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Escape from Egypt 🐪🗻 moment on the Coconut Whisperer: Star Wars C-3PO helmet expected to fetch £1m at auction

 

Star Wars C-3PO helmet expected to fetch £1m at auction


The costume is part of a personal collection by C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels. Other items up for sale include Indiana Jones's whip and Freddy Krueger's glove.


By Sky News, Tuesday 3 October 2023




The iconic C-3PO head worn by Anthony Daniels in the first Star Wars film is expected to fetch up to £1m when it goes under the hammer.

A collection of more than 1,800 pieces of film and TV memorabilia is due to go on sale, including props from Indiana Jones, James Bond and A Nightmare On Elm Street.

The screen-matched, light-up head is from Mr Daniels' personal collection and featured in the classic 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.

Indiana Jones's famed bullwhip is also up for sale and expected to fetch up to £200,00.

Anthony Daniels with an original third-draft script from the 1977 film 'Star Wars: A New Hope' (estimated £10,000 - 20,000) as he poses for a photograph alongside other pieces of Star Wars memorabilia from his personal collection, during a preview for the showbiz memorabilia auction, at the Propstore in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. Picture date: Wednesday September 20, 2023.
Propstore employee holds a Harrison Ford autographed bullwhip from the 1984 film 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' (estimate £100,000 - 200,000) during a preview for the showbiz memorabilia auction, at the Propstore in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. Picture date: Wednesday September 20, 2023.

Other items include Freddy Krueger's hero glove worn by Robert Englund during the A Nightmare On Elm Street film which is estimated to sell for between £200,000 and £400,000.

Leonardo DiCaprio's costume as Jack Dawson in the 1997 classic Titanic is also among the lots with an estimated price tag of £100,000 to £200,000.

The shield used by Chris Evans when he starred as Captain America in the 2011 Marvel film Captain America: The First Avenger could also fetch between £50,000 and £100,000.

A Propstore employee places Freddy Krueger's (Robert Englund) screen matched metal glove armature (right) next to a hand drawn schematic (estimate £200,000 - 400,000) from the films 'A Nightmare on Elm street' and 'A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge' respectively, during a preview for the showbiz memorabilia auction, at the Propstore in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. Picture date: Wednesday September 20, 2023.
Propstore CEO Stephen Lane holds Chris Evans' Captain America shield from the 2011 film 'Captain America: The First Avenger' (estimate £50,000 - 100,000) during a preview for the showbiz memorabilia auction, at the Propstore in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. Picture date: Wednesday September 20, 2023.

Items worn or used by Daniel Craig, Jennifer Lawrence, Marlon Brando and Cillian Murphy also feature in the auction.

The sale, run by Propstore, has an estimated value of more than £12m and will take place from November 9.



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