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 collections ... Ron van der Hoort’s collection includes all of that ...

"There is a nostalgia among wealthy older buyers for Dinky toys ... the pricey collection was iconic Ferrari and Maserati models and a particularly unique Weetabix truck.

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 ...

including cars and military trucks, is set to drive up a significant sum at an upcoming auction. The collection comprises of 400 vintage toys from famed manufacturers like Corgi, Dinky and Triang ...

They said: “My late Grandfathers collection of Dinky Toys purchased from UK, South Africa (where he was a railway engineer) and from Canada. “Many were used on his model train layout ...

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.

The Dinky Toy collection has recently sold for an eye-watering £87,520 at the Simply Dinky Auction. One of the items even fetched a world record price going under the hammer for £2,570 which is ...