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
SALE, AT
AUCTION, WITH 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.