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Movie treasures: Fans await the premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker to start on Dec. 16, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. The original model of the “Red Leader” X-Wing Starfighter from the first Star Wars installment, A New Hope, is to go under the hammer at a Hollywood auction in June. (Reuters/Mario Anzuoni)
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rom a Star Wars X-Wing spacecraft model to a Thor hammer, a treasure trove of entertainment memorabilia from much-loved movies is going up for auction in Hollywood next month.
More than 1,800 items are being offered at the June 21-24 auction, which film and TV memorabilia company Propstore estimates will raise more than US$9 million.
"There's a huge amount of scope there. There's over 600 different film and television titles that are represented," Propstore COO Brandon Alinger told Reuters.
"Beyond the core props and costumes [we have] collectible toys, comic books, comic artwork, film production materials, meaning things like concept artwork, storyboards, crew jackets, a huge amount of collectibles," he said.
Leading the lots is the "Red Leader" X-Wing Starfighter model from Star Wars: A New Hope, which has a price estimate of $500,000 to $1 million.
"We believe this is the only genuine, intact, original X-Wing from the very first Star Wars that's ever been offered at public auction, so it's pretty special," Alinger said.
Other items for sale include an animatronic Gizmo from Gremlins 2: The New Batch, with a price tag of $80,000 to $120,000, Thor's hammer from the original Thor, with an estimate of $100,000 to $150,000, and a 6-foot model of a jet used in the original Top Gun, which could fetch $30,000 to $50,000.
There are also lots from Will Smith films, including the shorts he wore to portray Muhammad Ali in biopic Ali, with an estimate of $1,500 to $2,500, and an insert hand prop Johnny Depp wore in Edward Scissorhands, estimated to fetch between $30,000 and $50,000.
"At the moment, we are hearing a lot of people talk about Will Smith, we are hearing a lot of people talk about Johnny Depp," Alinger said, in reference to Smith's onstage slap of comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars and Depp’s ongoing defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
"I do think that will bring about special attention, in part just because it causes people to revisit their work and revisit their titles."
Other auction items include Elvis Presley's suit from It Happened at the World Fair ($20,000-$30,000), Samuel L. Jackson's wallet from Pulp Fiction ($30,000-$50,000) and Uma Thurman's sword from Kill Bill Vol.1 ($20,000-$30,000).
