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It has been awhile since I have found any new information about Keystone and the toys it produced.  I so want to come across another catalog or ephemera to get…

I received another box of wooden Keystone replacement parts from Jerry Tompkins widow today.  This is the remainder of the wooden parts that Jerry had made.  Jerry’s collection is boxed…

On this day of thanksgiving we usually give thanks for health, family and friends.  This year I would like to add all of you who have visited Collectingkeystone.  Two days…

Yesterday I went to Renninger’s fall antique show in Mount Dora, Florida to meet Bob Jones who runs the website Seaworthyjacrim.com.   What a great time I had.  Bob and I have…

Two days ago I received a glowing review of the website from Old Antique Toys, a daily blog site (oldantiquetoys.blogspot.com).  The reviewer said “definitely one of the best websites that I…

I thought I might show an interesting comparison between three cars, that look nearly identical,  made by three different manufactures.  Acme, Thomas and Keystone produced these plastic cars.  All three cars…

Well it is a very exciting weekend for me.  I am now officially a member of the Antique Toy Collectors of America.  The anticipation for this has been building since…

I don’t know if anyone is watching American Horror Story Freakshow but I noticed something of interest to Keystone collectors.  If you are into Keystone camera equipment the projector that is…

I have in my collection two ferry boats that came with a plastic car.  Both have boxes showing a plastic car and the cars were identical.  The interesting thing is they…

Over the first weekend in May I traveled down to Miami to my first ATCA convention.  Being that this was one of the requirements of joining and my first opportunity…