By akademiotoelektronik, 03/12/2022
Star Wars: how much does Han Solo's mythical blaster cost?
While the Majors have kept numerous documents and filming objects over the years, the keeping of registers on this point has long left something to be desired: certain accessories, poorly identified, were simply not kept or lost, without anyone upset. When they weren't outright thrown away or, worse, destroyed.
Fortunately, this era when we did not necessarily have a concern for heritage is over. What's more, for several years now, studios have understood the interest of auctioning off film objects / props. And not just studios for that matter; some auctions also from private collections.
This is particularly true for cult films that have marked the history of cinema and Pop Culture. Collectors have no qualms paying a fortune for mythical objects, such as Han Solo's blaster in Return of the Jedi, sold for $550,000. The power of fascination of the Star Wars saga is intact. This is obviously far from being an isolated case.
If the bids are so high, it is because these objects all tell a story, sometimes moving, intimate, because they were used in a legendary scene... Such as the mythical dress of 7-year-old Marilyn Monroe reflection.
Here are the 20 (but not only!) most expensive movie props ever sold at auction.
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