Activities Sports & Athletics Antique and Tin Toys Price Value Guides Print Sports & Athletics Other Activities Collecting Cigars Baseball Bicycling Billiards Bodybuilding Bowling Boxing Car Racing Cheerleading Extreme Sports Football Golf Gymnastics Ice Hockey Martial Arts Professional Wrestling Skateboarding Skating Paintball Soccer Swimming & Diving Table Tennis Tennis Track & Field Volleyball Learn More By Barbara Crews Barbara Crews Barbara Crews is a lifelong collector who was featured on A&E for her collections. She has contributed to Antique Trader, Today’s Vintage, and more. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on 03/09/19 Antique toys in good condition can range from pricey to downright expensive. Find out more about the prices of these amazing and rare antique toys. Bertoia Toy and Miniatures Auction Thomas Quine/Flickr/CC BY 2.0 The April 2008 auction at Bertoia Auctions reached their predicted high estimates, with the 2,462 lot auction realizing $1.8 million. The highlight of the show was an early Erzgebirge-style Noah's ark selling for $36,800. Other highlights include the Jean Austin du Pont scale model roombox, a scale model of Philadelphia's Fairmount Park residence, a Marklin tin gazebo and a selection of Dresden ornaments from the collection of Fred Cannon Radiguet Ocean LinerMarklin GazeboMount Pleasant Doll HouseHand-Painted Noah's Arkdu Pont Dining Room Scale Room Box Christie's Auction Results The specialty collection of Philip Dean's hand-painted miniatures was collected over a 15 year period. The pristine collection was well-documented in articles and reference books. The auction was held in London, December 2005. Phillp Segal's Woman in the Shoe Exella's Three Little Pigs Britain's' Snow White and Seven Dwarfs' Snow White and Seven Dwarfs Britains Red Monoplane Britains Davis Lorry Britains Salvation Army Set Mary Merritt Doll Museum Auction at Noel Barrett's Auction House Auction Date: May 2006Toys from the Mary Merritt Doll Museum went for $1,400,000, much more than the pre-sale estimates of $980,000. Barrett said, "the wonderful rarities from the museum had been on display for many years, creating a pent-up demand and collectors were prepared to bid high in what they viewed as a unique opportunity to acquire their choice of these famous toys." Columbia Toy GraphophoneSchoenhut Arab ChieftainCamel Skittles GameReed Hero TrainMartin Portiere Sweeping WomanCarousel ElephantRabbit NoddersMore Prices -- Text Tin Toy Pictures and Prices -- Antique Wind Ups From Ken Holmes--"Most tin toys could not be sold today because of safety reasons. Most of the older toys have lots of sharp edges and small parts. Back then, people wouldn't sue Marx if their child choked on a small part and died, it was an unfortunate accident, but that was the end of it. It's different today." Marx Rocket ShipMarx Scotty DogMotorcycle CopMcDowell SpeedwayMarx Little Orphan AnnieMickey Mouse Ferris WheelDuck Pushing WheelbarrowBuck Rogers and Flash Gordon Rocket ShipsMcDowell Loop the LoopMarx Uncle WigglyMarx Amos 'n AndyHorse and TrainerGeorge Washington BridgeSiren Police Patrol CarMarx Honeymoon ExpressLehman Auto Onkel Sand Pails Pictures and Prices Today's baby boomers were lucky to have grown up towards the end of the heyday (1930 - 1960) of the tin sand pail, a reason why these pails are very popular and sought after today. One of the reasons people like to collect "stuff" is because of memories and many of my summer memories are of beaches around New York City and my tin pail. Ohio Art GoofyOhio Art Three Little PigsOhio Art Disney Treasure Island