ROY CROSS, KING OF THE KIT BOXES - ORIGINAL AIRFIX BOX ART FOR SALE AT AUCTION

The auction house Vectis has a sale that will include the last major tranche of original Roy Cross Airfix artwork, selected by Roy himself from his personal collection. The Vectis sale is on Thursday July 24, 2014.

KIT HISTORY FOR SALE ON NOVEMBER 6, AT VECTIS AIRFIX ARCHIVE AUCTION

 

DAVID JEFFERIS REPORTS

On November 6, Vectis Auctions, the world's largest toy auction house, will hold an auction featuring an impressive collection of Airfix kits. And that’s not all, for the sale includes the magnificent Roy Cross box art ‘Bomb the Tirpitz’ shown here, reckoned to be in with a chance to fetch between £9500-£15,000 GBP ($15-24,000 USD).

Corgi Toys: classic Batmobile and Batboat gift set

Taking out licenses for TV and movie characters has long been an important part of the scale model business – and for collectors too, many of whom zero in on this part of the hobby.

Vectis Auctions currently has a good looking Corgi Toys Batmobile and Batboat boxed gift set for sale at £395 GBP ($579 USD), which seems a fair price for such a tasty item, even if the Batboat’s windshield is not quite complete.