Thousands of toy cars go up for auction this weekend, including those of an Invercargill man who had spent more than 80 years building up his collection of matchboxes.
“I remember having one of these when I was younger” was one of the most common things heard at the auction house during a tour on Thursday.
Ronnie Proctor, of Proctor Auctions, says hundreds of people showed up and he thinks nostalgia is driving such big interest.
He told the Checkpoint the 6000 toy cars have come from private collectors in the South Island.