ONE man's remarkable collection of Dinky toy cars, buses and military vehicles has sold for a staggering £180,000.

The collection includes items dating from 1933 to the early 1970s, ranging from pre-war locomotives and tractors, to road and racing cars, buses, coaches, motorcycles, and military vehicles, but ...

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 collection of thousands of rare Dinky toys sells for £150,000 at an auction of "international significance".