An iconic helmet from Star Wars is up for sale. The price is estimated at 15 million – Seznam Zpravy

“These aren’t the droids you’re looking for,” says the brown-hooded old man in the opening video, to which the white-armored Imperial soldier figure replies, “These aren’t the droids we’re looking for ‘ seek. .”

You can listen to and watch information and footage in the introductory video report.

This is probably one of the most famous scenes from the movie sci-fi saga Star wars they weren’t Star wars. In the opening installment of A New Hope from 1977, Ben Kenobi uses a Jedi mind trick to fool one of the Stormtroopers when he travels to the spaceport in Mos Eisley with Luke Skywalker and the robots C-3PO and R2-D2. And this imperial soldier’s helmet, which is very false, can now v rup to break table.

London-based auction house Prop Store Auction estimates that the Stormtrooper’s helmet from the legendary “Move Along” scene, specifically the Sandtrooper who served on the sand planet of Tatooine, could sell for between £250,000 and £500,000, which translates to over 15 million kroner. But the real price can be many times higher, if there is no record.

Already October last year the most expensive one was sold cinematic prop from the cult Star Wars series – a 55 cm long miniature model of the X-wing fighter named Red Five. Luke Skywalker entered it, and director George Lucas used it to film the destruction of the Death Star in the same installment in 1977, A New Hope.

“Ladies and gentlemen and anyone else viewing the Greg Jein Collection auction. You’re flying away with this thing for $2.6 million,” the auctioneer puts out the highest bid from the buyer, who wanted to remain anonymous, in the opening video.

With auction marking and tax, the American Heritage Auctions auctioned it for $3.1 million, and the opening bid was $400,000.

The Prop Store auction in London runs from November 14th to the 17th. But the Stormtrooper’s helmet is not the only thing. The British house collected 1,800 film and television props with a total estimated value of ten million pounds, ie more than 300 million crowns.

From the Star Wars saga, v rup for example, Master Yoda’s famous staff from The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi has an estimated price of 20,000 to 40,000 pounds, which is about 1.5 million crowns. However, fans of historical films could also find their way.

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 also returns to theaters on November 14, and this auction includes, among other things, the mask worn by Maximus Decimus Meridius with Russell Crowe’s face in the gladiatorial arena. Its price is estimated to be up to 200,000 pounds.

Other items in the auction include, for example, costumes from films Batman returns, Mad Max, The Thing, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad or Pirates of the Caribbean and others.