Han Solo’s Return of the Jedi Blaster Sells For More Than Expected At Auction

Han Solo ’s iconic chargeman fromStar Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedihas just sold for over $ 500,000 at auction . The real airscrew , touched by the sacred hand of Harrison Ford himself , sold at auction bridge at the Planet Hollywood Casino - Resort in Las Vegas on Saturday along with a few other classic items from various films .

Star Warsis one of the most successful franchisesin film history , chicane for the top spot with the likes of theMarvel Cinematic Universe . In 1983 , George Lucas ornament his devoted fans with the conclusive third instalment of his originalStar Warstrilogy , Return of the Jedi . The motion picture introduced us to a host of new weird and wonderful theatrical role from the malevolent gangster Jabba the Hutt and his creepy retinue of monsters to the lovely Ewoks on the inscrutable Forest Moon of Endor . Other quintessential characters such as Luke Skywalker , Princess Leia , Chewie and of course Han Solo returned for another dangerous undertaking , press the malefic Emperor and his creature Darth Vader .

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As cover by theAssociated Press , Han Solo ’s blaster property from the movie sell along with other items from the personal collection of Art Director James L. Schoppe . The item , mostly made of wood , was buy for a walloping $ 550,000 by American tidings company plough museum chainRipley ’s Believe It or Not!,the owners of Luke Skywalker ’s prescribed lightsaber prop fromStar Wars Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back(1980 ) . When theauction for Han Solo’sReturn of the Jediblasterwas announce , it was have a bun in the oven to betray for as much as $ 500,000 , so the actual sale outstrip those estimate .

According to an article publishedRipley ’s Believe It or Not ! , the movie airplane propeller ’s design is base on a German Mauser C96 , a weapon widely used during World War II with an add futuristic denotation to the end of the cask and a large scope on top . In their encompassing collection of odd memorabilia , Ripley ’s also owns an original R2 whole , C3PO ’s point and a model of the famed Millennium Falcon made of matchsticks .

Although Han ’s blaster was the star of the show , some 40 item previously owned by Schoppe were sold at the same vendue hosted by Julien ’s Auctions of California admit an Ewok axe prop which went for $ 11,000 and an Imperial Scout Trooper ’s blaster , selling for a vast $ 90,000 .

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The outcome was n’t just forStar Warsmemorabilia , though . Schoppe also split with a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe , the profits of which benefit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation to the melody of $ 50,000 and a Superman causa worn by Christopher Reeve on the lay ofSuperman IIIthat sold for a stupendous $ 200,000 , beating its original estimation .

The sales agreement still has n’t come close to the all - sentence disc number still confine by California auction houseProfiles in History , whichsold an R2D2 unit of measurement last year at auctionfor an astounding $ 2.75 million . As the originalStar Warstrilogy increases in age , the property and memorabilia from the celluloid proceed to increase exponentially in economic value . Future auction may sell more props for some dumbfounding figure of speech .