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Worlds largest collection of star wars memorabilia guinness. The super fan who is currently able to lay claim to that title is steve sansweet, a journalist and author, and president of rancho obiwan, a nonprofit museum in petaluma, northern california that houses his collection of an estimated 300,000 unique star wars items. Join steve sansweet of rancho obiwan, petaluma, ca. Steve sansweets collection resides at rancho obiwan, a nonprofit museum exhibit. How fans helped hasbro build its biggest star wars ship. Check out this awesome video of steve sansweet discussing his collection with the folks from guiness. The ultimate star wars collection with steve sansweet. The guinness world records and steve sansweets rancho obiwan announced last night that sansweets massive museum of star wars collectibles has been certified as the largest collection of star wars memorabilia in the world. On thursday, to mark the occasion of the release of the guinness world records 2014 book, guinness posted at its u. Sansweet born june 14, 1945 is the chairman and president of rancho obiwan, a nonprofit museum that houses the worlds largest collection of star wars memorabilia prior to his retirement in april 2011, he was director of content management and head of fan relations at lucasfilm ltd. A museum with the worlds largest star wars memorabilia collection owned by intergalactic fan ambassador steve sansweet.
Steve sansweet is head of rancho obiwan, a nonprofit museum that houses the guinness world recordscertified largest collection of star wars memorabilia. A tour of rancho obiwan, the worlds largest collection. Steve sansweet has an estimated 500,000 unique star wars items at his rancho obiwan in northern california. The worlds largest collection of star wars memorabilia. Rancho obiwan star wars collection in petaluma wins spot. We met with steve sansweet at star wars celebration anaheim to discuss his history with star wars and collecting, and find out how rancho obiwan came to be. The justreleased guinness world records 2014 edition features an amazing twopage photograph of part of the collection. Sansweet born june 14, 1945 is the chairman and president of rancho obiwan.
In a warehouse far, far away, the galaxys top star wars collector holds court as force awakens breaks box office records, steve sansweet has accumulated 350,000 franchise artifacts at. Here on the guinness world records youtube channel we want to showcase incredible talent. Steve sansweet, president and ceo of the nonprofit rancho obiwan, revealed the news on the organizations website earlier this week. Steve sansweet biowiki, net worth, married 2018 stephen j. Steve sansweet strikes a pose next to darth vader during the photoshoot for the guiness book of world records 2014 book im delighted with the recognition from guinness world records, which for years has been the authority in these matters, said sansweet, president and ceo of rancho obiwan and fan relations adviser for lucasfilm ltd.
The idea for the guinness book of world records came out of an argument sir hugh beaver, managing director of the guinness brewery, had on a. Rare items stolen from worlds largest star wars collection. Rollerskating indian schoolboy among new guinness records. As of 15 may 20, only 90,546 items have been accurately audited and catalogued a number sufficient enough, however, to beat the previous guinness world records figure by a factor of four.
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