A PROMOTIONAL Star Wars shop display has sold for over £13,000 at Vectis Auctions in Stockton this morning (April 28).

Lot 6269 on the was a highly anticipated Lot, the Palitoy Star Wars Return of the Jedi vintage Vehicle and Figure Promotional Store Display, was on offer with an estimate of £5,000-£10,000.

These store displays were all hand-built, painted and were provided by to key accounts and partners to Palitoy to promote the new film release and character lines. It depicts the battle scene on Endor, at the end of the new Return of The Jedi film.

This display was awarded to Romer Parrish, one of Teesside most well-known toy shops, which opened in 1933 on Linthorpe Road Middlesbrough.

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Originally made by NJ Farmers Associates Ltd for Palitoy in roughly 1982, it was bought by a collector when the store closed in the mid-1990s, the vendor decided to sell after talking to Specialist Nick Dykes.

Nick said: “This is a 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”.

The anticipation in the room was matched online and with a book full of commission bids.

It opened at £9,000, the commission bid was soon taken on by a UK-based internet bidder who persevered and won the lot at £13,000 (£15,600 with commission).

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