Famous collection of antique toys spurs interest in hobby | NJ.com:
Featuring Pressed Steel, Pedal Cars, Cast Iron Toys,
Marx Toys, Ephemera, a few more Comic Character Toys and a handful of more surprises. Recognized as the largest automotive toy collection ever assembled. The Donald Kaufman Collection has grossed nearly $11 Million at public auction over the last two years and will certainly be remembered by collectors and toy aficionados for years and years to come. Join us for this final auction which marks the grand finale to a collectors’ legacy. In addition to toys and banks, 19th- and early 20th-century advertising signs and pieces of folk art — paintings, frames, lawn ornaments and other hand-made decorations — that Markey filled his home with will also be for sale.
“Some of these toys in this collection you’ll only see once in your lifetime,” said Saunders-Watson.
“Auction houses put tags on the toys, letting collectors know who owned it before them. It will mean something to have a toy owned by Donal Markey.”
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The Donal Markey Collection at Bertoia Auctions
The last offering of toys from the revered Kaufman collection will be auctioned in a 275-lot opening session, followed by a daylong Saturday session containing approximately 650 lots.
Where: 2141 Demarco Drive,
Vineland, NJ
When: Preview for a week starting April 9.
Sale Date: April 14 and 15, 2011
What else: Collectors can place bids on the auctioned toys at bertoiaauctions.com before the sale, or at liveauctions.com during the auction."
