"Star Wars" light saber and more iconic film props going up for auction

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A airy saber immortalized successful a pivotal country from George Lucas' "Star Wars" saga is among the fixtures of an upcoming auction focused connected Hollywood memorabilia.

The monolithic Hollywood & Entertainment Signature Auction, presented by the New York-based auction location Heritage Auctions, volition springiness popular civilization enthusiasts the accidental to bid connected galore props from iconic films, including costume hats worn by the stars of "The Wizard of Oz" and "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

Also up for merchantability are hoverboards from"Back to the Future II," rugs from "The Big Lebowski," boxing boots from "Rocky," a drafted screenplay of the "Godfather" sequel, and John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for "If I fell," written connected the backmost of a Valentine paper portion helium was successful New York for the Beatles' archetypal quality connected "The Ed Sullivan Show."

The auction runs from July 13 to 17, according to the auction house.

Bidding connected the airy saber, which has ne'er been auctioned before, volition unfastened astatine $1 million. Actor Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker utilized the custom-designed prop successful his character's climactic Cloud City combat successful 1980's "The Empire Strikes Back," the "Star Wars" sequel successful which Darth Vader declares, "I americium your father." The airy saber includes a severed manus effects rig.

Bidding starts astatine $100,000 for a Wicked Witch of the West chapeau worn by histrion Margaret Hamilton successful 1939's "The Wizard of Oz" and astatine $50,000 for the brownish apical chapeau worn by Gene Wilder arsenic the rubric quality successful 1971's "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

The auction volition besides see a brace of boxing boots worn by Sylvester Stallone successful "Rocky III." Stallone wears the showy boots featuring tassels and a Nike swoosh successful the opening montage of the 1982 film. Bids volition statesman astatine $100,000.

Two rugs that are indispensable to the crippled of "The Big Lebowski" are besides up for sale: the 1 belonging to Jeff Bridges' "The Dude" that is soiled astatine the opening of the 1998 movie that "really tied the country together," and the different that helium takes from his affluent namesake. Bidding connected them opens astatine $15,000 apiece.

"This auction represents the afloat spectrum of amusement history, from Hollywood's Golden Age to modern blockbuster cinema and the astir influential moments successful fashionable music," Joe Maddalena, enforcement vice president of Heritage Auctions, said successful a statement.

Many different items including a Paul Newman hockey jersey from "Slap Shot," a necklace worn by the rubric quality successful "The Bride of Frankenstein" and the inflatable "Otto the Autopilot" from "Airplane" volition beryllium up for auction.

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