Man's hidden Hornby model railway collection fetches £21k

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Man's hidden Hornby model railway collection fetches £21k

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Man's hidden Hornby model railway collection fetches £21k
A council worker's hidden model railway collection amassed without his family's knowledge has sold at auction for £21,000. Covert train toy enthusiast Adrian Batty stashed dozens of rare vintage "gems" in a spare room at his East Yorkshire home. His wife Jane only found the coveted miniatures after his death last year. "I knew he collected trains but I didn't quite know how many he had," she said...
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