Auction: Star Wars superfan buys Darth Vader's lightsaber for $3.6 million
Darth Vader's lightsaber, which sold at auction Thursday in Los Angeles, is now the most valuable piece of the Star Wars franchise, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Darth Vader is one of the main characters in the Star Wars series. Photo illustration Sipa/Syspeo
An astronomical sum sealed the auction for Darth Vader's lightsaber Thursday at Propstore in Los Angeles. A very serious Star Wars fan acquired it for $3.65 million, reports The Hollywood Reporter .
According to the American media, the saber has become the most valuable piece of this franchise ever auctioned. The item was estimated to be worth between $1 million and $3 million.
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Used in the original trilogy, this saber had never been sold at auction.
Other famous items sold at the auction include Indiana Jones' whip and belt, which fetched $475,650, and Jean-Luc Picard's Ressikan flute, which belonged to Patrick Stewart's character in Star Trek: The Next Generation , which sold for $403,200, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Read the full article in The Hollywood Reporter .
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