today the manufacture of replica and outright fake tin-plate pieces, complete with convincing wear, rust and period style screws, is big business in the Far East. Toys from the 1930s featured the ...

A collection of more than 2,000 traditional tin plate toys rescued from closing shops and factories is set to fetch thousands of pounds at auction. Arthur Findlater, 57, started the collection as ...

Arthur Windley, from Norfolk, has been collecting rare tin plate toys for more than 50 years. The collection includes a bartender making a cocktail and a walking mooing cow, the only known model of ...

Arthur Windley, from Norfolk, has been collecting rare tin plate toys for more than 50 years. The sale at Keys in Aylsham included a Japanese-made battery-operated cow, which sold for £370. Mr Windley ...

In a classic episode of Antiques Roadshow, a guest showed expert Bunny Campione a toy rollercoaster he had purchased in America. The tin-plate toy included three "grannies" sitting in a toboggan ...

Eighteen years ago, the Hong Kong-born graphic designer Marvin Chan stepped into a small toy shop in Kota Tinggi, Malaysia, and bought a few old “made in Shanghai” tin-plate toys. Little did ...