Lionel Odyssey PRR M1A 4-8-2 locomotive and tender, estimated at $500-$700
TIMONIUM, Md. – Over and Above Online Auctions and Estate Sales LLC is moving full steam ahead with their next online sale, presenting its Online Trains, Toys & Collectibles Auction on May 22, starting at 10 am Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Bandai (Japan) friction-powered ‘Flying Spaceman’ on ‘Super Cycle’ with original caped, green rubber “Superman” figure. Cape shown in foreground. Accompanied by colorfully illustrated box lid. The top lot of the sale, it sold for $55,200 against an estimate of $15,000-$25,000.
WILLOUGHBY, Ohio – Bidders from more than 20 countries worldwide brought their A-game to Milestone’s May 1 Spring Spectacular Toy Auction, which ran 13 hours due to sustained bidding, primarily via the Internet. Interest was especially strong for robots, early comic character toys and an extraordinary collection of 150+ vintage toy boats and electric outboard motors in their original boxes.
Original Sleeping Beauty castle mosaic, estimated at $25,000-$30,000
LOS ANGELES – Van Eaton Galleries, the Sherman Oaks, California-based auction house specializing in Disney memorabilia and animation, will hold a Rediscovering Disneyland two-day auction May 22-23, beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific time each day. The auction, which is also the first open public exhibition and auction for Van Eaton Galleries in more than a year, represents one of the most significant and comprehensive collections of early Disney theme park artifacts and Disney-related memorabilia ever assembled, with more than 1,200 items. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Masudaya (Japan) 15-inch battery-operated Target Robot from the famous ‘Gang of Five.’ All original and complete with correct dart gun and one dart. Estimate $8,000-$12,000
WILLOUGHBY, Ohio – They came from the future and landed on Earth in the 1950s and ’60s, but now toy robots of that classic production era seem more like prophets whose mission is being fulfilled more than half a century later in the labs of MIT and NASA. For many collectors, the connection to robots is rooted in a childhood memory – discovering that Santa had left them a walking, flashing, noisy android under the Christmas tree. Collectors will relive that indelible memory on May 1st at Milestone’s 766-lot Spring Spectacular Toy Auction, which features a specialty grouping of more than 100 coveted vintage robots and space toys.