When reviewing a painted piece look for uneven wear and random scratching. Also old paint – typically enamel or oil based – will tend to chip where as the newer acrylic paint will not.
When buying cast iron banks, look for paint on both the outer and inner edges of the slot.
Inspect the paint for brush marks, and look for drip deposits on underside of toy – old toys will exhibit these. Old painted cast iron was usually dipped not spray painted like new repros. Old toys were typically fitted by hand with the edges being smoothed and you are less like to see any gaps. Look for these ‘gap leaks’ to show grind marks in an effort to make the seam smooth. Old cast iron toys will have better details and cleaner edges while new fakes tend to show leakage at the seams since the new molds aren’t as well fitted as the old molds. So check the underside of any cast iron toy for these flaws. These are hard to see if the piece is painted. Repros may display bumps, holes or pits on the surface. Old cast iron toys will have a much smoother surface than it’s new fake. Add to that the fact that some of the old molds are being used to produce new-old toys, you’ve got to know what to look for.īelow are some tips to follow when shopping for cast iron toys and banks. The digital world has made it easy to copy marks and items with paper lithos. 1930’s AC Williams Mack Cast iron Stake Truck However, if you shop with a critical eye and a bit of knowledge, you can keep from spending your hard earned dollars on a worthless modern reproduction cast iron toy or bank. Old toys seem to increase in value each year making them a prime target for those who would sell fakes and reproductions as the ‘real deal’.
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