One of world’s biggest collection of Star Wars toys sells for incredible 7-figure sum

ONE of the world’s finest collections of vintage Star Wars toys has sold for astir £1.2million.

Jeff Jacob spent 33 years amassing virtually each figure, spaceship, conveyance and play acceptable from the franchise.

The postulation included much than 300 mint information figures, including a uncommon Obi Wan Kenobi artifact with a treble extending lightsaber — a plan rapidly scrapped — which made £85,500.

An R2-D2 fig from 1978 made by Kenner with an “unpunched” paper — meaning it was ne'er placed connected a store show peg — went for £31,600.

And different unpunched 1979 Boba Fett fig sold for £22,100.

Darth Vader’s Tie Fighter vessel went for £8,100 and a Cantina play acceptable fetched £22,100.

Another standout batch was a uncommon mentation of Return of the Jedi bounty huntsman quality 4-LOM.

It is 1 of conscionable 4 known examples and took Jeff 20 years to source, selling astatine auction for £15,400.

And a mint information 1983 Millennium Falcon, inactive successful its archetypal box, made £7,400.

Construction idiosyncratic Jeff, from Denver, Colorado, displayed his postulation successful solid cabinets passim his house.

He present plans to walk his profits connected gathering a caller home.

Kelly McClain, from Hake’s auction location successful Pennsylvania, USA, which conducted the sale, said: “This was the astir important and important Star Wars and enactment fig postulation to travel to auction.”