Residents turn out to sell antiques at roadshow Oct 29, 2009
Hipsher said the most valuable toys date from the 1920s-30s, particularly wind-up toys, but some 1960s Hot Wheels cars with red lines on the tires are highly sought by collectors. My employees have collectors they deal with personally. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
The Hamptons? No. Boise? Now that’s rich. Jun 29, 2009
Matthew: The characters weren t deep to begin with, and now they seem like wind-up toys. Joanna: I m hoping there s a little more strife, which would help matters. (Boston Globe)
Antique toys stolen from area museum May 8, 2009
Several antique cars and wind-up toys were stolen from an old Wykoff, Minn. food shop stuffed with antiques and holdovers of a deceased hoarder, police said. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Children's Easter Books Popular C... Apr 3, 2009
When Ruby trusts Max to place them in a basket for Grandma, he decides to take them on a little detour an Easter parade made up of cute wind-up toys. Children can get ideas for how to decorate eggs from Ruby and Louise's creations, and, as always, Max's resourcefulness and playfulness make him a good role model for young readers. (Suite101.com)
Easter with Max & Ruby DVD Holida... Mar 24, 2009
Max takes the eggs on a detour on the way to the Easter basket, using an array of wind-up toys to create his own charming mini-Easter parade. Younger siblings will relate to how Ruby (gently) bosses Max over and over to be careful. (Suite101.com)
Artist wants people to interpret his work as they see fit Mar 10, 2009
Nor do they care about the birding mechanisms placed in every single one of the wind-up toys or how wiring is stashed out of view - inside the boat's hull, for instance. Others, however, might not stop until they have all the answers, van Wagtendonk said. (Athens Banner-Herald)
A home on the Internet shelters Beijing's homeless Mar 4, 2009
Now he sells books and wind-up toys on the streets. "Here, life is bitter, but it's more fulfilling," he said. (International Herald Tribune)
Saintly Obama gets priestly slam Feb 15, 2009
Besides Hula Hoops, Barbie lunch bags and Valentine heart trinkets, the novelty store stocks such joke religious items as Jesus pencil erasers, "Beware of Nunzilla" wind-up toys and, most recently, the Obama devotional candles. But to La Torre, the candles featured in a big window display were "the final straw" for a store "that feels the need to mock and ridicule the Catholic/Christian faith.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
