The world's largest collection of toy soldiers is to be auctioned after all 250,000 were found in British collector's garage. <br /><br />The quarter-of-a million military people and vehicles of tiny lead, metal and plastic figures belonged to a man who sadly died of leukaemia aged just 55.<br /><br />Carmelo Mazzotta began collecting toy soldiers as a boy and dedicated his life to them.<br /><br />The collection, some of which was displayed in their individual regiments in the garage, is understood to be the biggest in the world ever to go to auction.
