A collection of Star Wars memorabilia described as ‘the best collection ever seen,’ by the auction house could fetch over £70,000 when it goes up for auction in January.
The single-owner lifetime collection features over one hundred original boxed action figures, and over fifteen hundred autographs from cast and crew.
Andrew Stowe, auctioneer at East Bristol Auctions, says ‘It is the most impressive collection of Star Wars memorabilia I have ever seen. This is a collection that is difficult to match!’. The haul is the private collection of a Bristol gentleman who collected the memorabilia for over thirty years. ‘He was buying the original figures in the mid nineties when they could be purchased for just a few pounds. Now some of those figures are worth over a thousand!’
But vintage toys weren’t the focus of the collection – that slot was reserved for autographs. ‘When I first met with the vendor,’ adds Andrew ‘what I thought was a quick home visit turned in to a morning out, when I just kept getting handed folder after folder of autographs. Turning each page over revealed something else incredible. There were signed photographs that Star Wars fans would sell a limb to own!’ The collector visited conventions in both the UK and USA for around twenty years, they’d also meet cast members at stage doors, or talks – and some even became friends, visiting them in their homes.
It took eight months for the collection to be catalogued by the auction house.
Highlights within the sale include a rare Empire Strikes Back ‘Boba Fett’ action figure released in 1982 which carries an estimate of £800 to 1200, a Star Wars script book autographed by over two hundred original cast and crew – £1500 to £2500, and rare signed photo of Alec Guinness who played Obi-Wan Kenobi – £400 to £600. The entire collection is estimated at £50,000 to £70,000.
The auction takes place on 27th January from 10am, with the catalogue available online now via East Bristol Auction’s website bid.eastbristol.co.uk
Stay tuned as we will bring the results of this fascinating auction here on Fantha Tracks.
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart.
He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
A collection of Star Wars memorabilia described as ‘the best collection ever seen,’ by the auction house could fetch over £70,000 when it goes up for auction in January.
The single-owner lifetime collection features over one hundred original boxed action figures, and over fifteen hundred autographs from cast and crew.
Andrew Stowe, auctioneer at East Bristol Auctions, says ‘It is the most impressive collection of Star Wars memorabilia I have ever seen. This is a collection that is difficult to match!’. The haul is the private collection of a Bristol gentleman who collected the memorabilia for over thirty years. ‘He was buying the original figures in the mid nineties when they could be purchased for just a few pounds. Now some of those figures are worth over a thousand!’
But vintage toys weren’t the focus of the collection – that slot was reserved for autographs. ‘When I first met with the vendor,’ adds Andrew ‘what I thought was a quick home visit turned in to a morning out, when I just kept getting handed folder after folder of autographs. Turning each page over revealed something else incredible. There were signed photographs that Star Wars fans would sell a limb to own!’ The collector visited conventions in both the UK and USA for around twenty years, they’d also meet cast members at stage doors, or talks – and some even became friends, visiting them in their homes.
It took eight months for the collection to be catalogued by the auction house.
Highlights within the sale include a rare Empire Strikes Back ‘Boba Fett’ action figure released in 1982 which carries an estimate of £800 to 1200, a Star Wars script book autographed by over two hundred original cast and crew – £1500 to £2500, and rare signed photo of Alec Guinness who played Obi-Wan Kenobi – £400 to £600. The entire collection is estimated at £50,000 to £70,000.
The auction takes place on 27th January from 10am, with the catalogue available online now via East Bristol Auction’s website bid.eastbristol.co.uk
Stay tuned as we will bring the results of this fascinating auction here on Fantha Tracks.
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart.
He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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It took eight months for the collection to be catalogued by the auction house.
