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Press Coverage

"The Boys at the Hotel"
Antique Toy World Magazine, September 2011

"Chicago Toy Show Celebrates 38th Year"
by Diana Tabin, Antique Toy World Magazine, April 2011

 

"All in the Family: The Chicago Toy Show Story"
by Diana Tabin, Antique Toy World Magazine, January 2011

 

"Buy toys as an investment? What would Teddy Ruxpin say?"
by Burt Constable, The Daily Hearld, December 21, 2010


"No Matter What, Toys Will Sell"
by Dave Heun, The Daily Herald, October 2010


"Toys Galore in Chicago"
by Rick Medved, Antique Toy World Magazine, April 2009


"New Digs at Kane County"
by Steve Butler, Antique Toy World Magazine, Ocotber 2008


"The Days the Toys Left Town"
by Catherine Saunders-Watson

 

For more than 38 years, the fastest spreading secret in the antique toy hobby has been the Chicago Toy Show.

This show draws more people and generates more excitement than any other specialty event of its type in the world. Thousands of toy enthusiasts make the pilgrimage to this sprawling venue, located just 35 miles West of Chicago.

Over 600 exhibitors come with displays of rare and valuable toys, dolls, and holiday heirlooms.  This is exclusively a collectible show of precious and prized treasures from past childhoods and long-ago holidays.

This is an International Show with exhibitors from throughout the United States, as well as England, Germany, Holland, France, Spain, Canada, Brazil, Italy, Japan, Switzerland and Belgium...

Exhibiting all types of toys, dolls, and holiday heirlooms:
Action figures, American Girl Dolls, Americana, Astronauts, Automotives, Banks, Barbies, Batman, Battery Ops, Battleships, Beanie babies, Bears, Bicycles, Bisque Dolls, Boats, Books, Cap shooters, Cast Iron, Celluloid, Character Dolls, China Dolls, Clockwork, Composition Dolls, Comics, Construction toys, Cowboys, Cracker Jack, Diecast, Dollhouses, Doll furniture, Disney, Dukes of Hazzard, Erector sets, Felix, Farm toys, Fashion dolls, Games, Gene Autrey, G I Joe, Holiday Ornaments, Horse drawn, Hot Wheels, Howdy Doody, James Bond, Kites, Lego, Lone Ranger, Lunch Boxes, Man from Uncle, Magic, Marbles, Marionettes, Marvel comics, Mc Donalds, Mechanical banks, Mickey Mouse, Miniatures, Models, Music Boxes, Nascars, Pedal cars, Penny toys, Pez, Planes, Pressed steel, Puppets, Puzzles, Race cars, Rockets, Robots, Roy Rogers, Sail boats, Santa Claus, Ships, Sleds, Soldiers, Spaceships, Space Toys, Spiderman, Star Trek, Star Wars, Steam toys, Steam engines, Stuffed animals, Superman, Taxi cabs, Teddy bears, Tin litho toys, Tom Mix, Tops, Tractors, Trains, Trucks, Valentine Collectibles, Wooden toys, Wagons, Wind-ups,
Zotty Bears...

Exhibitors sell all toy manufacturers:
Alexander, Alladin Industries, American Flyer, Arcade, Armand & Marseille, Auburn, Averill, Bahr & Proschild, Bandai, Barclay, Bell, Belton, Bergmann, Bing, Britains, BRU, Buddy "L", Bugatti, Carette, Chad Valler, Chalkware, Chein, Corgi, Crescent, Daisy Manufacturing, Dell, Dep, Dinky, Distler, Ertl, Fischer, Fisher-Price, F.M., Fowler, Gama, Goebel, Gund, Gunthermann, H, Hagen-Renaker, Handwerck, Hasbro, Herman, Hertwig, Hess, Ichiko, Ideal, Ives, Jaymar, Jep, J.P., Jumeau, Jutta, K., Kaiser & Rex, Kammer & Reinhardt, Karl Bub, Kenner, Kenton, Kestner, Kingsbury, Knickerbocker, Krueger, Lehmann, Line-Mar, Lionel, Marklin, Marks Brothers, Marx, Matchbox, Mattel, Merry Thought, Metalgraf, Mignot, Mignonette, Milton Bradley, Ohio Art, Parker Brothers, Paya, Putz, Schoenhut, Schuco, Simon & Halbig, S.F.B.J., Steiff, J.E. Stevens, Strauss, Structo, Sun Rubber, Taiyo, Tipp, Tootsietoy, Transogram, Ty, Vindex, Walt Disney, Whitman...

 

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