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

There was no shortage of old world charms with toys, models, teddy bears ... mainly a man's world - fuelled by the lure of toy trains and dinky cars. "It is a male dominated fair.

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.