Last week, 29th September, a huge collection of antique and vintage toys, amassed over almost 25 years, was sold by auction in the Cotswolds.
Thousands of individual teddy bears, dolls, puppets, train sets model cars and tin soldiers – some rare and valuable; many very common and familiar to visitors as toys from their own childhoods – were on public display at the popular Park House Toy and Collectors Museum in Stow-on-the-Wold.