Toy Farm Tractors : An Entertaining History of Toy Tractors and Toy Farm Collectibles

by Kraushaar, Andy

• ISBN13: 9780896585119
• ISBN10: 0896585115
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

With some rare farm toys fetching up to $6,000 at auction, toy tractor collecting is a serious hobby. This is the only book that provides the history of toy tractors and of farm toys in general. Toy Farm Tractors details all the makers of farm toys and their famous models from classic vintage toys to the modern high-tech, high-quality toys. Fabulous color photos by Andy Kraushaar, packaging and catalog artwork, and advertisements showcase the miniature farm tractors. You'll also find information on steam engines, threshers, implements, farm trucks, horse-drawn machinery, and more.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	5	(4)
Foreword	9	(2)
Claire D. Scheibe
Farm Toys: As Old as Farming	11	(24)
The Die Is Cast: Farm Toy Materials	35	(18)
Tractors in Miniature: Toy Sizes and Scales	53	(10)
Vintage Farm Toys	63	(38)
Wilkins	64	(2)
Arcade	66	(9)
Hubley	75	(2)
Vindex	77	(11)
Reuhl	88	(5)
Marx	93	(2)
Buddy L	95	(3)
Barclay	98	(1)
Structo	98	(1)
Dent	98	(1)
Kenton	98	(1)
Kilgore	98	(3)
Modern Farm Toys	101	(30)
Ertl	102	(12)
Eska	114	(3)
Carter and Carter Tru-Scale	117	(1)
Spec-Cast	118	(2)
Scale Models	120	(4)
Tootsietoys	124	(1)
Slik-Toys	124	(2)
Lakone	126	(1)
The Toy Factory	126	(1)
Franklin Mint	126	(5)
Farm Toy Scratchbuilders	131	(19)
Appendix	150	(8)
Dollars and Sense: Farm Toy Prices	150	(1)
Fraud and Misrepresentation	151	(1)
Farm Toy Shows	152	(3)
Show and Tell: Farm Toy Museums	155	(1)
Sources	156	(1)
Recommended Reading	157	(1)
Index	158