Star Wars toy collection auction contains 'Holy Grail' pieces and could fetch half a million pounds
Private assortment of toys from Europe are to go on sale at Thornaby auction house Vectis
Items up for auction
A collection of Star Wars toys, described as the best ever to come up
for public auction, could fetch half a million pounds when it goes on
sale on Teesside.
The private assortment from Europe is said to contain some of the “Holy Grail” pieces for fans of the famous film franchise.
Vectis Auctions, in Thornaby , said the star piece is a prototype rocket-firing Boba Fett, which has an estimate of £15,000-20,000.
In total it is thought the collection could fetch around £500,000.
Kathy
Taylor, a valuer at the auction house, said: “This collection is one of
the best in the world and the Boba Fett toy is one of the rarest Star
Wars figures.
Prototype rocket-firing Boba Fett, which has an estimate of £15,000-20,000
“The collector sent me an email and when we read through the list it was quite amazing to see what he had.
“We sent him a valuation and he came back to us and said yes please, so we went across to Europe to get it ourselves.”
The
collection, which will go on sale from July 19-20 and also includes a
Charcoal Anakin Skywalker first shot figure, has previously been
displayed in a museum.
Items up for auction
Items up for auction
Previous sales at the auction house saw 3,000 toy cars,
trucks and trains built up over 50 years sold for £227,000, and boxes of
unsold and unwanted Action Man and Star Wars toys that lay untouched in
a retired salesman’s garage for decades for £180,000.
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