A rare Star Wars display that featured in a shop window for more than a quarter of a century is expected to fetch up to £10,000 at auction. The Palitoy Star Wars Return of the Jedi Promotional Store Display is just one of a handful made by model company NJ Farmers Associates Ltd in 1982.
It has hand-built and painted interiors, along with action figures and vehicles from the toy lines put on sale for Return of the Jedi, the third film released in the sci-fi franchise in 1983. The presentation piece took pride of place at the Romer Parrish toy shop in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire.
But after the vast two-storey toy shop was sold in 1995, the display was snapped up by a private collector. It will go under the hammer on Thursday, April 28, at Vectis Toy Auctions, with a pre-sale estimate of £5,000 to £10,000.
Nick Dykes, TV & Film Specialist for Vectis Auctions said: “This is unique opportunity to acquire something of not only Star Wars history but what is also social history. These large toy displays are fondly remembered by so many children, bringing back so many memories.
"The local connection to the auction house is the cherry on the top really of a superb story”.
