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    STAR PRICES FOR STAR WARS TOYS AT SHEPPARDS

    Wednesday, July 17th, 2024

    PALITOY STAR WARS JAWA (VINYL CAPE)

    A Palitoy Star Wars vinyl cape made a hammer price of €18,500 over an estimate of €8,000-€12,000 at Sheppards in Durrow today. The vintage original carded figure with vinyl cape and laser gun measures two and a quarter inches. It was part of a collection of Star Wars Palitoy toys on offer in the three day auction of contents from St. Austins, Gorey, Co. Wexford taking place in Durrow. Palitoy was a British toy manufacturer which made Star Wars action figures and vehicles on the release of the original trilogy, Star Wars in 1978, The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 and Return of the Jedi in 1983 along with The Power of the Force in 1985. The company also made Action Man and Care Bears but the Star Wars franchise became Palitoy’s biggest seller and original Star Wars figures are highly collectible nowadays. A Palitoy Star Wars Jawa with a cloth cape made €2,800 at hammer at Sheppards today. Other Palitoy Star Wars lots made hammer prices from €520 to €950. The auction of contents from St. Austins continues at Sheppards tomorrow.

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    HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS AND ROYALTY TOO AT JULIEN’S UPCOMING BLOCKBUSTER

    Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
    Audrey Hepburn’s flamingo pink embellished silk-organza Givenchy dress from her iconic role as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR $444,500

    Legends: Hollywood and Royalty is hardly an understated title for Julien’s auction celebrating 100 years of Warner Brothers in Beverly Hills on September 6, 7 and 8. The greatest legends of the silver screen will feature alongside evening gowns worn by Princess Diana. Among more than 1,400 lots are matching wedding rings from Bogie and Bacall, Princess Leia’s slave costume from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, a Captain Kirk Starfleet command jacket from from Star Trek, over a dozen Harry Potter prop wands, Blade Runner props from Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling, a Back to the Future hoverboard prop and an array of spectacular one of a kind production artefacts. Hebburn’s dress illustrated here is estimated at $200,000-$400,000.

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    STAR WARS ONLINE SALE AT SOTHEBY’S

    Wednesday, December 4th, 2019

    A second sale dedicated to ‘Star Wars’ collectibles runs at Sotheby’s until December 13. ‘Star Wars Online’ offers around 100 lots from the acclaimed franchise ahead of the highly-anticipated release of the final film in the sequel trilogy, ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’. As well as original posters, stickers and action figures, the auction will include many early, rare and prized collectibles associated with the film series. The 2015 Star Wars sale at Sotheby’s was a sellout.

    Clive Barker – Bring me the head of Darth Vadar 1999 (£6,000-9,000)

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    STAR WARS JACKET COULD MAKE £1 MILLION

    Wednesday, August 1st, 2018

    The Star Wars jacket worn by Harrison Ford.

    The jacket worn by Harrison Ford when he played Han Solo in Star Wars’ The Empire Strikes Back could make up to £1 million at an auction in London on September 26.  The entertainment memorabilia live auction by Prop Store  in partnership with ODEON BFI IMAX will feature 600 original props, costumes and rare production material from more than 220 films and television shows. The venue is the Odenon BFI IMAX at Waterloo and there will be live online bidding.

    There will be a preview exhibition for three weeks prior to the sale at the Waterloo venue.

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    STAR WARS AT PORTARLINGTON AUCTION

    Tuesday, December 29th, 2015

    From Star Wars to Darby O’Gill and the Little People with Jimmy O’Dea and Sean Connery the selection of cinema posters coming up at Ashgrove auctions on January 2 is extensive.  The New Year   fine art and collectibles sale in Portarlington, Co. Laois on January 2 at noon kicks off with about 50 lots of posters with estimates ranging from 20 to 80.  There are posters for The General, Ryan’s Daughter and Barry Lyndon as well as  Indiana Jones and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Film buffs might respond to a chance to pick up posters for rarities like Madison Avenue starring Dana Andrews and Eddie Albert or the 1943 film The More the Merrier starring Joel McCrea and Jean Arthur.  True Grit, Sleepless in Seattle and Breakdance are among the titles to be found as well as a canvas cloth poster for the 1952 version of The Importance of Being Earnest starring Michael Denison and Edith Evans which kicks off the sale.

    Star Wars

    Star Wars  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 55

    Pagan Love Song

    Pagan Love Song   UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 30

    The Mating Game.

    The Mating Game.  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 35

    Darby O'Gill and the Little People.

    Darby O’Gill and the Little People.  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 90

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