"A collection of modern, plastic toys to be sold at Vectis Auction House this month is expected to sell in excess of £130,000!
The
extensive collection is the best of its type ever to be sold in the UK,
if not the world. Mainly made up of small-scale action figures many
people will remember from the 1980s – 1990s including Masters of the
Universe, Thundercat’s, Tron, Buck Rogers, Clash of the Titans, Flash
Gordon and many more. The majority of the collection are graded and
display sealed (to prevent wear or deterioration).
Nick
Dykes, TV & Film Specialist at Vectis said “Vectis has recently
experienced an increasing demand for more modern toys, especially in
excellent condition. These are toys that typically would not have cost a
fortune to buy originally but are now commanding high prices. Star Wars
collectables, particularly vintage, has always attracted large figures,
but now Vectis are regularly achieving four figure sums for He-Man,
Masters of the Universe and similar. We recently sold a He- Man pack for
£12,000 against a £800 estimate. We expect this sale to be particularly
popular.”
Included
are rare The Lord of the Rings carded figures from the 1978 cartoon
version, estimated up to £500 per figure, plus more unusual TigerSharks
and Blackstar action figures.
The
Action Figure sale is the first of a two-day TV & Film sale. The
second day follows with more rarities such as a Meccano Star Wars IG-88
Bounty Hunter figure estimated at £6,000. It is not just figures as
there is a POCH PBP (Spanish) card only (no figure) with a pre-sale
estimate of £700. If you have the toy for this packaging you would be
looking at figures in excess of £30,000.
The sale will be live online as Vectis continues to focus on its online sales even in a post-Covid era. The auction house has
experienced extremely strong prices across all areas of toy collecting,
particularly in the past two months as people are choosing to invest in
other, none traditional, areas.
A full pictorial catalogue is online now at www.vectis.co.uk
Please note this press release pertains to the sale on Wednesday 19th August 2020 (starting 10:00hrs) not those sales next week which will get a normal 'News, Views . . . ' in due course, if I get the eMail in time!
2 comments:
The popularity of Masters of the Universe figures is quite amazing. I didn't realize how global it was until I started watching the Mexican "Todos los Hunters" GooTube channel. The hardcore collectors are such completists that they chase after bootleg figures more aggressively than official figures.
Funnily-enough EY, I've picked-up a few Thunder Cats pieces in the last few years, something I totally missed at the time . . . don't know if they were on the 'wrong' channel or I'd all 'growed-up' and gone off to the army?!!
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