There’s model-car collecting, and then there’s people like Ron van der Hoort. Over the span of 35 years, give or take a few months, he put together what is believed to be one of the largest Dinky Toys ...
ONE man's remarkable collection of Dinky toy cars, buses and military vehicles has sold for a staggering £180,000. Steve Bonney spent 30 years scouring specialist toy shops and auctions in pursuit of ...
Some of the first Dinky Toys ever made have fetched almost £50,000 at auction. Two boxes containing 12 rare delivery vans from the firm's infancy in 1933 were snapped up by a private collector. The ...
A rare collection of 2,000 Dinky toys and other cars and trains which has been lovingly built up over 50 years could fetch £250,000 at an auction on Teesside next week. Retired car dealer Raymond ...
An extraordinary collection of toy cars is expected to fetch a staggering £125,000 when it goes under the hammer. At more than 1,500 lots the Mike Reason Collection is so huge it will be sold at ...
A collection of model Dinky Toys cars accumulated over 35 years have been sold for a staggering £350,000. The rare set of around 1,600 figures toy vehicles had been amassed by Dutch collector Robert ...
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The display at Brighton Toy and Model Museum includes 400 rare 1930s Dinky toys. A private collection of rare 1930s Dinky toys has gone on public display. The exhibition of 400 Meccano-made items have ...
One of the country’s biggest collections of toy cars raised £60,000 after it went under the hammer. Don Hoggarth spent a lifetime amassing almost 1,000 Dinky Toy cars and trucks before his death last ...