Bertoia's May 29-30 toy auction features the Maloy collection, plus the Bill Gallagher collection

VINELAND, N.J. - May 18, 2026 - PRLog -- Bertoia's will host its Annual Spring Auction on May 29-30 featuring Part 2 of the Martin and Deborah Maloy toy collection; plus high-quality toys, banks, trains, robots, and pre-war Japanese toys from the Bill Gallagher collection. In addition, the selection offers a great assortment of German wind-ups, pressed steel toys and more.

The Maloy collection was gathered over a period of 60 years and grew to become a world-class assemblage of European tin toys, autos and boats, biscuit tins, Marklin and other rare European trains, as well as early American Ives trains and accessories; airplanes, wind-up toys and more. Part 1 of the Maloy collection was featured exclusively in a December 13 auction at Bertoia's that totaled more than $1.6 million.

Bill Gallagher is widely known amongst toy enthusiasts as being one of the truly legendary collectors. Along with his wife Jean Ann, Bill amassed several superb collections over the course of many years. These include vintage Japanese tin toys, N-Gauge, LGB and Z-Gauge toy trains; Howdy Doody collectibles, amusement park toys, toy buses, boats and wooden toys.

One of the auction's expected top lots is a Marklin clockwork-driven Jupiter luxury liner ship, a great example of fine German workmanship and the pride of the Maloy fleet. This style of ship is quite rare, as many children of the early 1900s would have preferred a toy battleship to a luxury boat. The 27-inch-long ship is in excellent to pristine condition and is expected to sail away for $12,000-$20,000.

A large Schoenner (Germany) 4-4-0, 80mm toy locomotive made for the American market, 17 inches long and larger in size than gauge 4, carries an estimate of $10,000-$16,000. This is a very scarce live steam train with the rare reverse feature, one of only a handful of its type known to exist. It is hand-painted and professionally restored, with a replica balloon smokestack made to the exact scale of the original. The tender retains the original paint.

The May 29-30, 2026 Annual Spring Auction will be held live at Bertoia's gallery, at 2141 DeMarco Drive, Vineland, NJ 08360, starting at 10AM ET both days. Preview by appointment only the week before the auction. Remote bidding options include absentee, phone, or live online via Bertoia Live (https://bid.bertoiaauctions.com/), LiveAuctioneers or Invaluable. For additional information on any item, to leave an absentee bid, schedule a private-preview appointment, or reserve a telephone line for bidding, call 856-692-1881 or email toys@bertoiaauctions.com. Online: www.bertoiaauctions.com.