View post: Ford F-150 Reliability Guide: Best Years and the Years to Avoid Sixty-eight-year-old Simon Hope’s Matchbox collection was so massive that he had to use three different auctions to clear the ...

A unique collectible and great marketing item, the hobby of collecting matchboxes, better known as phillumeny is quickly gaining traction among the masses. Acting as a visual record of your travels, ...

I could teach toy stores something about selling Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars. Always refresh your stock! It doesn't matter that you haven't sold your existing line-up yet. Keep bringing in new ...

Matchbox cars were the gateway drug for countless auto enthusiasts. Most were used, abused, and lost long ago, but some small subset of young owners was more careful, preserving the cars and their ...

My wife is extremely supportive of my hobbies. She doesn't mind me being away from home for international test drives, and she's okay with having to constantly pick up my diecast packages when I'm not ...

We want to hear about what you collect and why. Email Cindy Hval at dchval@juno.com or call Kimberly Lusk at (509) 459-5457. A tiny red Rolls-Royce launched a collection that eventually spawned a ...

For any collector reading, consider this Exhibit A in any future debate with family or friends over your obsession with old toys. In the UK, a 1968 Matchbox Mercury Cougar sold at auction for a new ...

Everett Marshall wanted to pass along one of his childhood joys — collecting and playing with the Matchbox collection of die cast toy cars — to his then toddler son. The original creators of the cars, ...

AN art dealer has turned his collector's eye to something a bit smaller. But today, Matchbox collecting has appeal to all ages and people from all walks of life confess to being avid fans. Matchbox, ...

Golden anniversaries are a wonderful thing. Sometimes they sneak up on us. Sometimes they make us think, "Can it really be that so many years have passed?" Matchbox is 50 years old. Well, at least in ...

The Danny James collection has gone under the hammer in Stockton with his 1,300 matchbox cars selling for over £80,000. Credit: Vectis Auction A matchbox car collection has sold for over £80,000 at a ...