Paper Trail

by Douglas R. Kelly   Given the time and energy we spend pursuing antiquities and [...]

Collecting Collectoys

by Douglas R. Kelly Louis Marx is never far from my mind. I didn’t know [...]

Summertime Scores

by Douglas R. Kelly   Seems to me it doesn’t get much better than going [...]

Out of This World Toys

by Douglas R. Kelly Science fiction movies made during the 1950s are among life’s greatest [...]

Micro Signage

by Douglas R. Kelly   My great friend of many years, Renny Schoonmaker, likes to [...]

Doing The Rounds

by Douglas R. Kelly If there’s an alternate me in a parallel universe, he may [...]

Hubley Manufacturing Company

by Douglas R. Kelly   Hubleys have been pushing their way onto my radar screen [...]

The T in Tinplate

by Douglas R. Kelly   Most people familiar with automotive history know that Henry Ford’s [...]

A Bird in the Hand

 by Douglas R. Kelly       American toys that are made in Asia are [...]

Coin Banks: Cold Hard Cash

by Douglas R. Kelly Strange, but I don’t remember ever owning a piggy bank. What [...]

British Americans

By Douglas R. Kelly   There’s an old saying among collectors that is more than [...]

Prize Power

by Douglas R. Kelly   Who doesn’t like winning prizes? Real prizes, that is, the [...]

Wishful Thinking

by Douglas R. Kelly You’d think I’d know better by now. I’ve been hunting and [...]