In our Collecting the Top 10 James Bond Cars the Corgi James Bond Aston Martin DB5 comes top. The Aston Martin DB5 first appeared in Goldfinger and the Corgi 261 model is probably one of the most famous and most sort after Corgi models. The DB5 has now appeared in […]
The Wade Whimsies Flintstones set of dinosaurs was originally released in 1965 in the Wade Flintstones Party Crackers and later in the Wade Animal Party Crackers set.There were four was figures released including Dino, Sabre Tooth Tiger, Bronti and Rhino. For fans of The Flintstones Dino will be the most […]
Wade Disney The Fox and the Hound Price Guide – Wade had great success with their Disney Hat Box Series and one of the lesser known sets was from the Disney film The Fox and the Hound. The The Fox and the Hound set consisted of four figures Tod, Copper, Big […]
Wade had great success with their Disney Hat Box Series of figures and followed on with a series of 10 larger Disney characters, eight of which were from the Disney film Lady and the Tramp. These models were around five to six inches tall, and became known as ‘Blow-ups’ amongst collectors. […]
The Spitting Image Pet Hates toys were launched in the mid 1980s and were based on the caricatures of a number of political figures of the time. There were of six Spitting Image Pet Hates toys in the set and included Margaret Thatcher, Neil Kinnock, David Owen (with David Steele in his pocket), […]
Shelley have produced many colourful and notable including the 1930s Shelley Harmony Ware. The streaked, dripped design in bright colours proved very popular and was produced in large quantities in a variety of different shapes. The design was created by Shelley’s lead designer Eric Slater in 1932 and was […]
The Corgi No 290 Kojak Buick features his brown buick and two figures including Kojak in jacket and hat holding and pointing his revolver. Crocker is in the back seat firing backwards. The model also came with a self adhesive Lieutenant badge. The original Corgi Kojak Buick was released in […]
Charlie Chaplin Royal Doulton Figurine HN2771 This great Charlie Chaplin Royal Doulton Figurine was designed by William K Harper and was released in 1989 as part of Doulton’s Entertainers Collection. The collection also included Laurel & Hardy (released 1990) and Groucho Marx (1991). It was released in an edition size of […]
If one collectable could epitomize the rise and fall of collectables in the last 20 years I would probably pick the famous NatWest Pigs. We look at the collectable phenomenon, some interesting NatWest Pig facts and look at prices. The pigs were a promotion began by NatWest Bank who were looking […]
Beswick Girl on Jumping Horse No 939 The Beswick Girl on Jumping Horse is a classic model designed by Arthur Gredington. The model shows a girl on horse jumping a small fence. Interestingly the horse and jump part of the model is also used in the Beswick model 982 of […]
