From Jaws to Star Wars, movie memorabilia on offer at Los Angeles auction
The harpoon gun used in Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster Jaws and a light-up C-3PO head from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back are among more than 1,550 items of film and television memorabilia that could raise around $9 million at auction.
The Propstore Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction runs from March 25 to 27 in Los Angeles and also includes items from classics such as The Terminator and Gladiator.
The head from the C-3PO humanoid is one of the leading items, with an estimate of $350,000 to $700,000. The harpoon gun used by characters Quint and Matt Hooper in shark thriller Jaws, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, has a price estimate of $250,000 to $500,000. Quint’s fishing rod is also on offer, estimated at $75,000 to $150,000.
“We’ve got many iconic pieces from film and TV history,“ Ibrahim Faraj, consignments manager at Propstore, told Reuters.
“Pieces from Jaws never really come up. So this is a really great opportunity for fans and collectors to get their hands on something.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s jacket from The Terminator, helmets from Gladiator and a Marauder’s Map from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, are also up for sale. The latter, a magical map of Hogwarts school given to Harry by twin brothers Fred and George Weasley in the 2004 film, has an estimate of $40,000 to $80,000.
“The Marauder’s map is one of the most beloved props from the entire franchise,” Faraj said. “It’s all done by hand. It’s really intricate… it opens up, there’s multiple flaps… So it’s something that would have taken a really long time to create and there’s just not many out there.”
