Incredible Elmer's Toy Collection Heads to Auction

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WILLOUGHBY, Ohio—The legendary collection of toys from Elmer’s Auto & Toy Museum, Fountain City, Wis., heads to auction Saturday, Oct. 28, at Milestone Auctions. The event is the first in a multi-year series of quarterly sales of thousands of toys that enchanted museum visitors for nearly 30 years.

Elmer and Bernadette Duellman were married 56 years and amassed one of the greatest auto and toy collections in the world. Elmer died in 2019.

Image courtesy of the Duellman family

Elmer and Bernadette Duellman started Elmer’s Auto & Toy Museum in 1994. It quickly grew into one of the most impressive and sprawling collections of cars, motorcycles, pedal cars, bicycles, signs and toys in the world. In the fall of 2022, Mecum Auctions handled the sale of the museum’s vast collection of prized cars, a sale that realized $8.5 million.

“We feel honored to be chosen by the Duellman family to represent Elmer’s incomparable collection,” Miles King, co-founder of Milestone Auctions, said. “We know the toy community is going to love what’s coming in each successive sale.”

**Alps Japan tin friction Lincoln Futura, with original box. Estimate: $2,500-$3,500.**

The initial 818-lot auction begins at 10 a.m. EST, Saturday, Oct. 28. You can preview the sale at the auction gallery, 38198 Willoughby Parkway, Willoughby, Ohio, during the week prior to the auction, and from 8-10 a.m. the day of the event. Bidding is live at the gallery, absentee, or live online through HiBid (via Milestone’s website), LiveAuctioneers, Invaluable, or AuctionZip.