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

An early Depose Tete Jumeau bisque head Bebe, size 12
CBG Mignot VERY RARE four-tier Dioramic Arctic Exploration Set
Marklin 55004 gauge I live steam BR44 2-10-0 DB locomotive and tender
Aster for Fulgurex Gauge I live steam 4-6-2 Chapelon's Nord 231 locomotive 3.1192 and bogie tender
Rare centre seam Steiff Teddy Bear, German circa 1909
A 5in gauge model of the G.N.R Stirling Single 4-4-2 locomotive and tender

Highlights from past auctions

An Indian lacquered ivory figural chess set, Rajasthan, circa 1850,
Sold for £9,750 inc. premium
An Indian lacquered ivory figural chess set, Rajasthan, circa 1850,
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 Chinese Export ivory "King George" chess set in a lacquered table cabinet, Cantonese, early 19th century,
Sold for £8,125 inc. premium
A Chinese Export ivory "King George" chess set in a lacquered table cabinet, Canton, early 19th century,
A large light brown Steiff Teddy bear, circa 1909
Sold for £11,875 inc. premium
A large light brown Steiff Teddy bear, circa 1909

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