LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� A lightsaber with severed hand from has sold for $3.75 million at auction.
Heritage Auctions announced the results of its Hollywood & Entertainment Signature Auction on Monday.
The lightsaber, used onscreen by Mark Hamill in the climactic Cloud City fight where Darth Vader declares 鈥淚 am your father鈥� in the 1980 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� sequel, included a severed hand effects rig used for when Vader sliced it off.
Heritage said the price was the highest ever fetched for a prop used in a 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� film.
A Wicked Witch of the West hat worn by actor Margaret Hamilton in 1939鈥檚 brought in $550,000 at the auction, and the cocoa-colored top hat worn by Gene Wilder as the title character in 1971鈥檚 went for $350,000.
Daenerys Targaryen’s chest with dragon eggs inside from the first season of brought in $312,500.
Two rugs essential to the convoluted plot of 鈥淭he Big Lebowski鈥� also sold. The one belonging to the Dude that 鈥渞eally tied the room together鈥� and is soiled at the beginning of the 1998 film went for $350,000. And the nicer one that he takes from his wealthy namesake outdid it with a price of $375,000. The rugs went for far more than expected. Bidding began on each at $15,000.
The items’ buyers and sellers were not identified.
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