The value of Matchbox cars usually boils down to a few things: the condition of the vehicle, whether you have the original box it came in, the production year made, and any variants it might ...

The world’s favorite toy cars, Hot Wheels and Matchbox, are celebrating anniversaries this year: Hot Wheels just turned 50 years old, while Matchbox cars are 65. It turns out some of them would ...

One thing my parents did right was to save my collection of Matchbox and Hot Wheels cars from when I was a kid. Thanks to them I have about 100 cars from the 1970s and ’80s.

Matchbox Started in 1953 by the British company Lesney Products, the Matchbox line of toy cars lived up to their name, ... Depending on the variation, the value can fall anywhere between $30 ...

According to "Matchbox Toys 1947-2007: Identification & Value Guide," by Dana Johnson, "A green-and-red road roller, a cement mixer, and a dump truck were the first in a design of 75 vehicles to ...

This collection of Matchbox cars from the 1960s, ... In February, a larger collection of 240 Matchbox cars sold for around $9 ...

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.

Matchbox took a stiff uppercut to the chops financially and lost over $20 million that year. By 1973, both O'Dell and Rodney Smith had moved on, leaving Leslie Smith as the last remaining founder.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Matchbox die-cast models, which have gone from child's toys to collector's items. More than three billion Matchbox cars have been sold in the last 60 years ...