Monday, May 15, 2020
Sunny and Clear Skies
19 C 66 F
Sunny and Clear Skies
19 C 66 F
Lesney was founded on 19 January 1947 as an industrial die-casting company by Leslie Smith and Rodney Smith , who are not related. The company existed from 1947-1982. The name of the company came from the first 3 letters of Lesney, and the last 3 letters of Rodney. Rodney left the company in 1951. Because of a poor economy in Britain in the early 1980's the company was forced to close down. The first models were based on the Dinkey design, and the sizes of the toys were sm all- hence the name "Matchbox".*
*Abridged history version from Wikipedia
I just checked on ebay, and there is a lot of people there selling lots of the Lesney toys, and the prices are quite high. I'm sure in Great Britain, where the company was founded, has a very big demand for these small toys.
Down Under (Australia) there is also. a demand. I visited AntiqueToyWorld, whom I wrote about a while ago,and they are also selling these Matchbox toys. Of course, if the original box is included, the value of the toy rises.
Thanks for Dropping by,
And have a great day or evening.
Stacey Bindman
toysearcher@gmail.com
I just checked on ebay, and there is a lot of people there selling lots of the Lesney toys, and the prices are quite high. I'm sure in Great Britain, where the company was founded, has a very big demand for these small toys.
Down Under (Australia) there is also. a demand. I visited AntiqueToyWorld, whom I wrote about a while ago,and they are also selling these Matchbox toys. Of course, if the original box is included, the value of the toy rises.
Matchbox Lesney 19a MG TD Coupe
Matchbox Lesney
55A DUKW Amphibian
Dinky Toys 237 Mercedes Benz
Racing Car
I included the above Dinky Toy as a reference
to the relative size of the Matchbox toys
Matchbox Lesney
19c Aston Martin Racing Car
Matchbox Lesney Moka Conestoga
Covered Wagon Red Barrels
And have a great day or evening.
Stacey Bindman
toysearcher@gmail.com
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