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Featured items:
- Steiff 1945-50 Ride-On Donkey
- PRESSED STEEL & TIN TRUCKS
- CAST IRON VEHICLES & FARM TOYS
- CHARACTER & WIND-UP TOYS
- MECHANICAL & STILL BANK COLLECTION
- TRAINS
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Auction Description:
Antique Toy, Cast Iron, & Bank LIVE Auction
Live and Online Auction
Auction Date/Time: March 14th, 2026 – 10:00am
Location: Girard Auction Facility – Wakonda, South Dakota
This exceptional auction features one of the finest selections of antique toys, pressed steel trucks, cast iron vehicles, mechanical banks, & character wind-ups we have offered in years. Many pieces include original boxes, along with nice original paint. Highlights include early 1920s pressed-steel vehicles, premium cast-iron vehicles, Popeye and Dick Tracy character toys, Smith-Miller & Tonka trucks, Marx wind-ups, and an extensive cast-iron collection, including mechanical & still banks.
Featured Item: Steiff 1945-50 Ride-On Donkey
FEATURED PRESSED STEEL & TIN TRUCKS: Marx Guided Missile Squadron Tin-Litho Truck NIB; Marx Cities Service Wrecker; Marx Day-Nite Service Wrecker; Marx US Armed Forces Search Light Truck; Wyandotte Railway Express Agency Truck (Don Kaufmann Collection); Nylint Lift Truck (NOS w/ box); Structo #206 Bulldozer (NOS sealed); Smith-Miller MIC 24-Hour Service Wrecker; Smith-Miller L-Mack Lumber Truck w/ Pup Trailer (restored); Marx Machinery Equipment Service Truck; Buddy L 1950’s Repair-It Wrecker; Metalcraft 1930’s Heinz Food Truck w/ lights; 1920’s Hillclimber Fire Pumper; Girard Speed Racer w/ box; Kingsbury “Little Jim” Tow Truck; Girard 5pc Truck & Trailer Set; Allstate Mechanical Train Set; Tonka 1959 Lime Green Hwy Dept Set; Tonka 1956–57 Fire & Highway Trucks; Tonka “Big Mike” Dump w/ V-Plow; Tonka Farms High-Rack; Smith-Miller L-Mack variations; Doepke MG Sportscar; Wyandotte Cargo Lines Semi; and many more.
1920’s–1950’s BUDDY L, KEYSTONE & EARLY PRESSED STEEL: Buddy L Large Ice Truck; Buddy L Outdoor Train Engine, Box Car & Caboose; Buddy L Large Dump Truck w/ Chain Dump; Buddy L Pile Driver; Keystone Ride-On Steam Shovel; Keystone #6400 Ride-On Locomotive; Kingsbury “Twentieth Century Limited” Ride-On Train; Cor-Cor & Tri-Ang Large Dump Trucks; Tasty Food Coffee “Coffee Can” Train Set; Buddy L GMC Cattle Truck; Keystone Packard Fire Truck; and numerous restored and original examples.
CAST IRON VEHICLES & FARM TOYS: John Deere Vindex Model D Tractor & Hay Wagon; CAT Arcade Crawler; IH Arcade TD-18 Crawler; IH Arcade Threshing Machine & Manure Spreader; AC Arcade Industrial Tractors; Arcade Greyhound Bus (10.5” & 7” versions); Arcade Chevy Coupe; Fageol Bus; Model T Sedan; Hubley Stake Bed Truck; Kenton Boattail Racer; Hubley Fire Truck; Kilgore Arctic Ice Cream Truck; Arcade Mack Dump; and many more original paint examples.
CHARACTER & WIND-UP TOYS: Extensive Popeye collection including Marx, J. Chein & Line-Mar windups; Dick Tracy Squad Cars, Police Station, Shooting Sets & Remote Car (many boxed); Disney windups including Donald Duck, Snow White, Pinocchio & Pluto; GI Joe & K-9 Pups; Barnacle Bill; Lil’ Abner; Charlie McCarthy; Porky Pig; Red Cap Porter; and dozens of other tin windups—some with original boxes.
MECHANICAL & STILL BANK COLLECTION: JE Stevens “Tammany” & “Eagle w/ Eaglets” Mech. Banks; Cash Register Banks; Safe Banks w/ keys; Building Banks (multiple variations); Hall’s Excelsior; Junior Safe; Coin Deposit Safe; Oregon Battle Ship; Standing Indian; Statue of Liberty; Buster Brown; Mutt & Jeff; Jolly N.; Seated Rabbit; Standing Camel; Deer; Rooster; Ducks; Bulls; Donkeys; St. Bernard; Tom Turkey; Elephant & Lion collections; US Mail Box Banks; Rocket & Spaceship Banks; Popeye Dime Register Bank (1929); numerous tin-litho dime registering banks; advertising banks including Dodge Barrel, Skelly, MN Farm Equipment & more; large lots of glass, cage, pot metal, wood and reproduction banks.
SOLDIERS, FIGURINES & MILITARY: Multiple Marx “Soldiers of Fortune” Shooting Sets (boxed variations including Cannon & 30pc sets); Large lots of Tin, Lead & Cast Iron Toy Soldiers (many 20+ piece lots); Lead Army Vehicles, Tanks, Jeeps & Cannons; Barclay Winter Sets; LL Rittgers Sports Figurines; 35pc US Presidents Set (Washington–LBJ); Wood Toy Soldiers; and large assorted figurine groupings.
TRAINS, SAND TOYS & AMUSEMENT: Honeymoon Express Train Sets (multiple versions); Ohio Art/Technofix Switch & Dump Train; Wolverine Fun Fair & Jet Roller Coaster; Disney Ferris Wheels; Mickey Mouse Train Sets; Sand Toys including Wolverine, McDowell, A. Rowley; Mantua HO Engine; Battery Operated Trains; Fairy Train; Spirit of 1776 Train; Schylling & other small trains.
NOTE: This is a large, all-day auction with multiple boxed lots and individual catalog-quality pieces. Many items are fresh-to-market from long-time collections. Plan to attend! Lunch Available • Heated Facility • Internet, Absentee & Phone Bids Accepted
Terms: No onsite buyer’s premium. 14% for online, phone, and absentee bids, discounted to 10% for cash or check payments. SD sales tax applies to onsite buyers; online buyers may be subject to sales tax. No reserves!
Online bidding available through www.GirardBid.com! Full catalog and online bidding will open on or before March 2nd.
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