Leslie and Rodney Smith started their toy company, Lesney Products ... But you might want to check your vintage Matchbox cars ...

A bidding war for a rare toy car helped it set a new benchmark for a North East auction house. The Matchbox toy car soared to an astronomical price when it went under the hammer at Stockton-based ...

Matchbox cars. We collected them. We played with them. We loved them. Heck, a lot of us still do. And over the weekend, the man responsible for making these simple, inexpensive pleasures a reality ...