Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber with Severed Hand Prop Sets 'Star Wars' Auction Record at $3.75 Million
Heritage said the prop is the highest-priced Star Wars film item ever sold, topping a sale that began at $15,000.
- On Monday, Heritage Auctions sold Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from The Empire Strikes Back for $3.75 million. The prop includes a severed hand rig from the scene where Darth Vader declares "I am your father."
- Heritage announced results of its Hollywood & Entertainment Signature Auction on Monday, featuring iconic film memorabilia with bidding starting at $15,000 for each item. Many lots significantly exceeded expectations.
- Other notable sales included a Wicked Witch hat worn by actor Margaret Hamilton in The Wizard of Oz for $550,000 and Gene Wilder's top hat from Willy Wonka for $350,000.
- Daenerys Targaryen's chest from Game of Thrones brought in $312,500, while two rugs from The Big Lebowski sold for $350,000 and $375,000, including one the Dude, played by Jeff Bridges, claimed "really tied the room together."
- The $3.75 million sale marks the highest price ever fetched for a prop used in a Star Wars film. Heritage did not identify the buyers and sellers for any auction items.
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Luke Skywalker's severed hand and lightsaber prop sold for $3.75M
The lightsaber that Mark Hamill held and lost, along with the hand holding it, to the central reactor shaft of Bespin's Cloud City in "The Empire Strikes Back," which canonically was preserved in a cloning tank by Emperor Palpatine, or whatever, sold for $3.75m at Heritage Auctions' Hollywood & Entertainment Signature Auction last week. — Read the rest The post Luke Skywalker's severed hand and lightsaber prop sold for $3.75M appeared first on …
Object, which comes with a severed hand, was used by Mark Hamill at the scene of the final duel between Skywalker and Darth Vader in "The Counter-attack Empire".
The lightsaber Luke Skywalker used in "The Empire Strikes Back" was sold for $3.75 million, around 38 million kroner, at auction.
A sabre of light with Luke Skywalker's hand cut off from Star Wars - The Empire Counterattacks, sold for $3.75 million at an auction. Heritage Auctions announced Monday the results of his exclusive Hollywood auction and Entertainment. The light sabre, used on screen by Mark Hamill in the final battle of Cloud City, where Darth Vader tells him "I am your father", in the sequel to Star Wars of 1980, included a special effects device to simulate th…
Luke Skywalker's lightsaber with severed hand prop sets 'Star Wars' auction record at $3.75 million
One legendary duel, one record-breaking price: Luke Skywalker's lightsaber with severed hand from "The Empire Strikes Back" has become the most expensive film item from the franchise ever sold at auction.
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