BDx13 - 12-12-2008 at 08:10 PM
Luke Skywalker light saber auctioned for $240,000
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_en_mo/memorabilia_auc...
LOS ANGELES – Luke Skywalker's light saber has been on Star Wars fans' Christmas lists for more than 30 years.
On Thursday, one fan spent $240,000 to get the real thing: the prop that Mark Hamill used in the first two movies in the original "Star Wars" trilogy.
The light saber highlighted several Hollywood memorabilia sold at an auction in Los Angeles by Profiles in History. The auction house said it sold
about $3.5 million in memorabilia.
The droid helmet worn by Anthony Daniels to play C-3PO sold for $120,000, and the costume Marlon Brando wore in the "Superman" movie went for $72,000.
The first British edition of "You Only Live Twice" inscribed by Ian Fleming sold for $84,000. Roald Dahl's handwritten screenplay for the film of the
same title sold for $96,000.
Six66Mike - 12-12-2008 at 09:15 PM
hahaha $240k. I watched a piece on the news about the auction before it happened but they haven't yet shown us a follow up about the actual sales.
clevohardcore - 12-13-2008 at 09:26 PM
It woul dbe cool to have DARTH VADERS helmet.
XHonusWagnerX - 12-14-2008 at 08:10 AM
I know it's the REAL prop, but it's just a slightly modified "graflex flash gun" from an old camera. You could make one really easy.
DaveMoral - 12-16-2008 at 02:52 AM
QFT Honus. Sadly, though, graflex flash guns can cost a fortune because of fanboys.
That's what makes the original trilogy so much cooler than the prequels. They had to make shit out of other shit, and it was awesome. Most of the PT
lightsabers were just designed, carved out of blocks of probably plastic... cast in a mold and then made outta plastic or rubber. The metal ones they
made were machined specially. There's not the same kind of inginuity there.