DENVER ( KDVR ) — 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.
Jeff Jacob was born two years before “Star Wars” debuted in 1977, and his childhood was filled with the iconic film. While Jacob had “Star Wars” toys growing up in southwest Denver, he gave most of them away when he was 12 and didn’t start to build his multi-million dollar collection until he was almost 20 years old.
Local collects millions worth of ‘Star Wars’ memorabilia
It started by walking into comic stores and buying a few toys while he was working in construction. At first, he spent years trying to collect all of the toys he had as a kid, but Jacob told his future wife that he would only start truly collecting if he had the chance to buy a collection of packaged vintage toys.
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Then, a 911 pager came in from his friend who told him there was a collection he should look at.
Soon enough, the 19-year-old purchased a collection worth $4,000 from a woman trying to raise money for an orphanage. He didn’t have thousands of dollars to spare but bought it anyway. At the time, his mother thought he was crazy…