Barry Ezrin Antiques & Appraisals
2100 28 side road L0P 1J0 Milton, ON, Canada

Hump Day #10 June 3 A few fresh house picks this week - toys and sports. Be well! 1. Vintage 2 piece Split Bamboo Fly Rod, cork grip, 92long, extra tip section, walnut end, unmarked. $90 2. Vintage 2 Piece Split Bamboo Fly Rod, two handed cork grip, hand tied, 7’ long, unmarked. $90... 3. Vintage 3 Piece Split Bamboo Fly Rod, cork grip, 8.5’ long. $120 4. Vintage horse drawn tin fire pumper truck toy, 1950s, Japanese, unmarked, 10 long. $85 5. SOLD Early Cast Iron Sulky with Driver SOLD 6. Child’s Wooden Skiis, stamped Harvey E. Dodds Co., Montreal, 1930/40s. $95 7. Wooden Skiis and Bamboo Poles, stamped Harvey E. Dodds Co., Montreal, 1940s (1 basket damaged). $95 See more

HUMP DAY #8 Normally this week we would be busy loading our truck for Christie. Alas. Instead we are listing four items that we had planned to take there. The challenge we face is that at a show buyers would have touched, inspected, listened to, and used their expertise to determine if the items were right for them. Through Facebook touch, sound, testing are replaced by photos and conversations with me either through messaging or phone. So please ask as many questions as ...you like. More photos can be supported as well. Take care. #1. $375 Japanese AGS Electric Guitar, 1960s, solid body, original tuners, nice details like mirror pick guard & blue sparkles in pickups, good overall condition, one chip on back, old but not original Japanese hard carrying case, bought from a professional musician, one string twangs needs adjustment. #2. $250 Japanese Electric Guitar, 1960s, solid body, original tuners, no name but possibly an Imperial, very good condition, well-tuned, bought from the same professional musician, original hard carrying case. #3. $90 Aro Kitchen Clock, Canadian made clock, Quebec possibly Montreal, little known about company, great looking clock, carved woman’s head, carved lions, decorated door, post WWII, pendulum, no key, not tested, fresh house picked. #4. SOLD Octagonal Mahogany School House Regulator Clock, American clock but no name on face, second hand, 19th C, key and pendulum, not tested, fresh house picked.

HUMP DAY #7 We were actually focussing on something other than COVID-19 this week. The weather wow remember when it used to be the number one topic of conversation? But down to it. This week we are listing all of the rest of the toys purchased in last week’s house call. All are market fresh. Shipping and handling is extra. Porch pick-up is possible.... 1. $25- VINTAGE FLEISCHMANN TIN LITHO WINDMILL, Western Germany, 7h, excellent condition 2. $40 - CANDLESTICK BELL TELEPHONE, N.N. Hill Brass Co., Cardboard Ring, bell works, 7.5h 3. $25 - BALDWIN TIN LITHO CACKLING CHICKEN, wind-up, excellent 4.75 4. $40 - DISTLER MERCEDES BENZ CONVERTIBLE, key-wind, German US-zone, 1945-49, very good paint but missing one wheel, 1 lens cover, key and windscreen, 9.5l 5. $60 - EARLY WYANDOTTE PRESSED STEEL TANKER TRUCK, 1920 40s, missing rear gate, 10l 6. $40 - EARLY GIRRARD PRESSED STEEL COUPE, missing lenses, trunk, battery cover, 8l 7. $120 - CAST IRON TOW TRUCK, original paint, rubber wheels, with hook, large model, 1930s, 7l 8. $225 - EARLY ARCADE CHAMPION CAST IRON STAKE TRUCK, complete, good paint, 7.5l 9. SOLD - EARLY CAST IRON ROADSTER COUPE, replacement driver, probably Kenton or A.C. Williams, 7.75 10. SOLD - CAST IRON HUBLEY PHAETON, carriage c1900 20, no horse or driver, 6.25 11. SOLD - CAST IRON PRESSED STEEL HORSE & CARRIAGE, original driver, possibly Dent Hardware, c1900, 15l

It’s Hump Day #6. It’s also 50 days since many of us have been locked down. And frankly it’s getting a bit old. What I’ve learned over these past weeks is it’s easier to talk the talk than walk the walk. Almost every day I have kept to a gold standard of personal/family safety: if I went to the store I pre-ordered and used curbside pick-up, hand sanitizer (including my gloves!), etc. The post office is rural so had sanitizing and social distancing was adequate. For the ...few buying or selling personal contact times, gloves, masks by at least one person (usually me), hand sanitizer etc. were rigorously followed. I talked the talk and walked the walk. Then this week, I relaxed. I went on a picking trip; hand sanitized, wore gloves and for my house call stayed outside for most of the time, bought things in the garage maintaining my social distance. But no mask. I didn’t want to set up social/psychological barriers when I was trying to establish a rapport and build up a working relationship. Several times I bought things that were handed to me, breaking the 6’ rule. But just for a matter of a few seconds each time. So to further my own ends to do business I took chances. So I get it, easy to talk the talk but harder to walk the walk. I had a successful buying trip and what follows are some of the goodies I was able to secure this time out. More will be posted soon. Oh and I spent the whole next day researching what I had bought, who made it, etc. I am no expert but pass on what I have learned from more knowledgeable folks. Prices include HST. Shipping and handling is extra. 1. 1950’s TIN LITHO MERCEDES BENZ, friction toy, by Nomura (TN), Japan, working, very good condition, 8 l SOLD 2. VINTAGE LINDSTOM SHOW BOAT, tin litho wind-up, working condition, needs a good cleaning, 8 l SOLD 3. UNIQUE ART KRAZY KAR wind-up toy, not working, original clown, arm missing, good paint & graphics. Unique Art Manufacturing Co., Newark NJ, 7 Sold 4. STRAUS TRIK AUTO, tin litho key wind car, excellent paint, working, missing driver & rear seat, Ferdinand Straus, NY, 7 l $140 5. TIPP DUMP TRUCK, German tin litho key wind, excellent paint, working condition, 16 l Sold Keep trying to walk the walk. Stay safe.