Japanese Robots Getting High Prices
Space Robot with T.V. Camera and Screen, X-70 on chest, tin lithograph with plastic arms. Tulip head opens, gun rotates, walks, lights up. Original box (some creasing and tearing) marked "Made by Nomura Japan T.N.," 13 in. h. by 6 1/4 in. w. by 4 1/2 in. d., $2,768.
Japanese tin robot toys in original boxes were sold in a recent Morphy auction in Pennsylvania. The highest price was $41,205 for the Mighty Robot made by Mitsuhashi Japan. The original box with graphics and bright colors contributed to the high price but this toy is probably the rarest of all wind-up robots made in […]