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Star Wars
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Huge group of Hollywood movie props expected to raise over $10m at Propstore's auction
30 July 2024Props from Indiana Jones, Star Wars and The Godfather all to feature at auction in the US
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Star Wars figure becomes most expensive vintage toy
07 June 2024Boba Fett action figure takes toy record from a diamond-wearing Barbie doll
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Rocket-launching Star Wars action figure expected to make sky-high price at auction
07 May 2024An action figure that never was will be going under the hammer this month.
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Oops: the Star Wars and Friends scripts left behind when the stars moved on
21 February 2024Film and TV stars must be a forgetful bunch, if lots sold at two recent UK auctions are anything to go by.
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Harrison Ford’s Star Wars scripts found in his former London flat come to auction
31 January 2024A group of scripts, notes and letters from Hollywood actor Harrison Ford, discovered in a Notting Hill flat he rented, are coming to auction.
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Much sought-after Star Wars Jawa figure from 1978 takes £15,000 at auction
28 January 2024One of the most coveted Star Wars figures is the Jawa figure by Palitoy with the original vinyl cape.
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Cheap cape but £21,000 for in demand Star Wars Jawa figure
14 August 2023The Vinyl Cape Jawa was the first Star Wars action figure to assume mythic status among collectors.
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Why details matter in Star Wars market
26 June 2023Showing little sign of their huge popularity slowing down, Star War figures made a significant contribution to a two-day TV and film-related auction.
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Power of the toy sales force
26 June 2023It is not just Star Wars figures or film posters bringing the big bucks.
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Star Wars rarities… but in bulk
13 February 2023Large collection of action figures offers multiple examples of hitherto scarce models to test the market
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Hoard of original Star Wars action figures discovered
09 January 2023The Star Wars collecting world has been rocked by the discovery of a cache of original action figures still packed in original Kenner factory shipping boxes.
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Star Wars action toys force market to six-figure frontier
27 June 2022Boldly going where no production action figure has gone before, a ʻdouble-telescoping’ Luke Skywalker in near mint conditon has sold for close to $100,000.
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Eighties toys that young at heart today would love
09 May 2022To mark the new range of Star Wars toys that came with the release of Return of the Jedi in 1983, the Leicester firm Palitoy commissioned a series of hand-built and hand-painted store displays to send to some of its best retailers.
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Star Wars figures: The force remains strong
09 May 2022Power of the Force line was launched as the original Star Wars began to lose its shine but rarest figures still bring demand
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Variations that are key to Star Wars figure value
31 January 2022As in so many collecting fields, slight variations can be key when it comes to pricing of TV generation toys.
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Star Wars, Indian version
10 January 2022Among the unexpected performers at the Prop Store’s (25% buyer’s premium) entertainment memorabilia sale was a single-sheet Star Wars poster.
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Darth Vader and Green Cross Code Man - Dave Prowse collection comes to auction
21 April 2021The collection of a giant of cinema is coming up at East Bristol Auctions: Dave Prowse (1935-2020), who played Darth Vader in Star Wars.
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Galaxy of film production roles in a long career
05 April 2021Thirteen lots in the exotically named Dr Atomicas Journey into Cool auction at Bishop & Miller in Stowmarket on May 7 have been consigned from an individual who worked for 30 years in the film industry with some of the biggest names.
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Toy specialist Aston’s to hold its last auction
14 September 2020Aston’s Auctioneers & Valuers in Dudley is to close and its final sale – a sci-fi toy collection – will be held next month.
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Actor Julian Glover's Star Wars badge of rank offered at East Bristol Auctions
20 July 2020It’s admittedly not much to look at and just 2 x 3½in (5 x 8.5cm), but if you are a Star Wars collector this badge on offer estimated at £4000-6000 at East Bristol Auctions on July 24 means a great deal.
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