"Stars Wars" toys thrown in the trash were worth gold

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Star Wars toy including the Millennium Falcon.

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A British couple can thank their lucky stars after finding in a garage full of garbage bags left by a neighbor a real treasure of

toys

, worth 443,000 euros.

The couple, who live in Stourbridge in central England, were initially unsure of what to do with the pile of dolls and spaceships their neighbor had amassed for decades, according to

.

It was their son who was surprised to discover the value of the set when he called on an auctioneer to estimate the collection, which included figurines still in their original packaging.

"Many were slightly damp, due to the way they had been stored but this is the finest collection of Star Wars objects I have seen," an expert from Aston's assured. Auctionneers.

A figure of Jawa at 30,000 euros

Among the items for sale was a commander of Star Destroyer, one of the ships of the Galactic Empire fleet, one of only two known copies still in its original packaging, sold for 36,000 euros.

A figurine of Jawa in its packaging - one of the only 10 known copies - has for its part found a buyer for more than 30,000 euros.

As for the group of eight figurines from

bought for less than two euros in the early 1980s, they sold for 1,550 euros.

Whether it's a Stormtrooper helmet or an eye from R2D2, collectibles from one of the world's most famous cinematic sagas have been attracting collectors for years, willing to pay the price to acquire a piece of this universe.

A Luke Skywalker figurine, marketed as a children's toy in 1978, was sold in 2015 at an auction organized by Sotheby's and eBay for 21,000 euros.

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