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Last weekend was our twice yearly major swapmeet here in Auckland. I circulated for a couple of hours and the four Dinky's below were all I could come up with. Only spent half the money I took though so not all bad.

Bedford Coal Truck







McLaren





Police Mini





Formula One





Other arrivals over the last couple of weeks are also varied.

Jekta Pallet Truck





Queen Mary





Commer Artic





Mystere Jet







The following models all came from a Bulk Lot I just picked up. Single owner from new, varied content. Bought from a recent immigrant into NZ.





When I went to pick this lot up they all came in a container that I would suggest is Unique in New Zealand, North East Derbyshire District Council Recycle Bin!



I can post more picture sin another thread of the Matchbox and Corgi's if any one is interested.

Tractor and Trailer





Mercedes with am original 1960/70's Everready Battery







Rolls Royce





Interceptor







Cheers

Dave

Hi Dave.

What a great lot and typical of the selection most of us start out with as children. That recycling bin certainly is a long way from home so may I represent the population of the UK and gift it to you as a sign of our appreciation. It will make a very handy storage container!

Yes please do post the Corgi and Matchbox models elsewhere, thanks.

Ghosthunter.

So I won the below lot from Vectis recently, my main focus was the dark green Mercedes truck which is a promo model. But the more I look at the Ford tip truck it seems to be a Cross Rent a Tipper promotional model.



The only other photo of this promo I could find is from Vectis in 2004 here on Nicks Dinky price listings.



There are a few differences, including colour, but the decal / label placement and content looks similar even though the angle isn't great. It’s unusual that I can only find one image and no other information.

Can anyone assist with information or further images on this model?

Will post more pics when it arrives in a couple of weeks.

Cheers

Dave

I thought that Ford Tipper would get little response, first one I've seen too.

This weeks post contains a group of aircraft / ships from Vectis as well as a couple of French Dinky trucks.

Twin Engined Fighter 1946-49 production a ME BF110.







70c Viking, 1947-49 in need of one propeller







Pre War 60V Armstrong Whitworth Bomber 1937-41







60G Comet Light Racer. 1935-41 Unfortunately overpainted in silver enamel - so that's not going back to factory yellow.







62M Light Transport Plane 1945-48







62G Long Range Bomber 1945-48







1937-40 Empire Flying Boat "Cambria"







60C 1934-36 Percival Gull with Tinplate wing







62H Hawker Hurricane 1939 only production with landing gear.







A couple of P1b General Electric Lightning (1959-68) fighters purchased locally here in NZ.







Several together for scale



A Dinky Europa liner and what I think are Triang merchant ships.





572 GBO Berliet Dump Truck





With a MB regular wheels Dumper for scale.



805 Unic Truck with Primagaz Tank





Cheers

Dave

There are certain Dinky models which I can't seem to get enough of, one is the Ruston Bucyrus Excavator, which I have a few of in varying conditions and another is the French Dinky Saviem Pipe Truck. I've just picked up the one below where both box and model are in much better condition than the good condition example i had previously.













A couple of other boxed models arrived this week:

Atlas CopCo Compressor Truck







Euclid Dump Truck





Hesketh Formula One Car





Finally a couple of repaints in colours that just look right even if they aren't factory colours.

Foden Mk2 High Sided Wagon





Leyland Octopus Chain Truck





Quite a few others in transit including several more Vectis lots additional to the promo one shown above.. More photo's soon once these arrive.....







I bought the lot below to complete a set

Really good condition Unic Pam Pam SNCF Truck



With a Excellent box



and instructions sheet obtained with a spares lot a couple of months ago. This truck has been my Holy Grail for a couple of years, so its good to tick it off the list, even though I've now ended up with two.



Cheers

Dave

Fingers crossed on the Moko/ Dublo lot below, made an offer based on this single photo. Models sight unseen, working on the theory that if it has a box it must have been looked after. More photos in due course.

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Cheers

Dave

Melbourne Antique Toy World at the Camberwell Antique Centre has a great selection of old toys, but the prices were eye watering so none came home with me.



















































Whilst I've been away a few parcels have arrived at home of the lots shown in previous posts above, detailed photos to come.

Cheers

Dave

Great photos Dave, shame about the prices but nice to window shop.

There is some really nice models for sale in that shop and a couple of obscurities...

...this is my example of the big pink model at top left in the first picture.

Made by Zima for Girls action dolls like Barbie.

Ghosthunter.

RSSierra wrote:Melbourne Vintage Toy Centre at the Camberwell Antique Centre has a great selection of old toys, but the prices were eye watering so none came home with me.

Yes Peter's prices can be eye-watering but they are very high quality items - I've been buying from him for years on my infrequent trips to Melbourne. Was there 10th to 20th November this year but only bought a few items (from Cabinet 5 at the front of the antiques market) - I always check that cabinet very carefully as I've picked up some prize pieces over the years that have been hidden under or behind other items - the "owner" of that cabinet is not very careful in his placement of items and often they are just dumped on top of each other, so a careful check and request for the "guardians" to open the cabinet is always in order.

BTW I almost thought that was me in the first picture! - but then I remembered I was wearing a jacket on the day I stopped by the Aniqtues Centre with my youngest daughter...

Ian