posted on September 28, 2005 10:05:21 PM
Hate to bug you peeps, but I can not find a single thing that looks like this at all.
Anyone know of a good informational site?
I am guessing a tin toy that is lithographed, it says Germany on it, so it's pre WWII, but I am guessing.
Here is a photo:
I have a set of three, one is complete, two are like this one.
posted on September 30, 2005 02:00:22 PM
The photo is detailed but I can't tell the weight. Are you sure its light weight like tin? Or is it heavier like die-cast metal or possibly cast iron?
I take it the one you have complete is jointed ? so the front and tail ends sway back and forth.
Now that "lizzie" or "lizard" were implanted on my mind, I had to shift gears and think alligator (rather than crocodile?).
Since it has wheels, I'm still going to guess you're correct in thinking that it should be in the toy category.
Toys made of tin in Germany and Japan are often wind-up but obviously not all. The pictures is this auction (5947870413) show a lithoed tin aligator. I realize its not the same, but I'm just guessing that your piece might not be tin but heavier metal based on the looks of the wheels on your big lizard.
posted on October 1, 2005 03:18:43 PM
I wish I could have helped more but have never seen these before. I would consider doing them as 1 auction since none individually wind up which most toy collectors seek. I would not hesitate to use the words: "tin litho German toy" in the title.
You could use the word Germany in the description. You might even be okay using the word reticulated which I correctly used when describing pre WWI/WWII tin train cars that connected together.
I'd advise making sure the word Germany is shown in the photograph and any other logo if there is one. I would say the era of WWI or WWII would be correct since Japanese tin litho was in its hey-day after the war and into the 50's (including robots, etc).
To be honest, I'm not sure if they are worth listing. But what do I know????!!!
