A toy robot that lay in a Scots loft for decades and was destined for a charity shop has been sold for £8,400 at auction after being identified as a sought-after Japanese rarity.
We previously told how the Radicon robot featured in the McTear's Antiques & Interiors auction in Glasgow and was expected to fetch up to £10,000. On Friday at 10am, the robot - which was produced in 1957 by Japanese toymaker Masudaya - sold for £8,400. This includes a 24% buyers premium.
It was the first to be produced in a member of the Gang Of Five robots that were only available by special purchase in the late 1950s, giving it heightened status. McTear's specialist, James Spiridion previously said that first edition toys "are becoming more and more collectable" and that they were expecting a "lot of interest from collectors".
