An original Y-wing filming miniature from 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope and Leia’s bikini from Return Of The Jedi are up for auction this month.
Assuming your bank balance can take the strain, you could own a piece of Star Wars history later this month. Heritage Auctions is holding an entertainment-themed sale in late July, with the lots including a Y-wing Starfighter miniature from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope and the bikini costume worn by Carrie Fisher in Return Of The Jedi.
The Y-wing is one of two models made for the original Star Wars; designed to be used in close-up shots, it was built for the film’s shoot in 1976 at ILM and based on designs by artists Collin Cantwell and Ralph McQuarrie. The Y-wing up for auction has a starting bid of $300,000, though its sale price is likely to be much higher; an X-wing model from the same movie sold for $3.1m last October.
In the movie, the Y-wing was flown by Jon ‘Dutch’ Vander – call sign Gold Leader – during the Battle of Yavin, and was shot down by Darth Vader during the assault on the Death Star.
Princess Leia’s infamous bikini, meanwhile, has a lower starting bid of $30,000. Made of resin and urethane and created by Richard Miller, the lot includes the complete ensemble worn by Carrie Fisher in 1983’s Return Of The Jedi.
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Other lots up for sale include a hero model of the USS Excelsior, built by Greg Jein for the production of Star Trek: Voyager in 1995. A gorgeously detailed piece, it measures approximate 1m long and potentially lights up – assuming the electronics still work almost 30 years later. Starting bid: $40,000.
There’s also an original Din Djarin helmet, worn by Pedro Pascal for the Star Wars TV series The Mandalorian up for sale (starting price $20,000); a Demolition Man pinball machine once owned by Sylvester Stallone ($1,150); Macaulay Culkin’s toboggan from 1990’s Home Alone ($6,000); and Helen Slater’s original costume from 1984’s Supergirl ($6,250). Then there are the scripts: a second draft of The Thing from 1982 ($500); a shooting script of E.T. (under its original title, A Boy’s Life) dated 1981 ($750).
The auction takes place on the 25th and 26th July, and the amount of film history on offer is quite mind-boggling. A hat-tip to Variety for bringing this trove of unaffordable treasure to our attention.
