C-3PO Prop Head Sells for $1m.

[Geertsen]

A C-3PO prop head used in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back has sold for more than $1 million at auction. The prop was used in the 1980 George Lucas film.

It was part of a collection of film and TV memorabilia which sold on Wednesday as part of the Entertainment Memorabilia Auction at Propstore auction house in Los Angeles.

It is the only known example to appear on the collector market and sold for $1,058,400 (£801,818), having received a pre-sale estimate of $350,000 to $700,000 (£260,000 to £520,000).

Other lots in the auction included the harpoon gun used by the actor Robert Shaw in Jaws (1975) which achieved $327,600 (£248,182) and the Wilson volleyball used by Tom Hanks in Cast Away (2000) which sold for $189,000 (£143,181).