Hulk and Thor help raise £1,000

RARE American comics donated to a charity shop made more than £1,000 at the John Taylors annual Toy and Doll Sale in Louth last week.

By The Newsroom

Published 26th Jun 2011, 10:23 BST

A man handed 1,000s of superhero comics to the Oxfam shop in Market Rasen which decided to put them up for auction to raise money for the charity.

The comics from the 1960s and 1970s featured Marvel heroes like Captain America, Spiderman, the Hulk and Thor and DC heroes like Superman, Batman and Swamp Thing.

Other highlights of the sale included an early 20th Century mohair plush bear that made £700 and a collection of early Steiff bears that all made upward of £500.

Train sets and other toys also proved that big kids were all in attendance at the Woolmart auction rooms with Trix, Hornby and Schuco items all making above their estimates.