Mark Hamill’s ‘Star Wars’ Lightsaber Smashes Predictions and Sells for Record Sum at Auction
An iconic piece of Star Wars memorabilia smashed predictions and sold for a record-setting sum. Heritage Auctions confirmed late Wednesday afternoon that...
Key points
- An iconic piece of Star Wars memorabilia smashed predictions and sold for a record-setting sum.
- Heritage Auctions confirmed late Wednesday afternoon that Mark Hamill’s original screen-used Luke Skywalker lightsaber sold for $3.75 million.
- The $3.75 million sum set a new world auction record for a screen-used Star Wars prop, per Dallas-based Heritage.
- The previous record was held by an original 20-inch model of an X-wing starfighter used in the space battle in 1977’s Star Wars, a piece that sold for $3.135 million in October 2023.
What happened
An iconic piece of Star Wars memorabilia smashed predictions and sold for a record-setting sum. Heritage Auctions confirmed late Wednesday afternoon that Mark Hamill’s original screen-used Luke Skywalker lightsaber sold for $3.75 million. The $3.75 million sum set a new world auction record for a screen-used Star Wars prop, per Dallas-based Heritage. The previous record was held by an original 20-inch model of an X-wing starfighter used in the space battle in 1977’s Star Wars, a piece that sold for $3.135 million in October 2023. Both figures are trumped by the record holder in the artwork category as Tom Jung’s original half-sheet key poster painting for Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope sold for $3.875 million. “This is one of the most important surviving Star Wars artifacts in existence,” explained Heritage executive vp Joe Maddalena.
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