Toy Collectors Price Guide 2015 preview: Toy Figures

We’re pleased to report that the Toy Collectors Price Guide 2015 will be available to buy in stores and online from 14th November. You can pick up the Guide in store at WH Smith or order direct from Warners Group Publications… if you’re quick, you’ll be able to get it just in time for Christmas.

The 2015 edition is a bumper issue with 148 pages dedicated to the collectables sold at auctions around the globe during the past year. With selections from the likes of Wallis & Wallis, Cottees, Morphy Auctions, Vectis, Sheffield Auction Gallery and plenty more, it’s a handy field guide to help you put a valuation on your vintage toys or pieces you see at swapmeets.

To give you some idea of the amount of information contained within the Guide, there are more than 1,300 toys listed, totaling a whopping £292,000+. The diecast section alone has 324 lots, with a combined total of £61,190. What’s more, as eBay continues to play a bigger part in the collecting community, we’ve included more than 66 items sold on the auction website, with a total of just over £56,000.

Finally, there’s an introduction about how to buy at auction – just in case you’ve previously been daunted by the prospect – and we highlight some ways of spotting potential collectables of the future.

To give you a taste of this year's guide, you can see a preview of some of the items featured below:



Britains Swoppets 15th Century Knights No. 1453 Mounted Knight, second version with red lance and green plume on a white horse with yellow reins, purple blanket. Mint in a mint second issue pavilion box. Sold for £130, Cottees, September.



Britains Swoppets 15th Century Knights No. 1452 Mounted Knight, second version with sword and mauve plume on a black horse with white reins and mauve blanket. Sold for £120, Cottees, September.



Britains Swoppets 15th Century Knights No. 1452 Mounted Knight, first version with sword and light blue plume on a brown horse with white reins and blue blanket. Mint in excellent first issue red striped tent-style box. Sold for £170, Cottees, September.



Britains No. 1612 Soldiers In Action Series British Bomb-throwing Infantry with Gas Masks, six khaki infantry in throwing stance with shrapnel helmets and Mills bombs, re-strung, orginal labelled box. Sold for £140, Lacy, Scott & Knight, August.



Britains Riding Series No. 9547 Horsebox, first issue, 1968, fawn and turquoise with cream hubs and white horse. Near mint overall, contained in a first issue plinth box. Sold for £20, Vectis, October.



Timpo My Pets Series Pointer-type Dog, near mint overal, contained in generally good illustrated box. Rare in this condition. Sold for £15, Vectis, October.



Herald Gordon Highlanders No. H77104, including drum major, bass drummer, two side drummers and two pipers. Some paint losses otherwise generally good overall. Sold for £30, Vectis, October.



Courtenay H9 Mounted Knight, with battle axe, Thomas Lord Braose. 'Made in England by R Courtenay H9' on base. Excellent condition. Sold for $3,100, Old Toy Soldier Auctions, September.



Courtenay H13 Mounted Knight Sir John Beaumont of England, with moveable visor and lance. 'Made in England by R Courtenay' on base. Post-war issue. Condition is excellent but lanch as been re-attached. Sold for $1,700, Old Toy Soldier Auctions, September.



Courtenay Sir Guillaume de Courey Z4/13 Wounded, with moveable visor. Post War. Excellent condition. Sold for $400, Old Toy Soldier Auctions, September.