In examining the history of famous robots, you’d be forgiven for overlooking a 1950s children’s toy named Robert. Robert the Robot, who was a product of the once-mighty Ideal Toy Company, didn’t do ...

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 ...

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. More: In beautiful original ...

In recent articles, I described some of the most popular baby boomer toys that are still available today, 60 plus years later. The post World War II time was often described as the Golden Era of Toys.

This month’s column brings an original kerosene lantern from an American LaFrance Fire Engine found at an estate sale and a favorite basket from a reader’s art glass collection. Well-cared-for family ...