Friday, January 31, 2014

MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON

Here's one of those great 1960's "boy's toys" by Ideal: the Torpedo Firing Submarine. Featured in SeriousToyz 2013 Auction #55, it sold for $285.00 - Yowza.

Click on the photo; stay tuned for more from the upcoming 2014 auction. 

Visit their website today to learn more about this premier toy auction house--we are so lucky to have it right here in Croton! SeriousToyz.com

3 D VINTAGE INSPIRED VALENTINE REPRO CARDS FROM BLUMCHEN http://www.blumchen.com/valentine_shop_cards_postcards_pg2.html

One of our favorite vintage Christmas cards ever--circa 1930's, 1940's--amazing how only the use of three colors is so effective! Click on the photo.

Pete Oehmen of putz house "coconut" fame, is now making the little crosses that often turn up missing on putz churches; read more about that here http://www.cardboardchristmas.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=511&start=10


Find out more about Pete's coconut @ http://www.cardboardputzhouses.com/

Love this little ornament mail box  http://www.flickr.com/photos/17041736@N07/12200646216/

We've talked about this tin toy site before but oh is it worth looking at again http://www.tanktoy.it/producers_of_toys.html

AND IF YOU LOVE THE OLD DRIVE-INS.... http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/01/1962-lets-see-whats-playing-starlight.html

1 comment:

  1. I would have given my eye teeth as a child to get that submarine but it was an expensive Christmas toy and there just wasn't money for it. Fast forward to 2006 and I'm at a garage sale where I find it, worn but still working for two dollars. So I got it after all!

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