Di lightsaber wey Luke Skywalker carry for di famous duel with Darth Vader for Cloud City don finally dey go for public auction. Dis one na di real prop wey Mark Hamill use for di movie ‘The Empire Strikes Back’, and e still get di severed hand effects rig wey dem attach for di scene where Vader cut am. Heritage Auctions dey handle di sale, and bidding go start at $1 million.
Di auction wey dem call Hollywood & Entertainment Signature Auction go happun from 13 to 17 July. E no get only lightsaber o. Plenty oda iconic items dey di list. For example, John Lennon wey be one of di Beatles, im handwritten lyrics for di song ‘If I Fell’ dey available. Di lyrics dey on di back of a Valentine card wey Lennon write during di Beatles’ first US appearance on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ for 1964. Bidding for dat one go start at $500,000.
If you be fan of classic movies, you fit bid for Margaret Hamilton’s Wicked Witch of the West hat from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ (1939), starting at $100,000. Also, di brown hat wey Gene Wilder wear as Willy Wonka for 1971 film ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ dey go for $50,000 starting bid. And for those wey like boxing, di boots wey Sylvester Stallone wear for ‘Rocky III’ dey available. Dem be showy boots with tassels and Nike swoosh, wey Stallone wear for di opening montage. Bidding go start at $100,000.
Another interesting item na di two rugs from ‘The Big Lebowski’. One na di rug wey belong to Jeff Bridges’ character, di Dude, wey dem soil for di beginning of di 1998 film. Di other rug na di one wey e take from im wealthy namesake. Each rug dey start at $15,000. Joe Maddalena, wey be executive vice president of Heritage Auctions, tok say: ‘Dis auction represents di full spectrum of entertainment history, from Hollywood’s Golden Age to modern blockbuster cinema and di most influential moments in popular music.’
Di auction go also include hoverboards from ‘Back to the Future II’, a Paul Newman hockey jersey from ‘Slap Shot’, a necklace wey di title character wear for ‘The Bride of Frankenstein’, and di inflatable ‘Otto the Autopilot’ from ‘Airplane’. So plenty plenty items dey for people wey love movies and music.
