A screen-used Stormtrooper helmet from Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope was offered for $256,000 at an public sale held Sunday at Comedian-Con in San Diego.
The helmet was beforehand exhibited on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., final yr as a part of an exhibition titled “Defending America and the Galaxy: Star Wars and SDI.” In keeping with Julien’s Auctions and Turner Traditional Films, which organized the occasion, this authentic stunt helmet was used within the manufacturing and is believed to be featured in scenes on Tatooine as a “Sandtrooper” helmet. It’s mentioned to be certainly one of solely six stunt helmets identified to have survived and are accounted for in non-public collections.
The public sale was a part of “Echoes From the Galaxy, A Star Wars Memorabilia Exhibit + Public sale,” a two-week occasion introduced at Comedian-Con Museum that was touted as having “offered the world’s largest assortment of Star Wars artifacts from famend collectors, followers and insiders of the epic franchise.”
Different gadgets that offered embody:
- An authentic stunt lightsaber prop utilized by Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi) and authentic bladed lightsaber prop utilized by Liam Neeson (Qui-Gon Jinn) in Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace (every lot $38,400)
- An authentic lightsaber hilt prop screen-used by Ray Park (Darth Maul) in The Phantom Menace ($76,800)
- A screen-matched Resistance pilot “Purple 4” helmet from Star Wars: Episode VII — The Power Awakens with a Lucasfilm certificates of authenticity ($32,000)
- An authentic hero metallic GLIE-44 blaster utilized by Oscar Issac (Poe Dameron) in The Power Awakens ($44,800)
- An authentic production-made lightsaber for Luke Skywalker, performed by Mark Hamill, solid from the molds of a touring lightsaber from Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi ($25,600)
- An authentic prop proper hand worn by Anthony Daniels as C-3PO in Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Again ($16,000)
- A”Holographic Tumbler” ensemble designed by Bob Mackie worn within the notorious 1978 The Star Wars Vacation Particular TV present
A part of the proceeds from the public sale will profit Comedian-Con Museum, a division of San Diego Comedian Conference, a California Nonprofit Public Profit Company that aimed to boost consciousness of and appreciation for comics and associated artwork varieties. And practically 300 props, manufacturing supplies and memorabilia assembled by collectors Steve Sansweet, Gus Lopez, Duncan Jenkins, and Lisa Stevens and Vic Wertz had been provided up for the public sale, with the intention of making a everlasting dwelling for The Saga Museum of Star Wars Memorabilia from a portion of the proceeds.