Original Lightsaber Goes For 3x Expectations 258
Brad1138 writes "Los Angeles - The lightsaber used by intergalactic hero Luke Skywalker in Star Wars sold for $200 000 (about R1.3m) at an auction of Hollywood props that fetched far more than expected, officials said on Saturday. news24 link here. I guess Star Wars is truly done.
Kind of reminds me of 'The Last Voyage of the Enterprise' when they start parting out the set."
it actually went for $170,000.... (Score:3, Informative)
RTFA (Score:2, Informative)
$200,000 > $118,000.
Re:Missing Items (Score:5, Informative)
No hints this was in the movie (Score:2, Informative)
It is a Graflex camera flash with a linhof mount at the end of it. The black grips (or "cooling fins") are of a type not seen anywhere else but in Kurtz collection. No lightsaber in any production photo or publicity photos or any of the lightsabers that Lucasfilm regularly puts on display has any grips like it.
For all we know, it could be something that Gary Kurtz built himself
(ps. An authentic Graflex 3-cell flash in good condition is worth no more than $200 USD)