The joy of toys brought to you by Barbara Bieshaar

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As an expert in toys for Catawiki, every day feels like the weekend.

Barbara holds fond memories of visiting toy fairs since her childhood. In time, Barbara’s keen interest quickly turned into a day job, buying and selling toys in all shapes and sizes – from tin toys to dolls and bears and iconic toys. With her commercial know-how and in-depth knowledge built over a lifetime, Barbara is in her element as a toy expert for Catawiki: “Seeing all the toys submitted for auction feels like I’m wandering around the world’s biggest toy fair”. Driven by this joyous enthusiasm, Barbara devotes a lot of time in curating auctions with a wide variety of toys. When the small details matter, Barbara is happy to assist sellers in discovering an object’s brand, model and age, ensuring accuracy, authenticity, and the highest quality for all objects auctioned.

Barbara holds fond memories of visiting toy fairs since her childhood. In time, Barbara’s keen interest quickly turned into a day job, buying and selling toys in all shapes and sizes – from tin toys to dolls and bears and iconic toys. With her commercial know-how and in-depth knowledge built over a lifetime, Barbara is in her element as a toy expert for Catawiki: “Seeing all the toys submitted for auction feels like I’m wandering around the world’s biggest toy fair”. Driven by this joyous enthusiasm, Barbara devotes a lot of time in curating auctions with a wide variety of toys. When the small details matter, Barbara is happy to assist sellers in discovering an object’s brand, model and age, ensuring accuracy, authenticity, and the highest quality for all objects auctioned.

  • 6 years of experience at Catawiki 
  • Deep passion and knowledge of toys
  • Direct experience with buying and selling
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Barbara holds fond memories of visiting toy fairs since her childhood. In time, Barbara’s keen interest quickly turned into a day job, buying and selling toys in all shapes and sizes – from tin toys to dolls and bears and iconic toys. With her commercial know-how and in-depth knowledge built over a lifetime, Barbara is in her element as a toy expert for Catawiki: “Seeing all the toys submitted for auction feels like I’m wandering around the world’s biggest toy fair”. Driven by this joyous enthusiasm, Barbara devotes a lot of time in curating auctions with a wide variety of toys. When the small details matter, Barbara is happy to assist sellers in discovering an object’s brand, model and age, ensuring accuracy, authenticity, and the highest quality for all objects auctioned.

Barbara holds fond memories of visiting toy fairs since her childhood. In time, Barbara’s keen interest quickly turned into a day job, buying and selling toys in all shapes and sizes – from tin toys to dolls and bears and iconic toys. With her commercial know-how and in-depth knowledge built over a lifetime, Barbara is in her element as a toy expert for Catawiki: “Seeing all the toys submitted for auction feels like I’m wandering around the world’s biggest toy fair”. Driven by this joyous enthusiasm, Barbara devotes a lot of time in curating auctions with a wide variety of toys. When the small details matter, Barbara is happy to assist sellers in discovering an object’s brand, model and age, ensuring accuracy, authenticity, and the highest quality for all objects auctioned.

What our experts do

Virtually review submitted objectsAssist sellers with object presentationMatch objects to the perfect auction