Dinky toys are 1/43 scale die-cast models of boats, trains, trucks, cars and aeroplanes. They were launched in 1934 by Frank Hornby to put alongside his train sets.

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.

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Even though the Dinky toy has seen better days it's still expected to sell for more than £2k Credit: BNPS. 5. The toy van was made between 1934 and 1936 Credit: BNPS. 5.

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 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 ...

A private collection of rare 1930s Dinky toys has gone on public display. The exhibition of 400 Meccano-made items have been put on show at Brighton Toy and Model Museum.

Dinky toys became popular in the early 1950s, with most of the detailed models of cars, lorries and even horseboxes, having a scale of about one to 48. Although Dinky toys had no rivals at first, ...

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 ...

Meanwhile a Dinky 182 Porsche 356a Couple in near-mint condition sold for £1,320 at Vectis auction house, in Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees. Robert said: “The auction was a great experience for me.