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 ...

150 years after the birth of one of the world's most celebrated toy creators, Google has paid tribute to Mr Hornby with a nostalgic doodle featuring toy trains. Frank Hornby, the inventor of Hornby ...

There is great excitement among Dinky Toy fans over tomorrow's sale of more than 3000 toys from the famous Remy-Meeus collection. Q: Are Dinky Toys valuable? A: The sale is expected to run into the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Dinky Toys celebrates its 75th anniversary this year as continuing enthusiasm for its miniature die-cast vehicles drives values to record highs - in some cases they are more expensive than a real car.

Almost 500 rare Dinky toys and other objects rescued from the Meccano headquarters before it closed 30 years ago will go under the auctioneer's hammer next month. Many of the items have never been ...

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 ...

DinkyToys celebrates its 75th anniversary-this year as continuing-enthusiasm for its miniature die-cast vehicles drives values to record highs - in some cases they are more expensive than a real car.

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 ...