discussion Roy Cross artwork for sale

[flyjoe180]

Roy Cross, whose art work adorned Airfix boxes for decades, is selling his original art work:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...tml?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

 

[aaron]

I'll have the Lancaster black n white please.

Great opportunity to own a little bit of modelling history.

 

[Guest]

I actually signed up and put a few bids on. Almost everything is already above its top estimate. I actually have one bid on an item but it is only for a printer's proof and not an original artwork.

I think an awful lot are going to go for silly money. If it all goes to Roy Cross good luck to him. He was a part of a whole generation's childhood.

 

[Guest]

Interestingly I watched a bit of the auction live this morning. There were some very silly prices being generated. Old series one bagged kits going for around the 4-500 pound mark and the pencil Lancaster went for 1100.00 pounds!

I also noticed an original bagged 1/72nd P1127 Kestrel kit go for 220.00, which is brilliant as I've got two of them and the last one cost me 25 quid!

I didn't win anything and thought I'd put generous bids on a couple of items. I'm not into paying silly money though and remain dissapointed to see things getting so out of hand. If I buy an old bagged kit it is to enjoy making it and taking me back to those days as a youngster when I used to build a 1/72nd bagged kit every Saturday.

 

[stona]

If I buy an old bagged kit it is to enjoy making it and taking me back to those days as a youngster when I used to build a 1/72nd bagged kit every Saturday.

Quite right too. I remember them costing 2s 6d which was more than my weekly pocket money. I think I managed one or two a month and spent the rest on sweets and air rifle pellets

Cheers

Steve

 

[Guest]

That struck a cord Steve! I remember them at 2/6 when my pocket money was 2/6. Paints and glues etc were bought out of birthday money.

Then they put a series one kit up to 2/7 and I had to negotiate a pocket money rise with my Dad.

When you think 2/6 was 12 and a half pence!!