Vintage Toy Construction Lot – Tinkertoy No. 155 Big Boy Canister with Wood Spools & Halsam American

Featured Toy 1: The Original Tinkertoy “Big Boy” Set No. 155.
Manufacturer: The Toy Tinkers, Division of A.G. Spalding & Bros. Inc., Evanston, Illinois.
Era: Vintage mid-century (circa 1950s–1960s).
Components: Includes a dense assortment of traditional interlocking round wooden spools, multi-colored rods, and internal structural components alongside its vintage paper instruction sheet.
Featured Toy 2: American Plastic Bricks Set No. 725.
Manufacturer: Halsam Products Company, Chicago, Illinois (Division of Playskool Manufacturing Company).
Components: Contains a variety of early interlocking plastic building blocks (predominantly red, white, and clear bricks) with simulated roofing panels, windows, and doors.
Condition Report
Canisters: Both canisters display a wonderful retro aesthetic with bold typography and lithographed imagery. The Tinkertoy cardboard cylinder shows minor shelf scuffs, base rim wear, and natural aging to the paper wrap. The American Plastic Bricks canister is similarly solid, showcasing vibrant mid-century graphics, with minor paper peeling near an old price tag location on the upper rim.
Internal Contents: Internal pieces appear clean, bright, and well-preserved within their respective storage canisters. Please note that these vintage toys are being sold as-is in a combined estate lot; individual, piece-by-piece inventory counts against the original manufacturing specifications have not been verified.