Star Wars prop could fetch £1 million

Film and TV memorabilia, including props from James Bond, Indiana Jones and Star Wars, is to be auctioned in London, with an original C-3PO head expected to fetch up to £1m


Auction: Nov 9-12


Lot #347, C-3PO helmet: Features in original Star Wars movie (1977) where C-3PO talks with Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han Solo, who are trapped in trash compactor

Dents

“Screen-matched”: Movie artefact that can be categorically connected to same on-screen object

Estimate: £500,000- £1,000,000

Condition: Restored with new vacuum-metallised finish

Eyes: Not original. Replaced for The Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi


OTHER ICONIC ITEMS UP FOR AUCTION

Lot #202: Indy’s bullwhip – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Donated to charity by Harrison Ford
£100,000- £200,000

Lot #157: Russell Crowe’s Colosseum armour – Gladiator (2000)
Fibreglass, felt and leather
£50,000- £100,000

Lot #275: Freddy Krueger’s clawed glove – A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
Rewelded broken blade from deleted scene
£200,000- £400,000

Lot #210: Hand-painted poster artwork – Thunderball (1965)
Oil and gouache on board
£80,000- £160,000

Lot #36: Marty McFly’s hoverboard – Back to the Future Parts II (1989), and III (1990)
£70,000- £140,000

Lot #406: Schwarzenegger’s leather jacket – Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Features pyrotechnic bullet holes
£25,000- £50,000

Lot #229: T-rex reference eye – Jurassic Park (1993)
£5,000- £10,000


£1 = $1.23/€1.16
                    
                      
Sources: Sky News, Propstore
Pictures: Propstore, fvilm still © Lucasfilm  
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