A friend of his notified him that his friend had purchased a number of rare items from Cunningham, and when he saw the list, it looked like Cunningham had gotten them, somehow, from Rancho Obi-Wan.
Apparently, Carl Edward Cunningham, a “well-known Star Wars collector and R2-D2 builder,” had been selling the items, which is how Sansweet got wind of the theft.
The owner of the largest privately-owned Star Wars memorabilia collection in the world, known as Rancho Obi-Wan, has announced today that it has been systematically robbed over a period of many months from 2015 to 2016.
Rancho Obi-Wan is a nonprofit organization that donates proceeds from tours to a number of charities.