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Like most college students, Tony Singer couldn’t afford his dream car. But he could visit the Porsche dealership. “They would give you a poster documenting their win at Nurburgring or
A Porsche 356A Speedster model Forget the ‘mint and boxed’ Dinky models that turn up on Antiques Roadshow. Banish the ‘t’-word from the conversation, for high-end scale model cars most certainly are not toys. The clients and connoisseurs who acquire them inhabit a different world from those who swoon at the thought of a Matchbox Model of Yesteryear with its paint intact. In the upper reaches of model car creation, prices can match the real thing. You might have seen them in car showrooms or automotive museums, two of the primary homes for top-flight scale models. Commissioned for spec...