A British auction house was about to sell off original Star Wars memorabilia left in the former house of Peter Mayhew, the actor who played Chewbacca. A tweet from his widow, Angie Mayhew, led to the auction being called off.
at 74 after devoting much of his later years to philanthropy, including the foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to “the alleviation of disease, pain, suffering, and the financial toll brought on by life’s traumatic events.”
Angie and others at the foundation learned about the auction Feb. 7 as news stories about it started circulating, Egan said. Foundation representatives sent Ryedale a direct message through the auction house’s Twitter account to try to talk about it out of the public eye. When they didn’t hear back by Wednesday, Angie started tweeting about her opposition, tagging the Twitter accounts of Ryedale and Ashworth.
At the meeting, the couple selling the items agreed to donate them, so long as the foundation promised not to sell them. Egan said Angie and the foundation have no intention of selling or even giving them away. The memorabilia already has a place in the “Chewie room,” a large outbuilding on Angie’s father’s ranch in Boyd, Tex., filled with hundreds of photos, posters, costumes and other Star Wars souvenirs.
Ryedale Auctioneers sent an agreement to the foundation Monday morning and then bowed out of the negotiations, leaving any further arrangements to the foundation and the homeowners, Egan said. The foundation has not yet had direct contact with the couple who discovered Mayhew’s Star Wars memorabilia but hopes that will happen soon.
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