Autographs of Roy Shaw
\nRoyston Henry Shaw (11 March 1936 – 14 July 2012), also known as Roy "Pretty Boy" Shaw, Roy "Mean Machine" Shaw and Roy West, was a property investor, author and businessman from the East End of London who was formerly a criminal and Category A prisoner. During the 1970s & 80s Shaw was active in the criminal underworld of south London and was close friends with Joey Pyle. Shaw is best remembered today for his career as a fighter on the unlicensed boxing scene, becoming an arch-rival of Lenny McLean.
Shaw was born in Stepney, London, to a working-class family and from an early age was involved in illegal activities. He was acquainted with the Kray twins since at least the very early 1960s; Shaw attended the funeral of Reggie Kray in 2000, and was quoted as having said: "We grew up in the same era. They were into protection rackets and I was into blags. I never got in their way and they never got in mine. Ronnie was more of a friend than Reggie, but I've come along today because he was one of the 'chaps'. Today is like the end of an era. The Krays were legends." As an adult Shaw mainly lived in Bethnal Green.
Shaw was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment for an armed robbery in 1963, one of England's largest armoured truck robberies. Shaw reportedly fought his way out of two different holding cells at HM Prison Maidstone, assaulting several prison guards.
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Traded items with a signature of Roy Shaw
The most expensive item with a signature of Roy Shaw (SIGNED copy of the Mega rare cliff field book “A CUT ABOVE THE REST” Roy Shaw….) was sold in March 2026 for £160.64 while the cheapest item (BREAKER, JOE PYLE, ROY SHAW, On A Niteout. Signed To You By CHARLIE BREAKER) found a new owner for £0.99 in May 2016. The month with the most items sold (5) was January 2020 with an average selling price of £7.50 for an autographed item of Roy Shaw. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2024 with £134.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was April 2014. In average, an autographed item from Roy Shaw is worth £5.74.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Roy Shaw were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Lenny MacLaine & Roy Shaw Signed Boxing Glove | £134.00 |  |
| Lenny MacLaine & Roy Shaw Signed Boxing Glove | £134.00 | |
| Roy Shaw Lenny Mclean Signed Card Ticket 6x4 Boxing Boxer The Guvnor Film King | £5.50 | |
| Roy Shaw Lenny Mclean Signed Card Ticket 6x4 Boxing Boxer The Guvnor Film King | £5.50 | |
| Roy Shaw Lenny Mclean Signed Card Ticket 6x4 Boxing Boxer The Guvnor Film King | £4.20 | |
| Roy Shaw Lenny Mclean Signed Pages Ticket 6x4 Boxing Boxer Guvnor Reproduction | £3.99 | |
| Roy Shaw Lenny Mclean Signed Pages Ticket 6x4 Boxing Boxer Guvnor Reproduction | £3.99 | |
| Roy Shaw Lenny Mclean Signed Pages Ticket 6x4 Boxing Boxer Guvnor Reproduction | £3.99 | |
| Roy Shaw Lenny Mclean Signed Pages Ticket 6x4 Boxing Boxer Guvnor Reproduction | £3.99 | |
 | Roy Shaw Pretty Boy Signed Photo / Autographed Underground Bareknuckle Boxer | £39.44 | |
| Roy Shaw Pretty Boy Signed Photo / Autographed Underground Bareknuckle Boxer | £39.44 | |
| Roy Shaw Signed 16x12 Photo AFTAL Authentication AA00608 | £25.98 | |
| Roy Shaw Signed 16x12 Photo AFTAL Authentication AA00608 | £25.98 | |
| Roy Shaw Signed Pretty Boy Large framed display Gangster Boxing Crime | £100.00 | |
| Roy Shaw Signed Pretty Boy Large framed display Gangster Boxing Crime | £100.00 | |
