A stormtrooper helmet of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope It was sold for $ 256,000 at an auction held on Sunday in the Comic-Con de San Diego.
According to Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies, it was an original acrobatics helmet used during filming. “It is believed that this helmet appears in Tatooine scenes as a helmet of ‘Sandrooper’.”
The description indicated that it was only known that six helmets of acrobatics “survived and are in private collections, this being one of the six.”
Other items sold at the auction include an original acrobatic light saber used by Ewan McGregor like Obi-Wan Kenobi and a Light Sable with original sheet used by Liam Neesonwho played Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: the ghost threat. Each sold for $ 38,400. Darth Maul’s Light Saber (Ray Park) by Star Wars: The ghost threat was sold for US $ 76,800.
A right hand of original prop Anthony Daniels used as C-3po in Star Wars: The Empire counterattack It was sold for $ 16,000. The hand is made of polyurethane.
In another place, an appearance of stormtroopoper made by INDUSTRIAL LIGHT MAGIC It was sold for US $12,800.
Where will I be collected at the Star Wars auction
Part of the proceeds in the auction will go to the Comic-Con Museum, a division of the San Diego Comics Convention, a public beneficial organization of California whose objective is to promote the knowledge and appreciation of the comic and other related art forms.
About 300 props, production and memories materials, gathered by collectors Steve Sansweet, Gus Lopez, Duncan Jenkins, Lisa Stevens and Vic Wertzthey offered for the auction, with the intention of creating a permanent home for the Star Wars Saga Saga Museum with a part of the proceeds.
Source: Ambito
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