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 RARE West Germany Wind Up Fuzzy White Pink nose Green Bunny Rabbit $39.00 |
 VINTAGE 1950s TIN WIND UP TURTLE $19.99 |
 Vintage RARE Wind Up Hanging tree Flipping Red Hat Monkey WORKS $19.00 |
 Vtg 1930s Wind up Tin Walking Bear $39.99 |
 Old 1930s Rare Wind Up Celluloid Scary Tumbling Indian Japan $34.99 |
 VINTAGE SOVIET LITHO TIN WIND UP PECKING BLUE HEN TOY $38.00 |
