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 ...
Toy owners may be sitting on a small fortune after a collection of rare Dinky toy vans sold for thousands at auction in Market Harborough. People are now being urged to check their collections to see ...
A HUGE collection of Dinky Models is set to be sold for £250,000. The rare set of little toy vehicles has been amassed over 35 years by Dutchman Robert van der Hoort ...
A classic toy car has sold on eBay for almost £1,000 after inspiring a mini bidding war from 29 collectors. The Dinky Toy Oldsmobile fetched £992 when it sold on the online auction site earlier this ...
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 ...
The rarest model was a Dinky 139 Ford Consul Cortina, South African Issue, which has a bright green interior A Dinky toy collection of about 3,500 cars has fetched £150,000 at an auction of ...
A collection of 3,000 toy cars, trucks and trains which was built up over 50 years has been sold at auction for £227,000. Retired car dealer Raymond Hainsworth, 78, did not expect to make a fortune on ...
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 ...
A Dinky toy collection of about 3,500 cars has fetched £150,000 at an auction of "international significance". John Kinchen, from Portsmouth, collected the vehicles for decades before his death last ...