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Doctor Who: Rare 1966 Dalek for sale in TV memorabilia auction Doctor Who: Rare 1966 Dalek sells for 'record' £38K
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A 1966 Dalek is among a huge collection of film and TV props and memorabilia expected to attract bids from around the world when sold at auction. A 1966 Dalek has sold for £38,500 to a UK bidder after attracting bids from around the world in a film and TV memorabilia auction.
The 67 items all belong to one man, whose wife said he needs to get rid of them so they can downsize. The 67 items all belonged to one man, whose wife said he needed to get rid of them so they could downsize.
Auctioneer James Lewis said it was the best collection of film memorabilia he had ever seen for sale. Auctioneer James Lewis said about 30 people "fiercely contested" the prop and believes "it's a record for the highest price ever sold".
Other Doctor Who props up for grabs include a Cyberman from the 19th season and a Tardis from a stage show. The huge collection of Doctor Who items sold for almost £75,000 in total.
Mr Lewis said: "I think the Dalek would have been back in use exterminating its owner if he hadn't agreed to sell his collection." Updates on this story and more from Derbyshire
His wife said: "There's no way that we can accommodate all of these things. The last thing I want is a Dalek in the bedroom. A man from London bought the Dalek, beating bids from America, Australia, New Zealand and Belgium.
Mr Lewis said: "£38,500 is an incredible price - more than double what was expected.
"It's beaten the record set in 2005, which stood at just over £36,000.
"I think the Dalek would have been back in use exterminating its owner if he hadn't agreed to sell his collection."
The lots included a Cyberman from the 19th season that sold for £2,000 and a Tardis from a stage show that fetched £1,000.
Prior to the auction, the seller's wife said: "There's no way that we can accommodate all of these things. The last thing I want is a Dalek in the bedroom.
"Everything has to go. We don't want any of it back."Everything has to go. We don't want any of it back.
"I'm locking my husband in a straitjacket in the garden shed so he can't bid on any of it again.""I'm locking my husband in a straitjacket in the garden shed so he can't bid on any of it again."
Updates on this story and more from Derbyshire The collection also included oversized props from The Borrowers and Mr Cadbury's Parrot.
Mr Lewis said the collection took over the cellar of the couple's house.
"They are incredibly rare, to get a genuine Dalek from that period," he said.
"I've never seen one coming up for many, many, many years."
The collection also includes oversized props from The Borrowers and Mr Cadbury's Parrot.
The collector, from Hertfordshire, amassed the items over 25 years.The collector, from Hertfordshire, amassed the items over 25 years.
He is not expected to be at the auction, which is taking place at Bamfords in Derby later. He did not attend the auction, which took place at Bamfords in Derby.
"I don't think he can bring himself to come," Mr Lewis said.
"He had lots of collections of lots of different things but it's this collection that's just so huge.
"In terms of film memorabilia this is probably the best sale that we've ever had, the best sale that I've ever seen as an auctioneer."