Designs for furniture, glass, pottery and even kitchen appliances changed dramatically in the 1950s. New materials such as plastic, which could be molded and easily shaped, made revolutionary ...

On January 23rd, 1957, Frisbee inventor Walter Morrison sold the rights to his creation to toy company Wham-O!, setting the stage for the release of one of the most popular toys of all time. But ...

If you've got a stash of vintage cereal box toys from decades past, you might be able to fetch a hefty price for them on ...

Q-I just found a strange toy that my mother says dates from the 1950s. It is a glass bird whose body is a clear glass that is partway filled with red liquid. It is suspended between tall metal legs… ...

This video features a mini sewing machine produced by the French company "Pic-Bien" around 1950. The antique toy sewing machine belonged to Evelyne Martinez, with her name engraved below the base ...

The advent and popularity of television that advertised postwar toys created an incredible market for the baby boom generation. Here's a look at some of the more popular trends, toys ...

Dubbed one of the "10 most dangerous toys of all time," a miniature atomic energy lab is said to have been a widely sought-after children's toy in the 1950s – and it reportedly included four ...

She remembers the craftsman/artist, Gordon Sweetman, selling handmade toys in her Detroit neighborhood in the 1950s. “He sold them to all the kids.

What: A Jupiter Robot toy made in Japan by Yonezawa in the 1950s brought $36,000 in a recent sale of space toys and robots at Morphy Auctions in Denver, Pennsylvania.

Radioactive Toy Laboratory Once Named One Of "The Most Dangerous Toys Of All Time" Up For Auction The infamous 1950s toy atomic energy laboratory contained real radioactive components.

Robert H. “Pops” Mauler, who operated a downtown Baltimore wholesale toy business for nearly half a century, died of cancer Saturday at his Jessup home. He was 79. Born in Baltimore and… ...