toys available, including a very rare German toy, clockwork cat & mouse

                             c.1900's, hand painted tinplate.

            Possibly by Gunthermann; original and working great.

         Charming antique toy.....   £435 UK delivered.

                   SELECTION OF ANTIQUE CLOCKWORK FIGURES FOR SALE.                                                                        please contact for full details/images.

      

                 

        A FEW VINTAGE WALT DISNEY & SIMILAR CHARACTER FIGURES FOR SALE...... MICKEY  MOUSE, FELIX THE CAT, DONALD DUCK etc...

           REAL PERIOD PIECES c. 1920's-1930's;  sizes vary                                                 lovely decorative characters

               

         Selection of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs  items; figures, tin lunch box etc... all 1930's period original.

      please contact for full details.

                                      

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              SPACE CONQUEROR ... Man of Tomorrow.

      Rarely seen boxed tinplate figure, in wonderful working                condition.....almost 11 inches high

                      made in Japan by Daiya Toys, c.1962

          classic space-age tin toy, sci-fi astronaut robot

                                    £000 UK delivered. 

      (see top page menu: VIDEOS, for a short clip of him)                         **** sorry, now sold and safely delivered ****

       The Seven Dwarfs from 1930's... i'm afraid they are now sold and have been safely delivered in U.S.A        (Snow White has also been purchased alone)

              

               Selection of rare early tinplate Disneyana.

    Charming original Walt Disney figures of Mickey Mouse, c.1930 ....  playing drum & saxaphone

   Please message for full details,images etc... thanks.

                              SCARCE SET OF PRE-WAR JAPANESE CARS.

         THREE RARE KOSUGE ISSUED BLUEBIRD LAND SPEED RECORD CARS

c.1935 tinplate clockwork model cars, as driven by Sir Malcolm Campbell.

              For sale individually: please message for full details and images

                    Exceptional English tinplate Motorcycle

                Rare Mettoy TT Trials Motorcross Racer #49

      Clockwork, with vibrant tin litho....now some 70+ years old,          yet looks unused.

                                          £000 UK delivered...**** now sold, though various other motorcycles available****


                               Let's go motorcycling....

     Selection of early tinplate motorcycles; including law     enforcement, TT Racing and a superb, huge size touring bike etc...

         Made in Germany & England, from Tippco and Mettoy.

                                         c.1930's-1950's

                           Original and fully working examples 

                   FOR SALE: message for full details....thanks

           EARLY TINPLATE VEHICLES....

                          c.1920 - 1930's

 Japanese clockwork saloon car, German art deco limousine and rare German clockwork bus/charabanc

                            £125 - £215

       

                                     ANTIQUE PERIOD AUTOMATONS FOR SALE ...... including:


    **** sorry, he has now sold****

ROULLET et DECAMPS RABBIT IN CABBAGE, ANTIQUE AUTOMATON MUSIC BOX

 

                               Wonderful antique French automaton, c.1890's

                       Lovely working example, in its original unrestored state.

contact / further info


       ****sorry, he has now sold****

                    FOR SALE: £0000, including in person UK delivery.

   

   please see short video clip below, and message for more images and full details........thanks.  

          Delightful early tinplate accessories; including                         German & British garages.

          Make great decorative pieces, c.1920's -1940's

****scarce German 1920's pump is no longer available****

                        ALFRED HITCHCOCK : legendary film director.

 STUNNING SIZED AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO; signed during the summer of 1971...the recepient having worked for Mr. Hitchcock during the film production of Frenzy, here in England.

Signed photograph comes with two original letters from Universal Pictures, discussing the photo recipient's assistance to Mr. Hitchcock's production, during summer of 1971.

                                             £985 UK delivered.










     Listing a number of my authentic Hitchcock autographed / signed pieces;       photo, letter, document, profile sketch etc...

 Other leading movie and historical signed items to list soon; names such as  Steve McQueen, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi as Dracula, Laurel & Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, Cary Grant, John Wayne, John Ford, Harrison Ford, Katharine Hepburn, Charles Dickens etc...

                                     please contact for details.....thanks.


 ****sorry, now sold****

Wonderful Bela Lugosi autograph. Signed within the original theatre programme for Dracula, starring Lugosi.... written on his starring credits, using his "blood" red ink pen, and he adds "as Dracula".

  incredibly rare autograph format....£000 UK delivered.

  

    William Frederick Cody "Buffalo Bill" collectables available; including autographs, cabinet cards, show programs, posters, art etc...

           Legendary American buffalo hunter, soldier                             and wild west showman.

        Rare articulated tinplate toy figure from c.1910's;

  either French made by Charles Rossignol, or possibly the German variant by Gunthermann.

          ****sorry, now sold****

         Great looking antique Hess naval fleet.

Tinplate Battleship and five support gunboats, made in Germany c.1910.

Working clockwork mechanism and delightful details.

Now so very old, yet they display so nicely.

     £000 UK delivered.

                  The navy life...... Selection of naval related items for sale. Hess and Carette Gunboats, ships and flotilla.

Great decorative vessels, dating from around 1890's-1910.....German tinplate toys.


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 Schuco mechanical figures and early German character toys from 1890's-1940's. Charming clockwork amusements.

  please contact for details.....thanks.

                       ****afraid the great old bike has now sold****

   

                       RARE GUNTHERMANN MOTORCYCLE RIDER

                   Antique German toy, made some 110+ years ago.

   Clockwork driven tinplate motorcycle, with an articulated  hand painted figure .........who pedal starts his bike.

Offered here in the deluxe version, with an additional self-steering function. 

                   Motorcyclist will ride about in varying directions

                     (see top page menu: VIDEOS....for a short clip) 


                                           £000  UK delivered                                                            


 Selection of early litho printed advertising tins, many from 1880's-1900's.

Attractive, highly decorative antique items. Rare subjects including horse racing, empire, sailors, Alice in Wonderland, Snow White & Seven Dwarfs,  steamship, lifeboat and military naval history.....and others.

    FOR SALE....please message for images & details


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          SOME LIKE IT HOT ...  Marilyn Monroe.

Rare, original issue film poster from the classic 1959 movie...now nearly 65 years old.

         (appx. 22  x  28 inches, rare unfolded U.S half sheet poster)

                         £890   UK delivered.

 (rare rolled / never folded... sold without frame)