One careful owner may sell for $1m

THOUSANDS of tiny, brightly painted model cars and trucks could amass their owner a small fortune when they go under the hammer later this year, auctioneers said today.

One careful owner may  sell for $1m

The “phenomenal” set of 3,500 Matchbox toys, the product of years of careful collecting by an American doctor, could raise up to a $1 million (€630,000) when they are sold in Middlesbrough in September.

Vectis Auctioneers said the owner, Dr Scott D Gillogly from Atlanta, gathered “the most comprehensive collection ever to be sold and which may never be equalled”.

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