Classic items in prop sale
LONDON: Fancy wearing Han Solo’s jacket? Or perhaps donning Indiana Jones’ fedora hat? Or how about a trip on Marty McFly’s hoverboard?
Movie buffs have a chance to get their hands on a treasure trove of memorabilia from fan favourites such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Back to the Future II in an auction of film props and costumes in London this month.
London and Los Angelesbased Prop Store, which sells the items, is putting more than 600 lots from some 150 movies and television shows under the hammer on September 20.
‘‘This collection is unique and special just because of the calibre and volume of recognisable and iconic props and costumes,’’ Props Store founder Stephen Lane said yesterday at an exhibition of the auction items.
The leading lot of the sale is the jacket worn by Han Solo, played by Harrison Ford, in 1980 film Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, which is expected to fetch between £500,000 ($NZ983,000) and £1 million.
Other Star Wars items include a Stormtrooper helmet from The Last Jedi film and Anakin Skywalker’s lightsaber from Revenge of the Sith.
Back to the Future fans have the chance to buy one of the hoverboards Michael J. Fox used in the 1989 scifi sequel, while Indiana Jones fans can bid for a fedora hat Ford wore in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Other auction items include Captain America’s distressed army rescue costume from the 2011 The First Avenger film and a Superman costume worn by Christopher Reeve.