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.

A toy truck from the 1950s has fetched £12,000 at auction following a worldwide bidding war. Stockton-On-Tees auctioneers, Vectis, got such a high price for the Dinky toy because of its rarity. The ...

The collection included many "rare and hard to find" variations, with several of the toys reaching about £2,000 each. This Dinky No.905 Foden (2nd type) Chain Wagon sold for £3,600 Vectis Toy ...

A collection of model Dinky Toys cars accumulated over 35 years have ... A US export version of a Foden 1st Cab Diesel eight-wheeled wagon, estimated between £800 and £1,200, eventually sold ...

A collection of model Dinky cars accumulated over 35 years have been sold for a staggering £350,000. Featuring about 1,600 figures, Dutch collector Rob van der Hoort, started buying the toys in 1985.