Leslie and Rodney Smith started their toy company, Lesney Products ... But you might want to check your vintage Matchbox cars before giving them away since some can be worth thousands of dollars.

Though you'll probably never get your hands on this rare model ... Japanese Matchbox car collector Mr. Takuo Yoshise bought the lone Quarry Truck from Lesney for an undisclosed amount.

The world's most hotly sought after Matchbox car achieved a record-breaking price ... be the last of only six examples created by the two Lesney Matchbox owners, Jack Odell and Les Smith.

Remember news footage of fights in stores over rare toys around ... as a brand of Lesney Products, until Matchbox was bought by Hot Wheels owner Mattel in 1997. Matchbox cars of the 1:64 variety ...

The world’s favorite toy cars, Hot Wheels and Matchbox, are celebrating anniversaries ... The Microbus is so rare there’s not even a picture of it on the list of 50 most valuable cars U.K ...

For collectors, the British-built Lesney-era cars are seen as the “golden age” of Matchbox, and thus the ... you already own something extremely rare and just don’t yet know it.

and new cars are still a bargain at less than $1. But early and rare models can be wildly expensive, and now is the time of year when prices typically rise. Most Matchbox conventions are held in ...