"Iconic movie props from a galaxy far, far away, and from a search for the Holy Grail much closer to home, are for sale in a blockbuster auction in California featuring a trove of silver screen history. Darth Vader's lightsaber from the final two films of the original Star Wars trilogy is the most valuable lot in the three-day online auction hosted by Propstore, a Los Angeles company specializing in movie memorabilia."
"The weapon, wielded to devastating effect by Vader, the Dark Lord of the Sith, in the films The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983), is valued at up to $3m. It is worn and has several dings and imperfections, which Propstore said enhances its authenticity and value. The company said it is believed to be the only hero lightsaber prop with verifiable screen-use to ever be offered at public auction"
"Among them are the leather whip brandished by actor Harrison Ford in the 1989 movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as he battled Nazis in a quest for the Holy Grail (estimated value $500,000); and the electro biomechanical neural transmitting zero-synapse repositioner known as a neuralyzer, used by alien hunters Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones to erase people's memories in the 1997 fantasy tale Men in Black ($150,000)."
A three-day online auction in California features more than 1,000 movie memorabilia lots hosted by Propstore. Darth Vader's lightsaber from The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi is the auction's top lot, valued up to $3 million. The lightsaber shows wear and dings that enhance authenticity and is believed to be the only hero lightsaber with verifiable screen use ever offered at public auction. Other notable lots include Harrison Ford's leather whip from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ($500,000 estimate), the Men in Black neuralyzer ($150,000), and Jane Fonda's Barbarella catsuit.
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