Mailman David Oldbury spends his days making deliveries to other people’s homes and now thanks to his love and devotion to Star Wars, he’s delivering his home to other people. The 46 year old super fan has turned his London home into a shrine filled with all of his Star Wars collectibles. He’s even equipped it with amenities for people to spend the night in his “Solo Suite” named after his favorite character Han Solo.

Michael Jordan is arguably the greatest player in NBA history and now the jersey worn for his last regular season games as a member of the Chicago Bulls has achieved its own greatness; it recently sold for an incredible $173,240 at Goldin Auctions.

Growing up in the Netherlands, Sjoerd Rutten was a kid who always found a way to entertain himself. One afternoon he decided to go to his cousin’s house and play together; when he got there, his cousin was playing with something that young Sjoerd had never seen before. “When I walked in the door, my cousin was playing an action video game on the old Commodore 64.” said Rutten. “I loved the concept and I loved the graphics. That was my earliest impression of video games.” Sjoerd left his cousi...

An acoustic guitar once owned by rock & roll icon John Lennon has been missing for over five decades. Discovered just last year, it recently sold for $2.4 million at the “Icons and Idols Rock ‘n’ Roll Auction” at Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles. “Honestly, when I heard that Lennon’s guitar had turned up last year, I thought it was too good to be true” Darren Julien, owner of Julien’s Auctions tells Boxes. “we always get people who contact us about items and 90% of the time they’re not authen...

It was a cold winter night in Novi, Michigan. Six-year-old Ashley Lenzo and her sister were inside playing when their father suddenly walked in the door with a little surprise. In his hands were two movies he had just rented from the local video store and quickly the two girls raced to the couch. “I remember him bringing home movies like Casper and The Addams Family and I couldn’t wait to see what he would bring home next.” said Ashley. What started as a random movie night quickly became a we...

Along time ago in a galaxy far, far away a three year old little boy named Ben was wandering through a department store with his parents. His mom wanted to put a smile on his face so she reached up, pulled a R2-D2 toy off of the shelves, and bought it for him as a gift. It probably seemed like nothing more than just another item to keep track of in an overcrowded toy room, but instead it became a source of inspiration for young Ben AbuSaada as his passion for the movie Star Wars instantly fla...

Like most kids growing up in Northern London, Ben Jeffery picked up his first pencil at a very young age and began to experiment. Almost immediately he could feel it in his hand and in his heart; he loved art and wanted to create as much as possible. “I used to get really excited when I got an art project in school.” said Ben. “I couldn’t wait to do it and bring it back to school the next day.” Picture after picture, his personal collection kept growing and friends and family were fascinated ...

May 10th, 1992 seemed like an ordinary day for Alan McGhee and his new bride. They had just completed their two week honeymoon in London and Scotland, and now were preparing to fly home. They’d arrived ten hours before their departing flight so they weren’t sure what to do. The newlyweds were tired and checked into a hotel to rest, but decided they couldn’t spend their last hours overseas in a tiny hotel room. They took one final walk toward town which proved to be life changing for Alan. “We...

Every step he took brought him closer to his destiny. Alfred Mourid was walking the beaches of Fort Lauderdale alone, asking himself if he wanted to move away from home in Los Angeles. He was here, in Florida, once before on business, but this visit would change his life forever. Although his business was having success, Alfred was looking for a change. During his visit to Florida, something caught Alfred’s eye that set off a chain of events leading him to move and build a highly successful f...

Seven-year-old Paul Moschell loved to draw. He doodled on the inside of textbooks and scribbled on the outside of notebooks, so when he heard his first grade year would involve an actual art class, he was really excited. Paul couldn’t wait to dive into projects where he could use different colors and different styles; but when he actually showed up to his art class on the first day of school, the teacher handed him and the rest of the students only two things: a piece of plain white copy pape...

It was a routine school day afternoon at the Sanchez house and 7-year-old Arthur decided to wander into his older brother’s bedroom and start reading one of his Star Wars comic books. Suddenly and accidentally, Arthur tore a page, and when his brother came home he fully expected to be banned for life from his comic books. Instead his brother sat him down, talked about what happened, and promised to buy Arthur his own comic book. The next day when Arthur returned home from school, there sittin...

It was June 18th 2013, and I was ecstatic. My team had finally unveiled our first version of Boxes. We had set out to create something that had never been seen before: a tool that provided a place to organize, buy, and sell your belongings in one easy-to-use platform. It took us more than a year and half, and we were finally showing the world what we’d been working on for so long.