VINELAND,
NJ.- The dreams of thousands of toy
collectors worldwide have come true since last March when Bertoia
launched a
semiannual series of auctions to disperse the renowned Donald Kaufman
Collection. Last September when the hammer fell on the closing lot for
part II
of the series, the incomparable collection of American, European and
Japanese
toys had already taken in $7.2 million, with much more to come.
The
massive Kaufman toy box has not been depleted of its premier offerings
of rare
toys. On April 16-17, 2010, Bertoia’s will debut part III of the Donald
Kaufman
Collection, which will include the first offerings of classic American
character
toys from this prestigious collection. “The selection will astound
collectors –
something like this won’t happen again in our lifetime,” said Rich
Bertoia, who
catalogued the majority of the auction..