Steam, tin plate and mechanics

Good news for all toy enthusiasts and the young at heart! Steam engines, vintage cars and locomotives are puffing their way into auction 1216.

Gebrüder Bing Nürnberg plated vintage clockwork toy car, rubber wheels, leather seats and canvas hood. H. 26 cm. L. 40 cm. Estimate: DKK 10,000-15,000.

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Now is the perfect opportunity to add to or complete your toy collection with the 12 catalogue numbers of old toys at the current online auction.

Toys from Germany

We have a particularly large number of steam engines from the German toy manufacturer Gebrüder Bing – also known as “Bing”. The company was founded in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1863 by brothers Ignaz and Adolf Bing. Production and international exports grew rapidly, and by the beginning of the 1900s, Gebrüder Bing was one of the world’s leading toy manufacturers. Despite producing everything from teddy bears to ships, the brothers were best known for their mechanical and steam-powered toys.

The auction features several of the hugely popular steam engines from Gebrüder Bing, but there are also toys from other manufacturers – e.g. a locomotive and a steam engine from Bing’s German competitors Märklin and Doll and Cie.

Preview and auction

The final hammer will fall on Thursday 19 April from 8 pm, but you can start bidding now. The toys can be viewed at the preview at our department at Sundkrogsgade 30 in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn. 

 

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For further information, please contact:

Ralph Lexner: +45 8818 1161 · rl@bruun-rasmussen.dk