Auction, the Dark Vader saber could sell up to three million dollars

The famous lightsaber from Dark Vader, which was used to cut Luke Skywalker’s hand in the episode of Star Wars “The counterattack empire”was exhibited Wednesday in London, before being auctioned in Los Angeles in early September. Similarly, This “Saint Grail” risks costing an arm of his future buyer: he is estimated up to three million dollars (2.6 million euros). Furthermore, “It is simply an incredible play in the history of cinema”declares to AFP Brandon Alderger. Similarly, director of operations of the Propstore sales house, during a presentation in London of the most important lots of the sale.

The weapon was handled by Dark Vader during legendary combat auction, dark vader saber could scenes in The counterattack empire (1980) et The. Consequently, return of the Jedi (1983). David Prowse, the actor behind the black mask, and the Bob Anderson stuntman actually used two models. One, without blade, attached to the wicked belt, and the other, for the combat scenes, with a wooden blade. This is the version used for fighting. but devoid of its wooden blade, which is on sale, after being kept for 40 years by an American individual.

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“Someone (…) came to see us and said to us:” I have that for sale “. We were amazed ”explained the founder of Propstore. Stephen Lane, comparing the importance of this piece to that of the red shoes carried by Judy Garland in The Magician of Oz. Experts have authenticated the object by comparing its bumps and scratches to those visible in auction, dark vader saber could the films. “Look at the big bump on the back. it probably comes from the blade of the Laser Saber (the actor of Luke Skywalker) Mark Hamill”explains Brandon Alderger.

Despite its value. the object consists of part of an old camera flash, to which were added recovery parts, resulting in particular from a calculator. Among the other parts offered during this auction which will be held from September 4 to 6. there are the whip, the belt and the case used by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the last crusade (1989). But also a «neuralyzer » Used by J (Will Smith). K (Tommy Lee Jones) agents to erase memory in Men in Black (1997). The light object, whose LED display still works, could reach $ 150,000 (around 129,700 euros)