The Price of Plastic

[Rob McCow]

Dr Who News reported that an Auton Carnival Mask from the 70's has sold for a whopping five grand on eBay:

A rare Auton carnival mask from the Third Doctor story Terror of the Autons fetched more than £5,000 when it was auctioned on eBay.

The painted fibreglass head, with felt eyes, was sold on the online auction site by London-based miss-p73, who said in the item description that it had been given to her family in the late-1970s when her father worked for a studio transport company. She added that the accompanying foam rubber hat had long since perished, and said that the mask had been "much loved and played with" in her youth, which had led to it being "a bit chipped and scraped".

After 51 bids the prop - which was only available to buyers in the UK - finally went for £5,154 when the auction ended on Thursday 5th September just after 10.25pm.

The carnival masks were worn by the Autons to disguise their true nature as they handed out deadly plastic daffodils to unsuspecting members of the public.

See the item here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dr-Who-pro...p2047675.l2557



Looks in pretty good nick to me! Worth a few sheckels I reckons...

[SiHart]

That's not bad considering there are very few props from the show that still exist from the early 70s. Considering the owners said it had been played with and knocked around a lot, it's not in bad nick, is it?

[Philipnet]

I wouldn't mind nicking it.


Sorry - I thought we were trying to get the work "nick" into every post in this thread

[Rob McCow]

There should have been a PS Audios with the Autons in, we could have used this mask. But I think it would have been a good story for Rob and Nick anyway.