Editing Model car (section)

===The adult collector===
Many manufacturers began catering to the adult collector market. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, David Sinclair in [[Erie, Pennsylvania]], was important in bringing new, more sophisticated and rarely produced years and makes to the United States.{{sfn|Donnelly|2012}}{{page needed|date=April 2021}} Model brands like [[RIO Models|Rio]], [[Western Models]], [[Brooklin Models|Brooklin]], Idea3 and Pirate Models were sold to adult collectors for the first time.{{sfn|Donnelly|2012|pp=56&ndash;57}} Many of these were handmade in white metal in fewer numbers. Also in the early 1970s, craftsmen like Carlo Brianza and Michelle Conti started making ultra-detailed large replicas in Italy and Spain – costing hundreds or even thousands of dollars.{{sfn|Harvey|1974|pp=1995&ndash;1997}} In addition, the company [[Pocher]], from Italy, made extremely complex kits in 1:8 scale{{sfn|Harvey|1974|p=1995}}
[[File:1952 Nash-Healey Le Mans lightweight.JPG|thumb|left|250px|1952 [[Nash-Healey]] LeMans model.]]
Around the early 1990s, many began to collect and record vehicle variations in miniature (in a manner similar to [[Stamp collecting|stamp]] or [[coin collecting]]) which led to rising values, especially for rare models (for an example, see Parker 1993). This led to mass producers such as Matchbox (specifically with its Models of Yesteryear series) and Corgi intentionally catering to a higher-price market segment with exclusive 'limited editions' of collectible vehicles.{{sfn|Stoneback|2002|p=48}} Thus, this smaller movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s gradually gave rise to a huge premium market segment by the early 1990s.