Kyle Woolven is claiming – unofficially – a world record for Belleville.

The 37-year-old Belleville comedian is the creator of the city-wide July 19 yard sale and the new, comically fictional TV series, Belleville Yardsale . It’s an extension of his ongoing “Kyle for Mayor” YouTube videos.

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Woolven on Wednesday evening premiered the series of four short episodes in a private screening at Belleville’s Masonic Temple on Foster Avenue. Joining him were more than 40 family members, friends, supporters, and sale co-organizers.

Spoiler alert: he claimed the sale itself marked a world record, though not in any official way.

“We rocked that thing,” he said, announcing there were 461 sales on the big day.

“I don’t think that’s ever been done before.”

The sale raised more

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