SINISTER drawings by the gangster Reggie Kray are going under the hammer at an antiques auction at the Moore Allen & Innocent auction house Cirencester on February 20.

Reggie and his brother were at the forefront of organised crime in London during the 1960s.

The pencil studies include a hand reaching out from an eyeball, an eye held open with a brace - similar to the shocking scene in the movie A Clockwork Orange - and a further study of an eye.

The set of six drawings also includes two studies of nude or semi-nude women in glamour poses, and a sketch of martial arts star Bruce Lee, in a scene from Enter the Dragon.

The drawings were completed by Kray during his time at Wayland Prison in Norfolk in 1999 - a year before his release.

The lot is the second with connections to the gangster to be offered for sale by Moore Allen & Innocent in Cirencester in as many weeks.

Earlier this month, the auctioneers sold a boxing glove presented to Kray by the boxer Rocky Marciano for £580.

Like the boxing glove, the drawings come with a form from the prison authorities granting the 'handing out' of the items to a friend during a prison visit.

All of the drawings are signed by Kray, and stamped by prison authorities to the rear.

The lot is expected to achieve between £100 and £150.

On the same day signatures, signed photographs and theatre posters of famous names, such as Bob Monkhouse, Cannon & Ball, Jimmy Tarbuck will also be going under the hammer.

The signatures were collected by a young autograph hunter in the mid 1980s.

For more on Moore Allen & Innocent auctions visit the mooreallen.co.uk website.