{"id":29802,"date":"2024-01-29T11:55:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T16:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=29802"},"modified":"2024-01-29T11:55:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T16:55:25","slug":"rare-star-wars-jawa-figure-found-in-loft-sells-for-19500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=29802","title":{"rendered":"Rare Star Wars Jawa figure found in loft sells for \u00a319,500"},"content":{"rendered":"
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That’s a little over 33 000$ Canadian. Start looking through your basements and attics!<\/h5>\n

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Excalibur Auctions The Jawa character, wearing a vinyl cape on Palitoy packaging, is considered one of the rarest 70s Star Wars figures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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An “exceptionally rare” Star Wars figure found in a loft has outstripped its estimate after attracting worldwide interest at auction.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The Jawa character, complete with vinyl cape, is considered the “holy grail” of 1970s Star Wars figures, according to auctioneer Jonathan Torode.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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It was snapped up by a UK collector for \u00a319,500 during the Hertfordshire sale.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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“I feel honoured to have handled another rare part of Star Wars toy history,” Mr Torode said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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“The Jawa figure is still the absolute ultimate for Star Wars collectors.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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It was the second time in six months that Excalibur Auctions, of Kings Langley, was able to show off such a sought-after collectible.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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In July, it sold an identical Jawa figure for \u00a326,670, including commission charges, after it was found by the same owner among memorabilia packed away in boxes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Each figure was estimated to attain \u00a310,000 to \u00a315,000.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The figure owner, who worked for Marvel UK between 1974 and 1979, received a range of gifts from the UK toy company Palitoy during the promotion of the Star Wars line in Marvel comics.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Only 10 to 15 examples of this type of figure were documented, Excalibur Auctions said, with the vinyl cape substituted for a cloth cape not long into production.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That’s a little over 33 000$ Canadian. Start looking through your basements and attics! https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68118326 January 27, 2024 at 11:04 a.m. EST An “exceptionally rare” Star Wars figure found in a loft has outstripped its estimate after attracting worldwide interest at auction. The Jawa character, complete with vinyl cape, is considered the “holy grail” of … Continue reading Rare Star Wars Jawa figure found in loft sells for \u00a319,500<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":645,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1741,93],"tags":[1742,179],"class_list":["post-29802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collecting","category-fandom","tag-jawa-figure","tag-star-wars"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29802"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29804,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29802\/revisions\/29804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}