Bidspirit auction | A Collection of 15 Vintage

A Collection of 15 Vintage Die-Cast Toy Vehicles including Matchbox Models of Yesteryear and Lledo Days Gone - A collection of 15 vintage die-cast toy vehicles featuring various commercial liveries and specialised machinery, identified as Matchbox Models of Yesteryear and Lledo Days Gone series models. The assembly consists of commercial vans, flatbed lorries, traction engines, and service vehicles. Included in the group are a Pratts Motor Spirit tanker, a Pickfords removal van, two Frasers Ipswich removal vans, a Tate & Lyle sugar lorry, a William Prichard Victoria Mills flour lorry carrying white sacks, a James Mills Burghfield Mills flatbed with yellow sacks, a North Yorkshire Moors Railway coal lorry, and a Samuel Smith brewery lorry with a load of barrels. Specialised machinery includes an orange forklift with a green mast and driver figure, a yellow Unimog with a detachable silver-coloured snowplough, two steam rollers in orange and weathered green finishes, a Beamish double-decker omnibus with Fry's Chocolates advertisements, and two traction engines including John Hoadley's Mammoth Fair showman's engine and an Andleys Modern Amusements engine. The models are constructed from die-cast metal with plastic components for canopies, wheels, and integrated loads. Visible markings include various company names, locations including Reading and Ipswich, and mechanical details on the chassis.