Nothing evokes lost childhood as vividly as glimpses of its toys. More than half a century ago, like most boys of my time, I spent hours with my nose pressed against the windows of toy shops, gazing ...

WHAT: When a set of toy soldiers made in 1897 sold for $15,600 this month in an Investment Rarities auction at Old Toy Soldier Auctions in Pennsylvania, collectors knew why. Considered the top of all ...

Old toy soldiers never die, nor are they fading away. Indeed, Eugene Field’s little toy soldier would be out of place among the legions of lead toy soldiers that have been growing since the 1970s.

A FORMER Oxford University student's army of 50,000 toy soldiers is set to fetch thousands of pounds at the UK's biggest ever wargaming auction. Clive Smithers dedicated decades of his life to ...

Shamus Wade: He was the first to distribute by post comprehensive sale lists of old toy soldiers produced by manufacturers such as Britains, Hill, Heyde, and Ping. Shamus Wade, who has died aged 86, ...

A collection of toys amassed over almost 40 years by the publishing tycoon Malcolm Forbes and his sons sold for $2.3million (£1.4million) at auction in New York. It included toy boats, soldiers, ...

Shamus Wade: He was the first to distribute by post comprehensive sale lists of old toy soldiers produced by manufacturers such as Britains, Hill, Heyde, and Ping. Shamus Wade, who has died aged 86, ...