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A collection of 3,000 toy cars, trucks and trains which was built up over 50 years has been sold at auction for £227,000.

Some of Raymond Hainsworths from Skipton dinky toy collection which he has been collecting for 5o years. Image by PA Photo Owen Humphreys
Retired car dealer Raymond Hainsworth, 78, did not expect to make a fortune on the sale as he has paid top prices for the highest quality toys that included Dinky, Hornby and Tri-ang that were not “play worn”.
Auctioneer Andrew Reed of Vectis Auctions in Thornaby, Teesside, said he thought more than half of the 2,000 lots that were sold over three days would now go abroad.
The star of the sale was a black and white Dinky lorry in the Corn Products livery which was produced for the firm as a promotional item and was not on general sale. A collector paid £6,960 including commission.

Raymond Hainsworth’s Dinky Toys which were sold today for £227k at Vectis Auction House in Teeside. Image by Owen Humphreys/PA Wire
Mr Hainsworth and his wife Pat, who live in a converted barn near Skipton, North Yorkshire, started collecting when their twin boys Ian and David were babies and their first Christmas was spent surrounded by a new train set.
It grew as the couple travelled to auctions and fairs all over the country until the display cabinets took up two rooms of their home.
But the cherished items were not off-limits to their three children and grandchildren, as long as they took care of them and put them away in their boxes.
Mr Hainsworth said after the sale: “I’m a bit sad now, it didn’t affect me at first but I’m missing my collection now.”
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