Toys and Dolls

Bonhams hold four specialist antique toy and doll auctions a year, which cater for all tastes in the world of vintage Toys, Trains, Dolls, Teddy Bears, Doll Houses and Miniatures, Rocking Horses, Juvenalia, Automata, Lead Soldiers and Figures.

With a dedicated team of very knowledgeable specialists, Bonhams are able to professionally cover all aspects of toys and dolls from advice on valuations/appraisals to selling or buying at auction. Please contact the department for further information.

Lots in future auctions

A W.Crawford's A-ONE Aeroplane biscuit tin
Marklin 55004 gauge I live steam BR44 2-10-0 DB locomotive and tender
Aster for Fulgurex Gauge I live steam DB BR class 86 2-8-2ST No.86005
Aster for Fulgurex Gauge I live steam 4-6-2 Chapelon's Nord 231 locomotive 3.1192 and bogie tender
F.M for J&M Models gauge I DR 1-BB-1 class E18 No.1806 electric locomotive
A Gunthermann chrome plated Kayne-Don's Silver Bullet land speed racing car

Highlights from past auctions

A George II wooden doll, English circa 1750
Sold for £16,250 inc. premium
An important George II wooden doll, English circa 1750
Rare Marklin Gauge I 3170 4 volt Strassenbahn tram, circa 1905 See: The Golden Years of Tin Toy Trains 1850-1909, by Paul Klein Schiphorst, pg.117 ill.338 for similar piece.
Sold for £21,875 inc. premium
Rare Marklin Gauge I 3170 4 volt Strassenbahn tram, circa 1905 See: The Golden Years of Tin Toy Trains 1850-1909 ...
A George II wooden doll, English circa 1750
Sold for £9,375 inc. premium
A George II wooden doll, English circa 1750
Two 18th Century wooden dolls
Sold for £11,000 inc. premium
Pair of George III English painted wooden dolls, circa 1780 2

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