{"id":2461917,"date":"2026-06-16T12:18:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2461917"},"modified":"2026-06-16T12:18:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:18:55","slug":"lukes-empire-light-saber-wizard-of-oz-witch-hat-lebowski-rugs-up-for-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lukes-empire-light-saber-wizard-of-oz-witch-hat-lebowski-rugs-up-for-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke&#8217;s &#8216;Empire&#8217; light saber, &#8216;Wizard of Oz&#8217; witch hat, Lebowski rugs up for auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">LOS ANGELES &#8212; <\/span>A light saber with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-star-wars-luke-hamill-app-08ec03bf1a2c9c0378857090079f00f9\">Luke Skywalker&#8217;s<\/a> severed hand from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/adam-driver-star-wars-soderbergh-jarmusch-4e08164d0419759f1b5b50d69864975d\">\u201cThe Empire Strikes Back\u201d<\/a> that is expected to sell for seven figures headlines an upcoming auction of valuables from movies, music and other corners of pop culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Hollywood <!-- -->&amp;<!-- --> Entertainment Signature Auction presented by Heritage Auctions announced Tuesday and held July 13-17 also includes hats from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/stolen-ruby-slippers-wizard-of-oz-auction-6d5ccf8af71e1d7941d6f01ae4653b76\">\u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ap.org\/news-highlights\/best-of-the-week\/2016\/actor-gene-wilder-dies-at-83\/\">\u201cWilly Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,\u201d<\/a> hoverboards from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/back-to-future-michael-j-fox-interview-6bdd5edf39c6ab279fbb676f4b55a156\">\u201cBack to the Future II,\u201d<\/a> rugs from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/movies-general-news-eafffef12c674942b261935b7d0b810c\">\u201cThe Big Lebowski\u201d<\/a> and a pair of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/music-us-news-boxing-movies-entertainment-2d910dc0fb4d4e9bba950119c6d6394a\">Rocky&#8217;s<\/a> boxing boots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A major <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/the-beatles\">Beatles<\/a> artifact will also be up for sale: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/john-lennon\">John Lennon&#8217;s<\/a> handwritten lyrics for \u201cIf I fell,\u201d written on the back of a Valentine card while he was in New York for the Fab Four&#8217;s first appearance on \u201cThe Ed Sullivan Show\u201d in 1964. The bidding for it will open at $500,000. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The light saber, used onscreen by Mark Hamill in the climactic Cloud City fight in the 1980 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mandalorian-grogu-summer-movie-preview-00da3c2eb96c1667ae2716b302af0556\">\u201cStar Wars\u201d<\/a> sequel, where Darth Vader declares \u201cI am your father,\u201d includes a severed hand effects rig. It\u2019s never been up for auction before and bidding opens at $1 million. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Bidding starts at $100,000 for a Wicked Witch of the West hat worn by actor Margaret Hamilton in 1939&#8217;s \u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d and at $50,000 for the brown top hat worn by Gene Wilder as the title character in 1971&#8217;s \u201cWilly Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The auction will also include a pair of boxing boots worn by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-kennedy-center-honorees-6c553c800ba334ad1ea47858b3dc271c\">Sylvester Stallone<\/a> in \u201cRocky III.\u201d Stallone wears the showy boots featuring tassels and a Nike swoosh in the opening montage of the 1982 film. Bids will begin at $100,000. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Also up for sale are the two rugs that are essential to the plot of \u201cThe Big Lebowski,\u201d including the rug belonging to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/jeff-bridges-dance-national-national-97630591f4534045a31058925ca878a2\">Jeff Bridges&#8217;<\/a> the Dude that is soiled at the beginning of the 1998 film that \u201creally tied the room together,\u201d and the other that he takes from his wealthy namesake. Bidding on them opens at $15,000 apiece. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cThis auction represents the full spectrum of entertainment history, from Hollywood\u2019s Golden Age to modern blockbuster cinema and the most influential moments in popular music,\u201d Joe Maddalena, executive vice president of Heritage Auctions, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Many other items including a Paul Newman hockey jersey from \u201cSlap Shot,\u201d a necklace worn by the title character in \u201cThe Bride of Frankenstein\u201d and the inflatable \u201cOtto the Autopilot\u201d from \u201cAirplane\u201d will be up for auction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source abcnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES &#8212; A light saber with Luke Skywalker&#8217;s severed hand from \u201cThe Empire Strikes Back\u201d that is expected to sell for seven figures headlines an upcoming auction of valuables from movies, music and other corners of pop culture. The Hollywood &amp; Entertainment Signature Auction presented by Heritage Auctions announced Tuesday and held July 13-17 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2461918,"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":[25172],"tags":[21741,21791,21912,21800,30188],"class_list":["post-2461917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-general-news","tag-movies","tag-music","tag-u-s-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lukes-Empire-light-saber-Wizard-of-Oz-witch-hat-Lebowski.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461917","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=2461917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2461919,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461917\/revisions\/2461919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2461918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2461917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2461917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2461917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}