Overview

• Prop Store will auction the screen-matched “Hero Dueling Lightsaber” used on set by Darth Vader during a three-day sale running September 4–6.
• The auction house estimates the piece could sell for $1 million to $3 million, with the final price set by competitive bidding.
• Prop Store says an absentee bid has already exceeded $1 million, indicating momentum ahead of live bidding.
• The saber is matched to duel scenes from The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, with reported on-set use by David Prowse and stunt double Bob Anderson.
• Other headline lots in the catalog include Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man 2 costume and Michael Keaton’s 1989 Batman Batsuit.