SOME PREVIOUS AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS...

MOY: Y10-3 Rolls-Royce preproduction with metallic pink-purple chassis and wings, cream-white body, bright red seats and grille, chrome 12 spoke wheels. Unboxed.
SOLD FOR £128.00 plus commissions...

MINIATURE RW: No. 12 Safari Land Rover in metallic gold with black plastic regular wheels. Pristine model in its correct crisp 'F' box.
SOLD FOR £911.00 plus commissions...

ACCESSORY PACKS: #3 Garage, complete with clip, box is complete, some creasing to one end and partially detached end flap together with #2 Car Transporter, cab and body 98-99% mint in a good complete box.
SOLD FOR £55.00 plus commissions...

please email me ... kevin@matchboxclub.com

AUCTION 28-1 STARTS 29 MARCH AND CLOSES 3 MAY 2012...this auction will include 50+ models from the Tom Mathieson Collection including the only known two tone green Spyker...

Have you some Matchbox models you would like to auction off? If so then please email kevin@matchboxclub.com

Auction 28-1 starts Thursday 29 March and closes at 8.00 am (UK time) on Thursday 26 April 2012.

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The Sugar Lorry is one of the earliest accredited Code 2 models...

MOKO: A fine example of the 1950s orange tractor with rare clockwork mechanism, with good complete tracks, driver and often lacking original key, body work is virtually mint at 99%, some rub marks to rollers, superb box. Factory fresh, hence probably the best example of this rare toy to come to auction in recent years.
Reserve £350

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MOY: Y16-2 Spyker in two-tone green. This is a unique model and has been featured in several Matchbox books and publications. It was purchased from the great Californian collector Bob Hawkins in 1984 who in turn had bought it from Ray Bush, the editor of the Matchbox UK Club. It is 99% mint and comes complete with a 'green' model box. This is a once in a life time opportunity to take over the ownership of what is probably the rarest Models of Yesteryear model.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £2,500


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MINIATURES SF: A collection of 25+ pre 1983 miniatures, all with Made in England bases, includes a pre-pro red truck with 'Zoo Truck No 35' on base and #32 Gun with camouflage livery, the vast majority mint some in clear Matchbox logo boxes, others unboxed.
Reserve £25


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MOY: Y8-2 Motorcycle and side car later preproduction with closed forks and non released colour trial solid white bike seat and yellow side car seat. A couple of small marks to the plating only. Unboxed.
Reserve £150


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MOKO: Merry-Go-Round/Carousel in mid- blue and maroon circa 1950, with 5 riders, overall very good condition, some small paint chips, 97% mint, complete with its original plain cardboard box. This toy remains one of the hardest to find Moko toys especially complete and with its original box.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £500



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PRINTED MATERIAL: The 4 Matchbox Series Painting Books circa 1960. Nos 1 to 4 in unused condition, 99% mint, its covers do not have tears and are bright and clean.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £400


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EARLY LESNEY TOY: Massey Harris Tractor in red, circa 1954, complete with detachable exhaust pipe, 99% mint all with a clean complete box.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £400


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MOY: Y2-3 Prince Henry Vauxhall in red and silver presented in a glass bottle complete with a good original box.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £80

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MOKO: Peck-Peck Bird circa 1949 with a mechanical blue body, red eyes and black feather tail. Mint with an excellent box. This is the best known example.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £350


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MOY: Y42-1 1939 Albion Lorry 'Libby's production model with a non released load of 10 brown rolls or tubes, as crafted out of tin. Bought from an ex member of the R & D UK. Unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £80


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MOY: Y12 Ford Model T 'Taystee Bread' with the large 30 x 19 mm production transfer, one side of model is missing a tiny piece of its red coach line and the other side has one small mark to paint.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £200


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EARLY LESNEY TOY: 12 Bread Bait Presses circa 1949 in their original cardboard counter display box, each red press is mint unused and complete with crisp boxes.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £350


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MINIATURES SF: TP-14 containing #63 Military 'High Octane' Tanker and #16 Badger Radar truck; only the bottom right hand corner of the Blister Pack is creased, all else perfect.
Reserve £20

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MINIATURES SF: A grouping of 4 mint boxed American cars, #1 Dodge Challenger with silver interior,#4 Pontiac Firebird in light blue, #10 Piston Popper together with #28 Lincoln Continental.
Reserve £25

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MINIATURES SF: TP-12 containing #20 Range Rover Military Police and #18 Field Car all in a near to perfect Blister Pack.
Reserve £20

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MINIATURES SF: A grouping of 5 mint boxed European cars, #3 Porsche, #7 VW Golf, #9 Ford RS2000, #21 Renault together with #39 Rolls-Royce. All with clean complete boxes.
Reserve £25

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MINIATURES SF: TP-11 containing #5 US Army Military Jeep and #18 Honda CB750 Motorcycle, all in a near to perfect Blister Pack.
Reserve £20

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MINIATURES SF: 4 boxed cars to include #3 Porsche; #35 Fandango; #45 Ford Group 6 and #69 Turbo Fury.
Reserve £15

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Lot 23. MINIATURES RW: A small collection of 6 unboxed models ranging between 96 and 99% mint, as shown in the image.
Reserve £20

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MOY: Y30 Mack Truck 'Consolidated' yellow canopy, dark blue chassis, brown wings and toffee coloured spoked wheels, unboxed.
Reserve £25

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MOY: Two x Y12 Ford T Ford vans (1) 'Captain Morgan' on a bright red van and (2) 'Captain Morgan' on an orange van, both likely to be 'Lunch-Time' Specials. Unboxed.
Reserve £50


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MOY: Y1-2-8 T Ford in off-white and dark red with a black textured roof, rare, in a crisp F box, book value is £120. Reserve £40

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MOY: Y5-2 Bentley as issue 11, rare version with No. 6 and 'D' base, pristine model and its correct F box (Book value £100).
Reserve £40


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MOY: Y5 Talbot Van in green '2nd AIM Convention'; one of the early Code 2 models, dating back to 1978. Good box.
Reserve £50

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MOY: YFE01 Mack Fire Engine pre-production in a much lighter red colour with a screwed Y23 Mack Tanker base; the bell by the driver' seat nearside is at a different angle and has different supports; the white rear section, the white is different; the side extinguisher on off-side is in silver and coach-lines etc are transfers and not tampo. Unboxed.
Reserve £45

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MOY: Y24-1 Bugatti pre-production with an early rough body casting in grey with a light blue side panel one side and maroon the other; a maroon-red base; the front grille has a gap and is loose from the bonnet; luggage box is sprayed grey and dull silver sprayed wheels. Unboxed.
Reserve £70


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PERFECT TOY: The Muir Hill Site Dump Truck in green and red with driver as released by MICA in the 1990s. Clean numbered and complete box.
Reserve £35


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Lot 34. MOY: Y3-3 Benz Limousine as issue 15 with grey tyres, excellent window box.
Reserve £60

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MOY: Y3-4 Riley, as issue 4, an exquisite ruby red model with black plastics, rated VR and priced at £300 in the book. Excellent box, low and competitive estimate.
Reserve £85

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PERFECT TOY: The Soapbox Racer, blue scarf version, as released by MICA in 1991.
Good complete box lacking one internal end flap, otherwise 'perfect'.
Reserve £50



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MOY: Y1-1-14 Allchin with dark red painted wheels and riveted axles, 9 slats and gold boiler door, complete with a line drawing box.
Reserve £70


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MOKO: Excavator circa 1950 in orange with driver and original rubber tracks, 98-99% mint with a good complete box.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £200


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MOY: Y1-3 Jaguar SS in mid-blue and matt black chassis, small side lights, an early pre-production. Purchased in a MICA UK postal auction. Unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £150


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MINIATURE RW: #21a Bedford Coach 'London-Glasgow', metal wheels, some marks at rear of model (97-98% mint) with a complete box.
Reserve £30


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MOY: Y2-2 Renault, an early production model with an unplated windscreen, green metal steering wheel, 4 prong spare wheel carrier and a preproduction colour trial blue seat. Unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £150


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MOY: Y7-1-9 Leyland 'Jacobs' in reddish-brown as issue 9 with black plastic wheels; excellent original transfers and paint work with surface rubs only along roof edges only, hence 98-99% mint. Boxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £600


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MOY: Y2-3 Prince Henry Vauxhall, an early pre-production in green and silver, gold tank and red 12 spoke wheels, unboxed. Bought in a MICA UK Postal Auction.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £120



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EARLY LESNEY TOY: Prime Mover, Trailer & Bulldozer, circa 1950, virtually mint, with no replacement parts, complete with a good original blue box.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £400


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MOY: Y4-3 Opel pre-production in a non released red with black chassis and fitted with a colour trail hood in white and matching grille. Silver wheels. No apparent defects. Unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £120


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Lot 51. MOY: Y9-2 Simplex, production model in mid-green with a colour trial smooth white roof and yellow seats and red grille. The shade of yellow is different to the yellow used on the red Simplex models. Unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £120


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MOY: Y8-3 Stutz, blue production model with smooth black roof with a colour trial grey spare wheel carrier, unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £60


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MOY: Y15 Packard Victoria with a green-gold body, dark brown chassis, white roof and colour trial blue seats and red grille, unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £100


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MOY: Y7-3 Rolls-Royce, an early pre-production in peppermint greens and yellow with a smooth matching smooth green roof, dark red seats, various chips, 95-96% mint, unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £300


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MOY: Y16-3 Ferrari Dino 266/V12 pre-production with a dark green body instead of production red, a red chassis, black seat and decorated with #47 decals instead of #12. Unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £150


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MOY: Y8-2 Motorcycle and Side Car pre-production in royal blue, with a dark red passenger seat, superb paintwork except for top of headlight, some corrosion. Unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £200


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MOY: Y4-4 Duesenberg pre-production in red with yellow seats and hood.
Purchased from Bob Hawkins in 1984 who had bought it from Ray Bush the editor of the UK Matchbox Club.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £400


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MOY: YFE-19 Merryweather Fire Engine model maker's sample all in resin, painted in grey primer. Lacking its steering wheel and its off-side seat rail. Unboxed.
Reserve £40


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MOY: YFE-06 AA Fire Engine pre-production with its front hose connectors and off-side hoses in pure white plastic. Unboxed.
Reserve £40


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MOY: YAS-01 Rocket pre-production. Differences include Engine and tender bases are screwed; plastic parts are in the wrong colours; the chimney stack is wrong and the 'Rocket' name is wrong. Unboxed. Reserve £40


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MOY: Y18 Cord 812 Sedan 'Canadian Yesteryear Collectors Meet Spring 2006'. With certificate and blue crush-proof box.
Reserve £20


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MOY: HD-2010/Y12 Ford Model T 'H. Dunkley Collection'; 1/7 Special Limited Editions in metallic purple. Certificate with box.
Reserve £25

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MOY/Code 2: ATM-20 Mack Truck 'Hercules Tires'; 1/9 Specials with a Canopy in black and with an alternative livery on its side panels. With certificate and blue crush-proof box.
Reserve £20

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MOY: A selection of 9 genuine circa 1990s Matchbox Models of Yesteryear waterslide transfers as used by the R & D designers to decorate painted Beers of the World models for catalogue photography. Production models were tampo-printed. Mint un-used and would make a wonderful montage display.
Reserve £20


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MINIATURE RW: #10c Foden 'British Sugar Corporation', white lettered transfers and with a small BSC logo on cab doors. One of the earliest known licenced/agreed promotionals (Code 2) models, 99% mint and complete with a picture box with a repaired inside flap. In 1995, there were only 3 surviving models recorded.
Provenance: As featured in MICA magazine Volume 11 No. 6 Pages 233 and 234 (1996)
Reserve £80



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MOY: Y14-2 Stutz Bearcat pre-production in bright red and a green 1973 base and chassis, dark red seats and grille, 99% mint, unboxed.
Reserve £60


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MOY: Y3 Ford Tanker 'Express Dairy' pre-production in its well documented Battle Ship Grey colour scheme instead of blue, with grey painted tank tops, its decoration is fully tampo printed. Unboxed.
Reserve £45

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MOY: Y28 Unic Taxi pre-production in a rich deep brown colour instead of red, toffee coloured seat, bright pale gold trim and bright red spoked wheels, unboxed.
Reserve £60


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Lot 70. MOY: Y16-2 Mercedes SS pre-production with a light blue body, Royal Blue chassis and wings, bare metal parts, black roof and seats, unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £150


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MOY: Y18-1 Cord in cream and stamped with "Matchbox Collectibles 1998 Dealer Conference Melbourne". One of only 50 such presentation models given to attending delegates by Matchbox. Packaged in its original special box.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £100

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MOY: Y28-1 Bugatti early pre-production without a Yesteryear number in metallic blue, black chassis, blue seats, red plastics to include grille and front lights, mark on one side. Unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £150


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MOKO: Mechanical Mouse in grey felt with tail, 'British Made', all perfect except a little felt loss to the tail. Excellent original box.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £200


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EARLY LESNEY TOY: Cement Mixer in reds and greens, 99% mint. This toy was never boxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £100


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MOY: Y18-1 Cord pre-production in lime green with a beige hood and seats. Unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £150


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MOY: Y64 Lincoln Zephyr, an original resin master in pale cream with light tan seats and bright yellow folded top, a gift from Matchbox-Tyco in Marlow UK, unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £150


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MOKO: Hay Rake circa 1950 in two-tone blue with red wheels complete with driver and good box.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £200


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MOY: Y40-1 1931 Mercedes Benz full resin model in grey with dark blue roof, a gift from Matchbox Collectibles Australia. Unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £150


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MOY: Y31-1 F. J. Holden 'Qantas'; the model that never was! A two-tone blue painted resin model made by the Matchbox UK R & D department in 1987 at the request of Matchbox Australia and with the approval of Qantas. Cancelled and never produced. This is an important Australian heritage piece and unique. With a typed supporting letter from Peter McCutcheon the Matchbox Toys Australia Product Manager. Unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £200

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Lot 80. MOY: Y5 Titan Bus pre-production with a cream upper deck panel instead of green and decorated with 'Black & White Whisky' labels instead of 'Robin Starch'; never released. Unboxed.
Reserve £90


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MOY: Y7-3 Rolls-Royce 'Duchy of Cornwall'; an early 1980s Code 2, complete with box.
Reserve £70

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MOY: Y9-1 Fowler Showman's Engine as issue 15, in red with a black base nameplate, great model in a crisp D1 box. In the book at £120.
Reserve £50


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MOY: Y12-3 Ford T 'Rayleigh Swapmeet'; one of the early Code 2 models and does not come up that often.
Reserve £35

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MOY: Y6-3 Cadillac production gold model fitted with non released colour trial seat component in a fawn or light tan colour, boxed.
Reserve £35


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MINIATURE SF: A resin model maker's Ford Mustang painted in silver with black seats. Unboxed.
Reserve £20

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MOY: ATM-11 Renault 'Michelin', yellow body and bonnet, blue roof. A Limited Edition of 15, with certificate and blue crush-proof box.
Reserve £20


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MOY: ATM-05 Morris Cowley 'Ginger Nuts'. Standard release. With certificate and blue crush-proof box.
Reserve £20

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MOY: ATM-12 Morris Cowley 'Reckitt's'. Standard release. With certificate and blue crush-proof box.
Reserve £20

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MINIATURES SF: TP-15 containing #1 Mercedes LP Military Covered Truck and Trailer, un-numbered bases, all in a near perfect Blister Pack.
Reserve £20

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MINIATURES SF: A selection of 5 high performance cars to include #8 De Tomaso Pantera with orange interior, #27 Lamborgini Countach 'Streaker' with green glass, #55 Hell Raiser with Stars & Stripes label, #62 Chevrolet Corvette together with #67 Hot Rocker in red and Rolamatic on base, all with good complete boxes.
Reserve £30

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MINIATURES SF: TP-16 containing #16 Case Bulldozer with red and blue bonnet label, and #28 Mack Dump Truck, both with un-numbered bases, all in a near perfect Blister Pack.
Reserve £20

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MINIATURES SF: MM-1 containing an Articulated 'Army' Petrol Tanker. Mint unused model; tear to hook hanging area and tear to right hand side of plastic blister.
Reserve £10

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MINIATURES SF: A selection of 5 cars to include #5 Mercedes 350 SL, #39 Rolls-Royce, #45 BMW 3.0 CSL, green windows, #56 Mercedes 450 SEL with light brown interior together with #74 Cougar Villager, all in good clean complete boxes.
Reserve £30

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MINIATURES SF: TP-13 containing #28 Stoat Armoured Car and #73 Weasel Armoured Car, all in a near perfect Blister Pack.
Reserve £20

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MOY: Y8-5 Yorkshire 'J. Walker', an early pre-production with a painted and labelled resin body, no base lettering or numbers as gifted by Matchbox Toys Australia.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £150


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MOY: Y12-3 Ford Model T 'Rosella' first colour trial mock-up, dark blue body, black chassis, lime green roof, 1978 base, hand painted artwork both sides, consigned to the 1st MICA Australia Convention in the 1980s by Matchbox Toys Australia. Unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £150


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MOY: Y13-4 RAF Crossley, an unpainted bare metal pre-production from the Ken Whetton Collection as per issue 4 with 2 body cleats, an un-riveted Type A baseplate/chassis, beige roof/canopy and white seats, unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £150


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MOY/GIFTWARE Y15-1 Rolls-Royce, silver plated, complete with original wooden trinket box and packaging.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £25

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MOY: Y8-4 MGTC an early production model in green with a non released colour trial white hood, unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £100

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MOY: YSH3 Concorde Coach; One of the rarest pre-pros in history, the original model that later became the 'Wells Fargo' Coach. Too many differences to mention, including the notorious whip that Wells Fargo asked Matchbox to replace. Un-boxed.
Reserve £150


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Lot 102. Early Lesney Toy: The large Coronation Coach in gold with two regal figures inside, all horse legs are intact as are the chains. Good complete red box.
Reserve £150


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Lot 103. MOY: A pair of production Y4 Opels each with a colour trial grille. Unboxed.
Reserve £50



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Lot 104. PERFECT TOY: Father Xmas and Sleigh 'complete with sack and 'toy' as released by MICA in the 1990s. Clean complete box.
Reserve £40

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YEX-12 Walker Van 'Flammable' with petrol cans as its load. Marked on base #3/35 models, certificate and gold box.
Reserve £20

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YEX-16 Ford A 'Eis' with an ice cream cone on its roof, marked in silver on base #11/36, certificate and blue box.
Reserve £20

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YGL-16 Ford A 'Brinkschulte', marked in silver on base #3/32, certificate and gold box.
Reserve £20

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MINIATURES SF: 4 boxed models to include #21 Renault 5TL 'Le Car'; #23 Atlas Truck; #20 Rolamatics Police (box a little soft) together with #34 Chevy Prostocker in all white.
Reserve £15

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YEX-11 Morris Pantechnicon 'Rapsol' Tanker. Marked on base #21/40 models, no certificate and gold box.
Reserve £20

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Y-22 Ford A 'Ratzeputz' with a green roof. Marked on base #5/S in gold , with certificate and gold box. This was a special model made for the company but never went into production as it was declined by the Ratzeputz Company. So it is a one-off.
Reserve £20

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Y-18 Atkinson 'Old Timer Gallery' with a car as its load. Marked on base #12/18 models, certificate and red box.
Reserve £20

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Y-14 Stutz Bearcat '9th Matchbox Annual Gathering at Leipzig'; 1/40 models with certificate and gold box.
Reserve £20

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MOY: Y13-1 Santa Fe Locomotive, pale green body, gold trim excluding the walkways, as issue 3, with a good complete box.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £400


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Lot 114. MOY: Y17 Hispano Suiza pre-production in bright yellow with a metallic green chassis and wings and a red roof , yellow seats and grille, no hood pins, several tiny chips both sides, hence 97-98% mint, unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £150


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MOY: Y15 Packard Victoria pre-production with a bare metal chassis, white body, black textured roof, red grille, no seats and b-bars. Unboxed.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £120

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MOY: Y19-1 Auburn Speedster pre-production in yellow with red plastic parts, green seat, its base without a Y. No. and date, a few small chips both sides, hence 98% mint, unboxed. Purchased at a MICA UK Convention auction in the late 1980s.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £150

MOY: Y11-3 Lagonda with a gold body and metallic purple chassis and wings, black seats and grille. No defects. Good complete box.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £350


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MOY: Two interesting pre-productions to include Y3-3 Ford Tanker in all orange-red with a rough white cab roof, No.Y12 on base, some paint imperfections to cab roof together with Y35-1 Ford A Model Pick Up 'Clifford' preproduction with an orange front bumper instead of cream, a Y21/22 screwed base and a more red cab door logo, unboxed.
Reserve £45



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MOY: Y4-2-7 Shand Mason Fire Engine 'London Fire Brigade' within double black line border, white horses, 3 small paint nicks, hence 98-99% mint together with a complete picture box.
Reserve £60


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MOY: Y25 'Perrier' pre-production with a dark blue body, brown chassis, green bonnet, white lights and number plate, open grab handles, lacking small rear section of roof rack and tip of one side of header board, otherwise 99% mint, unboxed.
Reserve £50


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MOY: Y3-3 Ford Tanker pre-production rough casting, with an early cab roof in white, all dark green cab, body and tank, 'No. Y12' on base. Unboxed.
Reserve £40


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MOY: Y13-3 RAF Crossley with black (dark Charcoal Grey) canopy and grille, complete with box. Superb example of a great model.
Reserve £175

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MOY: Y22 Ford 'A'; a rare pre-production with a smaller, non-fit front window (gap on the side windows), unreleased blue seats and 2 front rivets, 99% mint and unboxed.
Reserve £50


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MOY: YCH04 Morris Cowley 'RSPCA' pre-production (on the left) with a Y19 screwed baseplate, darker cream painted body and darker transfers compared to the tampo-printed production version on the right. Comes with 2 boxes lacking plastic formers.
Reserve £40


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MOY: Y5-3 Talbot Van, pale yellow (not red) tampo print trial for the 'Maggi's' as released on the Y22-1 Ford Model A Van. A couple of paint marks both sides, hence 97% mint, unboxed.
Reserve £30

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MOY: Y16-2-20 Mercedes SS in blue with rare milky-white side panels, as issue 20. This is the first time that this rare issue has come to this auction.
Reserve £45

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MINIATURES SF: A selection of 5 models all in very good to excellent original boxes to include #20 Rolamatics Police Patrol, #41 Ambulance, #52 Police Launch, #61 Wreck Truck together with #75 Rescue Helicopter.
Reserve £25

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MINIATURES SF: A selection of 7 military vehicles to include #28 Stoat, #30 Swamp Rat, #38 Armoured Jeep, #32 Field Gun, #54 Personnel Carrier, #70 S-P Gun together with #73 Weasel, #54 box with tape repair all else in good complete boxes.
Reserve £30

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MOY: Y17 Hispano Suiza with a metallic silver body and chassis with pale powder blue side panels, black seat and grille, 99% mint, unboxed. Bought in the early 1990s in a MICA UK Auction.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £150


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MOY: Y36-1 1936 Rolls-Royce, a painted resin model in red with black roof and wings, unboxed. A gift from Matchbox Collectibles Australia.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £150


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MOY: Y5-1 1929 Bentley as issue 3 with grey folded tonneau and gold radiator shell, a rare issue, no apparent defects, and complete with a good box.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £80


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MOY: Y1-2 Model T Ford in black. A very early pre-production or toolmaker's model circa 1962-3 with different castings to production, wheels and tyres, pinched axles, gold painted metal parts, black seats and grille.
Not to be confused with the 1976 Matchbox Club issue.
Purchased from Bob Hawkins in 1984 who had bought it from Ray Bush the editor of the UK Matchbox Club.
Provenance: The Tom Mathieson (MICA Australia President 1985-2007) Collection.
Reserve £300


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MINIATURES SF: A collection of 7 mint boxed models to include #12 Big Bull, #15 Fork Lift Truck, #24 Diesel Shunter, #25 Flat Car Container, #43 Steam Locomotive, #44 Passenger Coach together with #59 Planet Scout. Clean complete boxes.
Reserve £35

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MINIATURES SF: A selection of 7 boxed models to include #2 Rescue Hovercraft, #5 Seafire, #18 Hondarora, #60 Holden Pickup, #64 Fire Chief together with #72 Hovercraft, all in excellent boxes.
Reserve £30

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MINIATURES SF: Seven boxed models in excellent boxes to include #11 Car Transporter, #19 Cement Mixer, #22 Blaze Buster, #26 Site Dumper, #29 Tractor Shovel and #37 Skip Truck.
Reserve £35

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MAJOR PACK: M-4 Ruston-Bucyrus, perfect, original tracks and in super clean picture box.
Reserve £40


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MOY: Y20-1 Mercedes SS pre-production/colour trial in metallic purple-blue with grey side panels and mushroom brown seat. This is the most perfect one seen without any of the usual paint marks. Unboxed. Reserve £80


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MAJOR PACK: M-7 "Jennings" Cattle Truck, dark red cab and ramp, with a couple of marks near the joining knob, a dark tan trailer with a couple of small marks, (98% mint) large knobbly GPW. Complete Moko box with a couple of creases. Book value is £100-120.
Reserve £40

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MINIATURES SF: A selection of 5 nicely packaged model cars to include #9 Ford RS2000, #14 Rallye Royale (made in H-K), #21 Renault, #35 Fandango and #73 Mercury Commuter with 'Bull' labels. Reserve £25

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MOY: Y6-2 Bugatti in Italian Racing Red, decorated with a normally unused race number 'No.5' instead of No.6 all with a good 'red' model box.
Reserve £120


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MOY: Y33-YGB-09 Mack Trucks '1999 Matchbox USA 18th Convention, one of 300 maximum with a red base and one of 200 maximum with a blue base, both with numbered certificates. Excellent boxes.
Reserve £40

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MINIATURE RW: No. 5-3 Routemaster, only one known and thus truly ER model with not just two side 'Peardrax' labels, but also 4 small labels as on No. 56; all genuine. Beautiful model in its correct complete Lesney box. Book value of the 2-label Peardrax version is £700-800.
Reserve £275


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MOY: Y9-1 Showman's Engine in maroon with rare gold painted Block, excellent original transfers each side, no apparent defects, 99% mint with a good complete box.
Reserve £50


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MINIATURE RW: #10c Foden Sugar Container, no rear crown and black wheels, clean complete box.
Reserve £30


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Lot 149. MINIATURES SF: A selection of 5 models as shown in the photograph, all with clean complete boxes. Reserve £20

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MOY: Y3 Ford Model Tanker 'Zerolene' with scarce 12 spoke yellow wheels with white walls.
Reserve £35


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MOY: Y1-2 Ford with the twin brake component all in a clean complete box.
Reserve £40


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MOY: A pair of Y21 Ford A 'A & J Box ' vans, one with 5 black spoke wheels and front bumper and radiator unit, the other with light grey spoke wheels.
Reserve £30

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MOY: Y6-5 Mercedes Truck 'Stuttgarder Hofbrau', early pre-production decorated with transfers and with wrong cab door artwork, a three line address instead of the Coat of Arms as found on the canopy. Unboxed.
Reserve £25


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MOY: YGB-02 Ford TT 'Beck & Co' pre-productions with one on the left in a darker cream, a blank screwed base and transfer artwork similar to production and on the right with alternative Beck artwork on panels and rear door, full base details. Unboxed.
Reserve £40



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MINIATURES SF: A selection of 5 model cars to include #1 Mod Rod with cat label, #12 Citroen, #45 Ford Froup 6, #52 Dodge Charger, #76 Mazda RX-7 (H-K), good boxes except #52 that is complete but tired. Reserve £25

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MINIATURES SF: A selection of 6 models as shown in the photograph, all with clean complete boxes. Reserve £20

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MINIATURES SF: A collection of 90 + post 1982 miniatures with Thailand, China Macau bases, some in clear Matchbox logo boxes.
Reserve £100


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MINIATURES SF: A selection of 4 model cars to include #62 Chevrolet Corvette, #65 Saab Sonett, #67 Datsun and #79 Mitsubishi Giant (H-K). Good boxes.
Reserve £20

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MINIATURES SF: A collection of 6 mint boxed models to include #13 Snorkel Fire Engine, #46 Tractor and Harrow, #47 Beach Hopper, #48 Jacklift, #53 Jeep together with #68 Cosmobile.
Reserve £30

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MINIATURES SF: A collection of 7 mint boxed models to include #14 Mini, #16 Badger, #34 Vantastic, #35 Fandango, #36 Formula 5000, #40 Horsebox together with #57 Wild Life Truck, good complete boxes.
Reserve £35

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MINIATURES SF: A collection of 6 mint boxed models to include #31 Caravan, #49 Crane Truck, #50 Articulated Truck, #58 Dump Truck, #69 Security Truck together with #71 Cattle Truck, all with good complete boxes.
Reserve £30

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Lot 168. MINIATURES SF: A selection of 6 boxed models to include #17 London Bus, #42 Mercedes Container Truck, #51 Combine Harvester, #63 Tanker 'Shell', #65 Airport Coach 'British Airways' together with #66 Ford Transit, all with excellent boxes.
Reserve £30

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MINIATURES SF: A selection of 4 empty complete boxes; #4, 6, 28 and 67.
Reserve £10


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MINIATURE SF: 69c Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, early 1969 release, brown tonneau cover and black baseplate. Super clean picture box.
Reserve £15

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MINIATURES SF: A selection of 3 #80 Holdens, different liveries, packaged in clear boxes.
Reserve £10


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MINIATURE SF: 73c Mercury Commuter with a 'Bull Head' label on bonnet, 2 white dogs, with a good complete box.
Reserve £15

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MINIATURE RW: #27a Low Loader with a very rare dark blue loader and a light blue cab, virtually mint, some minor marks (97-98%) in a box that its first owner has written '27' in pencil on a flap. This terrific model comes with a very competitive reserve.
SOLD FOR £388.00 plus commissions...

MINIATURE RW: #35a Horse Box with silver plastic wheels, rare variation. Excellent box.
SOLD FOR £142.00 plus commissions...

EARLY LESNEY TOYS: An original Soap Box Racer and Boy with blue scarf, all complete and with excellent original paint coverage. Of course this extremely rare toy was never boxed.
SOLD FOR £2,284.00 plus commissions...

MOY: Y12-3-1 Ford Model T Van, 'Taystee Bread' with correct 30mm x 19 mm transfers. Extremely rare.
SOLD FOR £578.00 plus commissions...

MINIATURE SF: #50 Kennel Truck in non metallic lime green with chrome grille and complete with dogs and original white sprue.
SOLD FOR £82.00 plus commissions...

MOY: Y3-2-13a Benz Limousine..purple body, semi-satin black roof, dark red grille and seats. Virtually mint with a couple of little marks to the sill. Superb example of an exceptionally rare and hard to find model. Boxed.
SOLD FOR £2,427.00 plus commissions...

MOKO: A Moko Heavy Tractor in red, an absolutely superb model with a brown/green driver, virtually mint, all in a very good complete box.
SOLD FOR £531.00 plus commissions...

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MOY: Y8-2-5 Sunbeam Motorcycle, chrome plated, unreleased strawberry-red side car seat, side car axle brace, closed front forks. 99% mint. Complete box.
SOLD FOR £203.00 plus commissions...

EARLY LESNEY TOY: The rare golden version of the small Coronation Coach, superb, complete with its original box that has one end flap retained by clear tape.
SOLD FOR £214.00 plus commissions...

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MOY: Y7-3 Rolls-Royce with red base, gold body and bonnet with colour trial bright red seats and grille. First time to come to this auction! The rear seat misses a small rectangular part that was broken off from the ejector ring. A couple of tiny marks (99% mint). Boxed.
SOLD FOR £188.00 plus commissions...

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MOY: Y3-2-14 Benz Limousine colour trial in gloss orange; a possible new colour scheme that never happened. Marks to paint work (97-98% mint). 2 holes in baseplate; painted metal steering wheel and column; 3 prong spare tyre carrier. Green grille and green seats.
SOLD FOR £662.00 plus commissions...

EARLY LESNEY TOYS: Coronation Coach. One of 200 pieces with 2 figures, i.e. includes the King who actually did not travel with the Queen that day. Beautiful, mint coach and horses, in an excellent box with minimal lid piercing.
SOLD FOR £304.00 plus commissions...

MOY: Y12-2 Thomas Flyabout. Well documented ER version with bright red seats and grille, considered to be rated as an ER regular issue like the first one with yellow plastics.
SOLD FOR £551.00 plus commissions...

MOY: Y6-1-2 AEC Type Lorry 'Osram Lamps' in duck egg blue with silver radiator surround, extremely rare issue, some small marks only, 99-98% mint, with a little transfer damage both sides, even so one of the rarest Models of Yesteryear. Boxed.
SOLD FOR £1,668.00 plus commissions...

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MATCHBOX: MG1a (1959) Matchbox Garage in yellow on red base; some minor wear to the complete box together with an A1 'Esso Petrol Pump' set, some minimal marks and complete box with a detached endflap. (2)
SOLD FOR £113.00 plus commissions...

DINKY: Premiere Collection DY-922 1973 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS, made of pewter. Shown in the 1992 dealer catalogues, but never made it into production. Thought to be less than 10 made at Matchbox.
SOLD FOR £75.00 plus commissions...

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SUPERKING: Dodge Viper Morphed, a resin hand-made prototype. A stunning model that never made it into production. It was bought by the current owner at the 2006 MICA UK Convention auction at Bracknell.
SOLD FOR £208.00 plus commissions...

MINIATURES 'Fischer Art' set of 12 specially decorated 'Stars of Cars' models, issued by Mattel/Matchbox for the 2002 Leipzig Toy show/ '50th Anniversary of Matchbox' and they were auctioned via Ebay for charity byMattel/Matchbox. All cars are unpainted and have decorations designed by the German artist Michael Fischer-Art. All models are also hand-signed by the artist on their baseplates. This is set #18 of 40 made. The cars come in a white plain box with an official Mattel/Matchbox certificate.
SOLD FOR £366.00 plus commissions...

MINIATURE SF: #71 Jumbo Jet with unreleased chrome handlebars, complete with a reasonable box.
SOLD FOR £222.00 plus commissions...

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