THE PIELIN BROTHERS’ EMPORIUM AUCTION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2020 • SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2020 • SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2020 Auction 57 The Pielin Brothers’ Emporium Auction Auction #57 Old Toy Soldier Auctions U.S.A. Friday, September 25th, 2020 at 2pm est ~ Lots 1001-1432 P.O. Box 13323 • Pittsburgh, PA 15243 Saturday, September 26th, 2020 at 10am est ~ Lots 2001-2610 412-343-8733 Sunday, September 27th, 2020 at 10am est ~ Lots 3001-3627 Fax 412-344-5273 Buyers Premium 23% Discounted to 20% for Check or Cash [email protected] www.oldtoysoldierauctions.comon light backgrounds on dark backgrounds standard standard Website: Absentee & Phone Bidding Deadline: no gradients facebook.com/oldtoysoldierno gradients oldtoysoldierauctions.com Thursday, September 24th, 2020 at 7PM Eastern Time watermark @oldtoysoldierwatermark oldtoysoldier Preview Auction at: stacked logo (for sharing only) stacked logo (for sharing only) Day 1 - Lots 1001-1432 Ray and Bre Live Liveauctioneers.com or oldtoysoldierauctions.com Cataloged and Shipped by 3 weeks prior to sale Keith and Paula Maladra Batavia, Illinois Bid Live Online the Day of Sale at: Day 2 - Lots 2000-2610 Liveauctioneers.com Cataloged and Shipped by Keith and Paula Maladra Mail Bids & Payments To: Batavia, Illinois Old Toy Soldier Auctions P.O. 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[email protected] 1 OLD TOY SOLDIER SQUAD SPECIALIST SQUAD Ray Haradin Scott Morlan John Gilliatt Pittsburgh, PA Friday Harbor, WA Courtenay Knights Britains, German Lead, Britains and [email protected] Dimestore and Connoisseur Old Toy Soldiers Figures, Early Toys & Banks, 949-683-3118 Tiffany Lamps, Appraisals [email protected] 412-343-8733 [email protected] Bre Day Mary Fischer Roberta Haradin Operations Manager Catalog Layout Copy Editor [email protected] [email protected] Norman Joplin Bob Phillips Greg Kempton Fredonia, WI Trabuco Canyon, CA Old and New Toy Soldiers Consultant, Military Britians and Land O Lakes, FL and Civilian Figures, Old Toy Soldiers [email protected] [email protected] 949-632-6590 [email protected] Rick Ozanick Catherine Watson Printer Public Relations [email protected] John Hazlett Keith and Dan Jones Wheeling, WV Paula Maladra Hartford, CT Old Toy Soldiers, Batavia, IL Connoisseur Figures and Old Books Old and New Military Miniatures 304-280-6159 Toy Soldiers [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dave Lewis Alane Wholey Social Influencer Website [email protected] Kent Kline Peter and Rob Wilson AUCTION SQUAD Doylestown, PA Gilly Greenhill East Hampton NY Early American and Courtenay - and Warwick UK German Figures Greenhill Knights Toy Soldier Collector, 215-249-1856 011441202762371 Connoisseur and Author [email protected] [email protected] 631 2689742 [email protected] Nancy Haradin Charlene Kurcina Howard Austin 2 OLD TOY SOLDIER AUCTIONS USA INVOICING: GUARANTEE THEIR TROOPS LiveAuctioneer bidders will be emailed an invoice by the Wednesday To provide Old Toy Soldier Customers with an exciting and after the sale. Absentee and Phone bidders will be mailed a paper rewarding auction experience we guarantee the items are as invoice within one week of the sale. You will receive an invoice for described. If an error was made you will be refunded fully upon each day of the sale that you were successful. In the event that the return of the lot. You MUST contact Old Toy Soldier Auctions you bid online in addition to leaving Absentee or Phone bids you within 7 days of receiving the item in order to receive a refund. will receive separate invoices for each method of bidding. You may After 7 days the items are sold “AS IS” and are NOT RETURNABLE. combine all invoices when making payment. Items must be paid for within 30 days of sale. METHOD OF PAYMENT: CONDITION OF ITEMS: MC, Visa, American Express, Discover, PayPal Money Order or Check We have spent much time and energy assuring the CONDITION items are well cataloged and GRADES photographed in order to FOR FIGURES represent them as accurately Mint (M) ............................................99% as possible. The conditions of SHIPPING: Near Mint (NM) ..........................98% each item is noted in () in the Pristine .....................................97-96% descriptions. Old Toy Soldier Auctions USA will arrange for the packing and Excellent (EX) .......................95-92% shipping of your items. Items will be shipped in a timely manner in Very Good (VG) .................... 91-88% the order that payment has been received. Orders typically go out Boxes Good (G) .................................87-80% R.O.A.N. - Regiments of All Fair (F) ...................................... 79-70% within 10 days of payment. Occasionally, we get behind schedule Nations Poor (P) ........................................<69% due to the volume of figures needing our attention. Our priority is to AOW - Armies of the World make sure the items are properly packed to avoid damage. References used for Britains descriptions have been taken in part Domestic Shipping: Orders will be shipped by the USPS. A fee of from Regiments of All Nations and Armies of the World by Joe Wallis. $12 per lot will be charged for shipping and handling. Insurance is included for total orders under $500. Total orders over $500 will require additional insurance at a rate of $1 per $100. Total orders over CONDITION GRADES FOR BOXES $3,000 will be sent by US Express Mail which may be tracked and Excellent ............................................... Minor scuffing & abrasions will require a signature upon delivery. If you would like to arrange Very Good ............................................................ Some fading/soiling shipment by FedEx or UPS, please arrange when making payment. Good ..............Some edge, corner wear and/or writing/mild Foreign Shipping: Orders will be shipped by the USPS. A $50 staining, small tape pieces minimum for any and all orders, excluding Canada ($25). Additional Fair ........................................Splits in top/bottom, sides/corners, lots will incur a $12 per lot charge. Insurance is included for total greater staining/tape orders under $500. Total orders over $500 will require additional Poor ..................................Splits, tears, pieces missing, crushed insurance at a rate of $2 per $100. Total orders over $1,000 will be sent Missing/damaged end labels are noted. by US Express Mail which may be tracked and will require a signature upon delivery. If you would like to arrange shipment by FedEx or UPS please arrange when making payment. 3 How Old Toy Soldier Auctions USA Works Lot # - the item to be sold. Typically we sell 80 lots per hour. It is highly recommended that you sign on to a liveauctioneers.com sale prior Manufacturer of the lot Set # - the reference to this sale to make sure your software number used by the manufacturer is running properly. “from” indicates that the lot does not have the exact composition Name of the set or figure count as listed in the reference books. It may contain Description of the set more or less figures than originally including estimated issued. If “from” is not used, the date of production and set is complete. number of figures Condition of Figure applies to paint, refer to Estimate - this is the USD amount that has been assessed by the chart on page 2. Structural damage and or anom- Old Toy Soldier Auctions appraiser and is based on the desirability, alies are listed in italics and within parenthesis. rartiy and condition of each lot. This is provided for guidance only. Condition of boxes is similarly described. Generally a bid within the estimated range has a 50% chance of winning the lot, a bid of the high estimate 70% and a bid of the low estimate a 30%. How To Bid at Old Toy Soldier Auctions USA Bidding Increment Chart Through Liveauctioneers.com the bidding increments are set as follows: Decide on the amount you would like to bid for the lot of interest. Common Questions $5-$50 increase $5 per bid Use the Bidding Increment Chart to determine your maximun bid. Bids not on If I bid $50 does $50-$200 increase $10 per bid the increments will be rounded down to the next increment. the item open at $50? $200-$500 increase $25 per bid No, the item opens at a bid one increment over the next highest bid. $500-$1000 increase $50 per bid Leave an absentee bid - complete the absentee bid form provided and either fax If you bid $50 and the next highest bid is $30 your bid will open the $1000-$5000 increase $100 per bid to 412-344-5273 or mail your bids to Old Toy Soldier Auctions, P.O. Box 13323, lot at $35. $5000-$10,000 increase $500 per bid Pittsburgh, PA 15243. Why did my bid of $53 not win the lot? $10,000+ increase $1000 per bid Your bids are rounded to the nearest lower increment. Your bid of $53 Leave an absentee bid by phone - simply call and we will complete your bid was executed as a $50 bid. Please use the chart to help set your bids. form over the phone 412-343-8733. Why did I not win the lot that sold for $50 when my bid was $50? Email your bids to [email protected] There are two possibilities: The bids are executed in the order they are received. Many people bid the high estimate, if we have multiple bids at $50, the winner is the person whose $50 bid was received first. Or your bid was “wrong footed” meaning that Deadline to receive any of the above bids is 24 hours prior to start of auction.