Released on: February 21, 2008, 8:42 am

Press Release Author: Fred & Gail Taylor

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Harrison Auctions will hold the first of several auctions to
disperse key items from a lifetime collection of toys.

Press Release Body: CAPE CORAL, FL - The heirs to a lifetime collection of toys have
selected Floyd Harrison, owner of Harrison Auctions of Cape Coral, to begin the
dispersal of a portion of the collection. Many of the lots in this inventory were
exhibited on loan during the life of the collector at the National Farm Toy Museum
in Dyersville, IA, home to over 30,000 farm related toys. Some of these lots retain
their Museum tags. Upon his death the family reclaimed the items and are now
offering them for sale.

This sale will include 260 lots of toys dating from the late 1800s to the 1960s and
includes many examples of farm toys as well as other types of toys. The inventory
will include lithograph toys, tin toys, cast iron toys and wind up models associated
with names like Argo, Wyandotte, Buddy L, Keystone, Marx, Chein, Tootsies, Lionel,
Tonka, Hubley, Lindstrom, Linemar, John Deere, Structo and Auburn to name a few.

Highlights of the sale include a Keystone Packard Model Police Paddy Wagon 28\" long
in like new condition, a Louis Marx child's Pioneer Express riding engine, a Buddy L
Emergency Unit truck, a Marx Lumar Road Grader, a Minneapolis Moline 1478 Model
tractor, a 12in Marx Coca-Cola truck, a Wyandotte Steel Stake Body Truck and a Tin
Lighograph Windup Laying Hen with Wooden Eggs.

The sale will be conducted by Harrison Auctions at Eyeing the Past Antique Shop
located at 1936 Commercial Drive, Fort Myers, FL 33901 (239) 275-8885. Live bidding
begins at 10:00AM on Saturday March 8 and 11:00AM Sunday March 9. Preview is
available at Eyeing the Past during the week before the sale from 9:30AM to 3:00PM
daily. The sale will be online through iCollector in association with eBay Live
Auctions. Absentee bids will be accepted but there will be no phone bidding. Only
100 seats are available for this sale with no advance seat reservations. The second
sale from this collection will probably take place next mid summer.

For more information contact Floyd Harrison at (239) 574-6909, email
harrisonsauction@aol.com or see online information including photos and descriptions
at www.flauctions.com, select the March 8 date and click "bid online" to view the
inventory.


Web Site: http://flauctions.com

Contact Details: Floyd Harrison
239-574-6909
harrisonauction@aol.com