Jancee
New member
I'd appreciate some advice from the experts as I'm about to start disposing of a large collection of well loved and much played-with Star Wars items from the 1970s and 1980s. They belonged to our son, who now lives abroad and has given us permission to clear them from the loft.
I'm not sure how much value there is in the collection as it has mostly been so 'loved'. It's also extremely dusty. I've started cleaning the pieces, using warm water and washing up liquid, but this has thrown up a few issues...
A lot of the pieces have stickers - mostly the remains of stickers - and I'm not sure whether it's better to try to preserve them, no matter how tatty they are? And exactly how clean do the figures and ships need to be before I list them somewhere? Some have small marks which I understand (from watching a YouTuber) may be removed by gently cleaning with lighter fluid.
I have some of the original boxes for the vehicles and playsets. But they are in poor condition, squashed and dusty. They are very useful to me - an elderly female non-StarWars enthusiast - as they help show which bits go with which! But is that the extent of their value?
Finally (for now), there's a small pile of other SW stuff - Pez, Chupa Chups, Pepsi, Topps etc. Are they collectable? I was thinking of listing them on Ebay as a job lot... My husband says bin them, but he also said that about the hundred or so figures that we have - and I know he's wrong there!
If anyone here can spare the time to offer some advice, it will be much appreciated.
I'm not sure how much value there is in the collection as it has mostly been so 'loved'. It's also extremely dusty. I've started cleaning the pieces, using warm water and washing up liquid, but this has thrown up a few issues...
A lot of the pieces have stickers - mostly the remains of stickers - and I'm not sure whether it's better to try to preserve them, no matter how tatty they are? And exactly how clean do the figures and ships need to be before I list them somewhere? Some have small marks which I understand (from watching a YouTuber) may be removed by gently cleaning with lighter fluid.
I have some of the original boxes for the vehicles and playsets. But they are in poor condition, squashed and dusty. They are very useful to me - an elderly female non-StarWars enthusiast - as they help show which bits go with which! But is that the extent of their value?
Finally (for now), there's a small pile of other SW stuff - Pez, Chupa Chups, Pepsi, Topps etc. Are they collectable? I was thinking of listing them on Ebay as a job lot... My husband says bin them, but he also said that about the hundred or so figures that we have - and I know he's wrong there!
If anyone here can spare the time to offer some advice, it will be much appreciated.