A collection of rare early Star Wars figures amassed by a toy salesman over 40 years has sold at auction for £15,000. The hoard of 50 original figures were kept sealed in their original packaging for more than four decades by a businessman who refused to sell them during his lifetime.
He asked his daughters to auction his collection after he died so they could benefit from the proceeds and he passed away last year following a battle with cancer. It included original Kenner and Palitoy sealed blister pack Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Boba Fett and Yoda figures plus other boxed vintage Star Wars toys.
The collection was only expected to make £5,000 when it went under the hammer at Richard Winterton Auctioneers, in Lichfield, Staffordshire, on Wednesday. But it smashed its estimate to fetch a total of £15,130 - leaving his daughters 'completely gobsmacked'.
