by Rehg | Aug 1, 2014 | Blog
Thinking Toy – Erector Sets The holidays will be on us before you know it and a great toy for all ages is a thinking toy – Erector Sets. Take a toy that is timeless fun and requires a child or adult to put some thought into planning and construction. The...
by Rehg | Jul 30, 2014 | Blog
How Condition affects value for collectables Well the obvious answer is the better the condition the more value. In these days of ebay and shows like Antique Roadshow and American Pickers thou many are buying toys and just leaving them in the package so this is about...
by Rehg | Jul 29, 2014 | Blog
Christmas in July…ho ho ho It is hot outside, 104 today, and it is hard to think about the holidays but this is the time of year when retailers have to start making commitments to manufacturers and artists for the holiday season. Every year it is a guessing game...
by Rehg | Jul 23, 2014 | Blog
Sorry to have missed a few days but the site was hit with a explosion of SPAM (not the food) …drove me nuts! We were so excited to finally get the Review tab functioning correctly so you could start listing your wonderful reviews and comments directly but...
by Rehg | Jul 18, 2014 | Blog
Paper Toys Paper toys have been around since the mid-1600s when they were called Pantins. Almost every toy can be found in a paper or cardboard version. American companies began turning out paper toys by the thousands around 1900. McLoughlin/Milton Bradley, the most...
by Rehg | Jul 15, 2014 | Blog
Art Copyright – Who Retains the Rights? Art Copyright is the right to copy or reproduce an artwork and consequently sell, exhibit, etc. If you are an artist who has created an original work of art (it could be a drawing, an oil painting, a photograph, a digital...
by Rehg | Jul 11, 2014 | Blog
Monsters are wonderful for the artist for there are no boundaries in creativity… anything goes! T. Oliver Kopian of Creatures Delight has been creating cute monsters for years but since Disney did the Monster. Inc. movies I hear oh that is just like...
by Rehg | Jul 9, 2014 | Blog
Collecting Toy Reference Books I love buying old toy reference books at the local used book store…I guess I have started a collection of toy reference books…help me! Yes I know there is the internet but guess what someone has to put it on the internet...
by Rehg | Jul 8, 2014 | Blog
Toy Blocks Blocks the universal toy that are a treasure in the simple lines of design that can be discovered by all ages and cultures. I was surprised to find that, according to Wiki, the first historic mention of blocks was not until 1693 by English philosopher John...
by Rehg | Jul 7, 2014 | Blog
Who is Monster Painter Jared Konopitski? This month at Art Of Toys in the Sacramento Gallery it has added the creative work of local artist Jared Konopitski in a series of fun monster paintings. We first met Jared thru in house artist Chris Cinder who suggested we try...
