After huge sales results for the first two auctions, The Peter Hansen Collection of Comic Art, Vintage Toys and other collectables – Part 3 takes place next weekend, Saturday 20th June. Run by Excalibur Auctions, both toy and comic collectors will likely be bidding furiously on items on offer, spanning Dan Dare and Gerry Anderson items and more.
Some 370 items are on offer and it’s impossible to list them all here – and even the small selection featured below doesn’t do what’s on offer justice. If you’re a toy gun afficianado, for example, there’s no shortage of items to savour, but EAGLE, Dinky and Corgi toy, Marvel and Look-In comic fans certainly won’t be, either! All we can suggest is you check out the full catalogue here. Be aware bidding on some items is likely to be fierce!
A pair of Tiger Timcomic book vintage collectables comprising a wooden bagatelle game (no balls) together with a wooden shop display (possibly for books or newspapers), about 84cm high and marked “London Display Guild of Juxon Street, London SE11” to the rear
Tinplate Chips advertising sign – well used!, circa 1920s
Turmac Tobacco silk embroidered patches from 1930s featuring Walt Disney characters, including Mickey Mouse
Dan Dare
Mettoy Dan Dare Spaceship Eagle friction tinplate toy
Dan Dare hand puppet (unboxed, part lot)
Lone Star Dan Dare Gun
EAGLE “Riders of the Range” Shooting Game (Part lot)Waddingtons Dan Dare Jigsaw Puzzle
Mettoy Dan Dare Space Men
Doctor Who
Doctor Who related collectable – Chad Valley ‘Projector Set’ (Part Lot)
Gerry Anderson
US issue REMCO plastic Supercar vehicle (part lot)Budgie restored diecast Supercar in repro boxGerry Anderson’s “Fireball XL5” Thermos lunch boxQuercetti Fireball XL5 Spaceship (1962)Fireball XL5 Magnetic DartsGerry Anderson’s ‘Stingray’ games, kits etc to include a DOYUSHA Japanese ‘Stingray’ kit, underwater maze game, puzzles etc – contents uncheckedCentury 21 Toys Thunderbird 3Dinky 100 diecast ‘Gerry Anderson’s Thunderbirds’ Lady Penelope’s FAB1 Rolls RoyceGerry Anderson projection and film related toys comprising a Chad Valley “Thunderbirds” projector and unboxed “Fireball XL5”, “Supercar” and “Stingray” slides, a Bell Toys “Supercar” projector, a ‘Stingray’ Viewmaster set and a Walton Films 8mm “Fireball XL5” film, “Planet 46”Gerry Anderson’s “Captain Scarlet” Trading Cards comprising: Anglo Confectionery, twocomplete sets of 66 large-sized cards, plus 17 duplicates together with Barratt’s S CIGARETTES – 33 out of set of 50 and a pack sleeve from the original sweetsCentury 21 Toys Gerry Anderson ‘Joe 90’ battery operated Joe 90 car in original boxDinky 359 Gerry Anderson’s “Space: 1999” Eagle Transporter’ in white and green with red rear thrusters – VG in G/VG bubble packCentury 21 Toys Gerry Anderson ‘Project Sword’ battery operated Scramble Bug in original box, with instructions and badge
Comic Art
“Adam Eterno” art by Francisco Solano Lopez for Lion and Thunder cover dated 30th December 197020 pages of “Captain Hurricane” art drawn by Charles Roylance for the weekly comic Valiant, published variously between c. 1966 and 1971. Some part pages“Bully Beef and Chips” art for The Dandy, a strip originally drawn by Jimmy Hughes until 1993, so likely to be his work. 20 pages, circa 1969. Condition varies “Bully Beef and Chips” art for The Dandy, a strip originally drawn by Jimmy Hughes until 1993, so likely to be his work. A large quantity of black/white and colour comic art pages from the 1960s/70s15 original “Mork and Mindy” artworks by Bill Titcombe for Look-In, circa 1980/1981 “The Five Star Life” – about 50 pages of original comic book art from Look-In, 1987 series, various issues by Maureen and Gordon GrayPrincess Tina – 18 pages of original colour and black/white interior comic book art, for this title, circa early 1970sSchool Girls Picture Library – Four pages of original colour comic cover art, gouache on board, various issues, circa mid 1960sTwo page of original “Cliff Hanger” art for Thunder No. 16, one of the final issues of the short-lived comic. Each end-of-instalment cliffhanger featured an element to get Cliff and Kukri out of danger, which readers were encouraged to try and work out in the week between issues. The strip was not continued after the merger with Lion.Original Wombles art for Playhour (part lot)Spot the Clue with Zip Nolan for Lion
A portfolio containing eight pages of original colour cover art for Tina and Princess Tina, gouache on board, various artists
An Excalibur “lucky dip” job lot of comic art (in other words, they’ve no idea what’s included, it seems, because we can spot “Danger Mouse” art from Look-In, “The Steel Claw”, what looks like a Sean Connery caricature, a nice looking Superman illustration). The lot contains well in excess of 100 pieces of comic art from various comics, comic strips from newspapers, characters and eras etc. Excalibur say of this item, “Crate not included, please bring box!” Indeed, it could be quite the haul!
“The Steel Claw” for Valiant cover dated 1st August 1964, by Jesus Blasco“Robot Archie” for Lion, cover dated 15th July 1967, by Ted Kearon
War Picture Library original colour comic cover art, gouache on board for No. 888 October 1973. “Rebel Leader”, artist unknown, possibly Graham Coton, 48 x 38cm approx
Kits and Figures
A very scarce, unbuilt Aurora 1960s plastic kit from “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” franchise of an Illya Kuryakin diorama, internal bags sealed as new with instructions
Robert Harrop boxed resin figurines from the Beano and The Dandy collection comprising CBD10 ‘Smiffy’, CBD03 ‘Minnie the Minx’, CBD23 ‘Little Plum’, CBD25 ‘Corporal Clott’, CBD19 ‘Brassneck’ and BDCS06 Christmas Limited Edition “Teacher 5th Day of Xmas!”
Superhero Collectables
MB Games Marvel Superhero Lunch BoxMB Games Marvel Superhero Lunch BoxBerwick Playsuit Company BatmanBerwick Playsuit Company BatmanCorgi 267 Rocket Firing BatmobileCorgi 107 Batboat and Trailer, first issue
A group of Batman-related vintage toys comprising a Duncan Toys Batmobile (steering wheel and decals affixed, a Corgi 268 Batbike (decals on one side only, missiles missing), a HUSKY Batmobile and a Corgi Batmobile (fully operational missile launcher, with pulsating flame, missiles missing)
• Viewing times: Thursday 18th June 2026 – 9.30 – 12.30 and 14.00 – 4.30pm | Friday 19th June 2026 – 9.30 – 12.30 and 14.00 – 4.30pm
Limited viewing is also available in the hour before the auction on Saturday 20th June 2026, from 9.00 until 10.00am – this is strictly by appointment due to the limited amount of space available
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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