I am looking for some links to shopping sites that cater to the ultra
rich and wealthy. In particular, I have a client that is selling
EXPENSIVE TOYS for children of the rich. We want to locate sites that
cater to children from 3 yrs old to 12yrs. We don't want plastic toys
but exotic gifts. So far we have looked using words like "expensive,
affluent, rich kids, expensive gifts, toys, expensive toys, gifts for
wealthy" etc and have
not got the results we are looking for. Can you help?

Hi eldoren,

Here is a list of sites I found, selling expensive toys. The list is
in no particular order, and unless noted differently, all prices are
in United States Dollars



Hammacher Schlemmer sells expensive and unusual toys, broken down by age.
http://www.hammacher.com/children/children.asp?catId=2&promo=toys

Items at Hamamcher Schlemmer include a portable back-yard ice rink for $200
http://www.hammacher.com/publish/70512.asp?promo=to_5_7_years
and
An air hockey game for $259 
http://www.hammacher.com/publish/68296.asp?promo=to_8_11_years



Over your age range, but interesting none the less, for $5,849 you can
buy a Human Bowling game or a flying saucer for $15,000
http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/popups/expensive_toys/frameset.4.exclude.html
http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/popups/expensive_toys/frameset.3.exclude.html




Mobileation offers an online  Kiddie Luxury Car Lot! Kid?s cars range
from $7,992.50 for a stripped down Jeep to $ 39,950.00  for a
Testarossa!
http://shop.mobileation.com/s.nl/c.ACCT124922/sc.2/category.3/.f;jsessionid=79f487d67dbf44e6bce0ccdc68b6ab71

Mobileation also offers hand carved wooden rocking horses, ranging
from a simple dapple gray for $1,820.00   to an extra large horse of
cherry wood for $6,890.00
http://shop.mobileation.com/s.nl/c.ACCT124922/sc.2/category.42/.f

You said you didn?t want ?plastic? toys?these playhouses are made of
plastic, but seem expensive to me, with prices ranging from $223 to
$1,000.
http://shop.mobileation.com/s.nl/c.ACCT124922/sc.2/category.410/.f

Water toys for $129-$361
http://shop.mobileation.com/s.nl/c.ACCT124922/sc.2/category.244/.f



Willowtree Toys
http://www.willowtreetoys.com/?META=adwords
$114 for a 15? cotton doll
http://www.willowtreetoys.com/product/KK3800
Wooden Kitchen Furniture
http://www.willowtreetoys.com/category/3b/

Back to Basics Toys has a toy grand piano for $300. Most of their
other items are not outrageously expensive, however.
http://www.backtobasicstoys.com/orstore/ShowItem.aspx?productID=4787

My Toy Box carries many expensive items, such musical instruments,
golf clubs and golf cars for kids, and  Kettcars and KettScooters from
Germany. This site is written in frames -- you?ll need to click on the
categories in the left hand column.
http://www.mytoybox.com/kettler.htm


Creative Playthings sells swingsets and playsets, of wood.
http://www.creativeplaythings.com/productmain.php

Magic Cabin, has stuffed animals and dolls, $40-$100
http://www.magiccabin.com/productGroups.asp?section_id=2&join_key=265&sc=1004&body_sc=1004&gc=8500


Samantha?s Dolls sells very expensive dolls. The site is written in
frames, which makes it impossible for me to give you a link to the
most expensive dolls, but if you search around, particularly for the
Gotz Puppenmanufaktur line, you?ll find dolls over $400.
http://www.samanthasdolls.com/default.htm

Ellen?s Dolls also sells very expensive dolls
http://ellensdolls.com/merchant/leemiddleton.htm?gtse=goog&gtkw=lee+middleton

Toy World Too
$149 for a plastic Western fort
http://www.toyworldtoo.com/cj/det/Fort_Eagle.html

Electric scooters up to $700 at Freakin? Sports
http://www.freakin-sports.com/bladez_gasscooters_electricscooters.php?source=google1

Robotixs and Things sells robotic toys of all price ranges, from $40
to $600 for this Aibo dog:
http://www.epinions.com/kifm-Toys-All-Aibo/display_~full_specs


Maukilo European Toys,  wooden kitchen furniture $106- $265
http://www.maukilo.com/index.html?cPath=283
Wooden trucks and cars to $24
http://www.maukilo.com/index.html?cPath=73&sort=3a&&page=2&
Dolls, and doll furniture
http://www.maukilo.com/index.html?cPath=113


Growing Tree Toys
Flying Turtle, $69 
http://www.growingtreetoys.com/product/4013
and Calico Critters Doll House $99
http://www.growingtreetoys.com/product/4426
and Fun Ride Deluxe, $90
http://www.growingtreetoys.com/product/4067

Into the Wind has kites:
This one is $328
http://www.intothewind.com/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?itemnum=7995&sql=q3
This one is $175
http://www.intothewind.com/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?itemnum=7875&sql=zero

Toys for a Lifetime, sells a wide price range of toys, including this
doll house for $145
http://toys4life.com/Family%20Dollhouse.htm

Silly Goose has a baseball game for $120
http://usillygoose.com/oldcenbas.html
and a riding John Deere tractor for kids
http://usillygoose.com/jodegarion.html

Otherland, in the UK has some unusual and high priced toys, such as a
Barnstormer Plane, and a Luke Skywalker Light Saber (Prices are in
British pounds):
http://www.otherlandtoys.co.uk/shop_by_price.php?range=4&page=2
Here is a Currency Converter to help with prices:
http://www.dollars2pounds.com/Content/index.php


When I think of expensive, exclusive toys, I think of FAO Schwarz. 
Their site is currently down for what they call a makeover (Chapter 11
may be the REAL reason), but I?m sure if they re-open,  you can find
expensive, quality toys at FAO Schwarz
http://www.fao.com/DownForMaintenance.htm

Here is a cached page, from archive.org  for you to get an idea.
Because it is an older, cached page, not all the links or graphics
will work.
http://web.archive.org/web/20010504100900/www.fao.com/FAOWeb/EComm/index.cfm

Neat Stuff
http://www.neatstuffgifts.com/playthings.htm
$140 for a wooden rocking horse
http://www.neatstuffgifts.com/carts/furniture/rockhorse.htm


Zebra Hall has a play circus tent, $235
http://www.zebrahall.com/z097-dcs001.html
and a German Rocking Horse for $220
http://www.zebrahall.com/z097-vrh001.html



Toy Wise has a stuffed caterpillar for $85
http://www.toy-wise.com/toys_info.php?products_id=255

Wooden Trains at Wooden Tracks 
http://pluto.he.net/cgi-bin/suid/~dkd/catalog.pl?xcata=trains

Un4Gettable Toys has some high-dollar toys, like this battery powered
Porsche for $339.
http://www.un4gettabletoys.com/porsche%20boxter.htm

and this Splasher Pool for $289
http://www.un4gettabletoys.com/pool.htm
http://www.un4gettabletoys.com/berchet%20cars.html

Pieces of Vermont: Not highly expensive, but not inexpensive either.
http://www.piecesofvermont.com/wooden-toys.html

Hope this helps, eldoren. If any part of my answer is unclear, or if I
have duplicated information you already have, please ask for an Answer
Clarification, before rating. This will allow me to assist you
further, if possible.

Regards,
crabcakes-ga

Search Strategy:
Luxury toys
Upscale toys
Ultimate toys
Exclusive toys
Select toys
Elite toys
Extravagant toys
Unique and hard to find toys

This research helped me out. A number of high end sites that I was
aware of and forgot to include in my original research were mentioned
and this helped.

Here is another site: http://www.quirkle.com

This site has some higher priced, and unusual toys. http://www.sillyasstoys.com