Darth Vaders lightsaber breaks Star Wars record during film prop auction

News Source : The-independent.com

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Darth Vader’s lightsaber featured in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983) Actor David Prowse and stunt double Bob Anderson both held the item onscreen, which was given a presale estimate of between $1m to $3m.
One lucky, and seemingly wealthy fan secured the winning bid on the lightsaber, which sold for $2,900,000 (£2.1m) A total of 433 lots achieved a sales total of $14,302,417 (£10,618,530) on the first day of the auction.

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