🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Old Tin Toys - Stove, Mixer, Toaster

[Indigo Knight]

Is anyone here good with old tin toys? These are supposed to be around 70 years old according to the source.

Items are a stove, what appears an ice cream mixer, sewing machine, toaster, and stack of plastic dishes marked "Banner U.S.A." (one has a metal base).

Any thoughts on maker or value? I just want to make sure they're not auction material before taking them to the flea market.

 

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[Tony in SC]

What size are they? Are they play size or doll house size?

 

[Red-Coat]

I think 1950s would be about right but I don't think there's anything of great value there. The ones I recognise (pretty sure) are the stove which looks to be by "Wolverine" and the toaster which looks to be a "Little Debbie". Those might fetch $50 and $25 tops respectively but only in really nice unrusted condition with undamaged paintwork and no missing parts. Otherwise the value drops dramatically.

The "ice cream mixer" is (also pretty sure) a washing machine, which would probably originally have had a wringer attachment that clipped to the top. Don't know the maker and, although a better view of the decal on the side would help track it down, it isn't worth the effort.

The sewing machine is nice, might be a little earlier and could be worth a separate listing but still only two-digit value. Don't recognise the maker, but could we please have some isolated pictures of it and some dimensions?

 

[Tony in SC]

I too was thinking 50's.The sewing machine looks like one of the early models that would actually sew?

 

[Indigo Knight]

Thank you all. I've attached some more photos. Included in the first photo is a standard 12oz soda can.

The oven is indeed by Wolverine, it has a small logo below the clock painting.

The sewing machine looks like it worked at one point, but has seized up.

 

[Red-Coat]

Could you not simply have given us the dimensions, rather than expecting us to make comparisons to a soda can? The sewing machine is by ‘Casige’ (Carl Seiper of Gevelsberg, Germany). Like this one, said to be a ‘Model 0’ from the 1930s, which measures 11cm long x 5cm wide and 13cm high:



Although highly collectable, In my opinion the asking price is a little high, even for a pre-war model in nice condition. Yours is obviously not in that condition, but you could probably free it up with some penetrating oil or WD-40. Note however that although yours could be one of these more desirable pre-war models, Casige resumed production after the war. The post-war models are generally rather larger, but initial post-war production re-started using the remaining inventory of pre-war parts. Immediately after the war they were also stamped “Casige, Made in Germany, British Zone” until late 1949 when occupation of Germany ended; then without that stamp until 1975. I suspect yours is probably post-war, but could still be in the mid to high double-digit value territory.

The design of the washing machine and the bear decal have similarities to those made by the Bay Products Corporation of Boston, but I’m only guessing at a maker. Whichever, it’s not a valuable item in that condition. Not more than $25 or so, I would think.

 

[Indigo Knight]

Thanks for the information. I'll look into the sewing machine, but for now it looks like everything is going into the flea market pile. These will be good conversation pieces to have on one of my tables.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I feel all tin toys hold value as a collectible, even toys from the 1950s. All these pieces need is to be given a light cleaning with dish soap and water, but be careful not to remove the graphics or submerse them in the water.

If you then displayed them for sale as a group, you may be pleasantly surprised at what someone would be willing to pay for these pieces.