The number and different types of brass scientific instruments continues to grow. Virtually all types of 19th century telescopes, sextants, levels, compasses, navigational, surveying and other instruments are being reproduced in brass in India.

Do a quick check of your toy books and youll easily find close up photos of the classic 1950s toy, X9 Robot Car. The best pictures are in RobotsTin Toy Dreams, pg. 31, T. Kitahara, Chronicle Books, 1985, and pg. 143 in 1000 Tin Toys, Y. Shimizu.

U.S. airmen frequently decorated the nose of their WW II aircraft with custom artwork. This art style, referred to as "nose art," commonly featured scantily clad women, caricatures and other edgy themes.

The American toy company, Schylling Toys, is selling new metal toys virtually identical to well known originals made ca. 1930-1940s.

This miniature wood and iron plow is marked Shapleigh Day Co, but it is a new item.

Those famous mice are at it again, taking to the floor as a metal windup. The well known couple is part of a collection of new Disney toys sold by Schylling, an American toy distributor.

The modern Chinese wood pieces first reported in ACRN in August 2003 have spread into national mail order catalogs. Described as vintage Chinese, the selection includes a wide variety of utilitarian shapes including baskets, footstools, buckets, pitchforks, measures and other items associated with rural life.

Rare antique fishing lures have been selling for ever increasing amounts. Reports in the antique press have shown examples of rare lures and boxes selling in the $15,000 to $30,000 range. eBay is also replete with high-dollar sales between individuals. While most high-dollar lure sales occur in the background, a few outstanding sales get reported in the press.

Art from a Victorian board game box and a 1930s window sign are being offered as original stone lithographs by a national mail order company. Both items are claimed to have been found in storage in Europe. Fruident and French board game.

Replicas of early 1950s Japanese tin windups made in the 1990s can be confusing. Probably the most accurateand most easily mistaken for vintageare new toys produced by Teruhisa Kitahara, an expert and author of books on the subject of Japanese toys.