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VINELAND, N.J. – Bertoia Auctions, the New Jersey company that made international headlines with its $12.1 million five-part auction of the Donald Kaufman antique toy collection, is gearing up for yet another high-profile event. The company’s owner, Jeanne Bertoia, announced today that Bertoia’s has been chosen to auction the renowned Richard T. “Dick” Claus collection […]
WILLOUGHBY, Ohio – Bidders from more than 20 countries worldwide brought their A-game to Milestone’s May 1 Spring Spectacular Toy Auction, which ran 13 hours due to sustained bidding, primarily via the Internet. Interest was especially strong for robots, early comic character toys and an extraordinary collection of 150+ vintage toy boats and electric outboard […]
WILLOUGHBY, Ohio – They came from the future and landed on Earth in the 1950s and ’60s, but now toy robots of that classic production era seem more like prophets whose mission is being fulfilled more than half a century later in the labs of MIT and NASA. For many collectors, the connection to robots […]
VINELAND, N.J. – Whoever said ‘history never repeats itself’ might have had a change of heart, had they attended Bertoia’s March 9-10 Spring Signature Sale. Many who were there commented that the atmosphere felt like an auction of the go-go 1990s and early 2000s, when collectors would travel halfway around the world to bid on […]