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Märklin’s prewar Central Station with Side-Hall and Bell (2651) is gauge 0. The highly detailed tin building has an estimate of $19,400-$31,800. Image courtesy of Antico Mondo.

Antico Mondo auction Dec. 12 has all the great toys on Santa’s list

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Märklin’s prewar Central Station with Side-Hall and Bell (2651) is gauge 0. The highly detailed tin building has an estimate of $19,400-$31,800. Image courtesy of Antico Mondo.
Märklin’s prewar Central Station with Side-Hall and Bell (2651) is gauge 0. The highly detailed tin building has an estimate of $19,400-$31,800. Image courtesy of Antico Mondo.

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 115 lots of boxed Matchbox vehicles. More than 50 of those lots will have multiple items. About 180 boxed Corgi toys will follow.

Car collectors will have their pick of several rare tin windups. One Tipp Co. model has become known as the Eva Braun Sedan Car. In its plain original box, the car is expected to sell for between $20,000 and $33,000. Antico Mondo claims that it is one of only two known examples.

Another gem is Märklin’s prewar Central Station with Side-Hall and Bell (2651) for 0 gauge. The beautifully detailed tin structure carries a $19,400-$31,800 estimate.

An Alfa Romeo remote control car with steering console is in its original illustrated box. Made by Ventura, the toy car is nearly 15 inches long and has an estimate of $9,500-$15,600.

Approximately 90 lots of trains and related items will cross the auction block, followed by about 80 lots of toy soldiers.

The sale will include a few Stieff teddy bears and Schuco monkey stuff toys. Many Schuco toy vehicles are also on the sale grid.

View the fully illustrated catalog and sign up to bid absentee or live via the Internet during the sale at www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

Click here to view Antico Mondo Auktionen’s complete catalog.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

With a friction motor ready to whine, this tin racing car by Wueco, West Germany, is favored to sell for $5,700-$9,300. Image courtesy of Antico Mondo.
With a friction motor ready to whine, this tin racing car by Wueco, West Germany, is favored to sell for $5,700-$9,300. Image courtesy of Antico Mondo.

Historians dispute whether Adolf Hitler ever gave Eva Braun a real car, but this rare Tipp Co. tin windup bears her name. Image courtesy of Antico Mondo.
Historians dispute whether Adolf Hitler ever gave Eva Braun a real car, but this rare Tipp Co. tin windup bears her name. Image courtesy of Antico Mondo.

This luxury Sedan from Bub is in excellent original condition. The German-made tin windup has an estimate of $15,400-$25,100. Image courtesy of Antico Mondo.
This luxury Sedan from Bub is in excellent original condition. The German-made tin windup has an estimate of $15,400-$25,100. Image courtesy of Antico Mondo.

This tin windup Bing Limousine is nearly 10 1/2 inches long. In good original condition it carries an estimate of $11,200-$18,300. Image courtesy of Antico Mondo.
This tin windup Bing Limousine is nearly 10 1/2 inches long. In good original condition it carries an estimate of $11,200-$18,300. Image courtesy of Antico Mondo.