Lost Star Wars memorabilia has been returned to The Peter Mayhew Foundation.
Peter Mayhew is best known for portraying Chewbacca in the Star Wars franchise. Sadly, the man behind the beloved Wookiee passed away in 2019, but his wife Angelique Mayhew often honors her husband's legacy and occasionally posts from The Peter Mayhew Foundation's Twitter account. Recently, she took to Twitter to reveal her dismay over the fact that items left behind by Mayhew were being sold for auction without her knowledge.
"When we moved out of this house Peter's movement challenges made it impossible for him to get into the attic to get the rest of these memories. It really breaks my heart to see our belongings auctioned off like this by @angusashworth and @RyedaleAuction1," Angie Mayhew wrote on Twitter earlier this week.
The items in question included an original Star Wars script as well as a call sheet. According to the report, auctioneer Angus Ashworth was unaware of Mayhew's issue with the auction until seeing the tweet. "I was approached by a lovely older couple who were clearing their attic a quarter of a century after moving into their property," Ashworth said in a statement."The contents of the attic included a bag of Star Wars memorabilia, which I thought might be of some interest to Star Wars fans." He added,"Nobody had approached us to discuss it, and had they done so I would of course have talked to the vendors ...
What Is The Peter Mayhew Foundation?You can read a description from The Peter Mayhew Foundation's website here:"The Peter Mayhew Foundation is a 501 nonprofit organization devoted to the alleviation of disease, pain, suffering, and the financial toll brought on by life's traumatic events.
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