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The Journal
|June 07, 2025
Collecting is fun. Meet those who are world-class at it
DO YOU have a collection? It's great fun to collect stickers, trading cards or badges and swap them with your friends.
Some people take collecting to the next level, as these Guinness World Record holders prove.
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU
Journalist and author Steve Sansweet from California USA has a huge collection of items from a galaxy far far away. His Star Wars memorabilia fills a museum all by itself. He has around 300,000 items based on the film franchise at Rancho Obi-wan, including costumes, props and figures.
GAME ON
This story is from the June 07, 2025 edition of The Journal.
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