Heraldic knights created by master sculptor Richard Courtenay, widely considered to be the premier maker of these models. Jack was determined to assemble at least one figure of every pose that Courtenay produced. He came very close to this lofty goal that has never been reached by any collector. Sadly, Jack passed away before reaching his goal. He was however, able to state that he had one of the rarest and most desirable of all Courtenay figures -- the Iconic Rocking Horse (Lot 115) which is pictured in Peter Greenhill's book "Heraldic Miniature Knights" and is the cover lot for this sale. Only two of these figures were ever produced.

Cindy considered trying to complete Jack's mission. She produced beautiful individualized magnetic presentation boxes for the vast majority of the figures. With time, she decided it would be best to pass these figures forward to the next generation of collectors.  

Old Toy Soldier Auctions is proud to offer the Jack Jones Historic Collection of Courtenay. This is the finest, most comprehensive collection of heraldic Courtenay knights ever made available. An astonishing 271 Courtenay figures will be offered in this once in a generation sale. There are figures acquired from most of the fields emeritus collectors like Malcolm Forbes, Lenoir Josey, John Gilliatt and Peter Greenhill. The provenance of the figures is well documented and many are pictured in the numerous books featuring these knights.

Jack and Cindy Jones had a passion to preserve the past. Use this opportunity to preserve your small portion of the past by keeping Courtenay figures the highly collectible figures that they are.