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 ...
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 couple who have built up a rare collection of 2,000 Dinky toys and other cars and trains over 50 years could see it fetch £250,000 at auction next week. Retired car dealer Raymond Hainsworth, 78, ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ken McRae, 66, has become an expert on Dinky toys since he began collecting them in earnest in the 1980s. 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 auction next week. Retired car dealer Raymond Hainsworth, 78, and ...
A tiny Dinky Toy van which is 'one of the rarest ever made' is on auction for thousands of pounds. The 3.25 inch long grey and blue Monks & Crane van, made between 1954 and 1960, is on sale for £7,000 ...
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 ...
A rare collection of Dinky toys are being auctioned on Teesside today. The cars, which came from a single owner, date from the 1930s to the 1970s. Experts predict each item will fetch between £60 - £5 ...
A toy car collector was held in a cell for four hours and refused his heart medication over the £16 online sale of three Dinky models. Charles Traynor from Glasgow was taken into custody, photographed ...
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