Vintage Wind Up Toys
Toward the end of the 19th century, European makers of spring-driven and friction toys were successfully marketing their toys in the United States. Their toys were so inexpensive that they were underselling American clockwork toy makers who were producing this type of toy. Realizing the potential, however, American firms began to market these mechanical spring-driven toys as quickly as possible. One of the first American makers (prior to 1900) was Sehlesinger. After 1900 both domestic and European spring-driven toys were widely available in the U.S. Strauss Company began making spring-driven tinplate toys around 1908, and the Marx Toy Company a few years later. Marx eventually became the leading maker of these mechanical windup toys with colorful lithographed patterns and displays. Thanks to "plastics" most mechanical toys gradually died out after World War II.
 VINTAGE ELGIN WIND UP STREET SWEEPER TIN TOY $69.99 |
 Vintage MARX Dodge City Express Wind up Train $48.95 |
 Cute Colorful Vintage Small Tin Wind Up Toy Dog House $25.00 |
 MARKLIN 1993 CLOCKWORK WIND UP STANDARD OIL TANK TRUCK $600.00 |
 Tin Wind Up Bird Western Germany vintage $24.75 |
 MADE IN JAPAN WIND UP COWBOY ON HORSE $50.00 |
 80S TROLL WIND UP FRENCH BUILDING TOY MIB $49.99 |
 Rodeo Joe Wind Up Tin Toy Unique Art Mfg Co Needs Repair $50.00 |
 J Chein Vintage Wind Up Bear and Chicken Great Condition $45.00 |
 VINTAGE WOODPECKER WIND UP TOY BY BLIC $19.99 |
 ROLI ZOLI TIN WIND UP TOY WITH KEY $38.00 |
 Vintage wind up toy Donkey w Key $75.00 |
 vintage yonezawa litho tin wind up children station circus $49.99 |
 Vintage Marx Tin Wind Up Rollover Toy Plane $199.00 |
 VINTAGE PANDA PLAYING DRUM WIND UP TOY $19.99 |
