Old Town Auctions Hosting Star Wars/Sci-Fi Toys!
Date: June 14, 2010 at 10:35 PM ET
Topic: General News


Old Town Auctions is an auction house based in Maryland, and they have been given a large variety of Star Wars action figures and many other Sci Fi material to sell that will be even open for those who live across the country. Find out how! Click through to check out their press release and visit their website to check out all the cool vintage and modern Star Wars toys (among other things) that will go up for auction.



Come to the auction, you must.

Old Town Auctions will boldly go where they have never gone before, offering an assortment of Space Toys, Star Wars Collectibles, Action Figures, Sci Fi and Fantasy Toys, Robots and more…

FOR SALEAT AUCTIONWITH NO RESERVES

SATURDAY, JULY 17TH, 2010 at 10am ET

Over 800 Great Toys

Sale will be held at Alexander’s Inn Auction House

3607 Buckeystown Pike, Buckeystown, Maryland  21717

Preview 2 hours before sale 

For more information and photos go to: www.oldtownauctions.com

Click here for over 300 photos of some of the 1000s of items in this sale

This exciting sale will include Vintage Mechanical and Battery Op Space Toys, including Rockets, Robots, Aliens, Creatures and Monsters, Flying Saucers, Space Stations and Weapons, Satellite Stations, and more!  Many of these toys are litho tin, dating from the 1930s through the 1980's, featuring original boxes with colorful space-themed graphics.

The auction will also include many Space and Futuristic themed toys from a variety of Science Fiction and Space-related movies and television shows from the 1960s through the 1990s.  The Star Wars universe is particularly well represented with vintage toys, collectibles and merchandizing dating from the initially released three movies: Star Wars (A New Hope), The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi, as well as the newer additions to the saga:  The Phantom Menace, The Clone Wars, and Revenge of the Sith.  There will even be offerings related to the Expanded Universe.  Playsets, ships and other vehicles will be available to bid on, as will many, many representative action figures from nearly every line of Star Wars collectibles, including the Power of the Force and the Power of the Jedi. Many items are in original boxes, on card, and MINT!

Star Trek collectors, too, will see items of interest such as toys, action figures, playsets, etc. from the original series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and others.  Also available are fine collectibles from Space 1999, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, E.T.: The Extra-terrestrial, The Black Hole, Aliens, Dune, Mars Attacks, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and more. Vintage space toy lines including Star Team and Mattel’s Matt Mason will be offered as well.  A variety of manufacturers, including Bandai, Kenner, Mattel, LJN, Playmates, Ideal, Toy Biz, Mego, Galoob, Remco, Alps, TN, SN, Modern Toys, Hasbro, Marx, and more will be reflected in the many lots to be presented.  

The July 17th auction is also comprised of robots, aliens, creatures and action figures from popular animated / Sci Fi shows, including:  Ultraman, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Sectaurs, Masters of the Universe, Voltron, and others.

We are very happy to be able to bring you a selection of Kent Greenbaum’s fabulous Outsider Art Robots. These great folk art robots are made from found objects such as old tin toy parts.

Other toy categories will be amply represented as well. Vintage military and Construction toys, including  battery-op and wind-up tanks, jeeps, bulldozers, vehicles, and pressed steel toys will be featured.  G.I. Joe collectors will find a large variety of action figures, playsets, and accessories, including a vintage GI Joe Space Capsule and a large GI Joe Headquarters, the giant USS Flagg aircraft carrier (over 7 feet long), Terror dome set and more!  For superhero collectors, lots comprised of action figures, playsets, and accessories will be proffered.  Batman fans, particularly, will be interested in the large number of Batman figures, toys, Batmobiles, vehicles and collectibles --- many mint in box --- we have available for auction.  Cowboy toy aficionados will find lots to attract their attention, too. 

Still accepting quality consignments for this sale!

For more information, call Matt Protos at (301)416-2854 or go to our website OldTownAuctions.com

This auction will feature an online catalog available later in June. For those unable to attend, we gladly accept absentee and phone bidding as well as internet-assisted absentee bidding.







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