I inherited my deepest love and admiration for beautiful cars from my Father and Grandfather. My very first car was my beloved go-cart.  As a little boy I heard Father and Grandfather talk with profound admiration about the beautiful bodywork of their favourite vehicles. And they transmitted this virus to me. My Father was a collector of beautiful old Mercedes. In my twenties, when I started working, I didn’t have the money to buy these kind of old-timers. I wanted a miniature version of my very own first cars, an Opel Ascona (the continental version of a Vauxhall) and a BMW 3.0 CSI. I remember like it was yesterday, when I was 22, I walked into a specialized toy shop in the Belgian city of Ghent and was overwhelmed with the revelation of how many beautiful Dinky Toys, Corgi Toys and especially Matchbox toys they had. It gave me back the pleasure I had as a kid, when Santa brought me a new toy. I was 22 and bought my very first Matchbox and also a couple of Dinky models. It was the start of a big passion that ended in a collection of 20,000 miniature cars, often bought at this very same auction house, Vectis. When I was 25 my life became even more beautiful: I could turn my passion into a profession and became, for 7 years, a salesman for Matchbox in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg. That explains why my love for scale 1/64 miniatures is the biggest: my Matchbox Models are half of my collection, 10,000 pieces. Such a small beautiful car in my hand has always given me shivers of pleasure. Just like my Father and Grandfather I can look with profound admiration at the spectacular design of the bodywork and the refined details of the finish. I also cultivated a passion for the numerous variations of models and colours. I got very excited if I was able to acquire one of the rarities that Matchbox is so rich in. Now that I am 60, I realise that I am probably not a little boy anymore, and my love for these cars is not as vibrant as it was. That is why I think it is getting time to hand my collection over to the next generation, to younger people who can appreciate them and hopefully cultivate the same passion and love for collecting them as I did.