One of Schuco’s very first toys was the Pick-Pick bird and between the 1920’s and the 1960’s some 20 million were made. The Schuco Pick Pick Bird is probably one of the most famous and iconic wind up clockwork toys not only of Schuco but any toy manufacturer. The Pick […]
Mork and Mindy was an American television programme that aired on ABC from 1978 to 1982. The show was created by Garry Marshall, who also created other successful sitcoms such as Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley. The show starred Robin Williams as Mork, an extraterrestrial from the planet Ork […]
Schuco was a German company that was founded in 1912 and is particularly noted for its production of tin toys. However, among other toys and items, Schuco began to produce Schuco Teddy Bear Perfume Bottles perfume bottles which fitted inside small jointed teddy bears, cats and monkeys. Schuco even produced […]
The series of Clarice Cliff Bizarre Grotesque Masks designed by Ron Birks were created in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Ron Birks was apprenticed to Clarice Cliff at the Newport Pottery and is noted for his abstract artwork on pottery and is probably most famous for the Grotesque Masks. […]
Schuco are well known for their toys, miniature figures and their miniature mohair teddy bear perfume bottles. They were made in the 1920s and 1930s and one of the rarer editions is one based on Felix the Cat. The Schuco Felix the Cat perfume bottle features a mohair Felix […]
In 1919, Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer created Felix the Cat, one of the most popular and enduring cartoon characters of all time. Felix was a black cat with white eyes who starred in his own series of short films from 1919 to 1930. The character became so popular that […]
The Hornsea Muramics Wall Plaques were designed by John Clappison whilst at Hornsea Pottery in the early 1970s. They were only produced for a short period from 1971-1972 and each one was unique. We take a look at these interesting Muramic wall plaques with an associated price guide. How the […]
In this feature we take a look at the work of French Art Deco Designer Georges Omerth along with examples of his work with price guide. Georges Omerth was born in 1895 in a small town in the south of France. He showed an early interest in art, and at […]
The Holy Grail of Popeye toys according to Milestone Auctions (Willoughby, Ohio) is the battery operated Popeye & Olive Oyl Tank made by Linemar and one came up at their April auction. The battery-powered tank was made by the Japanese firm of Linemar, the post-Second World War subsidiary to Louis […]
The iconic No 16 football shirt worn by Sergio Agüero when scoring the winning goal against Queen’s Park Rangers in the 4th minute of extra-time at the Etihad Stadium on the 13th May 2012 is to be sold at Graham Budd Auctioneers on the 24th/25th May in their 30 Years […]
