Q: My husband, born in 1935, has owned a cast-iron toy bus ever since he can remember. It’s a blue double-decker with gold highlights and a rear outside spiral staircase. The tires are white with painted red centers. Inside the bus there’s a silver-colored metal driver and the embossed words ‘Arcade, Freeport, Ill., 316.’ On the outside of the front door there’s a gold emblem that says ‘An Arcade Toy.’ The bus is 8 inches long, 3 3/4 inches high and 2 3/4 inches wide. We would like to know age and value.
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