Star Wars display saved from toy store that shut nearly 30 years ago up for sale
The toy was on display at Romer Parrish toy shop in Middlesbrough and is expected to fetch between £5,000 and £10,000
A Star Wars display saved from a toy store that shut nearly 30 years ago is to go under the hammer at auction. The handcrafted Palitoy Star Wars Return of the Jedi display was one of only a few made by model company, NJ Farmers Associates Ltd. The display - made in 1982 and showing off toys including Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Chewbacca - was on show at Middlesbrough's Romer Parrish toy shop.Getty ImagesRomer Parish toy shop in 1975 - the store opened in Middlesbrough in 1933 and closed in 1995
Nick Dykes, TV and film specialist for Vectis Auctions, in Stockton, which will be hosting the sale, said: "This is unique opportunity to acquire something of not only Star Wars history but what is also social history."The local connection to the auction house is the cherry on the top really of a superb story."The two-storey shop was eventually sold to Beatties in 1995 and is now a restaurant.
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