Toys for Boys, Captain Scott’s Relics, Kray’s Paintings on Sale

A model steam train that was an expensive toy for a grown-up boy in the days before the Bugatti Veyron and the Goldstriker platinum iPhone is being sold at auction in London in November.

At the end of the 19th century, the Manchester-based miniature-railway enthusiast Percy Leigh built an elaborate system that was described by Harmsworth’s Magazine in 1898 as the most costly in the world.