{"id":2000758,"date":"2025-09-06T00:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T00:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2000758"},"modified":"2025-09-06T00:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T00:51:12","slug":"darth-vaders-lightsaber-breaks-star-wars-record-during-film-prop-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/darth-vaders-lightsaber-breaks-star-wars-record-during-film-prop-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Darth Vader\u2019s lightsaber breaks Star Wars record during film prop auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Star Wars<\/a> prop that was used in two of the original films has sold for an astronomical sum at auction.<\/p>\n

Darth Vader<\/a>\u2019s lightsaber, which featured in The Empire Strikes Back<\/a> (1980) and Return of the Jedi <\/a>(1983), went on sale at the Propstore in Los Angeles on Thursday (4 September).<\/p>\n

Actor David Prowse<\/a> and stunt double Bob Anderson both held the item onscreen, which was given a presale estimate of between $1m to $3m.<\/p>\n

One lucky, and seemingly wealthy fan secured the winning bid on the lightsaber, which sold for $2,900,000 (\u00a32.1m), making it the most expensive item in the franchise’s history. The price rose to $3.7m (\u00a32.7m) with the additional buyer\u2019s premium that is paid to the auction house.<\/p>\n

The lightsaber, which is said to be the only one with verifiable screen use ever to be offered at public auction, was one of more than 400 lots of props and costumes that went on sale on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Other notable sales on day one of Propstore\u2019s Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction included the eight-foot bullwhip, belt and whip holster handled by Harrison Ford as the title character in Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989), which fetched $485,100 (\u00a3360,260).<\/p>\n

\"Darth<\/span><\/div>\n

Darth Vader\u2019s hero duelling lightsaber (PA)<\/p>\n

The Spider-Man suit worn by Tobey Maguire in the 2002 superhero film went for $289,800 (\u00a3215,190), while Sir Patrick Stewart\u2019s Ressikan Flute as played by Captain Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series (1987\u20131994) and a costume continuity script was sold for $403,200 (\u00a3299,400).<\/p>\n

The neuralyzer \u2013 the device used in Men In Black (1997) to wipe the mind of anybody who sees its flash \u2013 went under the hammer for $315,000 (\u00a3233,900), while the stunt Longclaw sword used by Kit Harington\u2019s Jon Snow in HBO fantasy series Game Of Thrones went to the highest bidder for $94,500 (\u00a370,170).<\/p>\n

The Platform 9 3\/4 sign from the Harry Potter films was bought for $138,600 (\u00a3102,900), while Daniel Radcliffe\u2019s wand, which featured in scenes in The Prisoner Of Azkaban when he is seen opening the Marauder\u2019s Map, sold for $81,900 (\u00a360,800).<\/p>\n

The shark tooth clapperboard, which was used to film Steven Spielberg\u2019s Jaws (1975), which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, fetched $94,500 (\u00a370,200).<\/p>\n

A total of 433 lots achieved a sales total of $14,302,417 (\u00a310,618,530) \u2013 including buyer\u2019s premium \u2013 on the first day of the auction, which continues today and tomorrow with more than 600 further items.<\/p>\n

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Darth Vader is considered to be one of the greatest villains in movie history (PA)<\/p>\n

Propstore chief operating officer Brandon Alinger said: \u201cThe result marks a landmark moment not just for Propstore, but for the entire world of film collecting.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo see a Star Wars lightsaber \u2013 the symbol of one of cinema\u2019s greatest sagas \u2013 become the highest-valued piece of the franchise ever sold at auction is incredibly special.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt speaks to the enduring cultural power of Star Wars and the passion of fans and collectors who see these artefacts as touchstones of modern mythology.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by PA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Star Wars prop that was used in two of the original films has sold for an astronomical sum at auction. Darth Vader\u2019s lightsaber, which featured in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983), went on sale at the Propstore in Los Angeles on Thursday (4 September). Actor David Prowse and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2000759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[363617,321790,363614,347085,363615,363618,363616,23300],"class_list":["post-2000758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-auction-house","tag-darth-vader","tag-david-prowse","tag-harrison-ford","tag-lightsaber","tag-propstore","tag-public-auction","tag-star-wars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Darth-Vaders-lightsaber-breaks-Star-Wars-record-during-film-prop.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}