Is it time to offload your Star Wars collection?
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ScourgiousJinx
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A few years ago I gave my friend's kid who's a massive SW fan a decent installed crystal reveal Luke saber that was just sitting on a shelf. His reaction was worth way more than anything I could've gotten for it. So I started giving more away, sold a few things and now everything that I have left has sentimental value and fits on one shelf. I'm happy that most went to friends that love SW. I truly could care less how much anything I have left is worth and with a few small exceptions I'm really not looking to acquire more.
Milo Talon
Active Member
I've sold off at least half my collection over the past year or so and am still selling. Markets real low though, only getting about 30-40% value if lucky. Lots of things have been sold at 25% value just to get rid of it. Too much clutter has built up over the years, it's time to move on.
I've told my kids once I'm gone anything left is their problem.
I've told my kids once I'm gone anything left is their problem.
PVmodels
New Member
I am thinning out my collection and not just of Star Wars. I’m keeping the toys and collectibles that I have an attachment to. Selling is certainly not as fun as buying. I know that I can make one phone call and all the toys can be gone. But at a ridiculously low price. So I prefer to do it a little at a time. I think there will always be someone willing to buy the good Star Wars items. Just maybe not at the price you want.
drusselmeyer
Master Member
The main problem with SW items is that quality has been increasing since the start. The sentimental value is the main source of value of these items.
Unlike so many other productions, most newer items are of higher quality across the board from those first offerings because there was a sustained interest.
Unlike so many other productions, most newer items are of higher quality across the board from those first offerings because there was a sustained interest.
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When it comes to Star Wars, I have a small collection left that I'll probably never sell. They are things that have some kind of back-story or personal meaning. My first Luke ESB saber (a Larbel, probably my very first replica), the Vader ANH I dragged through customs at several airports going from LA back to Sweden, my self-machined Luke ROTJ, a Hot Toys set of all the OT heroes in JEDI gear... stuff like that. Plus one moving box of Kenner items that are played with like crazy, that I don't display, but would never get rid of.
This past year I've had to sell of much of my collection due to 'real life intrusions', mostly non-SW stuff, and many items were pretty painful to let go of, but needs must. (And I'll have to let even more go in the coming weeks.) I'm a Gen X-er and, while a lot of the 'magic' has been torn from Star Wars after the sale to the Mouse, looking at some items still brings me back to that old feeling...
This past year I've had to sell of much of my collection due to 'real life intrusions', mostly non-SW stuff, and many items were pretty painful to let go of, but needs must. (And I'll have to let even more go in the coming weeks.) I'm a Gen X-er and, while a lot of the 'magic' has been torn from Star Wars after the sale to the Mouse, looking at some items still brings me back to that old feeling...
I'm kind of the opposite, I'm currently getting all the stuff I've always wanted. My fabrication skills are now at a level where I can make anything I want, and at the top of the list, I have a very select few Star Wars items I've always wanted, ever since childhood. It's the bare minimum of what most general collectors typically have/want, but it's stuff I have a hand in producing, so it's not just some replica: it's a replica of my own. I keep a minimal amount of stuff already, so these things aren't anything that's gonna kill me to keep, and they're not the tertiary stuff made from literal garbage like the Hoth scanner or whatever.
I only want the things I love and when the day comes when I die and this stuff is off-loaded, it'll be worth nothing to nobody because it was always meant for me to begin with.
I only want the things I love and when the day comes when I die and this stuff is off-loaded, it'll be worth nothing to nobody because it was always meant for me to begin with.
Along with my important papers, I have instructions and resource contact information for the disposal of my collection. My family knows the items have value, well at least they do right now. I’ve made it very clear that they can do whatever they want with my collection. They are under no obligation to keep any of it.
To my prior point…here’s a good example of a Gen X’er off-loading their vintage Star Wars collection, now…
www.yahoo.com
Local man auctions ‘Star Wars’ memorabilia estimated at $7M
A local man has been collecting millions of dollars' worth of "Star Wars" memorabilia for 32 years, and now he's ready to sell it.
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Milo Talon
Active Member
To my prior point…here’s a good example of a Gen X’er off-loading their vintage Star Wars collection, now…
Local man auctions ‘Star Wars’ memorabilia estimated at $7M
A local man has been collecting millions of dollars' worth of "Star Wars" memorabilia for 32 years, and now he's ready to sell it.
I've heard his reason for selling is he's moving on to other things and that he considers the collection "complete" and has nothing left to add to it. No idea if that's really why, it's going to be interesting to watch, many vintage sw groups on fb have been buzzing about it
For the first time ever, in my local antique mall, there is a case devoted exclusively to original Star Wars figures in their original packages.
Milo Talon
Active Member
How is their pricing? Huge yoda fan lol
