It’s been a quiet few weeks on the auction front, as all the local auction houses close down for the Christmas/New Year break. I can completely understand this, but I miss the excitement of hunting for that next great thing even though I know that I am not missing out, just deferring the finds.

So it was great to go to the first auction of 2013 this week. “Yay!” for Bennicks for starting earlier than everyone else.

There was a treat in store for anyone who liked vintage toys:

Like this lovely tinplate car:

Tin PlateCar

Or, for the more military minded, a tin plate tank:

Tinplate Tank

And some other tinplate toys

Smaller Tinplate Toys

A classic vintage train set:

Train set

For more active kids, how about this pedal car:

Pedal car

What about this lovely Mobo safety bike, such fantastic 1950s styling:

1950s Mobo Safety Bike

Or howabout the classic 1970s styling of this Chopper for a bigger kid?

Chopper Bike

Or, for the more domestically inclined (and notice that I’m avoiding stereotypes here) a 1950s doll’s house:

Dolls House

It will be a couple of weeks before the auctions settle down to their normal schedule. Until then, I will be trying to find forgotten gems in my piles of boxes and sharing them with you when I can.