Corgi Toys Toys & Hobbies

NEW YORK — Cars have always been the heart and soul of Corgi, Britain’s best-known producer of die-cast toys. Initially released as a brand by Mettoy Playcraft in 1956 and manufactured in Swansea, a coastal city in Wales, Corgi became an independent company in 1984. While it has dabbled in aviation toys, Corgi is best […]

NEW YORK – A Juan Quezada Celado Mata Ortiz jar with a snake motif, a circa-1850s quilt with a tree border, and an 1890 folk portrait of a man identified as “Cy” will likely earn top lot status at Jasper52’s next Americana, Folk Art, and Outsider Art auction, which will be held on Thursday, August 4 […]

COLOGNE, Germany – Toy specialists Antico Mondo’s auction no. 43 on Dec. 12 will contain more than 1,500 lots of mostly 20th-century toys of all kinds. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding. The auction will begin Saturday at 9 a.m. Central European Time, 3 a.m. Eastern. The auctioneers will warm up by starting with approximately […]