Initially sold in mixed sets of six, Dinky cars proved to be the perfect toys for Depression-era kids ... Hot Wheels were American made and European brands simply couldn't compete.

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

Lindsey Amrani, editor of specialist magazine Model Collector, says: 'Prices have boomed for Dinky Toys since the credit ... It initially offered cars, boats, planes and vans as model railway ...

A British icon, Dinky Toys was the miniature car division ... Matchbox survives to this day with a vast range of toy cars, though it's now owned by American giant Mattel, which also gave the ...

They may look like any other children's toys - but this collection of model cars is expected to fetch a staggering £250,000 at auction next week. The rare set, which includes 2,000 Dinky toys as ...

These toys became so popular that Matchbox started to overtake Dinky as the generic term for any die cast toy car. By the time Dinky finally closed in 1979, it had more than 1000 models in ...

The seller revealed the car had originally belonged to their grandfather, who collected the Dinky Toys while in the UK, working in South Africa as a railway engineer, and while in Canada.

Dinky toys are among the most valuable and collectable toys and models. A collection of 3,500 cars fetched £150,000 at auction in Devon in 2016. The collection, owned by friend of the museum ...

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 ... of Dinky toys during his lifetime ...