Robots are really having a moment. Amid a boon in futuristic technology, a relic of the past and one of the most famous androids to appear on the big screen has resulted in a whopping sale at Propstore’s spring entertainment memorabilia live auction.
A light-up C-3PO head from George Lucas’s iconic 1980 sci-fi film Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back sold for $1,058,400 (£801,818) including buyer’s premium. It delivered the largest sale of the auction thus far, besting items from films like Jaws, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Top Gun, Batman Begins and more.
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Per Propstore, C-3PO’s head is the only known example from the film to make it to the collector’s market. It’s not the first time that an item from Star Wars has sold for seven figures. In fact, it’s common for memorabilia from
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