A model of an X-wing fighter, used to film the final battle scene in the original “Star Wars” film, sold for more than $3.1 million in a weekend auction in...
A miniature X-wing starfighter, pictured here, sold for more that $3.1 million Sunday at a Dallas auction. The model was used to fight the final battle scene between the Rebel Alliance and Death Star., who amassed a large collection of props, scripts, costumes and other memorabilia throughout the past several decades. Jein died last year at age 76 and left the pieces scattered at his home, garages and storage units in Los Angeles.
The two-day auction drew more than 2,200 bidders, including Hollywood model makers, collectors and science-fiction fans, making it the company’s best-attended auction in years.Heritage Auctions said in a news release that many of the pieces “would have been lost to history had Jein not spent decades preserving and protecting them.”
More than 500 other items from Jein’s collection sold at the auction, which raked in a total of $13.6 million.The event was the second-highest-grossing Hollywood auction in history, behind only actress Debbie Reynolds’ 2011 memorabilia sale, which brought in $22.8 million.FILE - An imperial Stormtrooper costume, right, from the 1977 film "Star Wars, Episode IV, A New Hope," sits on display by other items of the Greg Jein collection at Heritage Auctions, Aug. 30, 2023, in Irving, Texas.
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