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 ...

Frank Hornby, the inventor of Hornby model railways, Meccano and Dinky Toys, had no training as an engineer or craftsman but began making toys for his children in 1899.

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 ...

The Simply Dinky Auction at Vectis Auctions, Stockton, attracted global interest and raised £87,520 with its 'exceptional range of Dinky toys.

Trading in Dinky die-cast toys (made from 1935 to 1979 by the same company that gave us Meccano and Hornby trains) operates pretty much like any other stockmarket, except on a smaller scale. 1:48 ...

A battered Dinky Toy car has sold for more than £5,000 after it sparked an unlikely bidding war. The rare model of a Vauxhall Victor estate was commissioned in 1963 as a promotional item by an ...

A Dinky toy has sold for more than £6,000 at an auction on Teesside. The French Dinky No.561 Citroen type H Van "Baroclem", which was in "near mint" condition, was expected to reach about £4,000 ...

Peter Dean shows off the Dinky model and the not-so-dinky tractor. FOR collectors of classic toys it is almost an essential that the best items should come with their original boxes.

‌ Liverpool toy maker and inventor Frank Hornby Mr Hornby, born in 1863, invented Meccano, as well as founding the model railway company which bears his name and Dinky Toys.