A rare Star Wars toy which was picked out of a bargain bin for just 99p more than 32 years ago has sold at auction for £2,000. A shopper picked up the Yak-Face figure from Return of the Jedi at a Tesco store during the 1980s after it was marked down from £1.59.
It was kept sealed in the original packaging before being snapped up by another collector who then spent 20 years hunting down more toys from the film trilogy. The unnamed buyer's hoard of 37 figures went under the hammer at Hansons' Auctioneers, in Etwall, Derby on Wednesday.
The 99p toy sold for 2,000 times its estimate while his entire collection, which was tipped to make £20,000, fetched an impressive £37,500 in total. The 48-year-old seller, who works in financial services in Birmingham, said: "I am in shock to be honest.
