Founder of KB Toys auctioning off his collection of antique automotive toys in NJ

Founder of KB Toys auctioning off collection in NJ

VINELAND, N.J. — One of the greatest automotive toy collections in the world is being auctioned off in New Jersey.

KB Toy founder Donald Kaufman is selling thousands of the toys he’s collected over the last half-century. The cache includes cars, buses, airplanes, motorcycles and fire engines dating from the early 1900s to the 1960s. Some are in their original boxes.

The toys will be sold Friday and Saturday at Bertoia Auctions in Vineland.

The first half of the collection was sold in March. It netted more than $4 million in bids from toy collectors who flew in from around the world.

The 78-year-old Kaufman says he’s selling his toys because his daughters aren’t interested in inheriting them.

Information from: The Press of Atlantic City, www.pressofatlanticcity.com