The Greatest Nerd Auction of All Time?
Posted at 2:25 PM Nov 26, 2008
Answer: Pretty much. Profiles in History--whoever the hell they are--will be auctioning off a treasure trove of nerd movie masterpieces in the U.K. on December 11, including some items by Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz. The big ticket item is Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back--not a replica, not a back-up, the lightsaber Mark Hamill held in his hand during both movies--for $185,000. But that's hardly all. Other highlights:
• Indiana Jones' whip and fedora from Temple of Doom: $61k each
• C-3PO's face for $83k, hands for $30k
• Marlon Brando's Jor-el costume from Superman, $51k
• Lord of the Rings books signed by Tolkien, $124k
• Some animatronic Gremlins as well as Gizmo
• Some other shit
Actually, there's a lot of other shit; check out this article (and check out Gizmodo, who translated most of the pounds into dollars, and which I stole for this article). Then forward the article to your friends and family, and point out that if they really loved you, they'd buy you Luke's lightsaber for Christmas. It's what I'm doing.
Comments
I said it yesterday, and I'll say it again today: Tolkien's works being deemed "nerdy" is like saying Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill A Mockingbird was written exclusively for computer programmers.
Posted 11/26/2008 at 03:49:15 PMCouple of problems with that saber. Its missing teh embossed foil on the graflex band and the Empire saber had the same red button (pictured on the top of the saber) on the opposite side in ESB whereas this shows the glass. The problem with props such as this one is its really easy to take a graflex flashgun, throw some grips on it and say. "This is THE one" even when it is missing details we (the prop geeks) know were on the original. when it looks THAT Pristine and has some details not matching 185K should bring out the skeptic in anyone.
Posted 11/27/2008 at 12:01:27 PM