Although the name may not be as familiar to the general public as Marx, Gilbert, Ives and Fisher-Price, the lithographed tin mechanical toys and banks made by the firm of J. Chein (pronounced 'chain') ...

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 a ...

In the world of collectible figures, Marvin Chan stands out for his love of mechanical tin toys — a passion that is a compelling reminder of China's baby steps to becoming a manufacturing giant. Born ...

Gaily painted or printed up-vehicles, characters and creatures in tin-plated steel, were the mainstay of toy making for over a century. Available in commercial form since the 1850s, vintage tin-plate ...

This rollercoaster is an example of a tin-plate toy from the 1920s. Many toys of this kind were made in Germany and France, and this rollercoaster is thought to have been made in Nuremberg. It is in ...

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 which ...