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.

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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 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.

An Eagle Freighter from Space 1999 brought in £490, while the Dinky Toys "Fun Ahoy" set brought in £710. Pre-war coaches and buses were constantly attracting the highest bidders. Most read in Money ...

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.

A Dinky toy collection of about 3,500 cars has fetched £150,000 at an auction of "international significance". John Kinchen, from Portsmouth, collected the vehicles for decades before his death ...

Dinky Toys that fetch big prices - after 75 years, model cars are still treasured. By TOBY WALNE FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY Updated: 17:04 EDT, 4 April 2009 ...

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, ...

The World’s Largest Dinky Toys Collection Is About to Sell at Auction for Huge Bucks. Published: 17 Sep 2022, 07:11 UTC • By: Elena Gorgan. 8 photos. Photo: Vectis Auctions.

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 ...

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 ...