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\nThe collection originally belonged to a late Invercargill man who had collected for decades since the age of six.
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The collection of hundreds of toy vehicles that was auctioned off has netted the original collector’s family almost a $100,000.<\/p>\n
Dunedin’s Proctors Auctions sold more than 740 lots of diecast vehicles during Sunday’s auction.<\/p>\n
The auction attracted bids from across the globe.<\/p>\n
Auctioneer Ronnie Proctor told Morning Report the vehicles auctioned included models from the 1950s to the early-2000s.<\/p>\n
“The mid-50s ones are the most popular because that’s the ones ones that are the hardest to come by.<\/p>\n
“A lot of them were still in their original matchbox, which is really unusual to come by.”<\/p>\n
The collection originally belonged to a late Invercargill man who had collected for decades since the age of six.<\/p>\n
“It came from down south and it was all spread out through his house,” Proctor said.<\/p>\n
“We went and picked it up. It took one really large truck to pick everything up.<\/p>\n
“It was really exciting to see.”<\/p>\n
A Ford Corsair with a boat, and Ford Zodiac from the ’50s were sold as a pair for $750, Proctor said.<\/p>\n
“That was the highest amount for one lot,” he said.<\/p>\n
Another lot, including a white VW racer and jeep, were sold for $400.<\/p>\n
Other items were sold upwards of $90.<\/p>\n
Proctor said the condition of collectors items was essential if they were to sold for large sums.<\/p>\n
“This gentleman had kept his in extremely good condition. He’d been collecting them since he was six years old, until he passed away in his mid-80s.<\/p>\n
“The cars are in amazing condition.”<\/p>\n
Toy car models from the 1980s were also highly valuable.<\/p>\n
“Us as children when we were playing with their cars in the early-80s and 90s. If we looked after them, we could have been sitting on a bit of money,” Proctor said.<\/p>\n