BARGAIN Hunt presenter Charlie Ross was left stunned by one guest’s enormous Star Wars collection worth an approximate £90,000 on the show.
Keith Guppy, from Somerset, showed off his impressive collection during an episode of the BBC classic.
Charlie was left stunned by Keith’s impressive collection
He had been collecting Star Wars items since 1982
The superfan has been collecting Star Wars items since 1982 when he was gifted his figurine as a Christmas present.
Charlie went to visit Keith who gave him a personal guided tour of all 1,600 pieces of memorabilia.
In addition to the 1,600 action figures he claimed to have, he added that he was also the proud owner of “probably three to four hundred ships and playsets”.
Keith admitted that his love for collecting such items had led to him making some pretty epic life decisions.
He told the show’s host how he had been forced to redesign elements of his home in order to accommodate all his belongings.
He said on the BBC programme: “This room is about 40 square metres. It’s two double bedrooms – I recently renovated it and changed it all around so now I’ve got everything on display.
“You basically walk around the room and [the figures] are in chronological release order.”
Keith also told how he had learned to understand the buying and selling market when it comes to collectables and confirmed that the condition of such an item can be ‘paramount’ in determining just how much money it could fetch.
He told how good conditioned items can increase the price of an item by up to four times.
Keith also shocked the show’s host when he revealed that there were people whose job it was to come and inspect different action figures and grade them on how good condition they are if they were to be put on the market.
He showed off one of his elusive Yak Face figures, a rare find in the modern world and was impressed when it won a score of grade 90 therefore giving it a value of £1,000.
Had the produce been scored an 80 or lower, the value would have dramatically dropped to £500 or less.
Keith revealed that despite his collection being extensive and expensive, he does not let himself get too caught up in the world and admitted the collection is ‘self-funding’ as he allows himself to sell off items in order to acquire new ones.
He said: “I’ve got a big collection but I don’t get too attached that I won’t sell it if the time’s right to build my collection.
“My collection is almost self-funding so I sell stuff at the right time and that’ll buy me some more pieces.”
